Tehran (UPI) Sep 2, 2014 - Following an announcement of new U.S. sanctions on Iran, an energy official in Tehran said the country is looking to vastly expand its nuclear power capacity.
Paris (AFP) Sept 01, 2014 - A jinxed new-generation nuclear reactor for Finland is to begin producing electricity in 2018, nine years late, one of the main partners in the project, Areva of France, said on Monday.
Sydney (AFP) Aug 29, 2014 - Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday he will visit India next week, where he will reportedly sign an agreement allowing the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2014 - Westinghouse Electric Company and Blue Castle Holdings has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to pursue the development of a two-unit AP1000 nuclear power plant at the Green Rive
Tehran (AFP) Aug 27, 2014 - Iran said Wednesday it has started to modify its Arak heavy water reactor and limit plutonium output, a cause of Western concerns over the country's nuclear programme.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2014 - The family of a Japanese woman who fatally set herself on fire after being forced to flee the nuclear disaster at Fukushima was awarded nearly half a million dollars in damages Tuesday, reports said.
Tehran (AFP) Aug 23, 2014 - Iran has opened a uranium dioxide factory that will produce fuel for civilian nuclear plants, the head of its atomic energy agency announced Saturday.
Vasteras, Sweden (SPX) Aug 19, 2014 - Westinghouse Electric Company has received a contract in excess of 40 million euros from Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to deliver 12 advanced reactor internal pumps for Finland's Olkiluoto Units 1 an
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 15, 2014 - Canada heralded Friday the implementation of a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan that allows nuclear technology to be exported to the former Soviet republic.
London (AFP) Aug 11, 2014 - EDF Energy, the British unit of French giant EDF, said on Monday it had decided to shut down four nuclear reactors at two plants in northern England as a precaution.
Middleburg, Va. (UPI) Aug 8, 2014 - An effort to locate nuclear fuel in a damaged Japanese power complex will be assisted by Decision Sciences International Corporation.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 07, 2014 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday unveiled a plan to dump scrubbed water directly into the ocean, sparking concerns over whether it would be properly decontaminated.
Paris (AFP) Aug 01, 2014 - Shares in French nuclear power group Areva fell heavily on Friday after the group reported a first-half loss and lowered its outlook.
Sofia (AFP) July 31, 2014 - Bulgaria's outgoing government greenlighted on Thursday a last-minute deal with Toshiba's US nuclear engineering unit Westinghouse to build a new reactor at the country's Kozloduy nuclear power plant.
Taipei (AFP) July 31, 2014 - Taiwan's government said Thursday it would seal off a nuclear power plant due to open next year but repeatedly attacked as unsafe by the public, pending a referendum on its future.
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2014 - An independent legal panel on Thursday called for criminal charges to be brought against three former executives of the Fukushima nuclear plant operator for their role in the 2011 atomic disaster.
