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3 hrs ago | KPLR-11

Plant shutdown puts nuclear power back in spotlight as election nears in Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-left rivals made it clear Monday they will make nuclear power a major issue in the September national election, following a weekend shutdown at a troubled German nuclear plant.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel

8 hrs ago | NEI Nuclear Notes

Seattle and The Potential of Gasified Coal

Seattle? Nuclear energy? We think of Seattle - and Washington state -as hydro, wind, perhaps coffee - but not really nuclear.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Publishing, Media, Alternative Energy, Biomass, Energy, Tidal Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Korea Hydro Plans Eight Nuclear Power Stations, Will Boost Spending 42%

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., provider of about 40 percent of South Koreaa s electricity, plans to increase capital expenditure by 42 percent this year to fund the construction of eight nuclear power plants.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, South Korea, World News, Korea Electric Power, Energy

India eNews

Sweden offers India civilian nuclear technology

Sweden, a member of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, is offering New Delhi its niche expertise in nuclear waste management and security as it eyes India's $40 billion civilian nuclear energy market.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, World News, India,

Sat Jul 04, 2009

hosted Christian Science Monitor | Christian Science Monitor

Should renewable energy include nuclear?

A new global effort that aims to make renewable energy more accessible to every country in the world will launch on July 1st.

Governments are lining up to join the first agency that will advise them on how to make a renewable energy transition. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has attracted 108 countries, including the United States and China, which are both expected to announce their membership this week, in a move that experts say could boost the agency's credibility, since both countries are leaders in renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy

Ottawa Sun

Eventually, we'll need a new nuke

The uncertainty around the future of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited left Infrastructure Minister George Smitherman no alternative but to call a temporary halt to the province's plans to expand the Darlington nuclear plant.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Canada, Opinion

Power Engineering

UK government proposes single regulatory body for nuclear power industry

The new body would combine responsibility for overseeing safety, security and transport of civil nuclear sites and material.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Rogue Valley IMC

Nuclear Plant on Idaho's Snake River Delayed

Alternative Energy Holdings Inc.'s proposed nuclear facility planned for construction on Idaho's Snake River has met with local opposition, though Elmore County Commissioners are now attempting to change their county zoning laws to enable the plant's construction.. The latest proposal from Alternative Energy Holdings Inc.

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Related Topix: Idaho, Nuclear Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Elmore County, ID

Fri Jul 03, 2009

WisInfo

Tom Still column: Wisconsin should lift ban on building nuclear plants

The opponents of nuclear energy in the United States were almost giddy earlier this year when President Barack Obama slashed the budget for a proposed waste storage site in Nevada.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Wisconsin, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, University of Wisconsin Madison, Global Warming

Leader Post

A broad nuclear study is required

Now that the uranium consultations are over, it's time to speculate what the government is going to do with the reams of testimony -- for and against, but mainly against -- building a nuclear power plant in Saskatchewan.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

WBRZ

Shaw hires Power Group Senior VP

The Shaw Group Inc. today announced Lee Elder has been named senior vice president of business development in the company's Power Group.

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Related Topix: Construction, Shaw Group, Nuclear Energy

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Oregonian

Judge dismisses Constellation appeal in EdF case

Constellation Energy Group Inc. lost a round in its battle with Maryland regulators over its proposed deal to sell half its nuclear operations to France's EdF when a judge ruled Thursday it could not appeal the decision to review the agreement while the review was under way.

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Related Topix: Constellation Energy Group, Energy, Nuclear Energy, Baltimore, MD, US Governors, Martin O'Malley

Millville News

Owners of Oyster Creek nuclear plant may not release leak information

The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey thinks it knows what caused a leak of radioactive tritium -- but it won't share the information with the public.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

PR-inside.com

Spain to decide on aging nuclear plant

The Spanish government will announce Thursday a keenly awaited decision on whether to shut down the country's oldest nuclear reactor, the prime minister said.

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Related Topix: Europe, Spain, World News, Nuclear Energy

Raw Story

Japan's Amano 'wins race to head IAEA'

Japanese candidate Yukiya Amano won the race Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, diplomats said.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Penticton Herald

Sask government says Ont move to shelve nuclear reactor plans raises questions

Saskatchewan's energy minister says the Ontario government's decision to delay plans for new nuclear reactors won't derail his province's atomic power review.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Huffington Post

Steve Kirsch: Climate Bill Ignores Our Biggest Clean Energy Source

Do you think our country's energy policy is in good hands now that the American Clean Energy and Security climate bill has passed the House? I'm very worried and I think you should be too.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Nuclear Energy, Inventions

Power Engineering

Maryland regulators OK 1,600 MW nuclear power plant

It would be the third nuclear power reactor at the site. The application for the proposed nuclear energy facility was submitted by UniStar Nuclear Energy, a joint venture of Constellation Energy and EDF Group.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Constellation Energy Group, Energy

Palestine Herald-Press

Proposed nuclear reactors to cost up to $13 billion

Two additional nuclear reactors being considered by San Antonio's public utility will cost up to $13 billion, according to new cost estimates.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Texas

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Charlotte.com

Exelon delays plan for Texas nuclear plant

COLUMBUS, Ohio Power generator Exelon Corp. said Tuesday it has called off plans for now to build a new nuclear plant in Texas because of worries over the economy and the limited availability of federal loan guarantees.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Energy, Exelon, Victoria Metro, Victoria, TX, Global Warming

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