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Using Supercomputers To Explore Nuclear EnergyChicago IL (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 Ever wanted to see a nuclear reactor core in action? A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before. A team of nuclear engineers and computer scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are developing the neutron transport code UNIC, which enables researchers for the first time to obtain a highly detailed description of a nuclear reactor core. ... read more |
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Covidien Announces Definitive Agreement To Sell US RadiopharmaciesDublin, Ireland (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 Covidien has reported a definitive agreement to sell its radiopharmacies in the United States to Triad Isotopes, Inc. of Orlando, Florida. Triad operates a network of 26 nuclear radiopharmacies and six cyclotron facilities in the southeast United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The decision to divest the network of 37 Mallinckrodt radiopharmacies was made following a thorough review and evaluation of a number of strategic alternatives. The decision is consisten ... read more |
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Berlin (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 The German government has dubbed 2010 the "Energy Year" during which it will fund energy-related research projects with more than $600 million. It's one of the biggest challenges of our time: How should we shape our energy mix in times of a changing climate, dwindling natural resources and a growing demand for energy in quickly growing economies? Germany aims to tackle - and may ... more  
Milan, Italy (AFP) Jan 26, 2010Milan's mayor defended Tuesday her city's efforts to combat pollution after two straight weeks of high levels of airborne particulate matter (PM-10). The air in the northern Italian city "is better than it has been in recent years," Letizia Moratti wrote in a letter to the leading Italian daily Corriere della Sera. "Over the first 25 days of the month, the average concentration of PM-10 ... more 
Kampala (AFP) Jan 26, 2010Uganda backed down from a pledge to bar Tullow Oil from acquiring more oil fields after the British firm presented the president with a choice of Chinese, French and US partners, officials said Tuesday. State Minister for Investment Aston Kajara told AFP that senior Tullow executives met President Yoweri Museveni in his office on Monday to discuss the fate of the east African country's much- ... more |
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Oil prices slip as market frets about Chinese demandNew York (AFP) Jan 26, 2010 Oil prices resumed their downward movement Tuesday as the market fretted about China's moves to tighten credit to cool economic growth that could weaken energy demand in the Asian giant. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, slid 55 cents to close at 74.71 dollars a barrel. In intraday trade, the futures contract fell to 73.82 dollars, its lowest prices since December 22. In London, Brent North Sea crude for March shed 40 cents to settle at 73.29 dollars. ... read more |
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