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Russian gas cutoff energizes nuclear comeback
Milan, Italy - Europe's natural gas crisis is causing a nuclear fallout of sorts.
Nations:Italy Russia Ukraine Germany U.K. Algeria People:Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Russia Gas Dispute 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-01-16
A Leap into Business School
I am idly flipping through the pages of my diplomatic passport as I prepare to turn it in for cancellation. I'm sorry to see it go. That diplomatic immunity can come in handy, I understand. But it's a necessary part of the process of resigning from the U.S. State Department so that I can attend business school at this fall.
Nations:Ukraine Colombia Activities:2004 Ukraine Election Crisis 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Source:(BusinessWeek)
2008-12-09
Russia closes down plutonium producing reactor
Russia closed down a plutonium producing reactor Sunday, a Russian news agency reported, marking a milestone in U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
Nations:Russia Ukraine Activities:1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2008-04-20
Nuclear revival rekindles waste concerns
Thousands of canisters of highly radioactive waste from the world's most nuclear-energized nation lie, silent and deadly, beneath this jutting tip of Normandy. Above ground, cows graze and Atlantic waves crash into heather-covered hills.
Nations:France Russia Japan China Italy Switzerland Activities:1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
2008-01-20
With nuke rebirth come new worries
Global warming and rocketing oil prices are making nuclear power fashionable, drawing a once demonized industry out of the shadows of the Chernobyl disaster as a potential shining knight of clean energy.
Nations:India Vietnam U.K. China North Korea Argentina Activities:1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
2008-01-13
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