
Outside View: Russia changes nuke plant
Moscow (UPI) Sep 9, 2008 - The birthplace of the first-ever floating nuclear power plant will be the Baltic Sea instead of the White Sea.
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Moscow (UPI) Sep 9, 2008 - The birthplace of the first-ever floating nuclear power plant will be the Baltic Sea instead of the White Sea.
Sep 9, 2008

Victoria TX (SPX) Sep 09, 2008 - Exelon Generation has submitted a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeking authorization to build and operate a new dual-unit nuclear generating facility in Victoria County, Texas.
Sep 9, 2008

Moscow (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 - Australia has not remained immune to the Georgian incident. Canberra reportedly has warned Moscow that it may put on hold agreements on uranium supplies to Russia.
Sep 8, 2008

Berlin (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 - Germany is engulfed in a discussion over how to best handle nuclear waste, after it surfaced that several leaks threaten security at a dumping site in Lower Saxony state.
Sep 8, 2008

Tokyo (AFP) Aug 30, 2008 - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will boost its production of core nuclear power equipment by investing 15 billion yen (138 million dollars) in its key plant, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Aug 30, 2008

Brussels (AFP) Aug 30, 2008 - Belgian authorities reduced on Saturday a safety zone near a medical laboratory in the southern town of Fleurus where a leak of radioactive iodine occurred recently.
Aug 30, 2008

Helsinki (AFP) Aug 29, 2008 - Finnish nuclear safety agency STUK on Friday said construction work at the site of a new nuclear reactor being built in the country was safe but recommended that safety routines be improved.
Aug 29, 2008

Abuja (AFP) Aug 29, 2008 - Iran is ready to share its nuclear technology with Nigeria to help the energy-starved west African powerhouse boost electricity generation, a senior Iranian official has said.
Aug 29, 2008

Moscow ID (SPX) Aug 28, 2008 - A new recycling plant will soon recover uranium from the ashes of radioactive garbage to be recycled back into nuclear fuel using an efficient, environmentally friendly technology inspired by decaffeinated coffee. The technique's future may even hold the key to recycling the most dangerous forms of radioactive waste.
Aug 28, 2008

Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 28, 2008 - Hong Kong and China signed nuclear and gas energy deals on Thursday which the southern city hopes will reduce both pollution and the need for a controversial liquefied gas terminal.
Aug 28, 2008

Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2008 - French nuclear group Areva is facing a 50 percent rise to the cost of building the world's first next-generation pressurised water reactor in Finland, the business daily Les Echos reported Thursday.
Aug 28, 2008

Seoul (AFP) Aug 27, 2008 - South Korea said Wednesday it will build 10 more nuclear power plants by 2030 and increase its renewable energy resources as part of a 100-billion-dollar plan to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
Aug 27, 2008

Manipal, India (UPI) Aug 27, 2008 - Contrary to the expectations of Congress Party boss Sonia Gandhi and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, last week's special meeting in Vienna of the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group ended in deadlock.
Aug 27, 2008

Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2008 - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it was discussing a business tie-up with South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. in nuclear power plants.
Aug 26, 2008

Helsinki (AFP) Aug 26, 2008 - Up to 1,000 workers at a Finnish nuclear reactor construction site will strike next month if no explanation is given for wage deductions from Polish workers there, a trade union threatened Tuesday.
Aug 26, 2008

Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2008 - U.S. officials Monday officially designated the B reactor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as a historic landmark.
Aug 25, 2008