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Indian nuclear power plant gets go-ahead

New Delhi (UPI) Mar 20, 2012 - India has given the green light to the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

Mar 20, 2012

Tamil Nadu okays Kudankulam n-plant

Chennai (IANS) Mar 19, 2012 - Tamil Nadu Monday gave the green signal for the Kudankulam nuclear plant, with an activist saying that 10 people opposing the project have been arrested. The state cabinet met Monday under Chi

Mar 19, 2012

Nearly 200 arrested in India nuclear protest

New Delhi (AFP) March 19, 2012 - Police in a southern Indian state said Tuesday they had arrested nearly 200 activists who were protesting the start of work at a long-stalled nuclear power plant.

Mar 19, 2012

N-power capacity failed to rise: Economic Survey

Chennai (IANS) Mar 19, 2012 - Even though the generation of nuclear power increased by 33 percent this fiscal, no capacity was added against a target of 2,000 MW, the Economic Survey said Thursday. According to the survey

Mar 19, 2012

India to start work on stalled nuclear plant

New Delhi (AFP) March 19, 2012 - The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Monday gave the green light for work to start on a massive nuclear power station stalled for months amid protests over safety concerns, a report said.

Mar 19, 2012

80% in Japan support nuclear phase-out: poll

Tokyo (AFP) March 18, 2012 - Eighty percent of Japanese want to phase out the country's reliance on nuclear power and eventually eliminate it, a poll said Sunday, a year after Japan was hit by a massive nuclear disaster.

Mar 18, 2012

Bulgaria PM gets cold feet on Russia nuclear plant deal

Sofia (AFP) March 16, 2012 - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Friday he was considering pulling out of a deal with Russian nuclear company Atomstroyexport to build a new nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube.

Mar 16, 2012

Areva sells stake in Eramet for 776 mn euros

Paris (AFP) March 16, 2012 - French nuclear energy giant Areva said Friday it had signed a deal to sell its 26 percent stake in the Eramet mining company to France's strategic investment fund FSI for 776 million euros ($1.0 billion).

Mar 16, 2012

Power cut at reactor in S. Korea stirs criticism

Seoul (AFP) March 14, 2012 - South Korean nuclear officials came under fire Wednesday for failing to report a brief electricity failure at an ageing atomic power plant until more than a month after the incident.

Mar 14, 2012

Poland to seek bids for first nuclear plant

Warsaw (AFP) March 14, 2012 - Polish state-run energy group PGE said Wednesday it expected to launch a public tender to build the country's first nuclear power station within two months.

Mar 14, 2012

Nuclear power crucial to China

Hong Kong (SPX) Mar 14, 2012 - Nuclear power is important to China because of its quest for climate change mitigation, an expert with the environment ministry has said. The Chinese nuclear industry still feels confident to

Mar 14, 2012

UN nuclear body says ageing reactors fuel safety concerns

Vienna (AFP) March 13, 2012 - Eighty percent of nuclear power plants are more than 20 years old, raising safety concerns, the UN atomic agency warned in a draft report seen by AFP on Tuesday, a year after Japan's Fukushima disaster.

Mar 13, 2012

Responding to the Radiation Threat

Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2012 - The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials considered the evacuation of the ne

Mar 13, 2012

Kolkata protest against PM comment on Kudankulam project

Kolkata, India (IANS) Mar 13, 2012 - A group of Kolkata residents Monday held a 12-hour fast against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on agitations centred around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and wrot

Mar 13, 2012

S. Korea opposition vows to reduce nuclear energy

Seoul (AFP) March 12, 2012 - South Korea's top opposition leader vowed Monday to gradually reduce the country's reliance on nuclear energy if her party gains a majority in next month's general election.

Mar 12, 2012

International governance on nuclear safety still requires action

London, UK (SPX) Mar 12, 2012 - One year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi, the World Energy Council (WEC) will publish on Friday, 9 March, a study analysing the impact of the accident on national nuclear energy plan

Mar 12, 2012