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Forces to be trained for nuke accidents
The Times of India, 6 February 2012
The national disaster response forces planned to be set up across the country will be trained to deal with nuclear, chemical, radiological and biological emergencies. The decision has been taken in the aftermath of the protests at Kudankulam and ...
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Congress cadres plan campaign for KKNPP
The Times of India, 6 February 2012
The Centre has made it clear that it is in no mood to treat the anti-nuclear activists with kids gloves anymore. The Tamil Nadu Congress too appears to have taken the ongoing protests as a challenge to the party and ...
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Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima
The Tokyo Times, 6 February 2012
Ukrainian nuclear experts say Japanese evacuated from around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant should be able to return to their homes — unlike the Chernobyl site, which remains inside a wide no-go zone a quarter-century after the accident there. The ...
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Netanyahu Says Military Strength Guarantees Israeli Security
Businessweek, 6 February 2012
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who yesterday announced plans to visit the U.S. in March, said turmoil in neighboring Arab states and threats from Iran show that Israel must build up its military. “In such a region, the only ...
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Opinion: Nuclear disarmament for peace
Haaretz, 6 February 2012
The Iranian professor burst out laughing when I showed him the report on the Haaretz website about President Shimon Peres' call for the Iranian people to bring down the ayatollahs' regime. His neighbor at the table, also a senior lecturer ...
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Korea on Track for Nuclear, FTA Deals with Turkey
The Chosun Ilbo, 6 February 2012
President Lee Myung-bak and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday agreed to resume cooperation on nuclear power projects worth US$20 billion. As part of that effort, a consortium of SK Engineering and Construction and Korea South-East Power ...
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Attack on Iran "would be disaster," must talk: Turkey
Reuters, 5 February 2012
Turkey and Qatar urged the West Sunday not to attack Iran to solve a nuclear row, but to make greater efforts to negotiate an end to the dispute. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, a gathering of security officials and ...
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Opinion: The nation’s dilemma over its nuclear dream
The Egyptian Gazette, 5 February 2012
Over a period of 30 years Egypt has been planning to construct its first nuclear power plant, while the United Arab Emirates already received their ticket to the club of NPPC (nuclear power-producing countries) in 2009. Paradoxically, the UAE is an oil-rich ...
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Israel's Netanyahu to visit U.S. next month
Reuters, 5 February 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington next month, his office said Sunday, amid heightened speculation that Israel might attack Iranian nuclear facilities despite U.S. reservations. Netanyahu is to address the annual policy conference of the influential pro-Israel ...
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Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk
Reuters, 5 February 2012
There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research centre housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor on Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident. The fire ...
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Worn Pipes Shut California Reactors
The Wall Street Journal, 4 February 2012
The two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear-power station near San Clemente, Calif., will remain shut down this weekend while federal safety officials investigate why critical—and relatively new—equipment is showing signs of premature wear. The problem ...
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Kudankulam issue: TN forms experts panel
The Hindu, 4 February 2012
In a fresh move to resolve the deadlock over the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNNP), Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced in the Assembly on Saturday that the State government will constitute a panel of experts immediately to go into the safety ...
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Nuclear Power Is Part of USA Energy Mix
The Huffington Post, 3 February 2012
There's been good dialogue regarding my last blog post concerning the Indian Point Energy Center. And I appreciate the many thoughtful comments, including some in which we disagree. But that's the point of having a conversation, isn't ...
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