Sofia (AFP) June 04, 2013 - Russia tried Wednesday to woo Bulgaria's new government to re-start a project for a new nuclear power plant on the Danube, offering to drop a one-billion-euro ($1.3 billion) arbitration case.
Seoul (AFP) June 03, 2013 - South Korea and the United States began extended negotiations Monday on renewing their civilian nuclear pact, with Seoul pushing for the right to produce its own nuclear fuel.
Tokyo (AFP) June 02, 2013 - Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators rallied in the Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday as conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considers restarting reactors.
Tokyo (AFP) May 31, 2013 - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will ask for more public money to pay compensation, a report said Friday, taking its total cash handouts to an eye-watering $38 billion.
Seoul (AFP) May 31, 2013 - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won vowed Friday to mete out severe penalties to anyone involved in a forged documentation scandal that has shut down a host of nuclear reactors.
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2013 - Global use of nuclear power has prevented about 1.84 million air pollution-related deaths and release of 64 billion tons of greenhouse gases that would have resulted from burning coal and other foss
Abu Dhabi (AFP) May 28, 2013 - The oil-rich UAE began construction on Tuesday of a second nuclear power plant, one of four reactors aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by some 12 million tonnes a year in 2020.
Seoul (AFP) May 28, 2013 - South Korea on Tuesday shut down two nuclear reactors and delayed the scheduled start of operations at two more, prompting government warnings of unprecedented power shortages.
Madrid (AFP) May 28, 2013 - French nuclear group Areva will maintain its operations in Niger despite last week's deadly car bomb attack at its uranium mine in the African country, Areva president Luc Oursel said Tuesday.
Tokyo (AFP) May 26, 2013 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for an early accord on civil nuclear cooperation with Tokyo and more Japanese investment ahead of an official visit, reports said Sunday.
Taipei (AFP) May 26, 2013 - Hundreds of Taiwanese protested in the capital Taipei on Sunday over government plans to hold what they call an unfair referendum on the fate of a nearly-completed nuclear power plant.
Tokyo (AFP) May 25, 2013 - Four researchers were exposed to radiation in an accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week, officials said Saturday.
Berlin (AFP) May 24, 2013 - Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels towards renewable energy, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
Prague (AFP) May 24, 2013 - Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek voiced doubt on Friday about the cost of expanding the Temelin nuclear plant, a multi-billion project which has drawn bids from US and Russian groups.
The Hague (AFP) May 23, 2013 - The Dutch government announced Thursday it would explore the sale of the one-third stake it owns in British-based uranium enrichment specialist Urenco.
Niamey (AFP) May 23, 2013 - French nuclear group Areva, the world's second-largest uranium producer whose mine in northern Niger was hit by a car bomb on Thursday, extracts more than a third of its mineral in the impoverished west African country.
