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The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved a landmark deal ending the three-decade ban on U.S. nuclear trade with India, handing a victory to President George W. Bush on one of his top foreign policy priorities. Here is a timeline of some key developments over the past three years:
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The U.S. Congress approved a landmark deal on Wednesday ending a three-decade ban on nuclear trade with India, unleashing billions of dollars of investment and drawing the world's second most populous country closer to the West. These are key business and economic implications of the deal: -- The agreement could open up around $27 billion in investments in 18-20 nuclear plants over the next 15 years, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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A U.S. civilian nuclear deal with India opens the taps to the country's fuel-starved reactors, paving the way for them to double output, but building new capacity looks tricky. Obstacles such as land acquisition -- already putting the brakes on projects like Tata Motors' low-cost Nano car -- and a shortage of engineers mean the industry could struggle to attract what the Confederation of Indian Industry hopes will be $27 billion in 18-20 nuclear plants over the next 15 years.
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The Senate last night approved a historic agreement that opens up nuclear trade with India for the first time since New Delhi conducted a nuclear test three decades ago, giving the Bush administration a significant foreign policy achievement in its final months.
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The federal government says it has serious questions about ongoing repair costs at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney. Design flaws in the $400 million reactor have seen it shut down for a total of 11 months since it began operations at the end of 2006. The cost of repairs and loss productions is expected to run into millions.
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Helen Caldicott warns about the still-present nuclear danger SCOTT HARRIS / scott@vueweekly.com For more than 35 years, Dr Helen Caldicott has been an outspoken critic of the follies of the nuclear age, dedicating her life to shining a spotlight on the risks posed to human health and the environment by both nuclear weapons and the widespread use of nuclear power.
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French energy giant EDF's UK subsidiary EDF Energy would not comment Wednesday on press reports that no deal would be reached with UK's Centrica over ownership of nuclear generator British Energy until after the European Commission ratified the French company's takeover bid. State-controlled EDF's Eur15.6 billion ($22 billion) takeover of British Energy was agreed September 24 by the boards of EDF and British Energy and is subject to UK and EC regulatory approval.
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When a reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and dispersed over the Soviet Union, Europe and even eastern portions of North America.
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Residents living near existing nuclear reactors only have "qualified support" for new power stations, a study shows. While most locals trusted the operators of their nearby power station, some had a strong distrust of the UK Government and the nuclear industry, it added.
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India and France have signed a major co-operation pact which paves the way for the sale of French nuclear reactors to Delhi, officials say. The nuclear accord was agreed in Paris between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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An Upper House inquiry into a former uranium smelter site at Hunters Hill in Sydney has recommended a thorough retesting of all properties on the site and a comprehensive remediation plan. The smelter operated between 1911 and 1915 on what is now the location of four properties in Nelson Parade.
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Hype over the future of nuclear power is rampant, but the facts tell a different story. The percentage of nuclear-generated electricity in the overall global energy mix is decreasing. In this three-part series Mycle Schneider, a French independent nuclear analyst, explores the difficulties facing nuclear power throughout the world and in Western Europe and Asia in particular.
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Russia will provide $17 million to help improve safety at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster, and fully decommission it, a top Russian nuclear official said on Monday. Three reactors of the Chernobyl plant continued to operate for several years after reactor number four exploded in 1986, the last reactor shutting down in 2000. The reactors still contain nuclear fuel rods, and require constant monitoring. The fourth reactor is housed in a Soviet-era sarcophagus set to be replaced by a $1.4 bln metal structure.
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Henri Bour glances round the courtyard of the old farmhouse his parents restored when they fled Algeria after independence in 1962. "There was nothing here, not even a single vine. They did everything. That's why I don't want to let it go," he says. For 10 years he has run the Grangeneuve vineyard in Coteaux de Tricastin, the arid, southern region of the Rhône Valley. Now, aged 65 and thinking about handing over to the next generation, the former Pernod Ricard executive fears for the future.
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One of British Energy’s biggest investors has so far declined to sell its stake to EdF, believing that the French company’s £12.5bn takeover bid may yet fail regulatory hurdles. M&G, which owns 5pc of the UK nuclear power generator and helped block EdF’s original offer, argues that the revised bid significantly undervalues British Energy.
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EDF Energy's chief assures Margareta Pagano that consumers can put their trust in a new generation of nuclear reactors Vincent de Rivaz, the chief executive of France's EDF Energy, which is now in control of the UK's nuclear energy programme, doesn't laugh when I ask if he has succeeded where Napoleon failed.
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Rosatom is expecting civilian nuclear cooperation with the United States to resume in spring 2009, a source in the Russian state nuclear power corporation said Friday. "The main thing now is not to get in a flap. Optimistically, everything will resume in the spring, pessimistically - in two or three years," the source said. Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko earlier said the Bush administration's decision on September 8 to withdraw a Russian-U.S. nuclear cooperation treaty from Congress was "absolutely right."
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The Greens say there is an opportunity for the community to have its say about a possible radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory. The Federal Government is waiting for a report on the suitability of three sites in the Territory for a dump. The Greens have introduced a bill into Federal Parliament to overturn legislation forcing a dump on the Territory and the bill has now been referred to a committee of inquiry. Western Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says if there is enough interest it may come to the Territory to consult first-hand.
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Govt panel to investigate potential The Jamaican government is establishing a panel to determine the feasibility of building small-scale nuclear power plants to help solve the energy crisis.
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The Australian struggle against nuclear power has mainly been a struggle against uranium mining in Australia's Northern Territory. Here I give a general account of this struggle, covering the origins of the Australian anti-nuclear movement, issues in the nuclear debate and the strategy of the movement.
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