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Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team

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The Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team produces Nuclear Power Daily's coverage of nuclear energy. We report on reactors and small modular reactors, the fuel cycle, waste and safety, policy, and fusion research. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Nuclear Power Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

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IAEA inspectors at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy plant for reactor checks

Sofia (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 - Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived Monday in Bulgaria to conduct checks on two modernised reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant, the plant said in a statement.

Nov 10, 2008

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German riot police break up nuclear protest

Berlin (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 - German riot police tried Monday to break up a human blockade of a radioactive waste disposal site in the country's biggest anti-nuclear protests since 2001.

Nov 10, 2008

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Britain lifts ban on civilian nuclear exports to India

London (AFP) Nov 10, 2008 - Britain has lifted a ban on exporting sensitive nuclear technology to India for civilian projects, it said Monday, after an international accord to relax rules in September.

Nov 10, 2008

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Police crackdown on German nuclear waste train protests

Berlin (AFP) Nov 9, 2008 - Police wielding truncheons beat back environmentalists Sunday trying to block a train carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste from western France to a dump in Germany, authorities said.

Nov 9, 2008

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Chavez boasts nuclear cooperation with Russia

Caracas (AFP) Nov 8, 2008 - President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he was looking forward to signing nuclear cooperation agreements with Russia during an upcoming visit to Venezuela by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Nov 8, 2008

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Slovakia to close nuclear reactor unit, but may reopen it later

Bratislava (AFP) Nov 6, 2008 - Slovakia will shut down a unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant at the year's end as scheduled, but may reopen it later to offset the fallout of the global financial crisis, the prime minister said Thursday.

Nov 6, 2008

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Russia to help in Vietnam civil nuclear program

Moscow (AFP) Nov 6, 2008 - Russia wants to take part in Vietnam's planned nuclear energy program, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said Thursday following talks with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi.

Nov 6, 2008

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Italy to get nuclear reactors by 2018: report

Paris (AFP) Nov 6, 2008 - Italy will build up to ten nuclear power reactors to cover a quarter of the country's energy needs, with the first batch operational by 2018, Italian media reported Thursday.

Nov 6, 2008

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Thailand commissions nuclear power plant study

Bangkok (AFP) Nov 5, 2008 - Thailand's state electricity firm said Wednesday it had signed a contract with a US company to conduct a feasibility study for what would be the nation's first nuclear power plant.

Nov 5, 2008

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IAEA experts going back to quake-hit Japan nuclear plant

Vienna (AFP) Nov 4, 2008 - Experts led by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will go to Japan next month for a third inspection of the world's largest nuclear power station since a July 2007 earthquake, it said Tuesday.

Nov 4, 2008

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Czech nuclear power station shutdown extended

Prague (AFP) Nov 4, 2008 - One of the reactors at the Czech nuclear power station at Temelin, closed for maintenance since the end of July, is to remain shut for several more weeks so a turbine blade can be repaired, the plant operator said Tuesday.

Nov 4, 2008

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Austria should exit Euratom Treaty: Green party

Vienna (AFP) Nov 4, 2008 - The Austrian Green party called Tuesday for Austria to quit the European Atomic Energy Community (Euroatom or EAEC), saying public money paid to the body could be better used elsewhere.

Nov 4, 2008

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Top Slovakian power producer starts building two nuclear units

Bratislava (AFP) Nov 3, 2008 - The dominant Slovakian power producer Slovenske elektrarne (SE) launched the construction of two new units at the Mochovce nuclear power plant in western Slovakia on Monday.

Nov 3, 2008

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Serbia stops Bulgarian train over radioactive cargo: customs

Belgrade (AFP) Nov 3, 2008 - Serbia has denied entry to a train from Bulgaria after discovering a carriage laden with radioactive material, the customs service said Monday.

Nov 3, 2008

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Bratislava, Prague back nuclear to fight green-house gases

Bratislava (AFP) Nov 3, 2008 - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek on Monday called on the EU to back nuclear energy as a means of cutting carbon dioxide emissions and increasing energy independence.

Nov 3, 2008

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Areva shares rise sharply on US nuclear waste deal

Paris (AFP) Nov 3, 2008 - Shares in French group Areva were up sharply on Monday after the world's biggest nuclear operator said it would be taking part in a US deal to manage atomic waste.

Nov 3, 2008