June 27, 1954: World's First Nuclear Power Plant Opens
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Nuclear power as an energy source makes its first appearance in Obninsk, and a model Soviet science city is born.
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The first power generating unit of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was switched off from the Ukrainian power supply system on the night to Wednesday on request of the plant's maintenance engineers.
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France staked its claim to remain a world leader in atomic energy Thursday with the announcement that it would build the first of a new generation of pressurised water nuclear plants at a site on the Normandy ...
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Flamanville on Normandy&#39;s Atlantic Coast is already home to one nuclear facility, and it&#39;s about to get another. Paris plans to start building the first of a new generation of nuclear plants in 2007.
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Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. VIENNA, Austria  - More than 40 countries with peaceful nuclear programs
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The shutdown procedure began at power generating unit No. 1 of Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant on Friday.
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[World News]: Tehran, Oct 11 : Iran and Russia are close to finalising the agreement on return of spent nuclear fuel, paving the way for Iran&#39;s first atomic power plant to become operational, reports Xinhua.
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There was no significant damage to a nuclear plant in northern Japan shuttered since last summer after it was hit by a strong earthquake, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday.
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World News, Cherbourg, France: Two armed freighters carrying plutonium from scrapped US nuclear warheads have docked in the French port of Cherbourg.
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WASHINGTON - NRG Energy Inc. will submit the first application for a new nuclear reactor in the United States in nearly 30 years, company chief executive David Crane said yesterday.
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Tourists in China have another potential point of interest to add to their sightseeing itineraries now that the country's biggest nuclear power station has opened its doors to the public.
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The world's first jumbo jet, Boeing's 747, shows that it's ready for service. Compiled by Tony Long.
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A timeline of nuclear weapons development in North Korea:
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The Cabinet has agreed in principle to approve a new generation of nuclear power stations, it emerges.
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A nuclear storage site funded by the British government opens in the Russian port of Murmansk.
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German police stands guard along the rails as the castor transport of nuclear waste passes by Dahlenburg, near Lueneburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001 on its way to the interim nuclear depot in Gorleben.
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Saint-Paul-Les-Durance - A lorry carrying a shipment of plutonium from US weapons arsenals arrived early onFriday at a reprocessing plant in the south-western French town of Cadarache, a security source said.