TERENGGANU: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) targets to commission the first nuclear power plant in Malaysia by 2025 if the government decides to include nuclear as an acceptable energy option.
Head of nuclear energy unit TNB, Dr Mohd Zamzam Jaafar said TNB cannot ignore nuclear energy amid the uncertain future supply and volatile fossil fuel prices as [...]
MANILA, Philippines — Austria-based International Atomic Energy Agency has committed to support the Philippine government in establishing an independent nuclear energy body, according to Energy Secretary Angelo T. Reyes.
In a statement, Reyes said Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the IAEA secretariat, also assured the Philippines of the UN agency’s “continued assistance especially in the area [...]
TASHKENT, January 13 (RIA Novosti) - Uzbekistan’s export operator the Navoiisky mining and smelting plant (NGMK) plans to put into operation seven new uranium deposits, the NGMK general director said Tuesday.
Kuvandik Sanakulov said the uranium production and enrichment monopoly was conducting geological prospecting work at five of the seven deposits.
“As part of an increase in [...]
by Adrian Addison
MORONG, Philippines (AFP) – The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman president Ferdinand Marcos.
It was originally meant to cost around 500 million dollars, but the final price tag of 2.3 billion dollars was only paid off in [...]
By Lisa Bryant
Paris
27 November 2008
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed frustration Thursday that neither Iran nor Syria been completely transparent about their alleged nuclear activities. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more on the agency’s findings from Paris.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is holding a two-day meeting to examine reports on the [...]
VIENNA (Reuters) – A bid by Syria for aid in planning a nuclear power plant poses no proliferation risk and a Western move to block the project could discredit the U.N. nuclear watchdog, its chief said in remarks released on Tuesday.
Major Western nations want the project shelved because Syria is under International Atomic Energy Agency [...]
ALGIERS (AFP) – Algeria and Argentina signed an agreement Monday to boost cooperation over civil nuclear energy as part of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner’s tour of northern Africa.
The energy deal was signed by Algerian Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil and Argentina’s Minister for Federal Planning Julio de Vido.
Meanwhile, Kirchner met with Algerian President Abdelaziz [...]
Calcutta News.Net
Monday 17th November, 2008 (IANS)
India and Russia are set to expand their nuclear cooperation as they deepen their ties in a changed international context, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here Monday.
“We hope to expand civil nuclear cooperation. All the formalities are done,” Menon told diplomats and strategic experts here ahead of Russian President Dmitry [...]
Patrick Ugeh
Abuja
Stakeholders, including a representative of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ian Facer, yesterday urged greater coordination among those involved in Nigeria’s quest to achieve its dream of generating power through nuclear energy.
A communique issued at the close of the three-day review workshop/expert mission to support introduction of nuclear power in Nigeria, said this [...]
Leon Usigbe
The Federal Government is committed to the development of safe nuclear energy and has therefore assured on the provision of necessary resources to create the appropriate technological, economic and social conditions that would sustain it.
According to the Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre who spoke at the opening of a “National Workshop [...]
