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Myanmar says it has abandoned nuclear ambitions
Myanmar Defense Minister Hla Min says his country has given up any ambition to develop a nuclear power program.Min told an Asian security summit Saturday in Singapore that Myanmar has stopped "all activities on nuclear issues" since it moved away from decades of military rule last year.The assurance is the latest step in an international charm offensive by the new civilian government.Min said at the

Lab: Burning rocks had elevated phosphate levels
Additional testing has confirmed beach rocks that spontaneously combusted in a Southern California woman's pocket contained elevated levels of phosphorus, an official said Friday.

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Top level changes at two atomic power operators
Top level changes took place Friday at India's two nuclear power operators - Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (Bhavini) and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), following the retirement the day before of NPCIL chairman and managing director (CMD) S.K.Jain.

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Japan to make more plutonium despite big stockpile

Last year's tsunami disaster in Japan clouded the nation's nuclear future, idled its reactors and rendered its huge stockpile of plutonium useless for now. So, the industry's plan to produce even

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India to launch 16 new nuclear reactors
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) will launch 16 reactors at an outlay of Rs.2.3 trillion ($40 billion) during the 12th Plan period (2012-17), a top official of the atomic power operator said.

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Japan making more plutonium despite huge stockpile

Last year's tsunami crisis left Japan's nuclear future in doubt and its reactors idled, rendering its huge stockpile of plutonium useless for now. So, the nuclear industry's plan to produce even

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