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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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As a result, advanced economies have lost market leadership, as 27 out of 31 reactors that started construction since 2017 are Russian or Chinese designs. There is increased support and interest in Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States for this promising technology. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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GM expands to new European markets with its luxury $93K Lyriq

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The US automaker, which has been testing the European waters with its luxury Cadillac EVs since late last year, has just launched its Cadillac Lyriq SUV in France this morning, with other markets on the horizon. And the Model Y was the top-selling car in France, too, where it starts at 42,990 euros ($46,500).

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China’s New Breeder Reactors May Produce More Than Just Watts

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According to Chinese authorities, the ones on Changbiao are civilian power reactors, designed to generate 600 megawatts of electricity each, which amounts to a little more than 1 percent of the total capacity of China’s nuclear power sector. Liquid sodium is used as a coolant because it does not slow down neutrons as much as water does.

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China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor

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Live Science , the Chinese government plans to build several large MSRs. MSRs are attractive for arid regions because instead of the water used by conventional uranium reactors, MSRs use molten fluoride salts to cool their cores. The Chinese government had a small, short-lived knowledge exchange program with ORNL.

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Say it ain’t so: BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault take aim at Europe’s ICE ban

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And the 2035 ICE car ban is facing some serious heat ahead of June’s European election, as momentum for reversing the ban is growing, and lawmakers who take office after the election could easily water down the policy. He added that the upcoming ban target of 2035 “is potentially feasible, but the right conditions must be put in place.”

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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

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By the early 2000s production in France, Italy and Norway had ended. Producers in Canada had conceded defeat by 2008 and the US industry was reduced to just one player that would probably not still be around were it not for punitive anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of Chinese magnesium.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people. ºC in 2020, and 2.3

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