Swedish lawmakers approve emergency preparedness changes
A motion that will require the Swedish government to change emergency preparedness practices in the event of a serious nuclear accident was approved overwhelmingly by the Riksdag
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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UniStar plans for Calvert Cliffs EPR include independent operation
The US-EPR planned for Calvert Cliffs will be operated independently of the existing two units at the site, George Vanderheyden, president and CEO of UniStar Nuclear Energy,
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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VT Group to buy Project Services in bid to get decommissioning work
VT Group, the UK-based defense and support services company, said December 18 that it will use its upcoming acquisition of British Nuclear Fuels plc's Project Services business
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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'Schedule-critical' components ordered by Exelon
Exelon Nuclear has placed a "major, multimillion-dollar order" for "long-lead items" for two ESBWRs to "preserve the option" of building new nuclear units in Texas, GE-Hitachi Nuclear
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Alstom to build Tennessee plant to manufacture steam turbines
Alstom will invest over $200 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee that will be capable of producing the same number of nuclear power
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Areva files application with NRC for certification of US-EPR design
More than 38 months after beginning pre-application discussions with NRC, Areva December 11 filed a design certification application for its 1,600-MW EPR.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Armenia will close Metsamor-2, but no shutdown date is set
The Armenian government late last month adopted a decision on decommissioning unit 2 of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, but set no date for the closure, a
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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BE extends lifetimes of four AGRs, allowing them to run for 40 years
British Energy has extended the lives of its four Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B advanced gas-cooled reactors, or AGRs, by five years to enable them to
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Canada bypasses regulator, allows NRU isotope production to resume
Canada's House of Commons approved emergency legislation late December 11 ordering restart of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s NRU reactor at Chalk River so it can resume
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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EC approves first Russian reactor in EU, but flags fuel concerns
The European Commission December 7 approved Bulgaria's plan to build two 1,000-MW-class VVERs at Belene, the first time a Russian-designed reactor has received advance approval for construction
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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EC decommissioning finance report sees need for 'common approach'
The European Commission should develop a "common approach" for nuclear decommissioning and waste management funds to apply to new reactors, but rely on independent evaluation and reporting
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Energy bill would add US to global nuclear liability regime
Tucked into an energy bill that is making its way through the US Congress is a provision that would address nuclear liability for US firms competing abroad.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Fenoc withdraws insurance claim for portion of Davis-Besse losses
FirstEnergy Corp. announced last week that it has abandoned a $200 million insurance claim for costs incurred during its two-year shutdown at Davis-Besse.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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France, Libya initial nuclear pact, emphasize infrastructure-building
France and Libya initialed an agreement for nuclear cooperation December 10 on the first day of Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi's state visit to France.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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GNEP steering committee kicks off with Korea, Canada, Italy
Members of the steering committee of the US-led Global Nuclear Energy Partnership met for the first time this week in Vienna, with three new countries — Canada,
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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German study found no cause for reactors-cancer correlation
A four-year investigation by German epidemiologists, made public this week, concluded that there is a significant statistical correlation between reported incidence of cancer in children under age
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Hungarian politicians balk at adding new Paks capacity
Public debate on a new reactor or reactors at Paks, Hungary's only existing nuclear power plant, is beginning in earnest, but consensus is still far off.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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MidAmerican Nuclear considers nuclear plant in western Idaho
MidAmerican Nuclear Energy Co., a new company owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., is considering building a merchant nuclear power plant in western Idaho and plans to
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRC safety culture found defective in UCS study
Weak safety culture, misplaced priorities and budget shortfalls prevent NRC from properly enforcing its safety standards, the Union of Concerned Scientists said in a report released December
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Notes to Nucleonics Week's generating table for October 2007
Units in the US and Asia reported results for 744 hours in October and 7,395 hours year-to-date. Europe outside the UK reported results for 745 hours in
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Nuclear Electricity Generation for October 2007
Nuclear Electricity Generation for October 2007
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Peach Bottom whistleblower alleges retaliation by Exelon
Attorneys for Kerry Beal, the former Wackenhut security guard who videotaped his fellow officers sleeping on duty at the Peach Bottom plant, last week asked NRC to
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Point Lepreau overhaul plans on schedule, regulator told
Plans for refurbishment of the Point Lepreau reactor are advancing quickly and New Brunswick Power told Canada's regulator it expects a license hearing in January 2009 that
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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UK regulator cleared to hire more nuclear safety inspectors
The UK's Health and Safety Executive has launched a recruitment drive for 35 more nuclear inspectors after the UK government's Treasury department accepted HSE's case for the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Vattenfall Europe wings clipped, German utility executives assert
Last week's decision by Vattenfall Europe's supervisory board to replace the company's leading executive and bundle its operations with Vattenfall's business in Poland was engineered by Vattenfall
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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BMU aims to complete update of safety standards by mid-2008
Germany's Federal Ministry of Environment & Nuclear Safety, BMU, wants to complete work on a nuclear safety requirements ordinance by the middle of next year, aides to
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Bruce Power-Energy Alberta deal set to close by year's end
