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America Regains Leadership With World Record Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 05, 2007 
The Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's $1.4 billion research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has established a new record as the world's most powerful accelerator based source of neutrons for scientific research. The SNS surpassed the previous record of 160 kilowatts for beam power, held by the United Kingdom's ISIS facility, while operating at 183 kilowatts.
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Grain Will Not Become Oil
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 05, 2007Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev will discuss a possibility of creating an OPEC-like grain cartel with his colleagues from Australia in September. He said the United States is reviewing the idea, and somewhat earlier Ukraine and Kazakhstan accepted it as a rational suggestion. But agricultural experts are not too optimistic about the idea to control the production and trade in ... more Six groups shortlisted for Bulgarian nuclear plant partnership 
Milan (AFP) Sept 4, 2007Six companies have been shortlisted to take part in a joint venture to build a 7.0-billion-euro (9.5-billion-dollar) nuclear power plant in Bulgaria, Italian press reports said on Tuesday. Italian energy group Enel has been chosen as well as Electricite de France, the Belgian group Electrabel, Germany power groups EON and RWE, and CEZ of the Czech Republic, Il Corriere della Sera reported ... more The 5 Ws Of Corn Production 
Madison WI (SPX) Sep 05, 2007As of late, many uncertainties have been sprouting up in corn production. Researchers and producers have been wondering if precision agricultural technologies can improve crop yield and quality or reduce their variability. Farmers have been asking a number of questions from, which hybrid should I plant for best yield and quality, to does applying nitrogen fertilizer at a uniform rate produce a ... more Thousands without power as California sizzles 
Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 4, 2007Around 40,000 homes across California were without power Tuesday as searing temperatures roasted the region and drained the electricity grid, authorities said. Around 11,000 residents were still suffering from power outages across Los Angeles while a further 29,000 households were without electricity in the areas surrounding the metropolis, utility companies said. Los Angeles and parts ... more Committee to review Indian left's objections to US nuke deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 4, 2007India's foreign minister will head a committee set up by the Congress party-led government to review objections by communist allies to a controversial nuclear deal with the US, reports said Tuesday. The pact seeks to bring India into the loop of global atomic commerce after a gap of three decades, but the leftist parties, which oppose strategic ties with Washington, say the nuclear ... more |
CIVIL NUCLEAR
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully demonstrated in flight tests that the Airborne Laser's battle management and beam control/fire control systems can complete the full series of steps required to support a ballistic missile intercept. During these "low power" tests, which concluded Aug. 23, the modified Boeing 747-400F operated from Edwards Air ... more Russia's Putin, tycoons heading to Australia 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country's most prominent tycoons are set to fly to Australia on Friday amid speculation that Canberra is poised to sign a deal to sell uranium to Moscow. Media reports said a uranium deal could be signed Friday, when the Russian leader makes a one-day official visit before taking part in the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) summit on ... more Russia draws 'red line' on Kosovo, US missile defence 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined Russia's increasingly muscular foreign policy Monday, laying out a series of non-negotiable "red line" issues including Kosovo and US missile defence. "There are so-called 'red line' issues for Russia," Lavrov said in a speech to students at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations. "There we cannot fail to react and we must stick to ... more Japan holds disaster drills to prepare for big quake 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 1, 2007Hundreds of thousands of people took part in disaster drills across Japan on Saturday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declaring a mock emergency with a huge quake about to hit the nation. The exercise came a month before Japan introduces an early quake warning system nationwide. The central government held a drill at the prime minister's office, assuming the meteorological agency warns t ... more |
CLIMATE SCIENCE
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Midland MI (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Following the launch of its first solar feedstock material (Dow Corning PV 1101 SoG Silicon) last year, Dow Corning's Solar Solutions Group has extended its product offerings for the global solar energy market with an encapsulant and two potting agents that have been tested and qualified for solar applications. "We're taking the guess-work out of figuring out which of the hundreds of ... more No APEC deal on climate change targets: Howard 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2007Asia-Pacific countries will not agree on binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at a major summit this week, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum -- which includes the world's biggest polluters, the United States and China -- will outline tactics for the post-Kyoto fight against climate change at the ... more Protesters arrested as APEC meetings kick off in Sydney 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2007Environmental activists launched the first of an expected barrage of protests at an Asia-Pacific summit in Australia on Sunday with a stunt that resulted in mass arrests. Twelve Greenpeace protesters were arrested and charged after they rode inflatable dinghies out to a ship carrying coal in a port north of Sydney and painted an anti-APEC slogan on its hull. Australian authorities have ... more Thailand seeks 200 experts for first nuclear plant 
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Thailand is seeking some 200 nuclear experts as the kingdom aims to build its first atomic power plant over the next decade in a bid to cope with a looming power shortage, the prime minister said Monday. "It will take us 10 to 15 years to have the first nuclear power plant, and we need 200 nuclear experts to help us," army-installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont told reporters. ... more
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