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Old Lithuanian nuke plant closed under EU dealVilnius (AFP) Dec 31, 2009 Lithuania Thursday shut down its Soviet-era nuclear plant under an EU deal in a move set to drive up electricity prices amid an economic crisis and leave it counting on ex-master Moscow for power. "At 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) everything went offline. It all went according to plan," Viktor Sevaldin, director of the 26-year-old plant, told AFP by telephone. The plant, located in Visaginas in eastern Lithuania, provided 70 percent of the Baltic state's electricity. It gradually went offline from 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) Thursday, displaying its decreasing output on its website. ... read more |
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Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 03, 2010Transforming lead into gold is an impossible feat, but a similar type of "alchemy" is not only possible, but cost-effective too. Three Penn State researchers have shown that certain combinations of elemental atoms have electronic signatures that mimic the electronic signatures of other elements. According to the team's leader A. Welford Castleman Jr., Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science ... more  
Angra Dos Reis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 3, 2010Two nuclear plants close to a southern Brazilian town hit by landslides may shut down as a precaution, the mayor said Sunday, as the regional toll from deadly floods rose to 68. "There are no operational problems at Angra I and Angra II... but if landslides persist in the hills, we'll need to shut them down," Mayor Tuca Jordao told a press conference in this seaside town some 150 kilometers ... more  
Gaborone (AFP) Jan 3, 2010The Okavango Delta, a natural treasure in northern Botswana, is under threat after a large portion of the reservoir was infested with weed threatening tourism and fishing industries. Salvinia molesta weed also known as Kariba weed, which originates from South America, is believed to have found its way to the delta through the water that flows in from Angola's infested rivers. The free fl ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 31, 2009The United States has ratcheted up trade tensions with China by saying it will slap penalty duties on imported Chinese steel pipes to offset state subsidies -- a move slammed by Beijing. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a "final" decision saying that the pipes adversely impacted the US steel industry, paving the way for the Commerce Department to impose countervailing dutie ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 4, 2010Taiwan aims to start formal negotiations with China on a controversial trade agreement by the middle of this month, an economics ministry spokesman said Monday. "The ministry hopes both sides will kick off official talks on the trade pact with China in mid- or late January after several rounds of informal talks," the spokesman told AFP. "An exact timetable and venue for the formal talks ... more  
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 03, 2010Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University have identified a way to increase the oil in tobacco plant leaves, which may be the next step in using the plants for biofuel. Their paper was published online in Plant Biotechnology Journal. According to Vyacheslav Andrianov, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology at Jefferson Medical College o ... more |
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