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China’s nuclear power risky?
By settling for cheap technology, China has "vastly increased" the risk of a nuclear accident, claim diplomatic cables from the U.S.
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Sporian Developing Sensors for Generation IV Nuclear Systems
Sporian Microsystems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate advanced materials, sensor designs and packaging for use in Generation IV nuclear reactors.
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Argentina keen for more nuclear power
Argentina is keen to increase its capacity for nuclear power production, a major part of the national electricity grid, and has signed deals with Canadian supplier Candu Energy Inc.
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Nuclear talks, energy to top Kim, Medvedev summit
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Siberia this week for rare talks expected to focus on energy cooperation, Pyongyang's nuclear programme and hunger in the isolated Communist state.
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Japan nuclear no-go areas to last ‘decades’: media
Some areas close to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will likely remain no-go zones for "several decades", a media report citing an unnamed government official said Monday.
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GE uranium enrichment plans raise fears: report
US conglomerate General Electric is seeking permission to build a $1 billion plant for uranium enrichment by laser, a process which has raised proliferation fears, The New York Times said Sunday.
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Romania seeks Chinese boost for nuke plant
Romania says it is courting investments from China for its plans to restart a stalled $5.8 billion expansion of its only nuclear power plant.
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Status of nuclear power 2010
Riso DTU has made its eighth report in the series: 'Nuclear power and Nuclear Safety', which gives a global overview of nuclear energy with a focus on safety and preparedness.
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First full post-disaster reactor restart in Japan
Japan on Wednesday approved the full resumption of commercial operations of an atomic reactor for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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Japan to set up new nuclear watchdog
Japan will set up a new nuclear regulator under the environment ministry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, in a bid to give the watchdog more teeth, media reported Friday.
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Japan’s TEPCO reports loss of $7.4 billion
In the wake of the March Fukushima nuclear catastrophe Tokyo Electric Power Co. has reported an operating loss of $7.4 billion.
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Germany’s EON hit by historic quarterly loss, plans job cuts
Germany's biggest energy group, EON, reported Wednesday its first quarterly loss ever as government plans to abandon nuclear energy forced a restructuring plan that could affect up to 11,000 jobs.
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Japan’s TEPCO logs $7.4bn quarterly loss
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss of $7.4 billion following the March radiation disaster.
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Jordan to name nuclear plant builder in November
Jordan said on Monday it will announce in November the firm it has chosen to build the parched kingdom's first nuclear plant to meet growing energy needs and desalinate water.
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Getting rid of a German nuclear plant, one rivet at a time
In Germany, where all nuclear power reactors are to close by 2022, clean-up work at one such plant still continues after 15 years, a sign of how long a real end to the atomic age here will take.
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Japan PM in Hiroshima vows nuclear-free future
A ceremony on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing was dominated by national soul-searching on atomic power as Japan's prime minister pledged a nuclear-free future.