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Max Carbon, author of the book "Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim," and a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, agrees that the security risk of Hyperion's reactor is minimal ... And Hyperion isn't the only company looking to produce small nuclear power plants. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Race to build new nuclear reactors start Nov 22, 2008
France's EDF and Germany's E.ON and RWE are interested in providing electricity from nuclear power to UK customers. http://www. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Power and Waste)
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Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Nov 22, 2008
Example 2: The cities of Santa Cruz and Berkeley, California, passed local ordinances back in the Sixties to ban nuclear power. The courts ruled repeatedly that they were well within their rights to do so. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
Employees Fired Over Sex-For-Oil Scandal Nov 22, 2008
Explore the production and consumption of energy in the U.S. Find out more about energy costs, and the use of fossil fuels, nuclear power and renewable energy sources. Stories. (CBS News -- US)
Ontario Power swings to $142-million loss Nov 22, 2008
TORONTO Ontario Power Generation Inc., Canada's largest producer of nuclear power, has posted a $142-million loss in the third quarter, compared with a $113-million profit in the same period of 2007. OPG says it experienced a significant drop in earnings from investment funds set up for nuclear fixed asset removal and nuclear waste management. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
The 'blogfather' of Iran Nov 22, 2008
(But he opposed, on environmental grounds, Iran developing nuclear power plants. If war were to break out between Iran and the United Statse, he said, he would fly home to fight for his country. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan will develop nuclear power Nov 22, 2008
King Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan aims to develop nuclear power - Haaretz - Israel News. . (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
American influence will fade by 2025 Nov 21, 2008
However, it concluded, "opportunities for mass-casualty terrorist attacks using chemical, biological, or less likely, nuclear weapons will increase as technology diffuses and nuclear power programmes expand". Based on a survey of trends by analysts from all US intelligence agencies around the world, it was more pessimistic about status of the world's superpower than the four previous outlooks that have been made public. (India Times)
Romania to build nuclear reactors Nov 21, 2008
Romania has signed a deal to build two more reactors at its only nuclear power station, Cernavoda, on the Danube. The 4bn-euro (3. (BBC News -- Europe)
Greenpeace Blockades Ageing Spanish Nuclear Plant Nov 21, 2008
MADRID - Greenpeace blocked the entrance on Thursday to a Spanish nuclear power station facing closure next year and urged the government to shut it down immediately in line with election pledges to phase out nuclear power ... Nuclear power is unpopular in Spain and both major parties running for last March's elections vowed to build no new plants. (Planet Ark, United States)
Jordan's Abdullah: We will promote nuclear power for peaceful purposes Nov 21, 2008
Jordan aspires to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes and believes that unless all sides move quickly toward a peace settlement in the region, the recent confrontation in Lebanon is only a hint of disasters to come ... "The Egyptians are looking for a nuclear program. The GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] are looking at one, and we are actually looking at nuclear power for peaceful and energy purposes. We've been discussing it with the West. "I personally believe that any country that has a... (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
Mideast: The Fat Lady Hums Nov 21, 2008
Becoming a genuine nuclear power is a three-step process. You must be able to generate enough fissile material for a bomb. (Investors Business Daily)
Bombed Syrian facility had uranium traces, report says Nov 20, 2008
The report said Iran continues to expand its capacity for making enriched uranium, a key ingredient in both commercial nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The IAEA has been engaged in a contentious negotiations with both Syria and Iran as it seeks to assess allegations that both countries were secretly planning to make nuclear weapons. (Boston Globe)
A Framingham man was one of thousands Nov 20, 2008
"Every time I see a banana, I think of Tsuruga," the 88-year-old said to Kazuharu Kawase, mayor of the Japanese port city which is home to about 70,000 residents, four nuclear power plants, a renowned collection of statues from the 1970s anime classic "Star Blazers," and the recently opened Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum. "Your experience taught you many things," Kawase told Manski as Eishun Maki, president of Cambridge-based Cogtec Corp., interpreted. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
NRC finds four errors in Palisades incident in August Nov 20, 2008
