Astana, Kazakhstan (Sputnik) Aug 27, 2015 - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to meet with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on Thursday, the day when the Nuclear Fuel Bank is due to be officia
Cairo (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2015 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi may sign an agreement with Russia's state company Rosatom to build two nuclear power units in Egypt during his visit to Russia at the end of August, the Al-Masri
Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Aug 25, 2015 - The UN nuclear agency on Monday said it will help African states cooperate in the development of nuclear sources for electricity generation. Anne Starz, Visiting International Atomic Energy Ag
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 24, 2015 - The proposal to burry nuclear waste in an underground pit nearly a mile away from the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario is sparking international outrage among environmentalists, and becoming a contes
Karachi (AFP) Aug 20, 2015 - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday held a groundbreaking ceremony for two controversial Chinese nuclear plants near the coastal city of Karachi which are set to add 1,100 megawatts to the energy-starved country's electric grid.
Geneva (AFP) Aug 20, 2015 - Greenpeace said Thursday it had launched legal action to demand that Switzerland shut down Beznau, the world's oldest commercial nuclear plant, for security reasons.
Brussels (AFP) Aug 13, 2015 - Maintenance work triggered an alarm that shut down a fifth Belgian nuclear reactor on Thursday, leaving only two working in the country but posing no danger to the public, the operator said.
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 12, 2015 - It's an old joke that many fusion scientists have grown tired of hearing: Practical nuclear fusion power plants are just 30 years away - and always will be. But now, finally, the joke may no l
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2015 - Nuclear power had been an integral source of electricity for Japan until the Fukushima crisis in 2011 led to the government shutting down all reactors.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2015 - Japan on Tuesday restarted its nuclear power programme after a shutdown triggered by the 2011 Fukushima crisis, as the government pushes to return to a cheaper energy source despite widespread public opposition.
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 07, 2015 - Russia and Egypt plan to sign a second bilateral agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Egypt in the coming months, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, adding that
London (AFP) Aug 5, 2015 - A Pounds 25 billion ($39 billion, 36 billion euro) deal for French energy company EDF to build Britain's new nuclear power station will be confirmed when China's President Xi Jinping visits London in October, Britain's press reported Wednesday.
Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 04, 2015 - The US government is offering millions of dollars for innovative ideas to design new nuclear reactors, the Department of Energy announced in a press release. We have been encouraged by recent
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Aug 04, 2015 - NIAEP-ASE United Company (part of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) signed a Master Framework Agreement in Hanoi for the implementation of the first phase
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2015 - A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster.
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2015 - A GAO report says the US Department of Energy wants new Small Modular Reactors to replace its aging ones, but design, safety and cost problems render them decades away. The US Department of En
