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Japan to have new nuclear watchdog
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 12, 2012 - Japan plans to install a new nuclear regulatory commission.
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Indian nuclear power protest turns deadly
New Delhi (UPI) Sep 11, 2012 - An Indian government official blamed foreign organizations, whom he said are seeking to hamper India's nuclear ambitions, for the anti-nuclear power protests in southern India that resulted in the death of one person.
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Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Provide Feasibility Study for Hybrid Reactor Unit at Kozloduy NPP
Brussels (SPX) Sep 06, 2012 - Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP - New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study on a potential seventh unit at the Kozlod
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Japanese majority favor zero nuclear power
Tokyo (UPI) Aug 30, 2012 - The majority of Japanese say they want to end the country's dependence on nuclear power, a new report says.
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IAEA head says don’t relax on nuclear safety
Vienna (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - The head of the UN atomic agency called Monday on countries with nuclear power not to lose their sense of urgency in improving safety after last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan.
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Greens see red after French minister hints at nuclear U-turn
Paris (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - French Greens reacted angrily on Monday after a government minister described nuclear power as the energy of the future, casting doubt on a commitment to slash the country's number of reactors.
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Hundreds join anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2012 - Hundreds of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched in Tokyo Sunday, calling for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to abandon the country's atomic energy programme following last year's Fukushima accident.
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ORNL technology moves scientists closer to extracting uranium from seawater
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 - Fueling nuclear reactors with uranium harvested from the ocean could become more feasible because of a material developed by a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Japan anti-nuke activists protest in Tokyo
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 24, 2012 - More than a thousand people protested outside the Japanese prime minister's residence in Tokyo on Friday calling for an end to nuclear power after last year's Fukushima atomic crisis.
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Glass offers improved means of storing UK’s nuclear waste
Sheffield UK (SPX) Aug 24, 2012 - ILW makes up more than three quarters of the volume of material destined for geological disposal in the UK. Currently the UK's preferred method is to encapsulate ILW in specially formulated cement.
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Report warns of India nuclear power safety
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 23, 2012 - An Indian government auditing agency criticized India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for not being truly autonomous and for its lack of a radiation safety policy.
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Japan press mixed on PM meet with anti-nuclear camp
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 23, 2012 - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's first face-to-face meeting with anti-nuclear protestors received mixed reviews Thursday, with some media saying it only served to highlight an unbridgeable gap.
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Japan PM meets anti-nuclear demonstrators
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 22, 2012 - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met anti-nuclear demonstrators face-to-face on Wednesday for the first time since weekly rallies outside his office began five months ago.
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BHP Billiton scraps mega mine expansion
Melbourne (UPI) Aug 22, 2012 - Mining giant BHP Billiton has put on hold its $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine project in South Australia.
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Uranium from seawater said attainable goal
Philadelphia (UPI) Aug 21, 2012 - U.S. scientists say they're making progress towards a 40-year-old dream of extracting uranium for nuclear power from seawater.
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France sends student to prison for nuclear line protest
Coutances, France (AFP) Aug 21, 2012 - A student demonstrator against a new high-voltage electricity line in northern France was handed a three-month jail term Wednesday, in what campaigners decried as a politically charged judgement.