
Vietnam plans eight nuclear power plants by 2030
Hanoi (AFP) June 22, 2010 - Energy-short Vietnam announced an expansion of its nuclear power programme on Tuesday, with eight plants planned for operation over the next 20 years.
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Hanoi (AFP) June 22, 2010 - Energy-short Vietnam announced an expansion of its nuclear power programme on Tuesday, with eight plants planned for operation over the next 20 years.
Jun 22, 2010

Cairo (AFP) June 22, 2010 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is ready to help Egypt in the construction of nuclear power stations, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said on Tuesday during a visit to Cairo.
Jun 22, 2010

Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2010 - Asia-Pacific ministers and officials agreed Saturday to promote renewable sources and nuclear power in a bid to maintain energy security and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the region.
Jun 19, 2010

Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Jun 18, 2010 - In a significant policy change, Swedish parliamentarians this week reversed a 30-year-old ban on building new nuclear reactors.
Jun 18, 2010

Seoul (AFP) June 18, 2010 - South Korea and India agreed Friday to launch talks on forging a nuclear energy cooperation pact, the foreign ministry said, a deal which would pave the way for Seoul's export of an atomic power plant.
Jun 18, 2010

Hanoi (AFP) June 17, 2010 - Vietnam must start now to implement safety measures including public oversight for its first nuclear power plant, which is scheduled to begin operations in 10 years, experts said Thursday.
Jun 17, 2010

Stockholm (AFP) June 17, 2010 - Sweden's parliament on Thursday narrowly passed a landmark government proposal allowing the replacement of nuclear reactors at the end of their life span.
Jun 17, 2010

Beijing June 17, 2010 - China on Thursday defended its nuclear cooperation with Pakistan as peaceful after the United States announced it had sought clarification from Beijing on the sale of two reactors to Islamabad.
Jun 17, 2010

Paris (AFP) June 16, 2010 - Roughly a quarter of global electricity could be generated by nuclear power by 2050, requiring a tripling in nuclear generating capacity but making a major contribution to reduced CO2 emissions, a report said Wednesday.
Jun 16, 2010

Beijing (UPI) Jun 16, 2010 - A radioactive leak occurred at a Chinese nuclear power plant last month but has just been made public.
Jun 16, 2010

Hong Kong (AFP) June 15, 2010 - A nuclear plant in China's southern Guangdong province has recorded a small leak, the Hong Kong government said Tuesday, after the incident was exposed by a US-based radio station.
Jun 15, 2010

Seoul (AFP) June 15, 2010 - South Korea and Turkey signed an accord Tuesday to cooperate in nuclear energy, raising the hopes of Korean companies that are chasing a deal to build an atomic power plant on the Turkish coast.
Jun 15, 2010

Stockholm (AFP) June 14, 2010 - Swedish police arrested some 50 Greenpeace activists on Monday who broke into a nuclear plant demanding that parliament reject the building of new reactors, the environmental group and police said.
Jun 14, 2010

Singapore (AFP) June 9, 2010 - Despite safety fears, Southeast Asia's energy-hungry economies are exploring the nuclear option to keep up with escalating power demand in a region of more than half a billion people.
Jun 9, 2010

Moscow (AFP) June 8, 2010 - Russia and Iran will establish a joint venture to operate Tehran's first nuclear plant set to come online this summer, Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of Russia's nuclear state corporation, said on Tuesday.
Jun 8, 2010

Moscow (AFP) June 8, 2010 - Russia and France signed an agreement Tuesday widening their areas of cooperation in nuclear energy research and development, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
Jun 8, 2010