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The US has rejected a claim that it had agreed to provide nuclear technology assistance to Sri Lanka.

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation plans to invest in nuclear plants in India and has started mining for uranium to counter declining crude production.

A natural gas-fired thermal plant will be built in Tokyo by the city government.

Construction at the proposed Xayaburi Dam's access road and work camp wnet ahead despite an agreement by the four lower Mekong countries to defer a decision on the project.

 PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa and PT Golden Energy Mines will jointly build a US$400 million coal-fired power plant in South Sumatra.

A total of 636 hydro projects having capacity of less than 25 MW each are expected to be by India commissioned during the XIIth plan.

The Tamil Nadu government will energise street lights and houses with power from the sun and set up a 50 MW solar park in public-private-partnership mode.

India suffered a 6.6 percent deficit in power supply during the first quarter of the current fiscal, according to Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Japan plans to set up a new atomic safety regulator under the Environment Ministry by merging the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency with another government advisory body.

Vietnam persists in supporting efforts against proliferation of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction towards full disarmament, said Ambassador Le Hoai Trung. Ambassador Trung, Head of the Delegation of Permanent Representatives of Vietnam to the UN, was speaking at the July 27-28 UN General Assembly plenary meeting on revitalising the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in New York. As an active member of the UN, Vietnam has participated in and seriously fulfilled its obligations to significant international treaties on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, the ambassador said. In Southeast Asia, Vietnam is closely cooperating with ASEAN countries and other partners in implementing Treaty on Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, contributing to maintaining regional peace and security. The diplomat praised CD’s previous contributions and recognised recent progress in disarmament, naming the effectiveness of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between Russia and the US in February this year and the success of the conference reviewing the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapon in May 2010. Ambassador Trung called on CD members to early approve a working programme and set up a negotiating mechanism for four major pillars of the agenda: nuclear disarmament, ensuring nuclear security for nations without nuclear weapons, cutting down the production of nuclear fission substance and preventing an arm race in the universe with priority giving to nuclear disarmament. The strengthening of peace and international security will create an essential environment for disarmament to progress, Trung said.

Vietnam's electricity sector will increase the capacity of power supply in the north, central and southern regions to meet domestic consumer demands.

A natural gas-fired thermal plant will be built in Tokyo by the city government.   Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said that the local government will get the help of private funding including foreign investment, as the capital faces uncertainty over future power supply. Construction of the plant is estimated to cost around JPY50 billion or $640 million and will be built and operated by a private sector on a site offered by the local government. The power generated from the plant will be equal to one nuclear plant.

Lanco Infratech will invest over Rs 13,000 crore in setting up a 2,000-Mw power plant and developing a coal block at Raigarh in Chhattishgarh.

J-Power has closed two thermal power plants due to a steam leak and a problem with a transformer.

The total electricity production of various cascade hydropower stations in the Yellow River Basin exceeded 20TWh this year.

The first 640MW ultra-super critical unit of CPI Guixi Power Plant passed the 168-hour full-load test running.