Tag: Nuclear Energy
Australians 'will accept nuclear power'
Ziggy Switkowski says Australians will soon accept that nuclear power is the answer to many climate change problems.[MORE]
15,000 clash with police in German nuclear blockade
Police wielding truncheons beat back around 15,000 environmentalists trying to block a train carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste from western France to a dump in Germany, authorities said.[MORE]
US ready to talk to Iran: Rice
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is prepared to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program. [MORE]
China to help Pakistan build nuclear stations
The government of Pakistan says China has agreed to help it build two more nuclear power stations to tackle its energy shortages. [MORE]
UN nuclear monitors to return to North Korean site
North Korea has restored United Nations monitors' access to the Yongbyon nuclear site, including its plutonium reprocessing plant.[MORE]
Bush signs US-India nuclear deal
President George W Bush has signed legislation that will allow the United States and India to open up nuclear trade, saying the two countries are "natural partners."[MORE]
Business urges renewed nuclear debate
SA business urges a return to the nuclear debate to help address climate change.[MORE]
Ai Group calls for more emissions trading help
The Federal Govermment is being urged to do more to help businesses that are expected to suffer under an emissions trading scheme.[MORE]
US Senate passes India nuclear deal
The US Senate has endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear agreement, removing the final legislative hurdle for resumption of civilian nuclear trade between the two countries after three decades.[MORE]
US envoy arrives in N Korea for nuclear talks
The United States' chief negotiator with North Korea has travelled to the country to propose a compromise deal on its nuclear disarmament program. [MORE]
India, France sign nuclear deal
India and France have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement, which will allow the sale of civilian nuclear technology to Delhi. [MORE]
Nuclear reactor water leak 'not a safety issue'
Australia's nuclear research body says it is confident problems arising from a water leak at the country's only nuclear reactor can be addressed.[MORE]
US warns N Korea against restarting nuclear reactor
The US says North Korea must make a choice about whether it wants a better relationship with the world, or to keep itself isolated.[MORE]
N Korea preparing to restart nuclear reactor: official
North Korea says it's begun to restart its nuclear reactor after the US 'failed to honour' a disarmament deal.[MORE]
Smith silent on possible Indian uranium request
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith is not saying whether his Indian counterpart directly requested access to Australian uranium exports during talks in New Delhi.[MORE]
Nuclear suppliers approve US-India deal
Forty-five nuclear supplier states have approved a US proposal to drop a ban on trade with India, advancing a US-Indian atomic energy deal, diplomats in the closed meeting said.[MORE]
Emissions target demands nuclear energy: MacFarlane
Federal Coalition frontbencher Ian MacFarlane says he doubts that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be able to meet Australia's emissions reduction targets without turning to nuclear energy.[MORE]
Uranium mining, nuclear power and 'ethical' investment
Fund managers are making their own rules as the ethical investment industry booms.[MORE]
Iran to continue nuclear path before deadline
Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says Iran will press ahead with its nuclear enrichment path.[MORE]
Iran will not retreat in nuclear stand-off: Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the country will not retreat in the face of demands by world powers for Tehran to halt sensitive nuclear work.[MORE]
Roxby again urged as nuclear waste site
Roxby Downs in outback SA is again being urged as a nuclear waste dump.[MORE]
Iran sets out position ahead of nuclear talks
Iran has signalled that it does not plan to make major concessions on its nuclear program at talks this week to be attended by world powers including the United States.[MORE]
Italy, Britain eye nuclear power potential
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says oil-consuming countries should meet to fix a maximum price they are prepared to pay for oil or they will have to invest heavily in nuclear power.[MORE]
Clean coal solution holds the key: Switkowski
Nuclear energy advocate Ziggy Switkowski says finding a way to burn coal cleanly would be the biggest contribution Australia could make to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.[MORE]
N Korea expected to hand over nuclear list
North Korea is expected to hand China a declaration of its nuclear activities shortly, in what is expected to be a key step in implementing a disarmament deal.[MORE]
