Russia’s Nuclear Industry Seeks to Profit From Alternative Fuels (New York Times)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:32:49 GMT
But the latest Russian effort to capitalize on the green reputation of nuclear power is drawing criticism as potentially dangerous.
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Iran nuclear power plant online in summer: Putin (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:54:38 GMT
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building, should come online this summer, Russian news agencies reported.
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Nuclear power revival for GE leaves waste unsolved (Greenwich Citizen)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:39:21 GMT
When 65 scientists met at Princeton University in 1955 to decide where to permanently store radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, their conclusion was simple: Bury it deep underground, far from earthquakes.
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U.K. Conservatives Propose Carbon Floor to Boost Nuclear Power (Bloomberg)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:23:47 GMT
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. could adopt measures including a carbon floor price and feed-in tariffs to promote nuclear and renewable energy under a plan outlined today by the country’s main opposition party.
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Clinton: Premature to launch Iran's nuclear power plant (Middle East Online)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:44:31 GMT
Russian PM says Iran's first nuclear power plant will come online in summer.
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Nuclear plants likely to slow development (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:37:00 GMT
The head of an energy trade group said Thursday he expects the development of nuclear power plants to be pushed back by two or three years as the industry waits for energy demand to return.
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Obama's Nuclear Madness and the Future of "Clean" (Renewable Energy World)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:38:23 GMT
In early February, President Obama did something that his predecessor George W. Bush was unable to do: he pushed the restart button on the U.S. nuclear power industry. Obama announced the first loan guarantee to the nuclear industry in nearly three decades – a conditional guarantee of $8.2 billion for two proposed nuclear power plants in Georgia. In this single move, he may have jump-started the ...
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Putin worries US with Iran nuclear plant start pledge (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:08:38 GMT
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday worried the United States by announcing that Iran's Russian-built first nuclear power plant should come online this summer.
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Sheffield Forgemasters gets £80m state loan to make parts for nuclear industry (Daily Telegraph)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:47:19 GMT
Sheffield Forgemasters has received an £80m loan from the British government to build a massive steel press to supply components for the nuclear industry.
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Safety Issues Linger as Nuclear Reactors Shrink in Size (New York Times)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:23 GMT
Some environmentalists said the nuclear industry would be risking its green record if it adapted smaller nuclear reactors, like those once used in submarines, to light a city.
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