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US changes tack on nuclear deals: newspaperWashington (AFP) Jan 24, 2012 The Barack Obama administration has shifted policy on planned international nuclear cooperation agreements by withdrawing a demand that Jordan and Vietnam give up their rights to produce nuclear fuel, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal, quoting senior US officials, said Obama's administration took the decision during advanced negotiations with those countries because it feared the demand would undermine US interests. Not only could US firms lose the chance to build nuclear rea ... read more |
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Quake hits eastern Japan; nuclear plant stable A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan on Thursday near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but did not cause any further problems at the power station, officials said. ... more | .. |
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 Australia ranked first, N.Korea last on nuclear safety Australia has the tightest security controls among nations with nuclear material while North Korea poses the world's greatest risks, a new index by experts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 New material for thermonuclear fusion reactors Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Oxford University (United Kingdom) and the University of Michigan (USA) have joined efforts to develop new materials for thermonuclear fusion r ... more | .. |
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 Greenpeace files complaint against French nuclear group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it had filed a criminal complaint against French nuclear giant Areva which it suspects of having spied on the environmental group. ... more | .. |
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 Areva in talks with state fund on selling Eramet stake French nuclear energy giant Areva said Tuesday it was in exclusive talks with the state investment fund FSI on selling its stake in the Eramet mining company worth more than 600 million euros. ... more | .. |
 Lithuania, Hitachi sign initial nuclear plant deal Lithuania and Japan's Hitachi on Friday signed a preliminary deal on the building of a new nuclear energy facility to replace a plant closed in 2009 in the Baltic state under an EU agreement. ... more | .. |
Westinghouse nuclear reactor gets go-ahead The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved Westinghouse's AP1000 nuclear reactor design, clearing the way for construction of the first U.S. reactors in three decades. ... more |
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