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The world's first piloted aircraft capable of taking to the air using only power from fuel cells took off in Germany Tuesday, producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, its makers said. "We have improved the performance capabilities and efficiency of the fuel cell to such an extent that a piloted aircraft is now able to take off using it," said Johann-Dietrich Woerner from the German Aerospace ... read more 
L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 8, 2009The world's most powerful leaders warned Wednesday the global economy is still in peril, at a summit marred by Russia's renunciation of climate change targets and splits over Iran. The build-up to the Group of Eight gathering in L'Aquila, which was devastated by an earthquake less than 100 days ago, was also overshadowed by turmoil in China which prompted President Hu Jintao to hurry back to ... more
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Sao Paulo (UPI) Jul 7, 2009 Production at the offshore Tupi field was suspended by Brazil's semi-public oil company this week because of equipment issues. Petroleo Brasileiro SA, better known as Petrobras, issued a release Monday saying a "manufacturing issue" with bolts used on an underwater production control device caused the shutdown. Production will be affected for several weeks. Production tests had ... more  
Brussels (AFP) July 7, 2009European Union nations decided Tuesday to impose anti-dumping duties on US biodiesel imports, which are suspected to be heavily subsidised, an EU diplomat said Tuesday. The proposal, by the European Commission, was adopted by the 27-country bloc's finance ministers at a meeting in Brussels, the diplomat said, on condition of anonymity. The duties, to come into force by July 12, range ... more  
Toronto (AFP) July 7, 2009A deepening garbage strike now entering its third week is sullying Toronto's reputation as one of the world's cleanest cities, with overflowing trash cans turning off tourists and residents alike. "I definitely noticed all the rubbish around, it's not what you think of when coming to Canada," said Australian, Cheryl Karey, who was on holiday in Toronto. Karey was walking along Queen ... more  
Seoul (UPI) Jul 7, 2009 South Korea aims to push to expand "peaceful and commercial" use of nuclear energy in upcoming talks with the United States aimed at revising a nuclear pact signed in 1974, an official said Monday. South Korea is prohibited from reprocessing spent nuclear fuels under the current agreement, which expires in 2014. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan said South ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 09, 2009On May 18, 2009 the first floating nuclear power plant was set up in St. Petersburg (Russia). The contract, signed by OPK and "Concern Energoatom" PLC on February 27, 2009, anticipated the construction, launching, rebuilding and testing of the power plant. The exploitation of the head floating power-generating unit, with KLT-40C type reactor, is the final step of this project. According to ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Jul 6, 2009 An incident at an error-prone German nuclear reactor has refueled the debate over the country's future energy mix. On Monday, Greenpeace activists amassed before the Kruemmel nuclear power plant near Hamburg to protest yet another incident at the Vattenfall Europe-run facility. It shut down automatically on Saturday after a transformer short-circuited. Kruemmel was reopened only ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 7, 2009Nuclear plants that France built after the oil shocks of 1970s are in good overall shape and have a strong chance of gaining approval for extending their operations for a fourth decade, the nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said it had told state-owned operator Electricite de France (EDF) that it did not see any "general problem" that would ... more 
Stockholm (AFP) July 8, 2009Sweden's nuclear safety authority has put the country's biggest nuclear power plant under observation after a series of incidents that could endanger security, it said on Wednesday. The Ringhals plant in southwestern Sweden has four reactors and produces about 20 percent of all electricity used in Sweden. "The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has observed a series of shortcomings ... more |
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