The News Review:
- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
- Scientists Seek New Ways to Produce Biofuel
- Africa: AGRA Bio-Piracy And Food As Social Justice
- Indah Water General Manager for Planning and Engineering Ir. Hj….
- Botswana: Minister Re-Affirms SA’s Commitment to Mmamabula
- A Power Player Takes Its Lumps
Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Apr 11, 2008
" About the ACR-1000 The ACR-1000 is Atomic Energy of Canada's evolutionary Gen III+* 1200 MWe class pressure tube reactor. It is a light water cooled heavy water moderated pressure tube reactor derived from the well-established CANDU line. The ACR-1000 retains the basic well-proven features of the CANDU(R) plant design such as a modular horizontal fuel channel core a low-temperature heavy-water moderator water-filled vault two independent diverse shutdown systems on-power fuelling and reactor building accessibility for on-power maintenance. * Gen III+ is the classification given to nuclear technologies by an international team including Canada that is collaborating on the research to develop the next generation Gen IV reactors. ACR-1000 is one of the technologies that are considered as a Generation III+ design. About AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is a full service nuclear technology company providing services to nuclear utilities around the world. Established in 1952 AECL is the designer and builder of CANDU technology including the ACR-1000 and the CANDU 6 one of the world's top-performing reactors… Established in 1952 AECL is the designer and builder of CANDU technology including the ACR-1000 and the CANDU 6 one of the world's top-performing reactors. AECL is actively developing CANDU markets in Romania Argentina as well as other international markets. AECL's 4800 employees deliver cutting edge nuclear services R&D support design and engineering construction management specialized technology refurbishment waste management and decommissioning in support of CANDU reactor products. More information on AECL and CANDU technology can be found at www.
Scientists Seek New Ways to Produce Biofuel
NPR – Apr 11, 2008
Those molecules could then either be blended into ethanol or burned directly in a high-octane fuel. Other researchers are looking at ways to improve ethanol production. Speaking at the American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans Miriam Sticklen of Michigan State University described her work on engineering corn stalks to contain an enzyme normally found in the stomach of cattle. Adding the enzyme to corn stalks the researchers say could allow easier conversion of the woody waste parts of the corn plant into ethanol. Percival Zhang at Virginia Tech is looking at ways to produce hydrogen gas from biomass. If the right blend of enzymes is added to a solution of starch and water he says “the enzymes use the energy in the starch to break up water into only carbon dioxide and hydrogen. ” Related NPR StoriesFeb.
Africa: AGRA Bio-Piracy And Food As Social Justice
AllAfrica.com – Apr 11, 2008
I am here with Mariam Mayet the director of the African Center for Biosafety. Can you tell us about your organization? GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );We are based in Jo’burg and we have four main programs. We campaign against genetic engineering in food and agriculture. We campaign against bio-piracy particularly the theft of indigenous knowledge in the context of medicinal plants and new areas around marine bio prospecting. We also work on the green revolution in Africa – and Agro-fuels. Basically we do a lot of cutting edge research exposes of what multi-national companies are doing in Africa and on the bio-tech industry. We look at the seed industry and where the GM-Agro fuels push is coming from… Can you talk a little more about bio-piracy – and patenting systems?Pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies want to bring in new products to the market. They have to find the active ingredient to be able to produce a particular medicine (sometimes they stumble into things accidentally). But the way to get to the plant and the use of the plant is through local people. And when they come into our countries and they appropriate our knowledge and resources without people’s consent we call it theft or bio-piracy. The last frontier of resources base is really our people’s knowledge in regards to medicinal plants and agriculture. And these are highly sought after. When a company finds a particular plant and the useful properties in the plant they make a product from it and then register a patent in regards to the use of that plant.
Indah Water General Manager for Planning and Engineering Ir. Hj….
Bernama – Apr 11, 2008
Mohamed Haniffa Hj. Abdul Hamid By Mohd Azhar IbrahimKUALA LUMPUR 11 April (Bernama) — A growing number of towns and cities around the world are today adopting the Zero Waste management concept. Increasingly communities are moving from managing wastes to eliminating them altogether… Since STPs in Malaysia are generally small they do not generate bio-gas in sufficient quantities to be used for commercial purposes. Nevertheless the government has constructed a pilot power generation plant at a new STP in Jelutong Penang. The plant set up to study the potential of using bio-gas to generate power will be equipped with bio-solids digester. Haniffa revealed that the path towards Zero Waste management in sewage treatment still has a long way to go. Among the factors that need to be looked into before this vision can be realised are: – The formulation of national guidelines and standards to promote the reuse of treated sewage by-products. – Educating the public on the importance of protecting the environment to promote public acceptance towards the reuse of processed by-products. – Incentives and subsidies to make the reuse of sewage treatment by-products more viable.
Botswana: Minister Re-Affirms SA’s Commitment to Mmamabula
AllAfrica.com – Apr 11, 2008
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );He told Parliament that South Africa is looking at many options to bolster its power supply and nuclear energy is one of them just like the Mmamabula project. Kedikilwe is the Minister of Minerals Energy and Water Resources. He said demand for power in the region is currently growing at about four percent per annum which translates to 1600 mw per year. This means that power providers in the region like Eskom of South Africa and Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) are constantly evaluating various options to meet the growing demand. Kedikilwe said that for Eskom nuclear energy is one of the options. South Africa is also keenly interested in the Inga power project in the DRC which Botswana has a stake in. There have been fears that South Africa’s commitment to the Mmamabula project will be compromised by its recent partnership agreement with French nuclear giant Areva.
A Power Player Takes Its Lumps
Motley Fool – Apr 11, 2008
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