An agreement to conclude Bruce Power's takeover of Energy Alberta Corp., which wants to install up to four power reactors in northwest Alberta, should be finalized in
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Canada review of AECL may be prelude to sale of company
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. is to undergo a structural review that some consider a prelude to a sale of all or part of the Candu designer's
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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DOE may get $25 billion authority for nuclear loan guarantees in FY-08
House and Senate negotiators have struck a deal in an omnibus appropriations bill to authorize DOE to provide $25 billion in loan guarantees for new nuclear plant
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Decommissioning funds, other issues await Belgian standoff
Belgium's nuclear community will likely have to wait until 2008 to get answers to questions threatening the future of the country's nuclear decommissioning and waste fund, as
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Dominion receives ESP, tenders COL application
Moments after receiving an early site permit, or ESP, for its North Anna station at a November 27 ceremony at NRC headquarters, Dominion handed agency officials its
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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EDF plans 1,300-MW PWR uprates to get 'new EPR' next decade
After years of watching other nuclear plant operators make sometimes audacious power uprates, Electricite de France said last week it will uprate all 20 of its 1,300-MW-class
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Entergy working on restructuring cost-sharing among subsidiaries
Entergy Corp.'s operating companies are working to create a new cost-sharing agreement to better reflect rising natural gas prices and cheaper nuclear operating costs. The original agreement
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Flamanville-3 concrete pour marks start of nuclear construction
Electricite de France started nuclear island construction on its Flamanville-3 EPR in Normandy December 3 "on schedule," EDF said in a statement December 4.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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France sets broad-based panel to advise on safety research
The French government will set up a stakeholders' committee to determine priorities for nuclear safety research, under a decision adopted at the most recent meeting of the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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French government axes Phebus test reactor but spares Cabri
France's Atomic Energy Committee, the government's highest nuclear policy body, late last month pulled the plug on the Phebus severe-accident test reactor in Cadarache, decreeing that it
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Government delays plans to create national investor for Ignalina
Plans to create a national investment company to oversee Lithuania's stake in a new Ignalina plant are moving forward again, despite questions raised by federal auditors about
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Italy's Enel takes shares in EDF projects, including EPR
Enel will get 12.5% of the output of Electricite de France's Flamanville-3 and access to EDF's EPR technology under a broad cooperation agreement signed November 30. The
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Jaczko's renomination sets up possibility of new commissioner
President George W. Bush December 4 nominated NRC Commissioner Gregory Jaczko to a second term, which could secure Jaczko's place at the agency through mid-2013 and pave
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Owners rejected safety comparison for life extension, Gabriel says
Sigmar Gabriel, Germany's chief regulator, said December 4 that after taking power in late 2005, he "insisted" on making a safety comparison between newer and older reactors
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Perry equipment woes draw NRC special inspection
NRC last week sent a special inspection team to Perry after the Ohio reactor experienced a series of equipment problems November 28.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Repair outage will allow Biblis to operate beyond election
Because Biblis-A has been shut for repairs for 13 months until now, it will be possible for owner RWE Power AG to keep it operating beyond the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Russian parliament approves law for state nuclear corporation
Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted the law establishing Rosatom as a "State Corporation for Atomic Energy," replacing the current Federal Atomic Energy Agency which has also been
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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UK grid can accept new reactors at four sites
The UK National Grid's transmission connection agreements with British Energy will potentially enable at least five new reactors to start generating anytime after late 2016, two at
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Vandellos II down after scram during control rod testing
Spain's Vandellos II was expected to remain offline for at least a week after a transient early December 2 during routine quarterly testing of control rods, in
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Areva hits jackpot with contract for islands, fuel for Taishan EPRs
Areva will supply two EPR nuclear islands and all their fuel for more than a decade under an 8-billion-euro (US$11.8 billion) contract signed with China Guangdong Nuclear
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Argonne lab says supercomputer, software to improve reactor design
The combination of a new IBM supercomputer and nuclear reactor modeling software still being written will save "millions" of dollars on new reactor design and reduce radioactive
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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B&W says new nuclear subsidiary to expand commercial offerings
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. said November 27 its new commercial nuclear power subsidiary will expand the company's offerings in products, services and construction.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Berlin cabinet politically divided over participation in GNEP
Cabinet ministries in the German federal government are sharply divided along party lines over whether Germany should participate in the US-sponsored Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, or GNEP,
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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CEA denies report that it plans to reduce Areva stake below 50%
France's Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique last week denied a report that it would sell 30% of its stake in Areva, bringing its share to about 49%.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Clarification
Authors of "World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007" stated the nuclear megawatts to be replaced in the near term and the number of units to be shut
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Clock begins ticking on Turkey's complex power reactor plan
Turkey's fifth attempt in nearly 50 years to license, build, and operate nuclear power reactors officially began last week with the entry into force of a law
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EC says lack of strategy bars EU nuclear growth
"A fundamental barrier" to maintaining and increasing nuclear's market penetration in Europe is the absence of a "clear European strategy on the use of nuclear power," the