COVERT -- Four errors of ``very low safety significance'' were identified by investigators looking into how workers became trapped in a containment area at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, a government report says. Palisades has been ``taking action to correct'' all of the problems, said Mark Savage, communications manager for the plant, near South Haven. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Israeli Air Force 'Ready for Iran's Nuclear Sites' Nov 20, 2008
Iran, which has repeatedly called for Israel's destruction, said on Tuesday it aimed to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009. Tehran insists the program has only civilian aims. (Fox News)
U.S. intel office adds warming to warnings Nov 20, 2008
"The number of nuclear power plants that are so similarly vulnerable is almost as high.". But his biggest concern is what climate-tied water and food shortages might do to weaker nations. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Give input now on energy future Nov 20, 2008 Economic Crisis Could Push Reform in China Nov 20, 2008 Iran said to have enough nuclear fuel for one weapon Nov 20, 2008 Tories promise stimulus, but not until new year Nov 20, 2008 The Global Depression of 2010 Awaits Nov 20, 2008 OP-ED: Green's quantatative side Nov 20, 2008 Midd alums continue environmental activism Nov 20, 2008 Fire damages Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant Nov 19, 2008 Veteran essays: Eighth-graders uncover stories of service Nov 19, 2008 Obama warns global warming is 'urgent' threat ... Nov 19, 2008 Obama renews promise to break with Bush-era environmental policies Nov 19, 2008 * Fishermens association complains oill spill will hurt catches, livelihoods Nov 19, 2008 Obama promises action on climate change Nov 19, 2008 Substituting fear for scientific data Nov 19, 2008 BHP To Dig New Australia Uranium Mine After Ban Nov 19, 2008 Obama seeks immediate action to curb emissions Nov 19, 2008 Science Indian Moon Probe Hits Moon Surface at 3100 MPH Nov 18, 2008 FTSE seen opening lower Nov 18, 2008 UK Needs More Nuclear Plant Builders, Minister Says Nov 18, 2008 London lower as earnings news stays bleak Nov 18, 2008 Obama, McCain vow to work together, reform government Nov 18, 2008 Palin makes campaign stop in Johnstown Nov 17, 2008 GERMAN PARTY PICKS ITS FIRST TURKISH LEADER... Nov 17, 2008 * Kim Il-sung had vision of denuclearization: papers Nov 17, 2008 How long will the hope last? Nov 17, 2008 Remote Finnish city grows accustomed to nuclear power Nov 17, 2008 Big Oil's big tax breaks Nov 17, 2008 Centrica Says Reviewing New Wind Farm Economics Nov 17, 2008 Obama Leaves Senate Nov 17, 2008 Australia's uranium sector bullish Nov 17, 2008 Mining company's loss widens Nov 17, 2008 World risks 'dirty' energy future Nov 16, 2008 Natural gas rush stirs environmental concerns Nov 16, 2008 Our views: Fools gold Nov 16, 2008 » More News Stories Nov 16, 2008 News Stories Nov 16, 2008 Impact Of Climate Warming On Fish Nov 16, 2008 Experts think climate shift could spark more conflict Nov 16, 2008 Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Nov 16, 2008 Green Is for Sissies Nov 16, 2008 Jordan's Abdullah: We will promote nuclear power for peaceful purposes Nov 16, 2008 Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan will develop nuclear power Nov 16, 2008 India Celebrates Planting Its Flag on Moon Nov 16, 2008 India's first lunar probe sends images Nov 15, 2008 US energy crunch comes home Nov 15, 2008 NPCIL eyes uranium mining abroad Nov 15, 2008 Chavez: Venezuela, Russia to Develop Nuclear Power Nov 15, 2008 India Lands Its First Spacecraft on Moon Nov 15, 2008 Canada, India negotiate nuclear deal Nov 15, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 14, 2008 Nov 15, 2008 Mulford pitches for US industry Nov 15, 2008 A Brief History Of Energy Boondoggles Nov 15, 2008 Franks concerned about national security Nov 15, 2008 Nuclear deal would allow AECL to renew Indian business ties Nov 15, 2008 Letters to the Editor Nov 15, 2008 Pakistan secures IMF loan of at least $7.6bln: govt Nov 15, 2008 Duke shuffles management team Nov 15, 2008 China Sees `Formidable Challenge' to Prevent Slump as Investment Weakens Nov 14, 2008 EU eager to work with Obama Nov 14, 2008 Palin makes campaign stop in Johnstown Nov 14, 2008 * World News Quick Take Nov 14, 2008 UK nuclear plans delayed until May Nov 14, 2008 DeWitt Co. program offers school supplies Nov 14, 2008 Centrica says reviewing new wind farm economics Nov 14, 2008 Vermont Plans for Energy Future Nov 14, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy wants your input on a draft environmental study of better ways to manage the spent nuclear fuel generated by the nuclear power industry ... Nuclear power currently provides 70 percent of the emission-free electricity generated in this country ... With concern growing over how to meet rising energy demands without increasing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted, DOE believes increasing the amount of nuclear power generated in this country is one potential solution.... (The Augusta Chronicle)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 19, 2008 Nov 20, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Old-fashioned community activation. (North County Times)
