Turkey’s Nuclear Program Sees Further Delays
From Balkans.com Turkey’s first nuclear power plant has hit further delays that will push back the start of production by almost a year after Turkish authorities requested resubmission of an...
View ArticleNuclear Power Must be Part of Australia’s Energy Future
From ABC By Terry Krieg Most of the world’s energy comes from coal, oil and gas. World fossil fuel use grew by 28 per cent between 2000 and 2010 and is likely to continue to increase. The Copenhagen...
View ArticleScientists Say Their Giant Laser Has Produced Nuclear Fusion
From NPR By Geoff Brumfiel Researchers at a laboratory in California say they’ve had a breakthrough in producing fusion power with a giant laser. The success comes after years of struggling to get the...
View ArticleParaguay Concerned Over Argentina’s Nuclear Plans
From Bernama Paraguay has instructed its ambassador in Buenos Aires to collect information on Argentina’s plans to set up a uranium processing plant in the northern province of Formosa neighbouring...
View ArticleSouth Africa to Proceed With Nuclear Energy Program, Zuma Says
From Bloomberg By Mike Cohen South Africa’s government will push ahead with plans to develop new nuclear power plants as it seeks to reduce its reliance on coal, President Jacob Zuma said. “We expect...
View ArticleSouth Korea to Boost Safety Measures for Nuclear Reactors
From Yonhap News South Korea’s nuclear safety commission on Friday reported a set of measures to enhance the safety of the country’s reactors that will include heavier fines for safety-related crimes....
View ArticleDo Not Extend Nuclear Plants’ Life, Groups Urge
From Taipei Times By Lee I-chia Describing a strong earthquake that hit northern Taiwan on Wednesday as a warning, environmental groups yesterday urged the government not to consider extending the...
View ArticleBanks Sitting on Huge Stockpiles of Raw Uranium
From Business Daily Live By David Sheppard GOLDMAN Sachs and Deutsche Bank are quietly trying to get out of a business few people know they are even in: trading supplies of raw uranium known as...
View ArticleEnergy Dept. Set to Approve Loans for New Nuclear Power Plants
From FoxNews The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for the first nuclear power plants built from scratch in this country in more than three decades. Energy...
View ArticleJapan to Fast-Track Some Nuclear Restarts; May Break Logjam
From Trust.org Japan will fast-track the restart of some nuclear reactors, the regulator said on Wednesday, potentially breaking a logjam that has kept the country without nuclear power in the wake of...
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