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India All Set to Export 220 MWe
PHWRs to Kazakhstan
India is poised to emerge as an exporter of cost-effective, small-sized 220 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) to countries with smaller grids. And Kazakhstan will possibly be the first overseas market for Indian-made 220 MWe PHWRs. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Kazakhstan's nuclear utility Kazatomprom are...
     
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EIL to Build N-Waste Storage Caverns
with Swedish Help
State-owned Engineers India Ltd. (EIL), which provides engineering and related technical services for industrial projects, plans to enter the nuclear business by constructing underground caverns to store nuclear waste and is likely to use the services of Swedish consultants SWECO and SKB International Consulting AB. SWECO is a consultant to EIL for...
     
     
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GE Hitachi to Join Hands with
L&T to Build ABWR N-Plants
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, provider of advanced and sophisticated technology for nuclear energy, has said recently that it will develop nuclear plants in India in collaboration with engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T). GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a nuclear power plant development agreement with...
     
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UN Decries N. Korea's N-Test
as Threat to World Peace
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea for carrying out a powerful underground nuclear test. It appeared paralysed on whether to impose further sanctions on the communist regime. The atomic bomb - up to 20 times more powerful than the previous one detonated by North Korea in 2006 - was...
     
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Russia Inks Commercial Pact
with US to Sell Uranium
Russia, a large supplier of nuclear-reactor fuel to Europe and Asia, has signed its first purely commercial contract to supply low-enriched uranium to United States utilities worth one billion dollars. This was first such deal between the two countries. On signing, Russia's nuclear-fuel trade with the US will shift to a commercial footing, similar to Russia's...
     
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Australia's Energy & Minerals to Raise
Funds for Uranium Project
Energy & Minerals Australia Ltd. plans to raise money within the next three months to fund Western Australia's third-biggest uranium project and start production in 2013, the company's Managing Director Chris Davis said. The company may either sell shares, seek a joint venture partner, or find buyers for future production, Chris Davis said...
     
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France Offers Help to Pakistan's
Civilian N-Energy Programme
France and Pakistan have agreed to cooperate in the nuclear field, officials said recently, with Islamabad claiming an important breakthrough in its bid to be seen as a responsible nuclear power. Following talks between France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, the French leader's office said he had offered...
     
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Canadian N-Reactor Leaks,
Medical Isotopes Output Hit
A 52-year-old Canadian nuclear facility, producer of medical isotopes leaked radioactive water during a power outage, federal regulators said. The incident was reported recently by Atomic Energy of Canada, which said the leak posed "no threat to workers, the public, the environment or nuclear safety." A storm-related power outage affected...
     
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US to Build UAE's 1st N-Power Plant
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) would have its first nuclear power plant ready in 2015 - a target the IAEA describes as optimistic, an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency said recently. U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to a nuclear energy deal with the UAE potentially worth billions to U.S. energy companies despite protests...
     
 
   
 
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