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![]() Vienna (AFP) Sept 20, 2010 There is a renaissance of worldwide interest in nuclear power as countries seek clean and stable sources of energy which will not exacerbate climate change, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday. "It is not an exaggeration to say that we have entered a new era." the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, told the body's annual general conference on its first day. Some 60 countries were currently considering launching nuclear energy programmes, Amano said. "We expect betwe ... read more |
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BP's disastrous broken well in Gulf of Mexico is 'dead'![]() US officials have finally declared BP's broken well in the Gulf of Mexico "dead", five months after a deadly oil rig blast sparked one of the costliest and largest environmental disasters ever. Although the troublesome well may have been killed once and for all, BP still faces a long uphill battle to clean up the Gulf, a litany of lawsuits, billions of dollars in fines, and shareholders ange ... more Spain approves country's largest biomass plant ![]() Spain's government Monday approved the construction of the country's largest biomass plant, the renewable energy group Ence announced Monday. Government approval was necessary as the plant, to be built in the southern town of Huelva, will use state aid set aside for renewable energy projects. The factory will have a capacity of 50 megwatts and will supply green energy to some 400,000 peo ... more Britain fixes Eurofighter ejector seats after Spain crash ![]() Britain's Royal Air Force has modified the ejection seat harnesses on its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft following a fatal accident in Spain, the Ministry of Defence said Monday. The RAF grounded all Typhoons deployed outside operational theatres from Wednesday until Monday so that the problem with the seats could be fixed, a spokesman for the ministry said in a statement. Jets form ... more |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2010 Driven by rapid global industrialization, finite fossil fuel reserves, and the high cost of many alternative energy options, meeting the world's energy challenge may demand novel solutions. One potential solution has its roots in the ubiquitous industrial invention: the factory. Investigators at SUNY Binghamton's Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM) - the only center of its kind in the United States - are giving factory production of solar energy cells a modern makeover. Their ... read more |
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