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ElBaradei: Iran has not totally rejected nuclear fuel plan
Berlin - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he believes that Iran has not totally rejected his agency's nuclear fuel plan, but that time was running out. The ball is now in Iran's court. I hope they wi...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

New incident at world's largest nuclear plant in Japan
Tokyo - Smoke rose Thursday from a currently closed nuclear power plant in Japan, but the operator said there was no radiation leak and no one was injured. The smoke emerged from the brake of the hoisting function of a crane in the turbine room of a ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Iran will not send enriched uranium abroad
Tehran - Iran will not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday. Talking to ISNA news agency, Mottaki added that Iran would, however, consider a nuclear fuel swap inside the c...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

China, US firm sign deal for world's largest solar plant
Beijing - US firm First Solar Inc said it signed a framework agreement with the Chinese government Tuesday to build what could become the world's largest solar power plant in China's Inner Mongolia region. Arizona-based First Solar said Tuesday's dea...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-17 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

French company Areva to provide enriched uranium for Czech utility
Paris - French nuclear energy company Areva said Tuesday it has signed a 15-year contract with Czech utility CEZ to provide enriched uranium for its Temelin power plant. A statement by CEZ said the contract was a very important part of its long-ter...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-17 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Syrian explanation about uranium does not square with IAEA tests
Vienna - Syria's initial explanation about uranium traces found by the International Atomic Energy Agency on its territory do not square with the agency's analysis, an IAEA report issued on Monday said. The document said that no progress has been ma...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-16 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Russian nuclear regulator worried about increasing atomic waste
Moscow - Russia is getting buried in nuclear waste - about 550 million tons - and needs to do something about it, the Interfax news agency Monday quoted the country's nuclear regulator, Rosatom, as saying. Resolving the problem will take decades, sai...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-16 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Russia will never complete nuclear plant, says Iranian spokesman
Tehran - A Russian announcement that it will not be able to keep to schedule on a joint Iranian-Russian nuclear power plant project prompted an Iranian official to question whether Russia will ever complete its part of the work. The Russians have ne...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-16 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

IAEA: New Iran site raises question about other secret locations
Vienna - Iran's late declaration of a new nuclear site raises the question whether there are other still secret facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday in its latest report on the Islamic state. Iran informed the Vienna-...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-16 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Germany completes construction of first offshore wind farm
Borkum, Germany - Germany completed Monday construction of its first offshore wind farm, a set of 12 wind turbines in the stormy North Sea, after years of delay and debate about the risks. The Alpha Ventus wind farm in shallow water 45 kilometres fro...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-16 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Ten wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza - Summary

Egyptian court orders release of Muslim Brotherhood figures

Seven killed, 55 injured in twin bombings in India - Summary

Voter fraud allegations mar Romanian presidential poll - Update

Pakistan armed forces kill five militants

Jared Followill's Greene date

Amy Winehouse set to wed

Alice Cooper's supernatural name

Nervous return for Nicole Kidman

Mubarak to Peres: Israel must stop building settlements - Summary

FIFA expert says match fixing is as bad as doping

Nine dead after ferry carrying 242 sinks in Indonesia - Summary

Qatar minister hopeful for Darfur peace

Lebanon celebrates 66th Independence Day

Sweden take women's relay

Former Iran vice-president sentenced to prison for protests - Summary

Four dead after ferry carrying 240 sinks in Indonesia - 2nd Update

Report: No living witnesses left for Demjanjuk trial

Suicide bomber kills Iraqi policeman, injures at least eight

Iran's Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres - 2nd Update