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China-France Nuclear Deal Signing Postponed
Paris (AFP) Jul 30, 2007 The planned signing Tuesday of a letter of intent by China and France on the construction in China of two nuclear reactors by the French group Areva has been postponed, a French source said Monday. But he stressed that "the principle of a letter of intent remains intact, with the date (of the signing) to be decided. The initial date of July 31... was postponed for technical and calendar reasons." Areva declined to comment on the report. Sources said here last week that French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde would travel to the Chinese capital for the signing on Tuesday of a letter of intent covering a project to build two EPR reactors. The deal, which could be worth close to six billion euros (8.2 billion dollars), would link Areva and its Chinese partner, the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC), which operates reactors at Daya Bay and Ling Ao in southern China.
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German Opposition To French-Libyan Nuclear Deal Unabated
Berlin (AFP) Jul 30, 2007German opposition mounted Saturday to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's new venture on the world stage in agreeing to build a nuclear reactor in Libya, despite efforts by Paris to reassure Berlin. The French government on Friday had sought to allay German fears of "recklessness" by assuring Berlin that all guarantees had been taken with regard to nuclear non-proliferation. The French-Libyan accord, which envisions building a nuclear reactor for a water desalination plant, is "a bitter pill for the EU," said Ruprecht Polenz, conservative head of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house of the German parliament, the Bundestag, in the newspaper Tagesspiegel am Sonntag. |
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