France Into Nuclear in a Major Way

Next-generation nuclear is to receive a billion-euro boost thanks to a French investment program. Meanwhile the country's main nuclear research body has been re-branded...
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Senate Climate Road Map Caters to Nuclear, Offshore Drilling Proponents

Architects of Senate energy and climate legislation reiterated their support for nuclear power and offshore drilling yesterday in an effort to garner the support of moderate Democrats and Republicans...
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Lightbridge sees nuclear power future in thorium

Thorium - a little known metal more plentiful than uranium - could help power the so-called nuclear renaissance, without producing weapons-grade material with its waste, according to Virginia-based Lightbridge Corp...
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Iranian Documents Indicate Nuclear Work Continues

A secret document indicates that Iran has conducted operations that would be key to developing a nuclear weapon, the London Times reported today...
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Nuclear Disarmament Measures Must Address Fissile Materials

In order to truly abolish the threats posed by nuclear weapons the international community must take steps to safeguard or eliminate the fissile materials used in both military and civilian sectors, according to a recently released experts report...
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START Talks to Continue, Leaders Order

The leaders of Russia and the United States on Saturday directed diplomats to continue talks aimed at finalizing a replacement for the now-expired Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Reuters reported...
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Iraqi WMD Claim Came From Taxi Driver, Says British Lawmaker

The United Kingdom based its 2002 claim that Iraq could deploy biological or chemical weapons within 45 minutes on information obtained from an Iraqi taxi driver, a British lawmaker told the London Daily Mail in remarks published today...
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How Much Uranium Does Iran Have?

Iran has a stockpile of low-enriched uranium that with continued refinement could fuel roughly "one-and-a-half nuclear bombs," the head of research for Israeli military intelligence told lawmakers in Jerusalem yesterday...
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Constellation CEO Shattuck urges United Nations to back nuclear

The United Nations is holding a climate change conference in Denmark to craft a policy to replace the Kyoto Protocol, an anti-global warming measure adopted in 1997. A new policy could set carbon emission standards and other plans to stop global warming for the years ahead. Shattuck released a statement emphasizing that nuclear power is a key piece of U.S. emissions reductions goals and should be promoted worldwide.
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Nuclear waste storage decision will affect SRS

Centralized storage of the nation's nuclear waste at two unnamed locations is a possible alternative to the Yucca Mountain project scrapped earlier this year by the U.S. Energy Department, according to a new Government Accountability Office report...
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STP Partner looks for Escape Strategy

There is now serious doubt over San Antonio utility CPS Energy's commitment to expanding the South Texas Project nuclear power plant after it made legal enquiries...
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Iran Says Nuclear Enrichment Will Increase

The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announced Wednesday that his nation would move to produce uranium of much higher enrichment levels, comments almost certain to heighten tensions over Iran’s nuclear ambitions...
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Progress Energy Closing Coal Plants

A large Southern utility said Tuesday that it would close 30 percent of its North Carolina coal-fired power plants by 2017, a step that represents a bet that natural gas prices will stay acceptably low and that stricter rules are coming on sulfur dioxide emissions, which cause acid rain...
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With an Eye on Copenhagen, Senate Tiptoes Back Into Climate Debate

Senate Democrats resume their efforts this week to advance global warming legislation as President Obama readies for the international glare of U.N. climate negotiations next week in Copenhagen, Denmark...
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Recognition of India as Nuclear Weapon State?

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he would like to see Washington assist his nation in achieving international recognition as a nuclear weapon state, the Press Trust of India reported today...
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Nuclear Fuel Bank in Russia

A stockpile of nuclear fuel is to be set up in Russia under IAEA auspices in an effort to increase security of supply...
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ElBaradei steps down

Mohamed ElBaradei has completed his final term as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and today handed over to Yukiya Amano...
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Support Building for Nuclear in Congress

During the 2008 presidential campaign, it was Sen. John McCain, not then Sen. Barack Obama, who touted nuclear power. Obama, for the most part, was noncommittal on the subject. But in the year since being elected, President Obama and congressional Democrats increasingly appear to be embracing nuclear power...
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INL Develops Nuclear Fuel to Reduce Fossil Use

INL researchers have developed a new type of nuclear fuel that leaves less waste and could help industries burn fewer carbon-emitting fossil fuels. The fuel is designed for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP), which could provide the heat and hydrogen many industries currently get from fossil fuels...
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