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U.S. loans to boost nuclear industry seen soon (Reuters)

Reuters - The Obama administration is poised to announce loan guarantees to help kick-start the country's nuclear power industry, which hasn't built a new plant in more than three decades.

South Korea wins landmark Gulf nuclear power deal (Reuters)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R) shakes hands with an official from the United Arab Emirates embassy in Seoul, before Lee departed to the UAE at a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul December 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Bo-hee/YonhapReuters - A South Korean group won a landmark deal to build and operate four nuclear reactors for the United Arab Emirates, beating more favored U.S. and French rivals to one of the Middle East's biggest ever energy contracts.


S.Korea says wins $20 billion nuclear deal from UAE (Reuters)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks during a summit with China's Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing in this October 10, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - South Korea said on Sunday it had won a $20 billion deal from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to build four nuclear reactors, one of the world's biggest nuclear power contracts.


South Korea’s Lee in UAE to discuss nuclear deal (Reuters)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks during a summit with China's Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing in this October 10, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday in a push to win one of the world's biggest nuclear power contracts.


South Korea’s Lee visits UAE; nuclear deal eyed (Reuters)

Reuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visits the United Arab Emirates on Saturday in a push to win one of the world's biggest nuclear power plant contracts.