El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2007 - Wyle Laboratories and ARES Corporation have signed a teaming agreement to jointly pursue commercial nuclear equipment qualification optimization programs for new nuclear power plant construction and U.S. Department of Energy facilities with the goal of significantly reducing costs to its customers.
Jakarta (AFP) June 12, 2007 - Thousands of protestors rallied Tuesday in Indonesia's Central Java, calling on the government to abandon plans to build a nuclear power plant on the outskirts of their city, organisers said. The government, under increasing pressure to improve energy supplies to the world's fourth most populous nation, plans to built its first plant on the foothills of Mount Muria, a dormant volcano on the north coast of Java island.
Bangkok (AFP) June 12, 2007 - Thailand's largest energy utility said Tuesday it will invest six billion dollars to build the country's first nuclear power plant, expected to start operations in 2020. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) said it planned to build the nuclear plant to produce 4,000 Megawatts of electricity as part of the nation's long-term energy planning to cope with a looming power shortage.
Oslo (AFP) June 01, 2007 - A Russian nuclear waste storage facility on the Kola Peninsula runs the risk of exploding soon due to severe corrosion on three tanks, the Norwegian environmental organisation Bellona warned on Friday. The risk of an uncontrolled chain reaction in the storage facility is imminent, Bellona, which works with nuclear contamination on the Kola Peninsula in northern Russia, said in a statement.
Washington (AFP) May 31, 2007 - The United States on Thursday again blamed some technical issues for delays in a nuclear energy deal with India but insisted it was still committed to the unprecedented agreement. I can't give you a sense on the final timing, but, look, the government's clearly committed to it, White House spokesman Tony Snow said as negotiators from both sides held talks in New Delhi.
Bratislava (AFP) Feb 23, 2007 - The Slovak branch of environmental organisation Greenpeace said on Tuesday it will launch a legal challenge against plans by Slovakia's biggest electricity producer to complete two blocs of a nuclear power plant.
