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Uranium One Shareholders Approve Russia Deal

China Confirms Plans For USD 175 Billion Nuclear Park

Merkel Indicates Support For Lifetime Extensions

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Research in Nuclear Sciences: Impact on the Citizen

Geel, Belgium 9 December 2010

The Belgian Nuclear Society, in association with SCK•CEN, the Institute for Radioelements(IRE), and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, is organising a conference on nuclear sciences in physics and medical applications.

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NRC Amends Regulations On Import-Export Of Nuclear Equipment And Material

French Nuclear Capacity Will Depend On Electricity Reform, Says IEA

UK Coalition Promises To Help Make New Nuclear Possible

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12 July 2010

E-BULLETIN, Issue No. 29 Summer 2010

ENS NEWS N° 29 kicks off with a Word from the President that focuses on the contribution that NucNet has made to the nuclear community in the twenty years since it was founded. Andrew Teller then explores the murky world of Frankenstein alternatives and how the anti-nuclear lobby exploits every opportunity – gothic or otherwise – to spread false information about nuclear energy.

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THE 15TH WONUC NUCLEAR MARATHON

Since the first edition of this marathon took place in 1996, between the cities of Paris and Brussels, this annual event, organized by WONUC employees, has been held in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Lithuania and, in the last three years, outside Europe: Cuba, Japan and Brazil.

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Reactor types, world-wide

End of June 2010, 438 nuclear power plants were in operation and 61 under construction world-wide. Most of the nuclear power plants were equipped with light water reactors.

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6 July 2010

Nuclear Power Plants, world-wide

As of 30th June 2010 in 30 countries 438 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of about 372 GW are in operation and 61 plants with an installed capacity of 59 GW are in 16 countries under construction.

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6 July 2010

Nuclear Power Plants in Europe

As of 30 June 2010 there is a total of 195 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of 170 GWe in operation in Europe and 19 units with 16,9 GWe were under construction in six countries.

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