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Libya and Canada sign nuclear deal
Tripoli (AFP) July 30, 2009 Libya and Canada have signed a memorandum of intent on nuclear power, the fourth signed by Tripoli in the past two years, an official said on Thursday. The memorandum foresees cooperation between the two countries in research and the mining, processing and transport of uranium, as well as its use in medicine and desalination projects. Since July 2007, Libya has signed another three similar agreements with France, Russia and Ukraine. OPEC member Libya is also the African continent's third largest oil producer after Nigeria and Angola, pumping nearly two million barrels of crude oil per day. It hopes to increase production to three million bpd by 2013. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Two generators shut down at Russian nuclear plant: companyMoscow (AFP) July 29, 2009 Two generators at Russia's Kola nuclear power plant near Murmansk, in the far northwest, were shut down due to a fault in the anti-fire system, energy group Energoatom said Wednesday. The shutdown took place late Tuesday and one of the generators went back on line Wednesday morning, the group said in a statement. It added that capacity was currently reduced to 896 milliwatts compared wit ... read more |
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