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Text of report in English by official Jordanian news agency Petra- JNA website Paris, Oct. 5 (Petra) Jordanian and French officials on Sunday opened their first meeting to discuss areas of nuclear cooperation. Discussions covered five major topics: extricating and mining uranium, nuclear energy plants, nuclear fuel cycle, training and qualifying relevant cadres and securing funds needed to carry out nuclear programmes. The meeting was held in implementation of the executive cooperation...

By Bunnell, Stephen At a July 8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, the heads of government of the Group of Eight (G-8), a forum of the largest economies worldwide, continued discussions on expanding their current nonproliferation partnership from a focus on the former Soviet Union to a more global approach. They also took note of the program's achievements to date in the former Soviet Union as well as remaining projects there. In a statement released after the summit, the leaders acknowledged the...

Text of report headlined "Govt to set up two nuclear power plants" published by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 18 September Islamabad: The government has decided to set up two nuclear power plants, worth of Rs 139 billion, to overcome the power crisis the country is facing, official sources said on Wednesday. President Asif Ali Zardari will discuss the acquisition of the fuel technology for the two new nuclear plants with the Chinese leadership during his forthcoming visit to...

By Anthony Harrington NOW is a busy time for the various consortia who have submitted designs for the UK's new generation of nuclear power facilities. The general assessment process that will pick the winning design is scheduled to take three years, but there is still much to do and the commercial stakes here are huge. In September, Westinghouse Electric Company, part of Toshiba, signed agreements with BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce Group and Doosan Babcock, which would see all three involved...

Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, [Friday] 12 September: Elated over the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) waiver, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is confident that uninterrupted fuel supplies can help double the power production from its atomic plants through greater capacity utilization. The state-owned nuclear energy generator, which currently runs 17 reactors in different parts of the country, hopes to produce up to 4,000 MW power without any...

BLACKFOOT, Idaho, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier Technology, a leading manufacturer and industrial contractor in Idaho, the U.S. and abroad, announced today it has formed a strategic partnership with the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). CAES, based in Idaho Falls, is a public/private partnership comprised of Idaho's three public universities, private industry, and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Premier and CAES made the announcement after CAES staff concluded a tour of...

The Nuclear Energy Institute has developed a two-page fact sheet to assist reporters covering energy issues at the Democrat National Convention in Denver. It provides information explaining why commercial nuclear power is a vital part of the American energy portfolio needed to meet rapidly growing electricity demand in clean and reliable fashion. NEI is the nuclear energy industry's policy organization. Additional information about nuclear energy is available at http://www.nei.org --...

By Steven Erlanger Maia de la Baume contributed reporting from Paris and Matthew L. Wald contributed from Washington. * It looks like an ordinary building site, but for the two massive, rounded concrete shells looming above the ocean, like dusty mushrooms. Here on the Normandy coast, France is building its newest nuclear reactor, alongside two older ones. It is the first reactor to be built in the country in 10 years and will cost $5.1 billion. And President Nicolas Sarkozy has...

Recent ClickBacks have sought editorial page reader comment on the Olympics, nuclear power and the merits or drawbacks of negative political ads. To join the discussion, go to bangornews.com and look for the ClickBack logo in the Opinion section. Is the television coverage of the Olympics too America-centric? Do you want to see the best performances, regardless of the country the athletes are from? Yes, the coverage is too America-centric. They should show the best performers regardless of...

Campaign season is sometimes called "the silly season" - and for good reason. When presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are trading barbs about the fuel-saving benefits of properly inflated car tires, it's a sign that discussions about a national energy policy lack focus. However, a bill developed by a bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators could help bring that debate back into focus. The so- called "Gang of 10" - made up of five Democratic and five Republican senators -...