News tagged with nuclear power
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European wind power output tipped to treble by 2020: report
Energy producers expect European wind power generation to triple by 2020, with tens of thousands of new, ever-bigger wind turbines springing up, an industry body said Tuesday.
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Aug 02, 2011 |
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Record high radiation at crippled Japan nuke plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Monday it had monitored record high radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami.
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Scientists to shake 5-story building in Japan
Landmark earthquake engineering tests this summer in Japan by the University of Nevada, Reno could open the door for earthquake-proofing technology applied to hospitals, nuclear power plants and emergency-response facilities ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Deutsche Bahn, RWE sign renewable electric contract
German national railway Deutsche Bahn (DB) and power company RWE signed on Monday a 15-year hydro-electric supply contract worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.9 billion).
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Jul 25, 2011 |
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Japan to test-drill for seabed 'burning ice'
Japan will seek to extract natural gas from seabed deposits of methane hydrate, also known as "burning ice", in the world's first such offshore experiment, a news report said Monday.
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Jul 25, 2011 |
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China makes nuclear power breakthrough
China said Friday it had hooked its first so-called "fourth generation" nuclear reactor to the grid, a breakthrough that could eventually reduce its reliance on uranium imports
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Jul 22, 2011 |
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German parliament backs nuclear exit by 2022
The German parliament sealed plans Friday to phase out nuclear energy by 2022, making the country the first major industrial power to take the step in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant.
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Jul 08, 2011 |
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Japan's Mitsui in quake-zone solar plan: report
Japanese trading house Mitsui plans to build large-scale solar power plants with the capacity to supply 30,000 households in the tsunami-hit northeast, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Jul 06, 2011 |
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Areva, Toshiba invited to bid for new Finnish nuclear plant
Finnish nuclear power company Fennovoima on Friday invited French nuclear giant Areva and Japan's Toshiba to bid for the construction of a new power plant.
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Jul 01, 2011 |
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Nuclear waste requires cradle-to-grave strategy
After Fukushima, it is now imperative to redefine what makes a successful nuclear power program - from cradle to grave. If nuclear waste management is not thought out from the beginning, the public in many countries will ...
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Jul 01, 2011 |
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Japan sweats out summer in shadow of nuclear crisis
Air conditioning has been switched off, office hallways are darkened and escalators have ground to a halt as a government decree to reduce power usage forces Tokyo to sweat out a hot summer.
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Experts warn epic weather ravaging US could worsen
Epic floods, massive wildfires, drought and the deadliest tornado season in 60 years are ravaging the United States, with scientists warning that climate change will bring even more extreme weather.
Jun 29, 2011 |
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France to invest 1 bn euros in nuclear power
France will invest one billion euros ($1.4 billion) in future nuclear power development while boosting research into security, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday.
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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IAEA states for stricter nuclear controls, funding unclear
IAEA members are in favour of strengthening checks on nuclear power plants, but how this should be financed was still up in the air, the UN atomic watchdog's chief said here Friday.
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Jun 24, 2011 |
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India to press ahead on nuclear power
India's commerce minister has called for more cooperation with the United States on nuclear energy and brushed aside talk of scrapping ambitious plans in the wake of Japan's Fukushima crisis.
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Jun 24, 2011 |
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