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Energy-thirst Jordan plans to purchase a nuclear reactor from France to produce electricity and enriched uranium for peaceful purposes, Prime Minister Nader Dahabi was quoted by official news agency Petra on Monday. Jordan is currently negotiating such a cooperation deal with a French company, Dahabi said in a meeting with members of the Jordanian-French Parliamentary Friendship Committee.

Harwood alluded to the usual stereotypes: "pro-growth versus environmentalism" and "progress versus not-in-my-backyard." But "nuclear power versus imported oil" isn't a stereotype. It's a lie. If we built more nuclear power plants, the impact on our oil imports would be zero. Yes, nuclear reactors and oil are both types of energy, just as apples and vodka both types of calories. No one in the real world -- the oil business and the utility business -- considers one to be an economic substitute for the other.

Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., Tuesday urged Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to designate Hanford's B Reactor as a National Historic Landmark. "Not only is it an engineering landmark, but it helps tell the story of Hanford's role in ending World War II and providing nuclear deterrence during the Cold War," Hastings wrote in a letter to Kempthorne.