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Noda meets anti-nuclear activists, acknowledging public pressure
Tōkyō :: Japan | 10 months ago
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met representatives of a growing anti-nuclear energy movement on Wednesday amid signs his government, pressured by public safety fears, might be leaning toward a target to eliminate atomic power within two
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Atomic generation started more than 50 years ago and now produces as much international energy as was produced then by all resources. Some two-thirds of globe inhabitants lives in countries where nuclear energy plants are an
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New hearing held to gauge nuke sentiment
Sapporo :: Japan | 11 months ago
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MIE Staff writer The government continued to solicit public opinion on nuclear energy policy over the weekend by holding a discussion-oriented polling session in Tokyo involving about 300 citizens from across the country. This is the first time the
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Nearly 70% of Japanese who wanted to attend hearings on nuclear power hoped to discuss its complete abolition
Fukuoka :: Japan | 11 months ago
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Around 70 percent of citizens who wished to air their views on the future of nuclear power at public hearings held by the government wanted to discuss its complete elimination, officials said Saturday. A series of 11 hearings, each in a different
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Official pushed pronuke stance
Fukushima :: Japan | 11 months ago
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Industry minister Yukio Edano, who oversees the country's energy policy, expressed regret over the incident, telling a news conference he doesn't want the public to think the government is scheming to maintain Japan's reliance on atomic energy. Kyoji
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Reactor Shutdown in South Korea Raises Blackout Fears
Seoul :: South Korea | 11 months ago
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An employee of the Korea Power Exchange, a state company to check the country's flow of electricity, watches a huge screen monitoring power supply during power outages in Seoul, September 15, 2011. As northern India suffers another problem with
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Mair backs nuclear energy
Kingston :: Jamaica | 11 months ago
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Mair, who was a state minister in the previous administration which three years ago rejected the suggestion when it was made by Portia Simpson Miller, said advances in nuclear technology make it a viable option. Mair also called for coal to be
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Russia, Belarus sign $10 bn nuke plant deal
Minsk :: Belarus | 11 months ago
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The agreement was signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich. The $10 billion plant will be built by Russia's Atomstroyexport company, a subsidiary of Rosatom civilian nuclear
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3 bidders want to build 2 more Czech reactors
Prague :: Czech Republic | 12 months ago
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Czech state-run power utility CEZ says it has received bids from three international companies to build two more nuclear reactors at the Temelin nuclear power station in the country's south. CEZ says the bidders for the
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Nigeria: Nuclear Power - 'Safety Is Our Watch Word '
Abuja :: Nigeria | 12 months ago
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Nigerians that safety would be its watch word when the country starts generating electricity from nuclear power. Second, it must have international safeguards, and once it is in conformity with national and international laws and regulations it is
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