The plan has 10 spending items, including construction/expansion projects of railways (more than $200 billion), highways, airports, city subways and nuclear power plants. It promises to invest more in the public health care system, education and subsidized housing and raise unemployment and other welfare benefits. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Iran insists that it wants only to fuel reactors for nuclear power. But many Western nations, led by the United States, suspect that its real goal is to gain the ability to make nuclear weapons. (International Herald Tribune)
Environment Minister Jim Prentice said expanding nuclear power would be "key" to meeting that goal. Mr. Harper's government also promised to create a national securities regulator for financial markets, but government ministers said provinces, such as Quebec, that object to a national regulator will be able to opt out. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Ditto clean nuclear power plants or wind farms. Like the old days of Soviet central planning, the entire system is quickly being starved of investment credit. (Human Events Online)
"Buy an SUV instead of a car," says Bill McKibben, and you'll waste so much energy that "it's like you've decided to leave your refrigerator door open for the next seven years." Shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, you say, and we can replace it with wind turbines. Both of these statements sound reasonable, and both would garner nods of agreement from Middlebury environmentalists. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Helen Caldicott, an Australian physician and founder of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Social Responsibility, delivered a speech admonishing her audience to rethink their reliance on dryers - according to Caldicott, if we all hung our clothes out to dry, we could shut off the world's nuclear power plants. Lee, an Environmental Studies major who wrote his honors thesis about Bill McKibben's research before McKibben was employed at the College, was deeply affected by Caldicott's... (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
(AP) - Officials say a fire at Port Gibson's Grand Gulf nuclear power plant has left the facility operating at 65% capacity. Monday's fire was not considered major and ranked in the lowest of the plant's four emergency levels. (WREG.com, TN)
Aboard this cruiser was nuclear power. At the time during the Iraq and Iran war he and his ship were patrolling the Persian Gulf, and if they received a call from the president they (would have launched) the nuclear missile. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
"We will establish strong annual targets that set us on a course to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and reduce them an additional 80 percent by 2050. Further, we will invest $15 billion each year to catalyze private sector efforts to build a clean energy future. We will invest in solar power, wind power, and next generation biofuels. We will tap nuclear power, while making sure its safe. And we will develop clean coal technologies. "This investment will not only help us reduce our... (The Drudge Report)
He also reiterated a campaign pledge to invest $15bn each year in the development of clean technology including "clean" coal and nuclear power. "This investment will not only help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil, making the United States more secure. And it will not only help us bring about a clean energy future, saving our planet. It will also help us transform our industries and steer our country out of this economic crisis by generating five million new green jobs that pay well... (guardian.co.uk)
Meanwhile, the First Nuclear Power Plant has been told to set up the booms to prevent the oil from entering its water intake, Chen said. Chen said that about 200 residents are cleaning up the oil that has already been washed ashore every day but about 700m of coastline still needs to be cleaned up. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Obama vowed to invest $15 billion a year to support private clean-energy initiatives - in solar and wind power, biofuels, clean coal technologies and nuclear power. He also promised to work more closely with U.S. governors in fighting climate change. (International Herald Tribune)
France has been using nuclear power to supply 80 percent of its energy consumption for decades and has become a net energy exporter. And France is not exporting radioactive wine and cheese. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
SYDNEY - BHP Billiton Ltd says it wants to develop one of Australia's largest untapped uranium deposits, after the state government where the deposit is located lifted a ban on mining the nuclear power feedstock. The 10-kilometre-long (6 miles) Yeelirrie deposit, located about 1,000 km north of Perth in west Australia, is estimated to contain about 52,000 tonnes of uranium. (Planet Ark, United States)
