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Analysis: Nuke waste problem unsolved
Berlin (UPI) Mar 13, 2009 - In Europe, nuclear power is undergoing a revival, but the problem of how to best store highly radioactive nuclear waste is still not solved.
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Vattenfall, RWE, E.ON, EDF in running for Baltic nuclear plant
Vilnius (AFP) March 12, 2009 - Swedish energy group Vattenfall, Germany's RWE or E.ON, or France's EDF could win the construction contract for a four-nation nuclear power plant in Lithuania, officials said here Thursday.
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France may allow Gulf investors into nuclear giant: FT
Paris (AFP) March 12, 2009 - The French government may allow Gulf states' sovereign wealth funds to take minority stakes in the nuclear giant Areva, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
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Enel to raise 8 billion euros, net profit jumps
Rome (AFP) March 12, 2009 - Italian energy group Enel said on Thursday it will raise up to eight billion euros (10.1 billion dollars) in fresh capital this year to reduce debt taken on to fund its acquisition of Spanish Endesa.
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Obama’s energy chief announces nuclear waste panel
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009 - US Energy Secretary Steven Chu backed a new generation of nuclear power Wednesday, and said a panel of experts would report back this year on the best long-term storage of radioactive waste.
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Iranians leave uranium-rich Niger
Niamey, Niger (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 - Iranian diplomats are reported to have quit the capital of the rickety West African state of Niger following a military coup that toppled President Mamadou Tandja.
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Analysis: Turkey’s energy future
Washington (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 - Last year's record-high energy prices were followed by a global recession, whose end is nowhere in sight. The double whammy particularly affected countries heavily dependent on energy imports -- in the Middle East none so more than Turkey, which currently imports about 90 percent of its energy needs.
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Jordan says four firms bid to build nuclear plant
Amman (AFP) March 10, 2009 - Jordan said on Monday that four international firms have proposed to build a nuclear plant in the energy-poor kingdom to help generate power and desalinate water.
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Iran says nuclear plant to start operating by Aug 22
Tehran (AFP) March 10, 2009 - Iran said on Tuesday that its much-delayed nuclear power plant, where testing began last month, would start operating by August 22.
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Scientists learn to ‘declaw’ plutonium
Beer-Sheva, Israel (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 - Engineers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel say they have developed a way to declaw nuclear fuel, ensuring only peaceful plutonium use.
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Sarkozy lobbies for nuclear power
Paris (UPI) Mar 8, 2009 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday urged the world to turn to nuclear power as his country's industry aims to supply the global boom for the energy source.
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Recycled nuclear fuel shipment leaves France for Japan
Cherbourg, France (AFP) March 5, 2009 - French navy boats escorted a vessel carrying a major shipment of recycled nuclear fuel as it pulled out of a northern port Thursday to begin its 70-day trip to Japan.
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IAEA mulls limiting chief’s mandate
Vienna (AFP) March 5, 2009 - The UN atomic watchdog Thursday discussed a proposal to limit the terms of its chief to just two in future, diplomats said.
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Fire at Japan nuke plant, no radiation leak: operator
Kashiwazaki, Japan (AFP) March 5, 2009 - A small fire broke out in a Japanese nuclear plant Thursday, injuring one worker, but was extinguished without a radiation leak, said operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO).
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Analysis: Kazakhs to boost uranium output
Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 - Unlike many other newly emerging oil-rich nations, Kazakhstan is not placing all its hopes on its hydrocarbon resources but seeking to diversify its energy exports to include uranium, adducing an increased demand for the fuel in coming decades from countries interested in nuclear power. Ultimately, however, having the silvery metal underwrite an increased percentage of the national economy might well prove to be a mixed blessing. In a world increasingly conscious of greenhouse gases and global warming, nuclear power has great appeal, but 55 years after the world's first nuclear power plant became operational, no one has yet figured out how to safely dispose of the waste.
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Siemens teams up with Russia for slice of nuclear pie
Berlin (AFP) March 4, 2009 - Siemens has become the latest German firm to up its game and tap into the renewed interest in nuclear power being seen all across the world -- but not in the company's own backyard.