Alternative Energy Technology Center Acquires Meridian Biorefining, Inc.
(ChemicalOnline: Mon, 11 Feb) The Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc. announced recently that it has acquired Meridian Biorefining, Inc. Meridian's vertically integrated biorefining system focuses on using non-food cellulosic feedstocks to produce ethanol, gasoline, and biocrude which can be further processed to produce a wide range of transportation fuels, chemicals, and other compounds

Pakistan nuclear energy technicians kidnapped
(The Hindu: Tue, 12 Feb) Islamabad: There is no information yet about the fate of the two nuclear energy technicians who were kidnapped on Monday in the north-west frontier or of Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan who went missing near the Afghan border the ...

Using nuclear energy, indisputable right of all nations: Envoy
(Islamic Republic News Agency: Tue, 12 Feb) Iran - Turkmenistan - Nuclear Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mohammad Reza Forqani said on Tuesday that all nations are entitled to make use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Nuclear power plant closed briefly
(The Champaign News-Gazette: Tue, 12 Feb) CLINTON – Staff members at the Clinton nuclear power plant shut down the facility on Sunday. Bruce Paulsen, a spokesman for Exelon, which owns the facility, said the power plant was manually shut down at 10:11 p.m. Sunday.