That investment - in solar, wind and nuclear power, as well as advanced coal technology - will create jobs at a time of economic turmoil, he said ... Nuclear power, 'clean coal ... Obama also made a point of backing technologies that many environmentalists despise - nuclear power and "clean coal," which involves trapping and storing underground the emissions from coal-burning power plants. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A graphite controlled nuclear power plant called Chernobyl is another example of Russian engineering. I do admire Russian technology advances, but they are no USA.. (DailyTech)
The miner says it wants to develop one of Australia's largest untapped uranium deposits, after the state government where the deposit is located lifted a ban on mining the nuclear power feedstock. BP. (International Herald Tribune)
LONDON - Britain needs more than one company to build nuclear power stations to meet the government's long-term carbon emissions targets and provide affordable electricity, UK energy minister Mike O'Brien said on Monday. Speaking at a conference on nuclear energy in London, O'Brien welcomed the plan by France's EDF to build four nuclear power stations in Britain by 2025 but said more were required to replace Britain' ageing state-built reactors, all but one of which will close over the next 17... (Planet Ark, United States)
7 per cent to 257m after a series of shutdowns at its nuclear power stations cut levels of output over the period. After a torrid run pricing in pressure from the shutdowns to the stock, it rose 0. (FT.com -- Markets)
McCain stressed expanded offshore drilling for oil and natural gas and more nuclear power. They share similar views on how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. (USA Today -- News)
We will balance the federal budget by the end of our first term, Palin promised a cheering crowd at the Cambria County War Memorial Saturday morning. We are going to get the economy back on track. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
cks acknowledged, is nuclear power. The Greens have always opposed atomic energy, while Merkel has promised to let nuclear power plants continue to run if she is re-elected next year. (The Drudge Report)
Eternal President Kim Il-sung, who died in 1994, was the father of Kim Jong-il, the current leader of North Korea, a self-declared nuclear power since a 2006 atomic test. In a declassified letter dated Oct. 30, 1964, Kim senior told Zhou that North Korea favored banning and destroying all nuclear weapons. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Also they also put more radiation into the atmosphere each day than the total of the nuclear power plants. And also kill 30,000 citizens in the U.S. per year. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
The island of Olkiluoto, where Finland is erecting a nuclear power plant ... where Paivi Alanko-Rehelma serves coffee and smoked fish stands almost in the shadow of a sprawling building site on the island of Olkiluoto where Finland is erecting a nuclear power plant, the third on the island and the fifth in Finland in the past 30 years ... The plant is also part of a global trend, as the prospects of nuclear power rise amid concerns about the warming effect of carbon dioxide emissions to generate... (International Herald Tribune)
This $14 billion package (seems like such a small number these days) included a long list of tax incentives for nuclear power, clean coal, ethanol and other renewable fuels. Also included were several billion dollars in tax breaks and royalty relief for oil producers to encourage more drilling on federal leases especially in deep water drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico. (MSNBC -- Business)
26 billion) to help fund its proposed 25 percent stake in nuclear power generator British Energy, said it was "revisiting the economics of wind farms given rising raw material and credit costs". The company, which hopes to start full operation of its new Lynn Dowsing wind farms off the coast of eastern England by the end of the year, has yet to approve investment for three more farms that it plans to build in the North Sea. (Planet Ark, United States)
By Keith Koffler and Matthew T. MurrayRoll Call Staff November 16, 2008, 10:26 a.m.. President-elect Barack Obama officially resigned from the Senate on Sunday, announcing the move in a letter published in newspapers across his home state of Illinois, the Associated Press reported. (Roll Call)
But since 1984, the left of centre party, which opposes nuclear power, has restricted the number of mines to three. Although Labor is not in federal government, it controls all of the state authorities across Australia that are responsible for granting mining and exploration licences. (Business Report, South Africa)
Prices for the nuclear fuel have slumped 47 percent this year to a two-year low on concern that the credit crisis would slow the development of new nuclear power projects. The shares closed 12 percent higher at R9. (Business Report, South Africa)
Greater use of nuclear power could be a "valuable option" to cut imports and curb CO2 emissions, the study added ... The WEO champions the role of nuclear power, saying it could make a "major contribution to reducing dependence on imported gas and curbing CO2 emissions" ... It forecasts that the total global generation capacity of nuclear power plants could increase from 368 gigawatts in 2005 to 519 gigawatts in 2030. (Yahoo News -- Energy Policy)
