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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) ]

IAEA discussing Turkey as potential partner in Iran nuclear deal
Vienna - Turkey is being considered as a possible partner for storing Iranian uranium as part of a deal to process Iranian nuclear fuel abroad, sources within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Saturday. The temporary storage option w...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-14 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Energy agency urges radical action to fight climate change
Paris/London - Nothing less than a low-carbon energy revolution is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to acceptable levels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. A consensus is growing on the need to...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Minister: Jordan close to European Energy Charter full membership
Amman - Jordan is in the last stage of negotiations for obtaining the full membership of the European Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), Jordan's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair al-Ali said Monday. Al-Ali made the remarks after ta...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Baltics reaffirm commitment to new nuclear plant
Vilnius - The prime ministers of three Baltic states said Friday they remained committed to the joint construction of a new nuclear power station for the region in which Poland will also have a share. After talks in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, th...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

India, Sweden hold talks on climate change, energy
New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Swedish counterpart, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Thursday held talks on a wide range of issues in hopes of providing a fresh impetus to bilateral ties in the areas of trade, energy and environment. Sing...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

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New Zealand parliament passes new climate change law

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