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September 05, 2014

EDF says to re-start UK nuclear reactors by end-2014
London (AFP) Sept 04, 2014
EDF Energy said on Thursday that four of its nuclear reactors, closed in northern England last month after the discovery of a crack, should resume operations by the end of the year. The group, the British unit of French giant EDF, had decided on August 11 to shut down two reactors at each of the Heysham and Hartlepool nuclear plants as a precaution after a "defect" at Heysham 1 Reactor 1 was found during regular maintenance in June. EDF Energy took the precautionary move to shut Heysham 1 Reacto ... read more

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US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China

Spain approves 'total' arms embargo against Israel

Khamenei says Iran 'won't yield' to pressure to abandon uranium enrichment

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Iran answers U.S. sanctions with broad nuclear vision		ReneSola's PV Testing Laboratory Joins Intertek's Global SATELLITE Program		Boeing Partners with South African Airways to Turn New Tobacco Plant into Jet Fuel		Scientists create renewable fossil fuel alternative using bacteria		Sunrun Unveils BrightPath, the First End-to-End Automated Software Platform for the Residential Solar Industry

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China fines insurance firms $18 mn for price monopoly

Solar System Transforms Fallow Land Into Money Generating Asset

Philippines foils 'anti-China' bombing plot: govt

The power of salt

Breaking benzene

Obama heads into European maelstrom

China accuses Britain of "interference" over HK inquiry

China calls for Britain to scrap Hong Kong inquiry: report

Fidel Castro compares NATO to Nazis, lashes out at US

War could spread beyond Ukraine, warns Poland's Tusk

China universities vow ideology clampdown on staff, students

UN chief says 'no military solution' to Ukraine crisis

Lake Michigan communities to apply for marine sanctuary status

US targets Shebab leader in Somalia air strike

Sierra Nevada freshwater runoff could drop 26 percent by 2100

Mexico closes part of a huge copper mine over acid spill

Fukushima workers to sue TEPCO for danger pay

Macedonia detains 100 Syrian, Iraqi immigrants

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