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Brazil invests in improved nuclear fuel

January 13, 2008 – 4:29 am

Enriched uranium
Catarina Chagas
11 January 2008
Source: SciDev.Net
Brazil has invested US$4.7 million in a project to develop a more efficient nuclear fuel, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced last month (24 December).
Brazilian Nuclear Industries (INB) — a national body controlled by the ministry and funded by public and private sources — will coordinate the project.
The fuel [...]

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Jordan unveils nuclear energy strategy

September 2, 2007 – 5:57 am

Wagdy Sawahel
31 August 2007
Source: SciDev.Net

Yellowcake, the first step
towards enriched uranium

Jordan has unveiled a strategy to develop nuclear energy and lessen its dependence on fossil fuel.
The plan was unveiled this week (27 August) by the minister of higher education and scientific research, Khalid Touqan, at a meeting of the Supreme Committee for Nuclear Energy Strategy in [...]

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