Singapore (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster may delay the growth of the world nuclear energy market by a decade but will not reverse it, a nuclear power expert says.
Sofia, Bulgaria (UPI) Apr 10, 2013 - The European Union will probe Bulgaria's energy sector after protests over high electricity prices this year forced the resignation of its previous government.
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2013 - Another suspected leak of radioactive water was discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Tuesday, its operator said, the latest in a series of problems at the plant.
Vienna (AFP) April 09, 2013 - The UN atomic agency announced Tuesday a visit to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to review efforts to plan and implement its decommissioning, two years after a major disaster there.
Berlin (AFP) April 09, 2013 - Germany decided Tuesday to start a fresh search for a radioactive waste depot site in the country, delaying by years a tough decision on an issue that has divided the nation for three decades.
Tokyo (AFP) April 7, 2013 - Some radioactive water may have leaked into the ground from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operator said Sunday, the latest in a series of troubles at the facility.
Ankara (AFP) April 06, 2013 - Turkey's energy minister has criticised the United States not joining in the $22 billion tender to build the country's second nuclear power plant, local media reported on Saturday.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Apr 05, 2013 - Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that its subsidiary, PCI Energy Services, LLC (PCI), has signed a contract with Nucleoelectrica Argentina S.A. (NA-SA) to provide engineering, specialty p
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 05, 2013 - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved AREVA's new ARCADIA core simulator system used for core performance analysis in pressurized water reactor plants in the United States. This
Niamey (Niger), 05 Avr 2013 - Some 2,000 students held a protest in Niger's capital Niamey on Friday against French nuclear group Areva to demand their country get a bigger slice of its uranium mining revenues.
Ankara (AFP) April 04, 2013 - Turkey is close to making a decision in a $22 billion tender as a report said a Japanese-French consortium was in the lead to build the country's second nuclear plant to power its rapidly developing economy.
Sofia (AFP) April 04, 2013 - Bulgaria's official electricity system operator ordered producers to lower capacity on Thursday to prevent the shaky system from overheating amid sharply dropping consumption and exports.
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 03, 2013 - Westinghouse Electric Company, its consortium team member CB and I, China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation Ltd. and Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd. of China Power Investment Corporat
Perth, Australia (UPI) Apr 3, 2013 - The Australian government has granted environmental approval for Toro Energy Ltd.'s $280 million Wiluna uranium mining project in Western Australia.
Tokyo (AFP) April 2, 2013 - Japan's government on Tuesday approved a long-sought plan to open up its power industry after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster renewed calls for more competition in the sector.
Sydney (AFP) April 2, 2013 - Australia on Tuesday gave environmental approval for a new uranium mine in its resource-rich west, with 36 conditions to guard against negative impacts from radiation and other factors.
