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Bulgaria Signs Contract With Atomstroyexport To Build Nuclear Plant
Sofia (AFP) Nov 29, 2006 Bulgaria signed a contract with Russian company Atomstroyexport here Wednesday to build a new nuclear power plant at Belene in the north of the country. The contract was signed by the executive director of Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEC), Lyubomir Velkov, and Sergei Shmatko, the president of Atomstroyexport, whose subcontractors are France's Framnatome and Germany's Siemens. The new nuclear plant, which will be Bulgaria's second and will produce 2,000 megawatts, will cost just under 4.0 billion euros (526 billion dollars), the NEC said. A consortium of Areva and Siemens will provide security equipment, control mechanisms, electric systems and parts of the heating and ventilation systems for the plant, the NEC added.
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Dwindling Forests And Resources Force Africa To Mull Nuclear Energy
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 28, 2006Depleting forests and coal reserves, compounded by the environmental cost of traditional energy sources, are forcing Africa to seriously consider going nuclear, experts say. "For the sake of humanity and the environment we should accept nature's gift," South African energy analyst Andrew Kenny told a conference in Cape Town of scientists, businessmen, energy watchdogs and African government officials. |
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