New Delhi (AFP) Nov 6, 2012 - Canada and India on Tuesday clinched a deal opening the door to Canadian exports of uranium and other nuclear supplies to the energy-hungry South Asian nation for the first time in nearly four decades.
Seoul (AFP) Nov 5, 2012 - South Korea was forced to shut down two nuclear reactors Monday to replace components that had not been properly vetted, a minister said, warning of unprecedented power shortages to follow.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 4, 2012 - Four out of the six members of a government team drafting new safety standards for nuclear reactors have received thousands of dollars in grants from the nuclear industry, a report said late Saturday.
London, UK (SPX) Nov 02, 2012 - Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, the German government took the nation's eight oldest reactors offline immediately and passed legislation that will clos
Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2012 - The United States is headed toward a major nuclear disaster - one that could mirror what happened last year in Japan - unless the government more closely monitors aging power plants, safety advocates and activists said.
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2012 - A US nuclear plant exited alert status Wednesday after the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy receded, ending the flood threat at New Jersey's Oyster Creek plant, though it remained offline.
Tokyo (UPI) Oct 31, 2012 - Japan's Hitachi Ltd. will build up to six new nuclear reactors in the United Kingdom as part of its agreement to acquire Horizon Nuclear Power from German energy companies RWE and E.ON.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 31, 2012 - TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, on Wednesday dramatically slashed its fiscal-year loss projection, citing asset sales and cost-cutting for the change.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 31, 2012 - Bulgarians will be asked in a January referendum whether they want their country to be home to a second nuclear power plant, the office of President Rosen Plevneliev said Wednesday.
Ljubljana (AFP) Oct 30, 2012 - Slovenia's only nuclear power plant resumed energy production on Tuesday after a preventive shut down as the Sava river - which is used to cool down the plant - was clogged up by leaves and rubbish.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 30, 2012 - Japan's Hitachi said Tuesday it would buy British atomic power venture Horizon to expand its nuclear business overseas, as Japanese remain wary about atomic power after the Fukushima disaster.
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2012 - Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems.
Bucharest (AFP) Oct 30, 2012 - China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Group has shown interest in building two new reactors at Romania's sole nuclear power plant, deputy economy minister Rodin Traicu said Tuesday.
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Oct 30, 2012 - Chile is thinking again of meeting its future energy needs with nuclear power, after more than a year of hesitation and delays caused by the March 2011 Fukushima atomic reactor disaster in Japan.
Jaipur, India (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection Monday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in separate leaks earlier this year.
Prague (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - Czech state-run power group CEZ said Monday it had rejected an appeal by France's Areva against its elimination from a tender to build two new units at its Temelin nuclear plant in the southern Czech Republic.
