IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=EN Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:52:41 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=EN 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-17%2010:52:41&key2=1 By Petra Ramarowski IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WARSAW (IDN) - Backed by the U.S. and France, Poland is set to tread the nuclear path and hopes to start generating atomic power by 2021. Presently, coal accounts for over 93 percent of the eastern European countrys electricity, demand for which is expected to double by 2025. A four-stage plan announced by Hanna Trojanowska, the governments Plenipotentiary for Nuclear Energy, envisages appropriate legislation by the end of 2010; site, technology and construction arrangements between 2011 and 2013; technical plans and site works in 2014 and 2015; and construction from 2016 to 2020. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-17%2010:52:41&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-06%2017:45:38&key2=1 By Brenda Sorensen IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis STOCKHOLM (IDN) - The Nordic countries appear to be undergoing a renaissance of nuclear energy. Within three weeks of the Swedish parliament permitting new atomic power plants from 2011, neighbouring Finland's legislators have given the go-ahead for two new atomic reactors. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-06%2017:45:38&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-22%2008:20:05&key2=1 By Brenda Sorensen IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis STOCKHOLM (IDN) - Nuclear energy is not being consigned to museums in Sweden. On the contrary, new atomic power plants will be permitted from next year. Overturning the decision of a referendum 30 years ago, the national parliament Riksdag has voted to allow Swedish firms to replace the existing ten reactors that provide over 40 percent of the country's electricity. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-22%2008:20:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-10%2015:18:07&key2=1 By Julio Godoy IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BERLIN (IDN) - If the world needed a symbol of the dimensions of the environmental catastrophe the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico embodies, then it was this: Dozens of pelicans, the archetypical bird of the area, oil-soaked, condemned to dying before our eyes. Before us, helpless spectators, horrified by British Petroleum's deeds. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-06-10%2015:18:07&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-19%2013:57:33&key2=1 By Jutta Wolf IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - A new study has expressed concern about the long-term energy security of the Middle East oil producing and exporting countries and classified these as "high risk" nations. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-19%2013:57:33&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-05%2009:13:30&key2=1 By Indira Srivastava IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) - Most Europeans believe that the risks related to nuclear energy are underestimated. They identify a lack of security against terrorist attacks on power plants and the disposal and management of radioactive waste as the major hazards. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-05-05%2009:13:30&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-29%2000:38:42&key2=1 By Clive Banerjee IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis VIENNA (IDN) - A new report has called for a global campaign in support of Energy for Sustainable Development, focusing on improving access to modern energy services and enhancing energy efficiency, as well as raising awareness about the essential role of clean energy in reaching the MDGs while addressing climate change, promoting economic growth and conserving natural resources and biodiversity. The report issued by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC) on April 28 in New York wants the campaign to ensure that energy is made an integral part of the MDG review process in 2010 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-29%2000:38:42&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-21%2000:40:35&key2=1 By Julio Godoy IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - French president Nicolas Sarkozy complained at an international conference March 8-9 in Paris that costs had become a decisive factor in the business of nuclear power plants. Therefore, he said, international organisations should think about subsidising the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in developing countries. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-21%2000:40:35&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-13%2000:06:35&key2=1 By Clive Banerjee By IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis VIENNA (IDN) - In a landmark step, China has become the first to take advantage of used nuclear fuel to run an atomic power plant, the kinds of which Canada has exported - along with the engineering expertise to build and operate them - to a number of countries including South Korea, Romania, India, Pakistan and Argentina. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-13%2000:06:35&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-10%2015:27:45&key2=1 By Clive Banerjee IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis VIENNA (IDN) - Nuclear security is drawing worldwide focus that has been sharpened in view of landmark conferences in April and May 2010. The two gatherings are purported to prevent nuclear proliferation and counter the risk of atomic weapons falling into terrorist hands. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-04-10%2015:27:45&key2=1