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Not being a member of the 44-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group -- whose deliberations and decision will be crucial to the supply of hitherto banned equipment for its civilian nuclear reactors -- India will need to ...

The leaders of India and Pakistan meet in New York on Wednesday to push forward a peace process which is beginning to offer a realistic chance of a lasting rapprochement between the long-time foes.2.7

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Federal regulation of electricity markets in Connecticut were challenged Monday by state officials who also accused two power companies of taking advantage of rising fuel costs to gouge consumers.2.7

British Energy on Monday shut down its Heysham 1 nuclear power plant in northwest England for at least a month and extended an outage at its Hartlepool plant after checks showed the potential for stress ...2.7

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pressed France to help develop his energy-starved country's civilian nuclear programme and confirmed multi-billion-euro Airbus and submarine purchases in a meeting with ...2.9

Pakistan is seeking Western aid in its development of civilian nuclear energy and is trying to boost nuclear power output to 8,800 megawatts in 25 years, a Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson said Sept.2.7

Construction of Finland's controversial new nuclear reactor began when the first block was put in place under the gaze of political and business leaders.2.9

The Nuclear Regulatory Agency authorized a license for Private Fuel Storage LLC to build and ... The state had argued that one of the 7,000 F-16 military jets flying each year from nearby Hill Air Force Base could crash into the site, causing radioactive contamination.4.2

Your privacy is strictly respected. Sep 12 - In a maneuver designed to circumvent a public deliberation process that has already spurred vocal opposition, the US Department of Energy announced Friday that it ...2.7

Four years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 increased concerns about the potential vulnerability of the nation's nuclear plants, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission hosted an open forum here at which ...2.7

Sacked Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been named person of the year at the XV International Economic Forum in Krinitsa, Poland, but claims that she was stripped of her award at the personal ...2.9

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SUKHUMI: A team of UN nuclear inspectors, in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region this week, need several months to come up with a report on the safety of atomic materials there, an Abkhaz official said on ...2.7

A Dutch tourist William de Launghi, 45, has been killed in Russian capital, a source in the city police told RIA Novosti.1.3

Tight budgets and earthquake-related construction slowdowns threaten progress made in cleaning up Hanford Nuclear Reservation, state and federal officials say.2.7

Boone Hospital Center has paid a $3,250 fine by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for improperly disposing of radioactive materials used to treat prostate cancer.3.1

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has honored Russian conductor Valery Gergiev with the title of Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, RIA Novosti reported.2.9

Turkey plans to build a series of nuclear power facilities over the next decade.2.7

The federal government on Friday approved a $3.1 billion plan by a private corporation to store tens of thousands of tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste on an American Indian reservation in Utah, ...2.7

"The missile systems will be of the S-300PS modification," the source said ... Calls Venezuela Purchase of Russian Warplanes Waste of Money Malaysia to Replace U.S.-Made Aircraft With Russian Su-30 Jet Fighters Surviving the Asphalt Jungle Without a Gun Half of Russia's Nuclear Materials Unaccounted for - U.2.7

Lost in recent newspaper headlines touting the 60th anniversary of the dropping of nuclear bombs over two Japanese cities that brought World War II literally to a screeching halt are the "downwinders" of this ...2.7

Rods containing the first tritium produced by the United States in 15 years have arrived in South Carolina, where it will be stored and later extracted for use in nuclear weapons.5

A Ukrainian-built plane crashed north of the Republic of Congo capital, killing 13 people, AP reported Saturday.2.9

Prime Minister Paul Martin today announced that Canada and China have reached seven new agreements designed to enhance co-operation in the areas of transportation, food safety and nuclear energy, in addition to ...2.7

Nuclear Explosive Materials Source: Institute for Science and International Security Global Stocks of Nuclear Explosive Materials "Periodically, ISIS updates its estimates of global inventories of nuclear ...2.7

The radical Islamic Shari'ah jamaat group has claimed "legitimate power" in Dagestan, Russia's internal republic bordering Chechnya.2.9

Sir Hugh Collum, who died on August 29 aged 65, after an accident at his home, was chairman of ... When the Irish government threatened to invoke the United Nations to halt allegedly unsafe nuclear shipments to Sellafield through the Irish Sea, Collum simply took his powers of persuasion direct to the UN.2.7

The Victorian Government is under pressure to rule out using a proposed toxic waste facility at Nowingi in the state's north-west, to store radioactive waste as well.2.7

Customs officers in Dorohusk, on Poland's border with Ukraine, have made an unusual seizure, confiscating nearly 530kg of meteorites they found hidden in a Russian-registered truck, the AFP reported on Friday ...2.9

Legal obstacles are blocking the corporatization of Rosenergoatom, the state electric and thermal energy producer at nuclear power plants, the concern's head said Thursday.3.1

IF IT was a horse it would be put out in the paddock for a decent spell in an attempt to recover some form.2.7

According to the new Harry Potter story, written in Ufa in Russia's republic of Bashkortostan, the young magician Potter is now an Orthodox Christian and looks down on the magic tricks he used to work.2.9

Eleanor Hall hosts The World Today's lunch hour of current affairs, with background and debate from Australia and the world.2.7

Columbia, Mo. - For University of Missouri tailgaters, the name of the new parking lot down the hill from Memorial Stadium is little more than a curiosity: Reactor Field, a nod to the nearby nuclear research ...4

The leader of Russia's Communist Party, Gennady Zuganov, is demanding that the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly cancel discussion of a report on the international condemnation of the crimes of ...2.9