"To put it in perspective, golf courses take about 50 million gallons a day, and nuclear power plants use 150 million gallons," Obleski said. The concern isn't how much water is used, but where and when it's taken. (Anchorage Daily News)
The lower prices wont last and amount to fools gold that should not stop bold moves to create a greener economy that ends U.S. addiction to foreign oil through fuel-efficient, hybrid vehicles and renewable energy sources that include solar, wind and nuclear power. President-elect Barack Obama has said such a program will be among his top priorities when he enters office Jan. 20, bringing with it new industries and jobs. (Florida Today)
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In large rivers, fish can also be subjected to non-climatic factors such as water development programmes, dams or nuclear power stations, which may influence the vast changes identified within aquatic communities. According to the data collected at this scale, the impact from these sources appears to be quite low on the trends observed. (Science Daily)
A push to revive the nuclear power industry as a way to find energy that doesnt belch more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere masks rogue countries efforts to build atomic weapons ... Nuclear power doesnt add greenhouse gases, but it could mean the spread of doomsday technology to unstable parts of the world ... The techonology needed for nuclear power also can produce weapons-grade uranium. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Example 2: The cities of Santa Cruz and Berkeley, California, passed local ordinances back in the Sixties to ban nuclear power. The courts ruled repeatedly that they were well within their rights to do so. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
But its previous forays into renewable fuels it was a big investor in nuclear power, synthetic fuels and solar energy in the 1970s are seen as a costly lesson. Being first in something is not necessarily the best position to be in, Mr. Tillerson says. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Jordan aspires to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes and believes that unless all sides move quickly toward a peace settlement in the region, the recent confrontation in Lebanon is only a hint of disasters to come ... "The Egyptians are looking for a nuclear program. The GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] are looking at one, and we are actually looking at nuclear power for peaceful and energy purposes. We've been discussing it with the West. "I personally believe that any country that has a... (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
King Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan aims to develop nuclear power - Haaretz - Israel News. . (Yahoo News -- Jordan)
The moon mission comes just months after it finalized a deal with the United States that recognizes India as a nuclear power, and leaders hope the mission will further enhance its prestige. "This momentous achievement shall be etched in the history of India as a grateful tribute to our scientific community for their resolute efforts to take India to a global leadership position," said Sonia Gandhi, head of the ruling Congress party. (Time.com)
The moon mission occurred just months after India finalized a deal with the United States that recognizes India as a nuclear power and leaders hope it will further enhance its prestige. While the moon race in the 1960s was a two-country sprint between the United States and the USSR, more countries are involved this time. (Boston Globe)
No other source of energy, including natural gas, nuclear power, biofuels, wind power, and solar power is currently capable of supplanting our oil and coal consumption, even if a decision is made to reduce their importance in our energy mix. This, then, is the essence of Obama's energy dilemma. (Asia Times Online)
KOLKATA: Public sector Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) is in talks to acquire stakes in companies that own uranium mining assets abroad, its CMD S K Jain said ... Whoever wishes to supply nuclear power equipment and technology to us will also have to guarantee supply of long-term supply of uranium, he added ... NPCIL is reportedly in talks with technology providers like French nuclear power major Areva, Atlanta-based General Electric (GE) and Russian nuclear plant manufacturer... (India Times)
Chavez: Venezuela Working With Russia to Develop Nuclear Power ... CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela is already working with Russia to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes. (Fox News)
The moon mission comes just months after India finalized a deal with the United States that recognizes India as a nuclear power and leaders hope it will further enhance its prestige. In the last year, Asian nations have taken the lead in moon exploration. (Fox News)
TORONTO: Canada and India are negotiating a comprehensive nuclear deal that will allow the country to develop civilian nuclear power plants, a spokesperson of the foreign office said ... The negotiations come after Canada backed a decision by the NSG to provide an exemption for India that would allow it to develop civilian nuclear power even as it maintains its right to develop weapons without international scrutiny, Monette said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
