News About Civil Nuclear Energy 19-NOV-09 en-us Helsinki (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - A ship carrying steam turbines for a new Finnish nuclear reactor docked Wednesday in the Western Finnish city of Rauma with eight Greenpeace activists on board, Finnish police said.]]> Tehran (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday Tehran had ruled out sending any low-enriched uranium abroad but would consider a simultaneous fuel swap inside the country, a report said.]]> Warsaw (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 - French energy giant EDF and its Polish counterpart PGE have signed a cooperation deal, PGE said on Wednesday as Poland launches a nuclear power drive.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - The United States should consider following France's lead and ramping up use of nuclear power in an effort to contain global warming, a senior US senator helping craft climate change legislation said Tuesday.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 - If Congress and the states do not follow the lead of Wall Street in declining to underwrite financially "risky and uneconomic" new nuclear reactors, the resulting taxpayer-backed loan guarantees and other subsidies could pave the way for the same kind of industry-wide meltdown that happened in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a major new study by Dr. Mark Cooper, a senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.]]> Hanoi (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - Vietnam is expected to take a key step towards meeting its burgeoning appetite for electricity by paving the way for its first nuclear power plant, but debate is still raging over the controversial project.]]> Moscow (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 - Russia said the launch of a nuclear power plant it is building in Iran will be delayed, in a move observers say is linked to the slow progress in the nuclear conflict with the Islamic Republic.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - Two senators unveiled legislation Monday to double US nuclear energy output in 20 years and foster clean energy options with "mini-Manhattan Projects" named for the original US atomic bomb push.]]> Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - Six Greenpeace activists Monday boarded a ship carrying French-made steam turbines bound for a new nuclear power station in Finland, the environmental group said.]]> Abu Dhabi (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - The United Arab Emirates should diversify its power generation sources, with nuclear energy providing the best option for the oil-rich country, the minister of state for foreign affairs said on Monday.]]>