Monday, December 3, 2012

Czech Republic: Clinton in Prague to lobby for Westinghouse nuclear bid

Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to convince Czech leaders on Monday to pick U.S. firm Westinghouse over a Russian rival for a $10 billion nuclear power project, the country's biggest-ever public energy tender. U.S. officials traveling with Clinton, who will also meet Prime Minister Petr Necas, said the Temelin nuclear project could create up to 9,000 U.S. jobs and would help ease the former Soviet-bloc nation's energy reliance on Russia. Majority state-owned Czech firm CEZ has...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/03/us-czech-energy-clinton-idUSBRE8B20G320121203?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20121203&t=2&i=680626956&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE8B20XVN00

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