
Egypt to launch tender for nuclear reactor in February
Cairo (AFP) Jan 26, 2008 - Egypt said on Saturday it would launch a tender for offers in February to build its first nuclear reactor, the official MENA news agency reported.
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Cairo (AFP) Jan 26, 2008 - Egypt said on Saturday it would launch a tender for offers in February to build its first nuclear reactor, the official MENA news agency reported.
Jan 26, 2008

Tehran (AFP) Jan 26, 2008 - Russia delivered the seventh out of eight consignments of fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Jan 26, 2008

New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2008 - India and France on Friday signed the framework of an accord paving the way for nuclear power cooperation once New Delhi is able to enter the global atomic energy market, French officials said.
Jan 25, 2008

New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2008 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said talks with the UN's nuclear watchdog on a pact allowing New Delhi to buy nuclear power plants and technology will be soon completed.
Jan 25, 2008

Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2008 - President George W. Bush has green-lighted a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Turkey, saying that private-sector proliferation worries have been addressed, the White House said Wednesday.
Jan 23, 2008

Moscow (UPI) Jan 23, 2008 - Several energy agreements were signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Bulgaria last week, including on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and the Belene nuclear power plant.
Jan 23, 2008

Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2008 - A consortium led by French nuclear giant Areva is preparing to bid for two third-generation atomic reactors to be built in South Africa, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday.
Jan 22, 2008

Stockholm (AFP) Jan 21, 2008 - Nearly half of Swedes favour expanding Sweden's nuclear power stations, a poll showed Monday, despite plans to shut all of the Scandinavian country's 10 reactors over the next 20 years.
Jan 21, 2008

Bratislava (AFP) Jan 21, 2008 - Slovakia will organise a tender for the contract to build new nuclear capacity at its Jaslovske Bohunice site in the west of the country, officials said on Monday.
Jan 21, 2008

Tehran (AFP) Jan 20, 2008 - Russia has delivered more than half the fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, after a fourth consignment arrived on Sunday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Jan 20, 2008

Taipei (AFP) Jan 20, 2008 - Taiwan is mulling transporting its nuclear waste to France for reprocessing as two of the island's radioactive waste storage sites will reach capacity by 2011, a report said Sunday.
Jan 20, 2008

Tehran (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - Russia Friday delivered a third consignment of fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Jan 18, 2008

Sofia (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - Russia and Bulgaria signed Friday a four-billion-euro (5.9 billion-dollar) contract for the construction of a new 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in the town of Belene on the Danube.
Jan 18, 2008

Paris (AFP) Jan 18, 2008 - President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to India next week will focus on civilian nuclear cooperation, defence contracts and deepening bilateral exchanges, the Elysee said Friday.
Jan 18, 2008

Sofia (AFP) Jan 16, 2008 - Bulgaria should be allowed to reopen two closed reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear plant or receive larger compensation for the EU-required shutdown, the energy minister said Wednesday.
Jan 16, 2008

Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2008 - Twenty-three US groups launched an effort Tuesday to stop a US deal aimed at providing India with civilian nuclear fuel and technology, saying it would instead beef up New Delhi's atomic weapons capability.
Jan 15, 2008