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IAEA REPORT SHOWS THAT WORLD IS THREATENED BY SLOW BUT STEADY TRICKLE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL THEFTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UPDATED reports on illicit trafficking of nuclear materials show that the recovery of these potentially dangerous items is becoming rarer. This rate fell to 25% of all reported incidents between 2004-2007 says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).…
EU AUTO INDUSTRY MAY RECEIVE EURO 40 BILLION IN SOFT LOANS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SHAPE of a European Commission rescue package for the European Union (EU) automobile industry now being drafted has become much clearer: a Euro 40 billion soft loan pushed through the European Investment Bank (EIB).
This was revealed by EU industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen after a meeting with European auto sector executives, including France’s Peugeot-Citroën and Germany’s Daimler, under the umbrella of the EU’s CARS 21 reform initiative.…
ITER STARTS WORK IN EARNEST: MILLIONS OF EUROS AVAILABLE FOR ITS NUCLEAR FUSION RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DESPITE widespread scepticism about its viability, the ITER project to build the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor is now under way. It is employing specialists (nearly 300 staff and rising at the end of 2008); releasing Euro millions in research and procurement funding; and in November moved into its headquarters, in Cadarache, southern France, which is where the first nuclear fusion reactor will be built on a 180 hectare site.…
DRINKS PRODUCTION AND MARKETING RULES SEEK TO BALANCE PROTECTING EXCELLENCE WITH LIBERATING COMMERCE
BY ALAN OSBORN
INTRODUCTION
About 10 years ago the American distiller JB Wagoner decided to market a fiery liquor made from the cactus-like agave plants growing in the hills on his estate at Temecula in California. He called it "temequila." It soon became known as "the American tequila," proving indistinguishable in taste, texture and effect from the well-known Mexican drink.…
OPERATING THE THIRD MONEY LAUNDERING DIRECTIVE PROVES DIFFICULT ACROSS THE EU
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) third money laundering directive should have been transposed into national legislation by December last year across the EU. But some EU member states and professional organisations have found its provisions difficult, particularly the introduction of a risk-based approach to the application of anti money laundering disciplines.…
EU MINISTERS STRIKE DEAL OVER ENERGY UNBUNDLING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DEAL has been struck at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over unbundling major energy players. The agreement has been anointed by the European Commission: its president José Manuel Barroso enthused: "It is a crucial step towards the completion of the single market."…
OLD 15 MEMBER EU WILL HIT KYOTO TARGETS SAYS EEA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OLD 15 member European Union (EU) will hit its Kyoto Protocol collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 8% for the period 2008-2012 from 1990 levels, but only by financing pollution cuts in poor countries abroad.…
EU AND INDIA TALK NUCLEAR COOPERATION, AS WASHINGTON AND NEW DELHI SIGN DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States and India have at last signed their long-debated nuclear cooperation deal, which will allow American nuclear power technology to be sold to Indian buyers. The agreement was inked at a US state department ceremony by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Indian external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee.…
EU ROUND UP - RUSSIA ATTACK IMPACTS ON EU ENERGY POLICY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DIPLOMATIC fallout over Russia’s attack on Georgia has continued to impact on European Union (EU) energy policies, although signs of an early thaw in relations are evident. At an EU-Ukraine summit in Paris, the EU promised to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine mid-2009, bringing Kiev closer to becoming a member state, although no timetable for membership negotiations was set.…
HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS GET EURO MILLIONS IN FRENCH FUNDING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved Euro 68 million in state aid payments from the French government to fund research into vehicle hydrogen distribution systems. The money will be funnelled through France’s Air Liquide, its subsidiary Axane and other partners.…