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UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» PARIS - A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.
Arctic archipelago turns the page on its mining past
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» FORMER SVEA MINE (NORWAY) - At the old Svea mine in the Arctic, broken railway tracks overgrown with weeds lead nowhere. Of the hundred buildings that once made up the town, there's almost nothing left.
Ailing Erdogan re-emerges in video link with Putin
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkey's ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday re-emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at a virtual ceremony unveiling a Russian-built nuclear power plant.
UN nuclear watchdog at Russian-held plant
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» KYIV: The UN atomic energy watchdog chief arrived Wednesday at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a rare visit to Europe's largest atomic facility currently controlled by Russian forces.
Albania's 'wild river' granted national park status
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» TEPELENë (ALBANIA) - Environmental campaigners scored a rare victory in Albania on Wednesday after authorities announced the creation of a national park to protect the Vjosa River, one of Europe's largest undammed waterways.
The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (JAPAN) - Twelve years after a nuclear catastrophe triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan are preparing to release treated wastewater into the sea.
US set to announce nuclear fusion breakthrough
AFP, Published on 13/12/2022
» WASHINGTON: The US Department of Energy is expected to announce Tuesday that its researchers have achieved a "major scientific breakthrough" regarding nuclear fusion, a technology seen as a possible revolutionary alternative power source.
Finland hopes new nuclear reactor eases energy crunch
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» EURAJOKI, Finland: After over a decade of delays, the deafening sound of Finland's new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor finally running its turbine at full power was welcomed with joy -- and relief.
Russian strikes near Ukraine nuclear plant kill 14
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» KYIV: Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russia of carrying out rocket strikes that killed 14 civilians in areas near a nuclear power plant, as the G7 warned that Russian control of the facility "endangers the region".
New one year delay at UK Hinkley Point nuclear plant: EDF
AFP, Published on 20/05/2022
» PARIS - An already-delayed giant nuclear plant in southwest England will open a year later than planned and cost up to pound sterling3 billion more than previously thought, French electricity giant EDF said Thursday.