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Japan says to help Vietnam build nuclear power plant Tokyo (AFP) May 15, 2008 
Japan said Thursday that it had signed an agreement to help Vietnam build its first nuclear power plant. The Vietnamese government is preparing to start construction of the plant in 2015, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a statement. The agreement was signed by Masashi Nakano, senior vice minister of economy, trade and industry, and his Vietnamese counterpart ... read more |
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Damage to some Chinese nuclear facilities can't be ruled out: French experts
Paris (AFP) May 13, 2008French nuclear experts on Tuesday said damage to nuclear facilities close to the epicentre of China's massive earthquake could not immediately be ruled out. The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety said it was unlikely that China's four nuclear power plants -- Daya Bay and Lingao in the south, Qinshan in the east and Tianwan in the northeast -- had been badly damag ... more French contemplate bid for leading UK nuclear utility 
London (AFP) May 11, 2008French state-owned energy giant EDF, the world's biggest nuclear energy producer, has ambitions to expand into a lucrative future British market with a bid for the leading British nuclear energy producer. Friday was the deadline for bids for the British government's 35.2 percent stake in British Energy, the biggest British power generator, a privatised company providing nearly 19 percent of ... more Finland to decide on new nuclear reactors in 2010: govt 
Helsinki (AFP) May 9, 2008Finland's government is planning to take a decision on whether to build new nuclear reactors in 2010, ahead of parliamentary elections in 2011, the ministry of economic affairs said Friday. Electricity producer Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) submitted an application on April 25 to the ministry to build the country's sixth reactor, in Olkiluoto, southwestern Finland. In addition to TVO ... more EDF buys land near British nuclear sites: report 
London (AFP) May 9, 2008State-owned French power company EDF, in the running for a stake in British Energy, has bought land near two existing nuclear sites in England and Wales, the Financial Times said Friday. The business daily said the firm had acquired land near Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, and Hinckley Point, in the county of Somerset, southwest England. It assessed that the "stealthy purc ... more Most Finns against new nuclear reactors in Finland: poll
Helsinki (AFP) May 8, 2008More than half of Finns are opposed to the building of new nuclear reactors in the Nordic country, a poll published Thursday showed. Some 53 percent said they were against new nuclear reactor projects, while 34 percent said they supported the idea, according to the poll conducted by research company Taloustutkimus for Finnish national broadcaster YLE. Around 12 percent of those questione ... more |
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Wilmington NC (SPX) May 07, 2008Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) has announced it has selected GEH's Wilmington headquarters site for a potential commercial uranium enrichment facility. The planned GEH plant would result in the creation of hundreds of new technical, operational and support jobs at the site between now and 2012. "This is a key milestone in GLE's development process," said Tammy Orr, President and CEO of ... more Azerbaijan releases Russian shipment for Iran nuclear plant 
Baku (AFP) May 1, 2008Azerbaijan on Thursday released a shipment of Russian equipment for Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant after holding it for a month out of concern it might violate UN sanctions, the foreign ministry said. Azerbaijan had been holding a truck containing insulation equipment for the plant at the Azerbaijani-Iranian border since March 29, insisting that Russia had not provided proper transit documents ... more Outside View: Nuke power future -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) May 1, 2008 Uranium prices are increasing throughout the world; over the past three years, they have doubled, and not surprisingly. One cubic centimeter of uranium is equivalent to 60,000 liters of gasoline, 110 to 160 metric tons of coal, or 60,000 cubic meters of natural gas. Being highly concentrated, this fuel can be easily and cheaply transported any distance. Its price factored in as part of ... more Outside View: Nuke power future -- Part 1 
Moscow, April 30, 2008 On April 22 in Yerevan, Russia and the former Soviet republic of Armenia signed a treaty to set up a joint venture for the exploration and mining of uranium and other minerals in Armenia. The company is being established on parity lines and will be registered within the next three months. It was signed by Vadim Zhivov, general director of the Atomredmetzoloto uranium holding ... more Japan's TEPCO reports big loss after quake hits nuke plant 
Tokyo (AFP) April 30, 2008Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the world's largest nuclear plant which was hit by an earthquake last year, on Wednesday reported an annual loss of about 1.4 billion dollars. It was the first time the firm has plunged into the red at the group level since it began releasing consolidated earnings in 1994, a company spokesman said. A powerful quake in July 2007 caused a slew ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) April 23, 2008 Russia and Armenia signed a treaty Tuesday in Yerevan to set up a joint venture for the exploration and mining of uranium and other minerals in Armenia. A joint company is being established on parity lines and will be registered within the next three months. The treaty was signed by Vadim Zhivov, general director of the Atomredmetzoloto uranium holding, and Armenian Environmental ... more Outside View: Baltic nuke plant criticized 
Moscow (UPI) April 25, 2008 Russian plans to build a nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad Region have provoked protests from Europeans concerned about environmental and radiological safety. The plant is intended to ensure the Baltic enclave's energy security. Russian physicist Anatoly Zrodnikov once said, "The world is now not ruled by the dollar or the euro, but by the joule." There are many nuclear ... more Austrian bank pulls out of financing Slovakia nuclear power plant 
Vienna (AFP) April 24, 2008Austrian bank Erste Bank, under fire from anti-nuclear activits, has decided not to help finance the Mochovce atomic plant in Slovakia, just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Vienna, a spokesman told AFP Thursday. "We've reached an agreement with the company (Slovenske Elektrarne, Slovakia's leading power supplier) that the loan we have awarded them will not be used to finance nuclear ... more Power company applies to build Finland's sixth nuclear reactor
Helsinki (AFP) April 25, 2008Finnish electricity producer Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) submitted on Friday an application to build a new nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto, in southwestern Finland, the ministry of employment and the economy said. The reactor would be Finland's sixth. The ministry said the environmental assessment process for the project was continuing and was expected to be finished in mid-June. ... more Nuclear waste storage inaugurated in Chernobyl 
Kiev (AFP) April 23, 2008Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko Wednesday inaugurated a nuclear waste storage and processing centre in the contaminated zone around the Chernobyl nuclear station ahead of the catastrophe's 22nd anniversary, his press service said. The centre's first module, constructed with the European Commission's aid, would be launched by the end of the year, Valentin Melnichenko, a project official ... more
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