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Publish date: January 26, 2004
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The aim of Prodis program is to draft a blueprint that would smooth the transition from fossil fuel-based to hydrogen-based fuel economy.
The program builds on the work of the ECs The High-Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells during the first half of 2003. The 2003 EU-US Summit held in June put hydrogen high on the agenda. In a joint statement, President Bush and Prodi committed to collaborating on a global scale to accelerate the development of hydrogen energy.
Europes dependence on imported oil is today 50 percent, a figure thatif nothing is done to encourage alternative energies like hydrogenwill rise to 70 percent within the next 20 to 30 years. At present, fully 90 percent of energy needed for transport comes from oil.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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