Yucca foes hail historic step

2010-03-11T02:15:34Z

<div><p> WASHINGTON The moment that Nevadans had awaited for decades arrived in a flash.</p><p>There, popping up on computer screens in offices in Washington and Carson City, was the news that a slim, 15-page legal document had been filed, taking the biggest step yet one in a series of giant leaps this year in dashing long-running government plans for a n...

Brazil, Germany clash on Iran nuclear sanctions

2010-03-10T13:17:37Z

<div><p>Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program.</p><p>Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his German c...

S.Korea, Turkey sign deal on nuclear power plant

2010-03-10T10:16:08Z

<div><p>The state power companies of South Korea and Turkey signed a preliminary deal here Wednesday aimed at building a nuclear power plant in northern Turkey.</p><p>Under the deal, the companies will carry out preliminary work and "if a common ground with mutually acceptable conditions emerges, the main agreement between the two governments will be signed", Middle East as Israel and Syria seek atomic energy</div><div><p>Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?</p><p>Bitter rivals Israel and Syria both announced Tuesday that they want to pursue atomic power plants, potentially complicating the diplomatic storm ov...

Israel, Syria eye nuclear power plants

2010-03-09T10:18:00Z

<div><p>Israel and Syria each announced plans Tuesday to develop nuclear power to meet the energy needs of the volatile Middle East, during a conference hosted by France to promote reactors.</p><p>Israel said it was ready to build a joint nuclear plant with its Arab neighbours but Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau speaks to media during an international conference on civilian nuclear energy, in Paris, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attent...

Israel wants nuclear plant with Arab neighbours

2010-03-09T04:16:15Z

<div><p>Israel unveiled plans Tuesday to work with its Arab neighbours to build a nuclear power plant in a project aimed at meeting the region's energy needs and promoting peace.</p><p>Israel has already chosen a site for the nuclear reactor -- the first to be put to civilian energy use -- in the northern part of the Negev desert, said Israeli Infrastructure Minister

Syria wants civilian nuclear energy: minister

2010-03-09T04:16:13Z

<div><p>Syria, which has been investigated by the UN nuclear watchdog over its alleged attempt to build a secret nuclear reactor, would like to develop atomic energy, its government said Tuesday.</p><p>Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told an international conference on civilian nuclear power in Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad says "the peaceful application of nuclear energy should not be monopolized by the few that own this technology but should be availa...

Israel wants to build nuclear power plants

2010-03-09T01:15:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Minister: Israel wants to build nuclear plants to secure energy supplies, fight global warming</div><div><p>Israel's infrastructure minister says his country wants to build nuclear power plants in cooperation with its Arab neighbors.</p><p>Uzi Landau says all nuclear plants built in Israel will be subject to strict safety and security controls.<...

Israel wants to develop nuclear energy

2010-03-09T00:45:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Israel to tell international conference that it wants to develop nuclear power</div><div><p>Israel wants to build a nuclear power plant, Israeli officials said Tuesday, a move that could bring new attention to the country's secretive nuclear activities.</p><p>Israel's national infrastructure minister, Uzi Landau, was to publicly announce the idea ...

Israel to seek French help for nuclear power plant: ministry

2010-03-08T12:16:44Z

<div><p>Israel will officially announce on Tuesday that it is seeking French help to construct a nuclear power plant, the infrastructure ministry spokesman said on Monday.</p><p>Chen Lulu said minister Uzi Landau would tell an international conference on civilian nuclear energy in Paris that he sees such a plant as a j...

Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant

2010-03-08T12:15:35Z

<div><p>JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Israel will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a move that could draw fresh international attention toward its assumed atomic arsenal.</p><p>Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau<...

Israel to seek French help for nuclear power plant

2010-03-08T09:17:42Z

FRANCE NUCLEAR ENERGY

2010-03-08T08:45:48Z

From left, Gerard Mestrallet, Chief Executive of French group GDF Suez, Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of France's nuclear giant Areva, and Henri Proglio...

Nuclear energy gets new French-driven boost

2010-03-08T08:30:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Poor countries need nuclear energy too, France says, but not nuclear cheaters</div><div><p>Poor countries need nuclear power, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, urging rich lenders to help pay for a global nuclear expansion in the interests of fighting climate change and feeding the growing world hunger for energy.</p><p>Sarko...

France urges world to turn to nuclear power

2010-03-08T04:15:46Z

<div><p>France urged international financial bodies to finance a new era of global nuclear power on Monday and pitched its own reactor technology as the model to follow.</p><p>Welcoming delegates from 60 energy-hungry nations to a conference in Paris, President Nicolas Sarkozy said civil nuclear power had bee...

U.S. needs fresh look at nuclear waste issue: Chu

2010-03-05T14:30:13Z

<div><p>SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Friday that the United States needs to come up with a better system for storing or disposing of radioactive nuclear...

Iran threatens to withdraw nuclear offer

2010-03-04T04:47:19Z

<div><p>Iran may withdraw a counter-offer it made to the International Atomic Energy Agency in response to proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, its IAEA envoy warned on Thursday.</p><p>"Iran's proposal for a simultaneous exchange on Iranian soil of our low enriched uranium for fuel enriched to 20 percent is ...

Report: SC depleted uranium likely unfit for Utah

2010-03-03T16:15:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Environmental group's report says SC depleted uranium likely unfit for disposal in Utah</div><div><p>Nuclear waste that's been buried in Utah's west desert for several years likely includes some material that's not allowed under state law, according to an environmental group's report released Wednesday.</p><p>The U.S. Departm...

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