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Hitachi seeks to revive nuclear plant plans in UK

Bloomberg Hitachi Ltd subsidiary Horizon Nuclear Power has been holding detailed conversations with UK government officials in recent weeks to revive plans for a proposed nuclear power plant in north Wales, the Financial Times reported. Horizon has been trying to convince ministers that plans for the Wylfa Newydd plant on Anglesey could be quickly restarted if they can produce a ...

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Why does India want to claim Kamala Harris?

For very different reasons, both Indians and US conservatives are emphasizing Senator Kamala Harris’s Indian heritage. This shouldn’t be entirely surprising. Indians have always been quick to appropriate successful members of their diaspora. And right-wing commentators and even US President Donald Trump are seeking to spread suspicions about the Democratic vice presidential candidate’s citizenship by emphasizing her mother’s Indian background ...

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Give Covid vaccine to the young first

Who should be at the front of the line if an effective Covid-19 vaccine emerges from testing? The answer depends on what we learn from the kind of field trials Russia is skipping. Some vaccines might not be that good at preventing infection, but would prevent severe cases. Those should be given to those most likely to die from the ...

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