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Japan to restart controversial nuclear reactor after 14 yearsTokyo (AFP) May 6, 2010 Japan plans to restart Thursday its controversial fast-breeder nuclear reactor after operations were suspended for more than 14 years following a sodium leak and a fire. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is scheduled to relaunch Monju, the nation's only fast-breeder reactor, around 10:30 am (0130 GMT). The facility was shut down in 1995, less than two years after Monju had started generating power, after a special thermometer broke, leaking high-temperature metallic sodium that reacted violently wi ... read more |
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Windsor, UK (SPX) May 06, 2010Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC), a leading manufacturer of innovative ceramic, glass, precious metal, piezoelectric and dielectric materials, announces a Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership (sKTP) project with Glyndwr University. MTC and Glyndwr University will work together to design and build an energy harvesting demonstration system that will provide a renewable source of energy. The 26 we ... more  
Washington (AFP) May 5, 2010Right-wing darling Sarah Palin, who championed off-shore oil drilling in Alaska, bashed "foreign" companies Wednesday as the culprits behind the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. "Gulf: learn from Alaska's lesson w/foreign oil co's: don't naively trust- VERIFY," the former Republican vice presidential pick told her 143,000 followers Wednesday on the micro-blogging site Twitter. The ... more 
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2010China said Wednesday one of its inspection ships that chased down a Japanese ocean surveying vessel in the East China Sea had acted legitimately, state media reported. "China's position on the issues of the East China Sea and the Diaoyu islands is consistent and clear," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu was quoted as saying by the China News Service. "China's Haijian ship was complet ... more |
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SwRI joins Commercial Spaceflight FederationBoulder CO (SPX) May 05, 2010 Southwest Research Institute, which has committed funding to conduct in-space experiments using next-generation suborbital vehicles for various scientific research and public outreach, recently joined the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, an industry organization dedicated to promoting the development of commercial human spaceflight. Unanimously approved for membership by the CSF Board of Directors, SwRI joins as an executive member, working alongside such pioneers as Scaled Composites, Mojave Sp ... read more |
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