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Ukraine tells IAEA reactor safely shut down
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday it had been told by Ukraine that a reactor at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant remained safely shut down following a short circuit in the plant’s transformer yard last week. …read more Source: The...
Psychiatric patients struggle to get through Ukraine conflict
SLOVYANOSERBSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Anna Tsvirinko takes her hand out of the jacket she is wearing over her nurse’s uniform to keep warm and points at a dirty mattress in the unheated ward of the Ukrainian psychiatric hospital where she works. …read more Source: The...
No radioactivity detected in Ukraine after nuclear event – French agency
PARIS (Reuters) – French public nuclear safety institute IRSN said on Wednesday it had not detected any unusual radioactivity in Ukraine and that the incident at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya posed no danger for populations or the environment. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine nuclear plant short circuit adds to power woes
Ukraine said Wednesday a short circuit at a nuclear plant posed “no threat” but had added to electricity shortages at a time when the country is struggling to keep the lights on. The electrical fault at the Zaporizhya plant in the southeast of the country last Friday is due to be fixed in the coming days but comes as coal shortages...
Ukrainian PM reports accident at nuclear power plant
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday an accident had occurred at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant (NPP) in south-east Ukraine and called on the energy minister to hold a news conference. …read more Source: The...
EU, U.S. present Russia with united sanctions, energy front – draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. and EU leaders on Wednesday will pledge to work together on sanctions and on strengthening Europe and Ukraine’s energy security as they seek to present a united front to Russia, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. …read more Source: The...
Ashton Carter likely next Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON:The former number-two ranking official at the Pentagon, Ashton Carter (pix), will likely be named as the next US defense secretary, American media reported on Tuesday. President Barack Obama was poised to nominate Carter — a physicist turned national security policy wonk — to replace outgoing Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel,...
Conflict, militancy hit human rights in Middle East, African nations – TRFN
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syria was bottom and Ukraine had the biggest slide in a human rights index published on Wednesday, as countries suffering from conflict grappled with human trafficking and other rights violations. …read more Source: The...
Russia's South Stream pipeline falls victim to Ukraine crisis, energy rout
SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s $40 billion (£25.4 billion) South Stream gas pipeline project has fallen victim to plunging energy prices, stalling European demand and the political standoff between the European Union and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian parliament gives initial approval to new government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved in an initial round of voting on Tuesday a new government that includes foreign technocrats in key financial roles. …read more Source: The...
