News from the banana republic of Ukraine
While the International Monetary Fund unveils a new lending program for Ukraine, the government considers structural reforms in the energy sector.
Russia Faces Long March to Energy Efficiency
Residents of the Veshnyaki neighborhood in southeast Moscow were in for a surprise last month when the radiators in their apartments started heating at full blast while it was nearly 40 degrees Celsius outside.
Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iran
Russians will start loading a nuclear reactor with fuel in the southern city of Bushehr on Aug 21, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Blockage of US-Russia civil nuclear deal unlikely
Despite misgivings about Russia, Congress appears unlikely to block a deal that would allow U.S. companies to export nuclear technology to America's former Cold War rival.
Ukraine expects to get loans for universal nuclear safety program
Ukrainian National Energetic Company ( NEC) "Energoatom" expects to receive about one billion EUR loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and European Agency for Atomic Energy "Euratom" to implement a universal program on improving safety of the country's nuclear power plants, the company said
Surge in nuclear power projects imperils Belarus program
According to Belarusian First Vice-Prime Minister, Vladimir Semashko, the end of July 2010 was scheduled to mark the finalization of an agreement between Belarus and Russia to build the nuclear power station at Astravets in the Hrodna region with construction of the station to start next July (Svobodnye Novosti Plyus, July 14-21), unsurprisingly, given recent tensions between the two countries, that did not happen.
TAPI natural gas pipeline through Afghanistan revived
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline, first proposed in 1995, is back on the drawing boards.
Russia inks new uranium deal with South Africa
Russia agreed on Friday to supply more low-enriched uranium to South Africa's only nuclear power station, a contract that will give Russia's uranium trader nearly half of Africa's biggest market for enrichment services.
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