Nations Sign Nuclear Reactor Pact
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Nations representing half the world's population signed a long-awaited, $12.8 billion pact Tuesday for a nuclear fusion reactor that could revolutionize global energy use for future generations.Comment
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ITER moves forward More than 30 countries today signed a deal greenlighting the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) - a â¬10bn project to be built in Cadarache, near Marseille, Reuters reports.â¦
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Leaders from Russia and Australia signed a deal Friday to export Australian uranium to fuel Russian nuclear reactors, but promised it would not be transferred to Iran's disputed atomic program.
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Leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed on Saturday to a âlong-term aspirational goalâ of reducing greenhouse gas emissions â but without binding targets.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil has reached an accord  with the United Nations' atomic watchdog to allow inspections  of its uranium enrichment plant and protect its nuclear  technology, Brazil's ministry of science and technology said on  Wednesday.
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North Korea moved a step closer to fulfilling a promise to shutter its main nuclear reactor after agreeing with international monitors Friday on how to verify a shutdown.
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A new generation of nuclear power stations is expected to get the formal go-ahead from the government later.
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French state-run company Areva  has unexpectedly agreed a $5 billion deal to build two nuclear power plants in China weeks after a U.S. rival appeared to have won a competition that dragged on for more than two years.
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U.S. and Asian negotiators have struck a tentative deal with North Korea over freezing its nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy assistance.The agreement, announced by U.S. and Chinese officials after marathon overnight discussions, marks a major breakthrough in long-stalled six-nation talks.
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Lithuania and Poland are to sign a deal to link their power grids - an important step in Baltic-EU integration.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed on Sunday plans to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates amid reports French firms could construct up to two nuclear reactors there.
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Eleven African countries signed a  U.N.-backed peace deal for the Great Lakes region on Saturday,  pledging to end genocide, war, hunger and disease that killed 3  million over more than a decade.
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Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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The British government on Thursday approved plans to refresh the countryâs fleet of nuclear reactors, and he invited companies to offer plans to build and operate the plants.
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U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran and European nations reached a preliminary agreement about Iran&#39;s nuclear program at talks hoped to avoid a UN showdown, but all countries involved still must approve it, Iran&#39;s chief negotiator said Sunday.
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The EU and six nations have signed a treaty launching a multibillion-dollar experimental nuclear fusion research project, aimed at emulating the power of the sun to provide limitless, clean energy.