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Russia lacks personnel to dismantle nuclear sitesTomsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 Russia is experiencing an acute shortage of personnel to ensure the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities, state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom officials and experts warned on Friday. Russia is to decommission and dismantle 42 nuclear facilities by 2015 and 188 by 2020, Rosatom department head Yevgeny Komarov said, adding that 10 facilities were decommissioned last year. No college or university in Russia currently trains such specialists, he said, proposing that special tra ... read more |
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  On And Off Chameleon Magnets Could Revolutionize Computing What causes a magnet to be a magnet, and how can we control a magnet's behavior? These are the questions that University at Buffalo researcher Igor Zutic, a theoretical physicist, has been exploring ... more | .. |
  GL Garrad Hassan releases update of WindFarmer 4.2 To further boost the productivity of the wind farm design process, GL Garrad Hassan presented an updated version of its WindFarmer software at AWEA Windpower 2011. The software facilitates the layou ... more | .. |
 Superior sound for telephones and related devices mp3 for phone calls - Considering the poor sound quality of many phone calls, this is a great idea. Videoconference phone calls in particular can be unintentionally awkward because the participants ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Making materials to order A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to make complex composite materials whose attributes can be fine-tuned to give various desirable combinations of properties such as stiffness, strength, ... more | .. |
 Researchers butter up the old scratch test to make it tough It might not seem like scraping the top of a cold stick of butter with a knife could be a scientific test, but engineers at MIT say the process is very similar to the "scratch test," which is perhap ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Supplies Navigation Upgrades for Oil Tankers Northrop Grumman has supplied electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) for 12 BP oil tankers. Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit installed four of its new-generatio ... more | .. |
 Researchers develop environmentally friendly plastics University of Minnesota researchers have developed a portfolio of degradable plastics derived from renewable resources that could serve as a viable alternative to plastics made from petroleum and na ... more |
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  Millionaires hold 39% of global wealth: study Around one percent of households have 39 percent of the globe's wealth according to a study published Tuesday, pointing to increased inequalities in the wake of the global downturn. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela oil on the slide amid corruption Venezuela's oil industry showed renewed signs of decline in this year's performance so far amid fresh scandals over abuse of the country's oil revenues. ... more | .. |
 German artist sells oil art to buy BP BP, embattled by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, faces a new foe: German artist Ruppe Koselleck paints with oil washed onto beaches across the globe and sells his paintings with an optimistic goal in mind - to take over the European oil major. ... more | .. |
  ADB urges Asia to pursue solar power Asia must pursue solar power to sustain the region's economic growth, the Asian Development Bank said. ... more |
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 World oil prices climb on faltering dollar World oil prices soared on Tuesday as the dollar slid against the euro amid mounting speculation over another Greek bailout and as traders took heart from upbeat global economic data. ... more | .. |
 EON to sue Germany over nuclear tax Germany's largest energy company EON said Tuesday it would sue the government over plans to maintain a tax on spent fuel rods despite the intention to do away with nuclear plants by 2022. ... more | .. |
 Russia, China to wrap up gas talks by June 10: officials Russia and China hope to finish talks on a crucial gas deal by June 10 in order to allow its signature during a visit later in the month by Chinese President Hu Jintao, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Bulgarian nuclear reactor back on line after repairs Bulgaria switched one of the reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant back into the electricity grid on Tuesday after more than a month of repair and refuelling work. ... more |
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Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Picks Up New Skills
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 Poland not swayed by Germany's 2022 no nuke plan Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022 will not influence neighbour Poland's decision to open its first nuclear power plant in 2020, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said Tuesday in Warsaw. ... more | .. |
 Areva and Rhodia in nuclear, rare earths deal French nuclear group Areva and chemicals counterpart Rhodia announced Tuesday an agreement to develop deposits containing a mix of uranium and rare earth elements. ... more | .. |
  Top adviser urges Australia carbon tax Australia's top climate adviser Tuesday urged an immediate tax on carbon pollution and a shift to emissions trading by 2015, warning that the "historic" reforms should not fall prey to vested interests. ... more | .. |
  China Southern Airlines to buy six Boeing B777Fs China Southern Airlines, one of China's major air carriers, said Tuesday it has agreed to buy six Boeing 777 freighters, as the company continues to grow its cargo business. ... more |
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  Nearly one in ten toys in China unsafe: watchdog China's safety watchdog has found nearly one in ten toys in the domestic market is unsafe, highlighting widespread quality problems in the country's poorly regulated manufacturing industry. ... more | .. |
 China protests to Vietnam over disputed waters China on Tuesday told Vietnam to end its activities in disputed waters in the South China Sea, after Chinese maritime ships confronted a Vietnamese oil exploration vessel in the region. ... more | .. |
 Moody's may cut Japan debt rating in three months Ratings agency Moody's said Tuesday it may lower Japan's sovereign debt rating in three months, voicing doubt its leaders will be able to contain the industrialised world's biggest debt. ... more | .. |
 Signs of recovery in Japan, debt a worry Japan's economy showed signs of recovery Tuesday from its quake-tsunami disaster, but a failure to contain the industrialised world's biggest debt raised the prospect of a credit rating cut. ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
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 Photovoltaics are an architectural design tool Rock Valley College, nearing completion in August 2011, has finished installation of a 1.2kW Photovoltaic (PV) Integrated Curtain Wall located at the South and South East corner of the 106,000 Math ... more | .. |
 Solar Panels for Backup Power at Nuclear Plants The Foundation for Resilient Societies, a citizen group dedicated to protection of critical infrastructure against natural disasters, has proposed solar panels and other high-reliability power sourc ... more | .. |
 Dramatically raising low metal recycling rates part of path to green economy Smarter product designs, support for developing country waste management schemes, and encouraging developed country households not to 'squirrel away' old electronic goods in drawers and closets coul ... more | .. |
 Telvent Selected for Solar Thermal Power Plant in Abu Dhabi Telvent has announced that it has been selected to design, install and manage the distributed control system (DCS) for Shams Power Company's Shams-1 solar thermal power plant in MadinatZayed, 75 mil ... more |
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  Omnitek Engineering Ramps Up Diesel to Biogas Engine Conversions in the Philippines Omnitek Engineering says it expects demand in the Philippines for its diesel engine conversion technology that enables utilization of biogas fuel to gain momentum, particularly on hog farms in remot ... more | .. |
 Secreting bacteria with auto-recovery eliminates cost barriers to biofuel production A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has reprogrammed ... more | .. |
 Solar inverter Losses cut in half It was a matter of minutes, Dr. Heribert Schmidt remembers the day in spring of 2002. To find opportunities for improvement, he had often pondered about the switching plan of an inverter while in hi ... more | .. |
 The quantum computer is growing up A general rule in data processing is that disturbances cause the distortion or deletion of information during data storage or transfer. Methods for conventional computers were developed that automat ... more |
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