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Euro CDS: Financials See Better Bid In Thin Trade - IMarketnews.com

Nuke News - 45 min 13 sec ago

Euro CDS: Financials See Better Bid In Thin Trade
IMarketnews.com
... last nuclear power plant will be shut down in 2040 instead of 2025 as had been planned by the previous government, which included the anti nuclear power ...

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EDF Should Face Greenpeace Computer-Hacking Trial, French Prosecutor Says - Bloomberg

Nuke News - 1 hour 44 min ago

EDF Should Face Greenpeace Computer-Hacking Trial, French Prosecutor Says
Bloomberg
... the environmental- protection group's anti-nuclear activities. EDF and Greenpeace have for years been in conflict over France's power production, ...

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Germany anti-nuclear protesters vow to fight on after Merkel deal - Earthtimes

Nuke News - 2 hours 45 min ago

Daily Mail
Germany anti-nuclear protesters vow to fight on after Merkel deal
Earthtimes
... power station life-cycles, the popular resistance is really going to kick off," said Jochen Stay, spokesman for an umbrella group of anti-nuclear ...
Greens stoke backlash against Merkel's nuclear power extensionIndependent
Berlin nears nuclear power accordFinancial Times
German nuclear-power plant extension debate going strongNew Europe
Spiegel Online
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Germany agrees to extend life of nuclear power stations

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - 3 hours 17 min ago

Anti-nuclear protests outside the chancellery in Berlin as Angela Merkel's government held talks on nuclear power stations.

Merkel Proposes 12-Year Nuclear Reactor Extension

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 22:39

German Chancellor Angela Merkel a s government agreed to extend the lifespan of nuclear power plants owned by companies including E.ON AG and RWE AG in exchange for payments to fund alternative energy projects.

Now Available: Limiting Emissions will result in Investment in the UK's Nuclear Energy Sector

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 18:19

This act also establishes a legal framework for building adaptability to climate change.

Greens stoke backlash against Merkel's nuclear power extension - Independent

Nuke News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 16:01

Aljazeera.net
Greens stoke backlash against Merkel's nuclear power extension
Independent
... the life of Germany's atomic power plants yesterday amid angry protests from anti-nuclear activists and the country's two main opposition parties. ...
Berlin nears nuclear power accordFinancial Times
German nuclear-power plant extension debate going strongNew Europe
14 Years Longer Online: Merkel's Government Extends Nuclear Plant LifespansSpiegel Online

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Your Turn: Where is radioactive waste to go?

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 14:00

We have two commercial nuclear power plants in Minnesota: one in Monticello and one in Red Wing.

German nuclear-power plant extension debate going strong - New Europe

Nuke News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:33

Hurriyet Daily News
German nuclear-power plant extension debate going strong
New Europe
The leader of the anti-nuclear opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) slammed the report, saying, “The government doesn't know what it is doing. ...
German government decides to extend lifespan of nuclear plantsDeutsche Welle
Berlin nears nuclear power accordFinancial Times

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9/5/2010 - Study: Italy should get own nuclear energy

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 09:49

The study, presented Sunday at a business and policy conference on Lake Como, says Italy can diminish its dependency on foreign nations and cut carbon emissions.

German leaders debating future of nuclear energy and a new levy for the industry

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 07:44

Germany's leaders are meeting to discuss granting the country's nuclear power plants an extra 10 to 15 years of production time and to decide on a levy for the utility companies' expected additional profits.

Off-the-shelf approach to nuclear reactors

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 07:44

Steam rises from the cooling towers of the two existing nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in eastern Georgia.

Merkel calls key energy summit on future of nuclear power - Deutsche Welle

Nuke News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 06:30

Merkel calls key energy summit on future of nuclear power
Deutsche Welle
Hundreds of anti-nuclear power demonstrators have been gathering outside the chancellory where Merkel is meeting with fellow coalition leaders Guido ...

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Italy, Korea embark on 1st nuclear energy workshop

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 04:39

Nuclear energy is becoming an increasingly looked-at alternative to fossil fuels, which are depleteing and cause green house emissons.

Nuclear-reactor goal: Standardized designs

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 04:39

Power utilities are trying to buy the next wave of nuclear reactors much like a consumer buys a light bulb: right off the shelf.

Vietnam to Build Nuclear Plants for Energy Generation

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:29

Hanoi, September 4 Vietnamese plans to generate atomic energy for peaceful purposes received a solid impulse this week with the visit of a Russian group that will advise on the construction of the electronuclear stations.

Bay Area energy leaders discuss the key role green policies play in economic ... - San Jose Mercury News

Nuke News - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:04

Bay Area energy leaders discuss the key role green policies play in economic ...
San Jose Mercury News
Nichols: The debate about whether you're pro- or anti-nuclear is kind of passé, in my judgment. The issue is really to put a full life-cycle carbon cost on ...

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Predisposed

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 20:15

"We need your help," the ad began. Did you work at Sellafield in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s? Were you by chance in the job of disposing of radioactive material? If so, the owners of Britain's nuclear waste dump would very much like to hear from you: they want you to tell them what you dumpeda 'and where you put it.

ElBaradei addresses daughter's swimsuit saga

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 16:00

By Samer al-Atrush Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, accused the government of publishing pictures of his daughter in a swimsuit and at events with alcohol in reply to his bid for democracy, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Honeywell cleared to resume operations

Topix - Nuclear Energy News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:50

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cleared Honeywell on Friday to resume full operations after completing safety and training inspections at the facility in Metropolis, Ill.