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Nuclear Energy News
Obama gives $8 billion loan guarantee to boost nuclear power
US President Barack Obama on 16 February announced $8 billion worth of loan guarantees to build the first new nuclear power plant in the United States in more than 30 years — a pair of
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Fuel bank plans tabled
Efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to keep countries from acquiring nuclear technology by offering them alternatives got a boost last week as three plans for nuclear fuel banks and multinational fuel factories
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Spanish nuke plant handed highest-ever fine over leak
The Spanish government has fined the Asco I nuclear plant near Tarragona 15.4 million Euro over a radioactive leak in 2007, press reports said on May 12. The reports said it was the highest ever
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EU candidates for nuke watchdog group still in running
One of the world’s most critical jobs, especially now as Iran continues to forge ahead with its nuclear programme despite widespread criticism from the west, is heading the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA,) and the
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Germany and nuclear powers open Iranian door
The five nuclear weapons states and Germany have offered Iran direct dialogue to solve the nuclear spat, while also calling on leaders in Tehran to obey the demands of the United Nations Security Council. Britain,
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France to help Italy build at least 4 NPPs
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed an agreement on February 24 in Rome to jointly develop “at least” four nuclear power stations on Italian territory. The deal, which will strengthen energy
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Russia ready for partnership with Siemens, says Putin
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on February 3 that Russia was ready for a “full-scale partnership” with German engineering giant Siemens in the civilian nuclear energy industry, Interfax reported. “We are ready to move
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EDF to build new-generation reactor in France
French energy supplier EDF is to build France’s second nextgeneration EPR nuclear reactor at Penly, on the English Channel, the online edition of the daily Le Figaro reported on January 30. The announcement was made
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RWE signs USD 1.8 billion Bulgarian nuclear deal
German energy giant RWE launched a joint venture with the Bulgarian NEK to develop the Balkan country's second nuclear power plant.   The Essen-based company would invest 1.275 billion Euro (USD 1.84 billion) for a 49
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Finnish nuclear reactor project further delayed
The construction schedule for Finland’s fifth nuclear reactor has run into a new delay, Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said. Work on the third reactor at Olkiluoto, southwestern Finland, began in 2005. Power generation
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Iran in on power plant project
Tajik Ambassador to Tehran, Ramazan Mirzayev recently invited Iran to participate in a consortium to build a huge hydroelectric power plant project in the Central Asian country. Citing Iran’s expertise in this field, he added
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USD 1 bln International Uranium Foundation plans
Kazakhstan could set up an international uranium foundation with an authorised capital of around USD one billion in 2009, said Mukhtar Dzhakishev, President of Kazatomprom, a national nuclear corporation. “I think, there will be around
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Indian premier wants closer nuclear ties
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 22 embarked on a 10-day visit to the United States and France which was expected to mark India’s opening nuclear trade with the world after a three-decade ban.
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Cost over-runs hit the EU nuclear fusion project
Cost over-runs may double the cost of a world project to build a new kind of nuclear reactor that leaves behind practically no nuclear waste, according to the deputy chief scientist on September 15. The
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Leak at Spanish nuclear plant could bring a big fine
Spain’s nuclear watchdog agency has proposed a fine of up to 22.5 million Euro against Endesa for a leak at a power plant last year, charging the plant’s operators waited three weeks to report it
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Enel to appraise Albania’s nuclear future potential
Following the new centre-right government’s call for the reintroduction in Italy of nuclear power production, Enel SpA has said that they are ready to assess the feasibility of building a nuclear power plant in Albania
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Poettering calls on Lithuania to close NPP
European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering on April 24 urged Lithuania to meet its energy commitments to the European Union. “Every country has to meet commitments. Lithuania has assumed the obligation of decommissioning the Ignalina nuclear
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RWE, strongest link for Belene
German company RWE is the strongest candidate for being the strategic investor in Belene Nuclear Power Plant, the BGNES agency announced, quoting sources, close to the procedure for electing a minority shareholder in the future
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Nuclear reactor deal with US
Deputy Prime Minister Daniel Valtchev and the ambassador of the US John Beyrle signed an agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and the USA for assistance with the reconstruction of the nuclear reactor of the
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Putin, Mubarak seal nuclear power agreement
Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak signed a deal in Moscow on March 25 that allows Russia to compete for a USD 1.5 to two billion tender to build his country first nuclear power plant.The nuclear cooperation
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Kassandra
David Cameron and the Rumble in the Jungle
It is said that a week is a long time in politics and this week has been as long as
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Suffer Little Children
The Commission are sometimes accused of making propaganda, especially when engaging with children, but their
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Farage to Belgium: I'm sorry; but he's not apologizing to Van Rompuy
Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with European Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the
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Banking
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Banks can create money. This time-cherished truth opened the way to the last credit crisis, which still threatens the world
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Down with the bankers, loan sharks...
Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of
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EU says ok to Greek deficit...
After the European Union once again delayed any decision on whether to bail out Greece as the country struggles to
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EU Council/Presidency
Farage To Belgium: "I'm Sorry"...
Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the unrepentant EFD Leader spoke about being
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Spanish Presidency plan for electric...
 Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, has pledged to present a
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World unites in Haiti aid effort:...
With the whole world watching, as Haiti tries to recover from the 7-richter earthquake that has reportedly killed 50,000, a
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USA
Despite defeat, US could still access EU citizen’s bank data
Although the European Parliament dealt a surprise defeat to an EU-US deal that would have allowed American investigators to look
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Obama gives $8 billion loan guarantee to boost nuclear power
US President Barack Obama on 16 February announced $8 billion worth of loan guarantees to
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Hillary flies to London for Afghanistan Conference
In what is gearing up to be the event of the Defense calendar 2010, UK
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The grades are in for Obama’s first year in office – and they’re not so good
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit
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Russia
Baltics question need for sale of French warship to Russia
The Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania said on 24 February that they remained to be convinced that the sale
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Russia may consider new Iran sanctions
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran
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Khodorkovsky condemns Russia’s legal system
Russia’s justice system is still mired in violence and arbitrariness, despite reforms promised by Kremlin
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Two years into Medvedev’s first term as president
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev marked the halfway point of his four-year term in office on
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CHINA
Will China re-define great power politics?
Will China redefine great power politics?   China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift.
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EU firms bullish on China, intellectual property debated
The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets,
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China miffed over German snubs at Frankfurt book fair
Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas
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