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Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh suffered another setback to his nuclear power plans when Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to authorise export of four nuclear power plants to India.

Developing countries with booming economies and a growing contribution to climate change must accept flexible and fair commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the European Commission president Barroso said. Barroso said the threat of climate change and the climbing oil prices should push governments to reduce their dependancy on fossil fuels and seek out alternatives, including nuclear energy.

Swedish utility Vattenfall AB on Monday said it has started recruitment for a new position of chief nuclear officer as a means toward improving the safety of its nuclear plants.

“At a nuclear plant, you're ever-vigilant, you're ever-careful”

Authorities searched Monday for whoever planted a pipe bomb in a truck, triggering a lockdown at the nation's largest nuclear power plant, after concluding the vehicle's owner was no longer a suspect.

Authorities shifted their attention away from 61-year-old Roger William Hurd, who returned to work at the plant Monday, to 'find out who really made the bomb and put it in his truck,' Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.

Investigators are interviewing residents at Hurd's apartment complex in Goodyear, about 24 miles west of Phoenix, the sheriff said. 'We want to catch the perpetrators that caused this havoc,' Arpaio said. Read more

Speaking a day before his departure for Moscow for summit-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said Russia has a "special and unique" place in India's foreign relations.

The company also reiterated in a statement released November 9 its intention to file a combined construction permit-operating license application with the NRC in November 2008.

France currently gets around 75-80% of its electricity from nuclear generation. Could it stop using nuclear power in just 5-10 years? Sortir du Nucleaire think so... Just don't ask how much additional fossil fuel generation will be needed.

Turkey's parliament has approved a law allowing construction of nuclear power plants intended to help avert an energy shortfall, passing a long-delayed bill that had been vetoed by the last president.

The acquisition of IST Nuclear by Westinghouse Electric has expanded the local footprint of the US-based nuclear technology group and will help align its business strategy with South Africa's desire to rekindle a large scale nuclear industry.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has received Japan's first order for a large-scale nuclear power plant component from Brazil.

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Technicians switched off a reactor at the Cernavoda Nuclear Plant on Wednesday when instruments indicated it had begun to produce radioactive material.

Politicians must follow through on their climate change rhetoric, said the International Energy Agency , or current policies would lead to a 57% increase in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.

Its discovery follows a similar finding at Hartlepool-1 announced by BE on October 22.

The option to venture into nuclear power generation will serve as the government's last resort, in case no new additional capacity comes in before a projected 2010-2011 critical period in Luzon.

The Czech Republic must discuss the possibility of expanding its nuclear power use as it faces a future where it is increasingly dependent on energy imports says prime minister Mirek Topolanek.

US utility Entergy plans to spin off ownership of its nuclear power plants into a new buiness before forming a joint venture with it to operate the units.

The United States said on Monday that its experts have started working to disable nuclear facilities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .

The world's biggest uranium company published very strong third quarter results buoyed by high uranium prices and deliveries.

CHINA needs a budget of 450 billion yuan in the 13 years to 2020 for nuclear plants as the nation seeks alternatives to coal-generated electricity, according to a new industry plan. via Shanghai Daily

Security officials at the nation's largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small pipe bomb in the back of his pickup truck Friday, and investigators were searching his apartment, authorities said.