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Italy, Russia mull joint project for nuclear plant

Lesmo, Italy (AFP) April 26, 2010 - Italian energy giant Enel and its Russian partner Inter Rao Ues reached a preliminary accord Monday to study the feasibility of building a nuclear reactor in Kaliningrad.

Apr 26, 2010

Chernobyl still ‘urgent’ threat on anniversary: Ukraine

Kiev (AFP) April 26, 2010 - President Viktor Yanukovych Monday warned that Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant remains an urgent threat due to lagging safety measures, on the 24th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Apr 26, 2010

120,000 Germans protest against nuclear

Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Apr 26, 2010 - Around 120,000 Germans formed a 75-mile human chain to protest the government's plan to extend the lifeline of the country's nuclear power reactors.

Apr 26, 2010

Iran, IAEA meet on nuclear deal, but no breakthrough

Vienna (AFP) April 25, 2010 - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano in Vienna on Sunday, but there appeared to be no immediate breakthrough on a stalled nuclear fuel deal.

Apr 25, 2010

Germans form human chain in nuclear protest

Berlin (AFP) April 24, 2010 - Tens of thousands of Germans joined hands to form a human chain to protest against nuclear energy Saturday, two days before the 24th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine.

Apr 24, 2010

Site chosen for first UAE nuclear power plant

Abu Dhabi (AFP) April 22, 2010 - The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp (ENEC) on Thursday announced it has chosen a site near the Saudi border for its first nuclear power station, due to come on stream in seven years.

Apr 22, 2010

Finnish government says it wants two new nuclear plants

Helsinki (AFP) April 21, 2010 - Finland's government said Wednesday it wants to build two new nuclear power reactors to cut greenhouse gas emissions and make the Nordic country self-sufficient in electricity production.

Apr 21, 2010

Finnish nuclear reactor delayed further: reports

Helsinki (AFP) April 20, 2010 - The building of Finland's fifth nuclear power reactor, which has been plagued by numerous delays, is unlikely to go online in June 2012 as currently planned, Finnish media reported Tuesday.

Apr 20, 2010

US ‘still interested’ in nuclear fuel swap with Iran

Washington (AFP) April 19, 2010 - The United States said Monday it is still interested in an offer to swap nuclear fuel with Iran after Tehran said it would talk with the entire UN Security Council to break the deadlock.

Apr 19, 2010

Finland does not need three new nuclear plants: minister

Helsinki (AFP) April 19, 2010 - Finland does not need three new nuclear plants to secure its future energy needs, the minister who is preparing a government proposal on the subject said in an interview published on Monday.

Apr 19, 2010

Bangladesh to sign nuclear plant deal with Russia

Dhaka (AFP) April 18, 2010 - Bangladesh will sign a deal with Russia to build two nuclear power plants at a cost of at least three billion dollars in the electricity-starved Asian nation, Dhaka's atomic energy chief said Sunday.

Apr 18, 2010

Saudis to build nuclear, renewable energy centre

Riyadh (AFP) April 17, 2010 - Oil giant Saudi Arabia on Saturday gave its strongest signal yet that it wants to develop atomic power by announcing a new centre for nuclear and alternative energy technologies.

Apr 17, 2010

France, Kuwait sign nuclear power deal

Paris (UPI) Apr 16, 2010 - France and Kuwait signed an agreement to develop nuclear energy in the Gulf country, a comeback for the French nuclear industry after it lost a key reactor deal in the United Arab Emirates.

Apr 16, 2010

Russia shuts down last plutonium reactor: officials

Moscow (AFP) April 15, 2010 - Russia on Thursday shut down its last weapons-grade plutonium reactor, in line with a pledge made at a nuclear security summit in Washington this week, officials said.

Apr 15, 2010

Quake rattles Chilean-U.S. uranium move

Santiago, Chile (UPI) Apr 14, 2010 - A Chilean-U.S. nuclear waste disposal arrangement was nearly derailed, with dangerous consequences for North and South America, when a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile Feb. 27, interfering with deliveries of radioactive waste to U.S. processing plants.

Apr 14, 2010

Summit agrees to secure nuclear materials in four years

Washington (AFP) April 13, 2010 - President Barack Obama declared the world safer Tuesday after a 47-nation summit agreed to a four-year deadline on securing vulnerable nuclear materials from terrorists.

Apr 13, 2010