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Nuclear energy rocked in a cloud of confusion and anger

This week: Environment looks into the ‘dumping’ of toxic waste in Siberia and the safety of the third generation power stations, EPR’s.

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AREVA: reactor under pressure? (part2)

President Sarkozy has helped sell French nuclear expertise worldwide. But now a report says the new EPR could be unsafe. The safety authorities of France, the UK and Finland are demanding changes be made to the software of the reactor.

environment - nuclear power

AREVA: reactor under pressure?

NUCLEAR ENERGY

Regulators call for redesign of France’s latest reactor

Nuclear safety watchdogs in France, the United Kingdom and Finland have requested "improvements" to safety systems in the design of the third-generation EPR reactors being built by French nuclear giant Areva.

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NUCLEAR

Iran signals readiness to cooperate with IAEA

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to deliver a qualified "yes" in response to proposals drawn up by the UN-backed IAEA on nuclear cooperation.

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NUCLEAR - IRAN

World awaits Tehran's answer on uranium deal

Iran is expected Thursday to deliver its response to a UN-brokered proposal regarding the supply of fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Tehran. The deal is seen as crucial to resolving the stand-off over the Islamic Republic's atomic programme.

Iran - nuclear power

Iran nuclear proposal: Going through the motions

To convert the Iranian uranium in France and Russia, this is the aim of the talks taking place this week in Vienna. With this suggestion, western countries hope to prevent Iran to get the nuclear weapon. Is it an achievable goal?

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French nuclear policy clouded in secrecy

Several kilos of plutonium have been discovered at an Areva nuclear plant in Cadarache, in the south of France. Environmentalists have long complained that the nuclear industry, which fulfills 75 percent of France's energy needs, is shrouded in secre

TERRORISM

France charges nuclear scientist suspected of al Qaeda links

French magistrates charged a nuclear scientist from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research with membership of a terrorist group on Monday, suspecting him of having links with al Qaeda.