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NRC Grants Design Certification To Westinghouse AP1000Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 28, 2011 Westinghouse Electric reports that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the Design Certification Amendment to its AP1000 pressurized water reactor design. The granting of such certification is the foundation upon which utilities will construct AP1000 units here in the United States. "The road to receiving Design Certification has been long and sometimes arduous," said Aris Candris, president and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company. "But we've reached our final destination and ... read more |
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  New device could bring optical information processing Researchers have created a new type of optical device small enough to fit millions on a computer chip that could lead to faster, more powerful information processing and supercomputers. The "p ... more | .. |
  Researchers develop new method of cleaning toxins from the oilsands Alberta's oilsands have water challenges. Oilsands development uses a vast amount of water and even though it's recycled multiple times, the recycling concentrates the toxins and metals leftover fro ... more | .. |
  Notre Dame researchers develop paint-on solar cells Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light-electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of res ... 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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 TEPCO asked to consider temporary state control Japan's government on Tuesday floated the idea of putting the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under temporary state control, as it asked for $8.9 billion more in compensation aid. ... more | .. |
  India against binding emissions pact: minister India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty. ... more | .. |
  China seeks steady rare earths exports in 2012 China, the world's largest rare earths producer, said Tuesday that its export quota for the sought-after commodities will remain roughly the same in 2012 as this year. ... more | .. |
 China building Asia's biggest thermal power plant China's Shenhua Group will build the largest coal-fired power station in Asia over the next five years, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, as the country struggles to meet its energy needs. ... more |
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ICJ to deliver landmark climate ruling
'No life without water': settler attacks threaten West Bank communities
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 Oil along Nigerian coast after major Shell spill: NGO An environmental group said Tuesday that an oil slick had approached Nigeria's coastline after a major Shell spill last week, but the company insisted that its spill had been largely dispersed. ... more | .. |
  Japan's Noda in India on economic mission Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday, for a visit that is expected to unveil a currency swap deal and reopen talks on a civil nuclear pact. ... more | .. |
  Suit filed in US over Twitter feed in test case A former blogger for a US mobile phone news site is being sued by his erstwhile employer over ownership of his Twitter feed in a social media test case for the Internet age. ... more | .. |
 Areva in talks with state fund on selling Eramet stake French nuclear energy giant Areva said Tuesday it was in exclusive talks with the state investment fund FSI on selling its stake in the Eramet mining company worth more than 600 million euros. ... more |
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 No oil through strait if sanctions applied: Iran VP No oil will be permitted to pass through the key oil transit Strait of Hormuz if the West applies sanctions on Iran's oil exports, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Floods derail iron-ore train in Australia Heavy flooding following a tropical cyclone in northern Australia swept a 20-carriage freight train off a bridge Tuesday, injuring the driver, as the storm system threatened to intensify. ... more | .. |
 Japan's Noda heads to India on economic mission Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda left for India on Tuesday, where economic ties will be the order of the day as Tokyo looks to shore up a financial friendship. ... more | .. |
  Wind Power Accounts For Over 80 Percent Of Brazil's Contracted Energy The Brazilian National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) held the A-5 Power Generation Auction on December 20, resulting in 42 new electricity generation projects with a total installed capacity of 1,2 ... more |
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Boeing looks for Starliner fixes despite costs, ISS age
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 NIST sensor improvement brings analysis method into mainstream An advance in sensor design by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Waterloo's Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC) could unshackle a powerf ... more | .. |
 Not Only Invisible, but Also Inaudible Progress of metamaterials in nanotechnologies has made the invisibility cloak, a subject of mythology and science fiction, become reality: Light waves can be guided around an object to be hidden, in ... more | .. |
 Terahertz pulse increases electron density 1,000-fold Researchers at Kyoto University have announced a breakthrough with broad implications for semiconductor-based devices. The findings, announced in the December 20 issue of the journal Nature Communic ... more | .. |
 Afghanistan clears oil deal with China's CNPC Afghanistan has agreed to sign a deal with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for oil exploration and extraction, the president's office said in a statement Monday. ... more |
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 Vogue's vast archives make online leap from paper Bookshelves groaning under the weight of every issue of American Vogue ever published since December 17, 1892, and there have been about 2,800 of them, can now heave a sigh of relief. ... more | .. |
 Death toll rises to 13 in Colombia pipeline blast Thirteen people were confirmed dead and nearly 100 injured in a pipeline explosion in western Colombia, officials said Saturday at the conclusion of a two-day rescue and recovery mission. ... more | .. |
European carbon market suffers in annus horribilis Europe's market in carbon emissions is hoping for outside help after a year in which prices slumped to record lows, savaging claims that trading in CO2 brakes the rise of dangerous greenhouse gases. ... more | .. |
Iran wargames start around key oil-shipping strait Iran on Saturday began 10 days of wargames around the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route in the Gulf through which more than a third of the world's ship-borne oil passes. ... more |
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Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Russia faces intense barrage of drones, shutting down Moscow airports
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  Japan approves $1.16-trillion draft budget Japan's cabinet approved Saturday a 90.334 trillion yen ($1.16 trillion) budget for the 2012 fiscal year, with a record 49 percent financed by bonds even as the country struggles to rein in its massive public debt. ... more | .. |
  Brazil invests in rival to C-130 transport Brazil is investing heavily in developing its potential rival to Lockheed Martin's C-130J and other European, Russian and Chinese competitors in a multibillion-dollar global military transport market. ... more | .. |
 Iran 'rehearses closing gulf oil route' Iranian naval forces launch a massive 10-day exercise Saturday near the Strait of Hormuz, the only way in and out of the Persian Gulf, in what is widely seen as a rehearsal for a threatened closure of the strategic global oil artery if the country is attacked. ... more | .. |
 New twist in Falklands dispute The low-key but simmering tussle between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands has taken a new symbolic turn. ... more |
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Brazil's environment agency fines Chevron for oil spill Brazil's Environment Institute on Friday ordered US oil giant Chevron to pay another fine related to the early November oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. ... more | .. |
European court upholds airline carbon tax The European Union says it expects foreign carriers to abide by a court ruling upholding the legality of the EU's plans for a carbon tax on airliner emissions. ... more | .. |
 Australia looks to Nauru for asylum center Australia is looking to reopen an asylum processing center on the Micronesian island of Nauru, at 8 square miles the world's smallest republic. ... more | .. |
 Iraq PM was informed of Exxon deal: Kurdish leader The leader of Iraqi Kurdistan said Friday that a contract the autonomous region signed with US energy giant ExxonMobil was constitutional and claimed Iraq's premier had initially given his assent. ... more |
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