Prague (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - The Czech Republic and Slovakia vowed on Monday to join forces on backing nuclear power within the EU when they held their first joint government meeting since the former Czechoslovakia split peacefully 20 years ago.
Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 - A nuclear power plant in New Jersey declared an alert Monday from mega-storm Sandy as water passed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported, the US nuclear regulator said.
Ljubljana (AFP) Oct 28, 2012 - Slovenia preventively shut down production Sunday at its only nuclear power plant after a steep increase in the flow of the Sava river used for cooling the system, the Krsko nuclear plant said in a statement.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 27, 2012 - Japanese engineering giant Hitachi is set to buy Horizon, a joint venture planning to build nuclear reactors in Britain, in a deal valued at 50 billion yen ($628 million), reports said Saturday.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 25, 2012 - Westinghouse Electric Company and McAfee has announced that the two companies have entered into a worldwide agreement in which Westinghouse will provide McAfee Enterprise Security Manager and Networ
Warsaw (AFP) Oct 25, 2012 - Poland is firmly committed to developing both nuclear energy and shale gas exploration, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday.
Beijing (UPI) Oct 25, 2012 - China has lifted a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear projects, imposed 19 months ago after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Singapore (UPI) Oct 24, 2012 - A former chief of the International Energy Agency said he was doubtful that Japan could follow through on its plan to phase out nuclear power by 2040.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 24, 2012 - Bulgaria will hold a referendum on the construction of a second nuclear power plant, parliament decided on Wednesday, eight months after the government scrapped a deal with a Russian firm to build one.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 24, 2012 - Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant was fully operational again Wednesday after technical problems at one of its two reactors were resolved, the operator said.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 23, 2012 - Westinghouse Electric Company is pleased to announce the signing of a multiyear master research and collaboration agreement with the University of Missouri-Columbia and Missouri University of Scienc
Brisbane, Australia (UPI) Oct 23, 2012 - The Australian state of Queensland has lifted a decades-old ban on uranium mining.
Amman (AFP) Oct 23, 2012 - Jordan said on Tuesday it had terminated a uranium mining licence for a joint venture between Areva and a local firm, but the French nuclear giant insisted the agreement was only covering exploration.
London, UK (SPX) Oct 23, 2012 - Three of the world's leading nuclear companies, CH2M HILL, AREVA and Serco, joined forces in a newly-formed consortium - CAS Restoration Partnership - and announced their intent to participate in th
Sofia (AFP) Oct 23, 2012 - Bulgaria shut down one of two reactors at its only nuclear power plant on Tuesday after a generator control problem, the operator said, adding that there was no radiation leak.
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 23, 2012 - AREVA will equip all of the Japanese Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fleet with more than a hundred of its Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners (PARs). PARs are state-of-the-art passive safety de
