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Iran needs two weeks to fully load fuel in nuclear plant Tehran (AFP) Aug 31, 2010 
Iran will need two more weeks to complete the process of loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said.
The process of loading 163 fuel rods, also supplied by Russia, into the nuclear power plant located in the southern port city of Bushehr began on August 21 and was to be completed by September 5.
Thereafter the rods were to be transfe ... read moreMerkel speaks on German nuclear future 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 30, 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country's reactors could run for another "10 to 15 years," in her first concrete comments on the length of a potential running time extension of the 17 German nuclear power plants. This is the extension that makes technical sense, Merkel said Sunday in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD. Plant safety, however, still needs to be facto ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Indian nuclear bill wins final approval
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 31, 2010A bill aimed at throwing open India's 150-billion-dollar civilian nuclear market cleared its final parliamentary hurdle Monday after a stormy debate. The bill, critical to implementing a 2008 landmark atomic energy pact with the United States, which grants India access to foreign nuclear technology, was approved by parliament's upper house. Premier Manmohan Singh has said the measure wi ... more Finnish police arrest 30 at nuclear power plant protest 
Helsinki (AFP) Aug 28, 2010Finnish police arrested 30 demonstrators protesting near a nuclear power plant in Finland on Saturday for refusing to follow orders, a police official said. "Police did not have an option but to detain the whole group for refusing to follow police orders," Lars Groenroos of the Satakunta police told AFP. "Thirty people were taken to the Rauma police station" and 10 of them were given fin ... more Germany mulls longer life for nuclear power plants: reports 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 28, 2010An experts' report commissioned by the German government has advocated extending the life of the nation's nuclear power plants by up to two decades, reports said on Saturday. According to the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the experts believe that an extension would allow "the best outcomes for climate protection and the economy." Among the scenarios for prolonging the life of the ... more Merkel supports nuclear power plant extension 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 29, 2010German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that the lifespan of the nation's nuclear power plants should be extended by 10 to 15 years beyond the planned phase-out starting in 2021. An extension of 10 to 15 years was "technically reasonable," the chancellor said in an interview with TV channel ARD. Merkel's conclusions were based on a report by experts, widely quoted by German media ... more |
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Indian nuclear bill clears parliament
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 The Indian parliament adopted Wednesday a long-delayed law that will throw open the 150-billion-dollar Indian atomic energy market to foreign private nuclear groups. The law, which has been the subject of fierce wrangling between the government and opposition, is part of a 2008 landmark atomic energy pact with the United States that granted India access to foreign nuclear technology. Pri ... more Egypt announces site of planned nuclear plant
Cairo (AFP) Aug 25, 2010Egypt announced on Wednesday it would build its planned nuclear powerplant on the Mediterranean coast of el-Dabaa which it hopes will start production in 2019, the state news agency MENA reported. Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said President Hosni Mubarak had decided in a meeting that the reactor would be located in el-Dabaa, on the coast west of the port city of Alexandria. The m ... more Russia backs African nuclear treaty
Moscow (UPI) Aug 24, 2010 Even though Russia and the United States have the world's largest nuclear arsenals, Moscow is backing a nuclear initiative to ensure that Africa remains free of nuclear weapons. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted to the Duma for ratification two protocols to a treaty establishing Africa as a nuclear-free weapons zone, Itar-Tass reported. The protocols propose a ban o ... more DNA of Chernobyl animals studied
Pripyat, Russia (UPI) Aug 20, 2010 Scientists studying wildlife in the Chernobyl region say DNA may be the key to which species are most likely to be damaged by radioactive contamination. Two scientists, one American and one French, have been in Chernobyl for more than 10 years studying the populations of insects, birds and mammals in "zone of alienation" surrounding the abandoned nuclear power station in Ukraine, the BB ... more |
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