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Big Ears: 'Largest' secret spy hub uncovered in Israel
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Big Ears: 'Largest' secret spy hub uncovered in Israel
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Nigerian gas to China good prospect!
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PetroChina’s first liquefied natural gas, about 70,000 tonnes, arrived in Shanghai from Peru on Tuesday, said a Chinese industry source. A second cargo is due to arrive at the Shanghai terminal early next week from Africa, possibly from Nigeria, said the source with direct knowledge of the shipments. The Shanghai LNG terminal is operated by a joint venture between CNOOC and a Shanghai firm. China’s gas imports are expected to swell as it opens new terminals for LNG and the government encourages residents to switch to gas from coal, the cheapest but dirtiest fossil fuel. Its LNG imports hit a record 1.03 million tonnes in December, which pushed the 2010 volume up 69.1 percent to 9.36 million tonnes, data released on Wednesday showed. PetroChina’s imports may have been a response to a government call in October for energy firms to increase gas output and imports to meet winter demand. PetroChina plans to buy 610 million cubic metres, or around 440,000 tonnes, of LNG to increase gas supp...
China announces new nuclear technology!!
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Scientists in China have developed nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that would extend the life of the country's uranium deposits from 70 to 3,000 years, The technology, developed at state-run China National Nuclear Corporation, is capable of boosting the usage rate of uranium materials at nuclear plants 60 fold, CCTV said. The World Nuclear Association says that uranium demand in China is expected to reach 20,000 tons annually by 2020 but the country would be able to produce just 2,400 tons that year. China's detected uranium resources are estimated at slightly more than 170,000 tons."We're among the few countries that can implement the recycling of nuclear fuel we, to some extent, lead the world in this field," Sun Qin, general manger of CNNC, China's largest nuclear generator, was quoted by CCTV as saying. China aims to boost its nuclear power capacity to 40 gigawatts by 2020 from the current capacity of just more than 9 gigawatts. There are 12 nuclea...