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Alternative Energy News Monday October 1st 2007



Expo Highlights Alternative EnergyExpo Highlights Alternative Energy
(WLUC TV 6: Sun, 30 Sep) With the recent threats of global warming and growing concerns over the world's increasing energy needs, many people have been looking into renewable and alternative energy practices.


Going, going, gone: towering icons of nuclear power are reduced to rubbleGoing, going, gone: towering icons of nuclear power are reduced to rubble
(The Observer: Sun, 30 Sep) A symbol of Britain's industrial heritage disappeared yesterday with the demolition of four cooling towers at Sellafield, the world's first industrial-scale nuclear power station.


Public notification test alarm this morning for nuclear power plantPublic notification test alarm this morning for nuclear power plant
(WROC Rochester: Fri, 28 Sep) Today Constellation Energy will be performing a partial test of its public notification system for the Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. Sirens in the northern part of Ontario will go off between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 this morning.



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ISRO looks at n-power to take it deep into universeISRO looks at n-power to take it deep into universe
(Indian Express via Yahoo! India News: Sun, 30 Sep) As India's space programme gets into its second phase, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking to harness nuclear energy to propel its future rockets which will explore distant planets and areas beyond the solar system. While the Chandrayan-1 mission to moon, and the likely mission to Mars, can be done by using conventional fuel, ISRO is realising that going beyond that would ...


Towers blown up at world's oldest nuclear plantTowers blown up at world's oldest nuclear plant
(Environmental News Network: Sun, 30 Sep) Fifty years of British industrial history were reduced to rubble within a couple of minutes on Saturday. Four 88-metre (288 feet) high cooling towers at Calder Hall, the world's oldest industrial scale nuclear power station, were blown up with 192 kgs (420 pounds) of explosive as part of the plant's decommissioning.


Parliament backs renewable energy road mapParliament backs renewable energy road map
(EU Politix: Wed, 26 Sep) STRASBOURG: Parliament’s adoption of the road map for renewable energy in Europe has been welcomed by rapporteur Britta Thomsen.


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