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Results 1 to 10 of 15,445 for nuclear energy

SPECIAL REPORT: ENERGY; Czechs Forge Ahead With Nuclear Power Expansion

September 2, 2010 By JACY MEYER PRAGUE — In October last year the Czech state power company, CEZ, selected three companies to bid for a contract to expand the Temelin nuclear power plant, in the southern Czech countryside. The companies are now readying themselves to submit detailed proposals that could have major consequences not just for the Czech Republic, but for the... Full article »

I.H.T. OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Stop the War Talk

September 2, 2010 By REZA ASLAN and BERNARD AVISHAI The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, purportedly to be part of the Obama administration’s relaunch of peace negotiations. But the urgent talk is of war, thanks to Jeffrey Goldberg’s much-discussed Atlantic Monthly cover article, which faithfully reproduced the logic of Israeli military and political leaders.... Full article »

NEWS ANALYSIS; Trying to Buck Odds, Obama Takes On 3 Big Mideast Tasks

September 1, 2010 By DAVID E. SANGER President Obama is attempting a triple play this week that eluded his predecessors over the past two decades: simultaneous progress on the most vexing and violent problems in the Middle East — Israeli-Palestinian peace, Iraq and Iran — in hopes of creating a virtuous cycle in a region prone to downward spirals. History shouts that all... Full article »

India Passes Nuclear Deal, Though Not the One Planned

August 31, 2010 By JIM YARDLEY NEW DELHI — India ’s Parliament approved a final, critical piece of a long-delayed landmark civil nuclear agreement on Monday, a pact regarded as a cornerstone of a Bush-era effort to transform the relationship between the United States and the world’s largest democracy. But even as supporters praised a historic victory, the end... Full article »

Banks Make a Shift Toward Greener Lending

August 31, 2010 By TOM ZELLER Jr. Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants. But they are also legal and lucrative. For a growing number of banks, however, that does not seem to matter. After years of legal entanglements... Full article »

I.H.T. OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; The Burden of Nuclear Waste

August 30, 2010 By BEHNAM TAEBI DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS — Tensions within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration over Germany’s energy policy cut to the heart of a contentious, worldwide debate over the future of nuclear power. The old controversies over nuclear reactors — their dangers, benefits and costs — have been raised to the forefront. But... Full article »

DIPLOMATIC MEMO; U.S. Considers Possibility of Engaging North Korea

August 28, 2010 By MARK LANDLER WASHINGTON — The last time a former American president traveled to North Korea on a rescue mission — Bill Clinton , a year ago — he was feted by its leader, Kim Jong-il , who seized on the visit to reach out to the Obama administration. This week, Mr. Kim chose to go to China during a visit by former President Jimmy Carter to free... Full article »

Nuclear Plant's Use of River Water Prompts $1.1 Billion Debate With State

August 23, 2010 By MATTHEW L. WALD BUCHANAN, N.Y. -- Just beneath the wind-stippled surface of the Hudson River here, huge pipes suck enough water into the Indian Point nuclear plant every second to fill three Olympic swimming pools. And each second they take in dozens of organisms -- fish and crabs, but mostly larvae -- that are at the center of a $1.1 billion debate: should the... Full article »

With Russian Aid, Iranians Open Their First Nuclear Power Plant

August 22, 2010 By WILLIAM YONG and ANDREW E. KRAMER; William Yong reported from Tehran, and Andrew E. Kramer from Moscow. TEHRAN -- Thirty-six years after construction began under the shah, Iran finally opened its first nuclear power plant at a ceremony on Saturday. Attended by senior officials from Iran and Russia, which helped build the plant, the ceremony marked the beginning of the transfer of low-enriched uranium fuel rods from a storage site into the plant.... Full article »

Merkel Urged to Prevent Fuel Rod Tax

August 21, 2010 By JUDY DEMPSEY BERLIN -- More than 40 managers and prominent personalities -- including even the manager of Germany's national soccer team -- signed an open letter on Friday to Chancellor Angela Merkel accusing her of endangering the country's future energy supply. The letter, which will be published in several German newspapers over the next few days, is part of... Full article »

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