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EU nuclear energy forum launches working groups
The European Nuclear Energy Forum in Bratislava closed its inaugural two-day meeting November 27 with a decision to form three groups to perform further work before its
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Former Bulgarian regulator says EC should not endorse Belene project
The former head of the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Gueorgui Kastchiev, urged the European Commission not to endorse the Belene project to construct two 1,000-MW-class VVERs.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Indians, Russians face delays in startup of Kudankulam VVERs
An Indian state official said this week that commissioning of the first 1,000-MW VVER at Kudankulam, which had been scheduled for December 2007, would be delayed by
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Nuclear energy off the agenda after Labor victory in Australia
The incoming government of Kevin Rudd and the Australian Labor Party will shelve defeated Prime Minister John Howard's consideration of nuclear power for Australia and will also
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Suez to decide on EPR in France after merger with Gaz de France
Suez will not decide formally whether and where to build an EPR in France until after its planned merger with Gaz de France, in late 2008 or
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Aiming to improve plant oversight, Vattenfall to name nuclear chief
In an effort to improve nuclear safety culture and restore credibility in its Swedish operations, Vattenfall will appoint a chief nuclear officer before the end of the
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Australia tightened oversight after Iran's use of spectrometer
Australia intensified monitoring of foreign end-user statements for dual-use goods after Iran used a spectrometer, provided by an Australian firm expressly to investigate medical and agricultural samples,
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Belarus' president paves way for building country's first nuclear unit
President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree to enable construction of Belarus' first nuclear station, for which site evaluations are already under way.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Correction
The Joint Protocol linking the Paris and Vienna Conventions on civilian nuclear liability has been in force since April 27, 1992. Nucleonics Week. October 11, page 16,
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Dominion to receive permit soon, as NRC approves third ESP
The NRC commissioners authorized November 20 an early site permit, or ESP, for Dominion Nuclear North Anna and directed the staff to issue the permit within 10
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EDF cleaning program to cut nuclear availability
Electricite de France is proceeding with a large-scale program to chemically clean steam generators that is seen as necessary to preclude tube damage but will penalize its
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EP Greens' report: Nuclear power won't enjoy revival or retain share
Not only is a nuclear renaissance not in the works, but the likelihood of global nuclear power simply retaining its current share of global energy production defies
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EP members want 'equal footing' for nuclear power in CO2 debate
Nuclear power should be put "on an equal footing with other methods of carbon abatement" and should be "promoted" by inclusion in the next phase, post-2012, of
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Germany firming up proposal for uranium enrichment center
A German proposal to set up a multilateral uranium enrichment center is being fleshed out with the help of the IAEA Office of Legal Affairs, sources close
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Indian parties' compromise allows talks with IAEA on nuclear deal
India's ruling coalition is preparing to begin safeguard negotiations with the IAEA on a proposed nuclear deal after leftist parties lifted their objections to the talks.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Irish business group wants re-examination of nuclear power
The Irish Business and Employers Confederation, or IBEC, on November 19 called on the government to consider using nuclear power, along with other low-carbon energy sources.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Lithuania wants to keep Ignalina-2 open, but will abide by EU decision
Lithuania will press the European Union to let it keep Ignalina-2 operating after 2009, but will shut the RBMK down as promised if the EU refuses, Lithuanian
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Loan guarantee costs still unclear, former DOE general counsel says
DOE still needs to clarify the credit subsidy cost for its loan guarantees for innovative technologies that reduce or emit no greenhouse gases, said a former department
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Lower generation at Pickering lowers OPG financial results
Lower generation at Pickering-1 and -4 and higher planned maintenance expenditures on Ontario Power Generation's nuclear and fossil stations lowered the utility's 2007 financial results from a
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Rosatom head's visit postponed as US-Russia pact languishes
A planned visit to the US by a top Russian nuclear official was postponed largely because the US is not yet ready to sign an agreement for
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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US, Russia agree on plan for fast-reactor disposition of Russian plutonium
Russia and the US have signed on to a plan for disposition of Russian surplus weapons plutonium, opening the door to progress on the high-profile nonproliferation program
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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BKW studying possibility of siting another reactor at Muehleberg
Switzerland's BKW FMB Energie AG has begun studies to evaluate the feasibility of siting a new reactor at Muehleberg, CEO Kurt Rohrback announced last week.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Clarification
All seven Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors remain down. An incomplete list was published in the generating table notes on page 11 in the November 9 edition of Nucleonics Week.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EC expected to reach decision next month on Belene construction
The European Commission is expected to decide next month on whether to approve a project to build two 1,000-MW-class Russian-design PWRs at Belene in Bulgaria, according to
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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EDF says Flamanville-3 EPR on track as nuclear construction date nears
Construction of Electricite de France's Flamanville-3 EPR is on schedule and the plant's projected cost remains at 3.3 billion euros, the utility's chief nuclear engineer said this
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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German debate over safety rules may escalate soon, participants say
An ongoing internal debate over the future of Germany's nuclear power plant safety requirements may escalate in early 2008, some experts involved in the matter said last
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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IAEA mission to Philippines investigates two nuclear power options
An IAEA expert mission will visit the Philippines in mid-January to help the government assess whether it should resuscitate the country's previously abandoned nuclear power program, senior
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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