HotJobs Local Search. Supervisors need to tighten their belts. (North County Times)
He prescribed private sector involvement in setting up new nuclear power plants ... America accounted for 27 percent of the worlds nuclear power generating capacity, compared to Frances 17 percent, Mulford said. (Express Buzz)
Almost all of that drop is attributable to the growth of nuclear power. Oil still fuels 97% of transportation. (Forbes)
Two things that can be done to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear power would be number one, direct military intervention, or two, and this would be my hope, absolute conviction in the minds of the leaders of Iran that if they pursue nuclear weapons, we will not stand by, Franks said. We are the greatest force for freedom and peace in the world. (Peoria Times, AZ)
The negotiations come after Canada backed a decision by the international Nuclear Suppliers Group to provide an exemption for India that would allow it to develop civilian nuclear power even as it maintains its right to develop weapons without international scrutiny ... The AECL group met with senior officials from India's Department of Atomic Energy, and from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., which has said it intends to build or buy up to 20 reactors over the next 12 years. (Globe and Mail)
The US needs a major program to harness our scientific and technical talent to produce a nuclear power option that maximizes the energy output of our nuclear reactors while at the same time minimizing the waste stream associated with that effort ... nuclear power option. (Yahoo News)
Pakistan's precarious financial situation has caused worldwide alarm due to its role as a key ally in the US-led "war on terror" and its position as the Islamic world's only nuclear power. A group of bilateral donors known as the "Friends of Pakistan" -- including China, the United States, Britain and the UAE -- are also scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 17 to decide on economic aid to help stabilize the nuclear-armed South Asian power. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
She says Duke is absolutely committed to nuclear power, but she says Duke will not say it is finally committed to Lee until it seeks its S.C. permit and signs a contract. But you know me, she says. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
On Nov. 12, the government announced the investment of at least $27 billion in six energy projects, including a natural gas link and nuclear power plants. To contact the reporter on this story: in Hong Kong at ; in Beijing at. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
The signs are that America will take a tougher stand on Nato expansion, and responding to Russia's redrawing of Europe's borders in Georgia, and stopping Iran from becoming a nuclear power. It is far from clear how far Europe, dependent on Russian energy and much closer to Iran, will follow. (BBC News)
We will balance the federal budget by the end of our first term, Palin promised a cheering crowd at the Cambria County War Memorial Saturday morning. We are going to get the economy back on track. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in Onagawa yesterday, injuring one worker but causing no radiation leak, the operator said. Firefighters put out the fire after about an hour after white smoke was spotted coming out of the reactor, which was already shut for a regular check-up, Tohoku Electric Power said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ministers have confirmed that the governments plans for new nuclear power stations are to be delayed after a High Court judge last week ordered Tony Blair to rethink his flagship energy reform ... Mr Darling said that the government continued to believe there was a case for having nuclear power stations as one of the options companies should consider because of their potentially significant contribution to security of supply and reducing carbon emissions associated with climate change... (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Power and Waste)
A $4,200 grant from Exelon Corp., which operates a Clinton-based nuclear power plant, helped pay for the program at the high school. Write Stuff and another childrens charity, Angel Tree, both rely solely on donations and fundraising. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
2 billion pounds to help fund its proposed 25 percent stake in nuclear power generator British Energy, said it was "revisiting the economics of wind farms given rising raw material and credit costs.". The company, which hopes to start full operation of its new Lynn & Inner Dowsing wind farms off the coast of eastern England by the end of the year, has yet to approve investment for three more farms that it plans to build in the North Sea. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
But Obama has also pointed to nuclear power as an option for the future. And within two years, Vermont is due to decide whether to allow a twenty-year extension of Vermont Yankee's license. (WCAX.com, VT)
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