Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast
AP - Tue Mar 9, 7:33 pm ETIs the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?
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Uranium bank deposit imminent, Moscow says
UPI - Tue Mar 9, 9:48 am ETPARIS, March 9 (UPI) -- A reserve of low-enriched uranium will be deposited into an international nuclear fuel bank by the end of the year, Russian executives said in Paris.
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Bellefonte or Bust
WTVC Chattanooga - Tue Mar 9, 9:50 pm ETThe Scottsboro City Council has unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors to finish Bellefonte Nuclear Plant near here or build a new reactor unit next to it.
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Supervisors request delay for Diablo relicensing
Santa Maria Times - 2 hours 25 minutes agoThe San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors are requesting adelay in the relicensing for Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
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For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier
New York Times - Mon Mar 8, 8:42 pm ETMaking the leap from reactor-grade nuclear fuel to bomb-grade is like the rich getting richer: really fast.
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Israel, Syria want to develop nuclear energy
MSNBC - Tue Mar 9, 6:54 am ETSyrian official says Middle East state wants to develop nuclear energy on day Israel formally announces its ambitions to do the same.
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Israel Wants Nuclear Power Reactor, France’s La Tribune Says
Bloomberg - Tue Mar 9, 6:40 am ETMarch 9 (Bloomberg) -- Israel wants to buy a nuclear power reactor to diversify its sources of energy, the French daily La Tribune said, citing Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau.
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Doors Open For Nuclear Power, Yet New Plants Face Big Hurdles
Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Mon Mar 8, 7:10 pm ETNuclear power has been politically radioactive for decades. But the half-life of opposition seems to have faded, especially when weighed against the alternatives.
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Energy Concerns: A Nuclear Mideast
ABC News - Tue Mar 9, 6:10 am ETRivals Israel, Syria announce plans to develop civilian nuclear energy. Nuclear - Nuclear energy - Energy - Technology - Environment
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Israel, Syria Announce Nuclear Energy Ambitions
NPR - Tue Mar 9, 6:06 am ETMideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities.
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Can Aging Nuclear Reactors Be Safe?
Scientific American - Tue Mar 9, 10:33 am ETOn Nov. 4, 2008, two divers were cleaning sludge and silt from an entry bay for water pumps that serve Constellation Energy Nuclear Group's Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant near Oswego, N.Y. In the midst of the operation, the diver and the hose tender shifted their positions and the diver lost control of a plastic suction hose, leaving its trailing section in front of one of the water pipe ...
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Senate sends nuclear power bill to governor
The Gazette - Tue Mar 9, 6:38 pm ETDES MOINES – The Iowa Senate voted Tuesday to allow MidAmerican Energy Co. to boost electric consumer rates by $15 million to study the feasibility of building a nuclear plant in Iowa to generate electrical power. House File 2399, which passed on a 37-13 vote, provides for an annual electrical bill rate rider for three years [...]
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Speaker from EnergySolutions: Myths, misperceptions about nuclear energy abound
Standard-Examiner - Tue Mar 9, 10:50 pm ETSOUTH OGDEN -- The director of legislative and community affairs for EnergySolutions Inc. is passionate about defending nuclear energy as a clean, safe resource. read more
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INO News - Tue Mar 9, 5:12 pm ET(AP:PARIS) Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear? Dual announcements Tuesday by bitter rivals Israel and Syria that they want to pursue atomic power plants could complicate the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fuel a widening web of suspicion across the Middle East.
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Toyota Woes Prompt Hatoyama to Be Technology Salesman (Update1)
Bloomberg - Tue Mar 9, 2:46 am ETMarch 9 (Bloomberg) -- French President Charles de Gaulle once labeled a Japanese premier a “transistor salesman.” Now Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is hawking bullet trains and nuclear plants after Toyota Motor Corp.
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Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Mar 8, 3:04 pm ETIsrael will this week unveil plans to produce nuclear-generated electricity, officials said on Monday, a move that could draw fresh international attention toward its assumed atomic arsenal.
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