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Outside View: Russia’s Iran nuke role

Moscow (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 - According to Zalmay Khalilzad, the permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations, the Iranian Six -- the United States, Russia, China and the European trio of Britain, France and Germany -- have at last reached a consensus.

Dec 28, 2007

Russia delivers more nuclear fuel to Iran: official

Tehran (AFP) Dec 28, 2007 - Russia has delivered a second consignment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr power plant, the official news agency IRNA quoted the deputy head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation as saying on Friday.

Dec 28, 2007

France could provide Egypt with nuclear help: Sarkozy

Cairo (AFP) Dec 28, 2007 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is willing to help Egypt develop nuclear energy for peaceful use, the official MENA news agency reported Friday, quoting an interview with an Egyptian daily.

Dec 28, 2007

Outside View: EU goes Russian nuclear

Moscow (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 - After the EU gave its approval for the Russian-Bulgarian agreement on building a nuclear power plant in the small Bulgarian town of Belene on the bank of the Danube, the two countries are in the starting blocks waiting for the main treaty to be signed in late January 2008.

Dec 28, 2007

Japan, Kazakh firms to tie-up in nuclear fuel processing: official

Tokyo (AFP) Dec 26, 2007 - Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. and trading house Sumitomo Corp. will tie up with Kazakhstan's state-run energy company in uranium processing for nuclear power generation, an official said Wednesday.

Dec 26, 2007

Iran’s first home-built nuclear plant ready in 9 years: MP

Tehran (AFP) Dec 24, 2007 - Iran's first home-built nuclear power plant is scheduled to come online in around nine years, a top MP said on Monday, citing a report by the Iranian atomic energy organisation.

Dec 24, 2007

Taiwan nuclear power plant could run for extra 20 years: regulator

Taipei (AFP) Dec 24, 2007 - Taiwan's nuclear power policy regulator said Monday that the island's first nuclear power plant could keep running for another 20 years after its operation licence expires in 2017.

Dec 24, 2007

Russia FM in Libya for nuclear talks

Tripoli (AFP) Dec 23, 2007 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks in Libya on Sunday as the longtime pariah state consolidated its return to the international fold.

Dec 23, 2007

Bush says nuclear energy ‘best’ for greenhouse gases

Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - US President George W. Bush said Thursday that nuclear power represents the best solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and stressed he was serious about fighting climate change.

Dec 20, 2007

France backs India nuclear accord

New Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - France's foreign minister said Thursday he was hoping to see India secure a nuclear safeguards agreement with the UN atomic watchdog that would pave the way for energy business in the country.

Dec 20, 2007

Iran’s nuclear reactor not ready until end 2008: contractor

Moscow (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - Russia dampened Thursday Iranian hopes of an imminent launch of the Bushehr nuclear power station Moscow is building in the Islamic republic, saying it would not be launched earlier than the end of 2008.

Dec 20, 2007

Problems reported at two German nuclear power plants

Berlin (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - Incidents have occurred at two nuclear power plants in Germany, officials said on Thursday, six months after the sector was shaken by accusations that problems at plants had been covered up.

Dec 20, 2007

Rice declines to rule out trip to NKorea

Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declined Thursday to rule out traveling to North Korea before President George W. Bush's term ends early in 2009, saying nothing is inconceivable.

Dec 20, 2007

French nuclear group targets third of new reactors

Paris (AFP) Dec 19, 2007 - Areva, the world's largest nuclear power group, wants to account for a third of all new nuclear reactors built worldwide between now and 2030, company chief executive Anne Lauvergeon said Wednesday.

Dec 19, 2007

Outside View: Russia settles Bushehr row

Moscow (UPI) Dec 19, 2007 - Russia and Iran may set up a joint venture to run the Bushehr nuclear power plant and ensure its safety.

Dec 19, 2007

Russia offers to help Libya in pursuit of nuclear energy

Moscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2007 - Russia offered Wednesday to help Libya in its pursuit of nuclear energy and announced a visit to the former pariah state this weekend by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, a report said.

Dec 19, 2007