Finland's much-delayed EPR nuclear reactor is to begin testing in February next year, French atomic energy giant Areva and its Finnish counterpart TVO announced Friday.
Terms and costs of the construction of Jordan's first nuclear power plant are expected to be clear by the spring of 2017, the head of Russia's Rosatom nuclear corporation said Tuesday.
Kazakhstan and the UN nuclear watchdog signed a deal on Thursday to create the first internationally-controlled uranium bank aimed at guaranteeing supplies for power plants and curbing nuclear proliferation.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to meet with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on Thursday, the day when the…
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…
The UN nuclear agency on Monday said it will help African states cooperate in the development of nuclear sources for electricity generation.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 relevant contracts are already being prepared.
A £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.
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.
