Archive for January 19th, 2009
Recently, the government has been making some steps towards the idea of reprocessing, most notably the GNEP (Global Nuclear Energy Partnership), but such efforts are in their infancy and it would take quite some time to develop and fund …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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“All of those I met said that North Korea has already weaponized the 30.8 kg of plutonium listed in its formal declaration and that the weapons cannot be inspected,” Harrison told a news conference in the Chinese capital after returning …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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It is a founding member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty that guarantees nuclear energy rights for civilian use. Iran has oil reserves but actually imports a lot of energy because they don’t have decent refining capabilities. …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Harrison said North Korea wanted construction of two unfinished light-water nuclear energy reactors in return for dismantling its Yongbyon nuclear plant. It also says verification of its nuclear activities hinges on the United States …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Harrison said senior North Korean officials had told him this week that 30.8 kg (68 pounds) of plutonium their government had listed as part of a preliminary disarmament agreement had been “weaponized” — incorporated into warheards or …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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… Energy Management · energy policy · Energy Prices · Energy Saving · energy security · Energy Suppliers · Energy Trading · geo thermal energy · green job · greenenergy · natural gas ·nuclear energy· opec ·plutonium· power plant …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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A weblog devoted to the discussion of thorium as a future energy resource, and the machine to extract that energy–the liquid-fluoride nuclear reactor. Tuesday, January 13, 2009. Choices and the Thorium Grand Plan …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Japan’s fast-breeder nuclear reactor plant Monju in Tsuruga. Japan, an economic giant with almost no natural energy resources, is eyeing restarting its “dream nuclear reactor” this year after a raft of safety scares closed the plant for …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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The Canadian delegation includes officials from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (nuclear reactor designers), Cameco Corp (uranium suppliers) and SNC-Lavalin Nuclear, a nuclear engineering firm. However, there is still some way for private …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Harrison also said the North demanded the completion of the light-water reactors as compensation for the dismantling of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor. The light-water reactor, which is not capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, …
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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