Tokyo (AFP) Jan 7, 2013 - Toshiba has boosted its stake in US nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse Electric to 87 percent, the company said Monday, as it eyes atomic opportunities outside disaster-struck Japan.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 06, 2013 - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Sunday he would ask members and supporters of his right-wing GERB party to vote no in a January 27 referendum on building a second nuclear power plant.
Brno, Czech Republic (UPI) Jan 6, 2013 - Exploration of an area of the southeastern Czech Republic as a site for long-term radioactive waste storage has been canceled, the environment ministry says.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 6, 2013 - The majority of Japanese towns and cities hosting nuclear plants said they would agree to the reactors being restarted if the government guaranteed the safety of the facilities, a survey said Sunday.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 05, 2013 - Scientific experts have greenlighted the restart of two Belgian nuclear power plants despite signs of micro-cracks in reactor vessels, the daily Le Soir said Saturday.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 04, 2013 - German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said Friday his country would never again return to nuclear energy, hitting back at a top EU official who doubted Berlin's commitment to phase out nuclear power.
Tokyo (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated he would approve the construction of more nuclear reactors.
Ankara (AFP) Jan 02, 2013 - Turkey expects to pick this month the winner of a tender for the construction of a second nuclear power plant near the Black Sea city of Sinop, its energy minister said on Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 1, 2013 - Japanese regulators have found inadequate fireproofing at more than one fifth of the nuclear reactors that went offline after the 2011 Fukushima crisis, a major daily said Tuesday.
Seoul (AFP) Dec 31, 2012 - South Korea on Monday restarted one of three nuclear reactors shut down for safety reasons, easing fears of power shortages during the harsh winter.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 31, 2012 - Japan's new prime minister Shinzo Abe has voiced his willingness to build new nuclear reactors, reports said Monday, despite widespread public opposition to atomic energy since the Fukushima crisis.
Tokyo (UPI) Dec 28, 2012 - Japan's nuclear watchdog says it will recommend shutting down a power plant in Fukui Prefecture if a geologic fault under the facility proves to be active.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 27, 2012 - Japan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 27, 2012 - Japan's Toshiba is in talks with three parties about selling a stake of up to 16 percent in US nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse Electric, a report said Thursday.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 26, 2012 - Iran on Wednesday denied statements by a lawmaker that is it paying Russian women working as technicians at its sole nuclear power plant to adhere to the Islamic dress code, the Fars news agency reported.
Ankara (AFP) Dec 25, 2012 - Asian countries are closer to winning a bid to build Turkey's second nuclear power plant near the Black Sea city of Sinop, the Turkish energy minister said on Tuesday, in a signal that Canada was no longer in the running.
