Tokyo (AFP) Oct 6, 2012 - Japanese and European officials are to discuss future energy solutions at a forum in Kyoto this weekend in the wake of Japan's plans to eliminate atomic power from the country's energy mix by 2040.
London (UPI) Oct 5, 2012 - A planned nuclear power project touted as important to Britain's energy future was dealt a blow this week when French and Chinese investors pulled out.
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2012 - Questions have been raised if restricting nuclear energy - an option considered by some countries after the accident in Fukushima, Japan - combined with climate policies might get extremely expensi
Minsk, Belarus (UPI) Oct 5, 2012 - Belarus needs a regulatory system covering the construction and operation of its first nuclear power plant, an International Atomic Energy Agency expert says.
Prague (AFP) Oct 05, 2012 - Czech state-run power company CEZ said Friday it had ruled France's Areva out of a tender to build two new units at its Temelin nuclear power facility in southern Czech Republic.
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 04, 2012 - Power group Vattenfall believes it will take several years before a decision can be made to build another Swedish nuclear reactor, the head of its nuclear operations told a newspaper on Thursday.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 04, 2012 - Immediate safety upgrades costing billions of euros (dollars) are needed in nuclear power plants nearly everywhere in Europe, according to the results of EU stress tests released Thursday.
Seoul (UPI) Oct 3, 2012 - South Korea on this week shut down two nuclear reactors due to malfunctions.
Seoul (AFP) Oct 2, 2012 - South Korea shut down two 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors at separate plants Tuesday, following apparently unrelated systems malfunctions that triggered calls for a safety review.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 02, 2012 - From missing seismic devices to insufficient emergency systems, Europe's nuclear power plants face hundreds of problems requiring billions in new investment, a European Union report said Tuesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 1, 2012 - A Japanese power firm on Monday resumed construction of an atomic reactor stalled since the disaster at Fukushima, despite government plans to phase out nuclear power.
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 1, 2012 - India and Australia plan to begin civil nuclear cooperation talks in March after Canberra agreed last year to open negotiations to export uranium fuel to the energy-hungry South Asian nation.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 01, 2012 - The European Commission vowed Monday there would be no complacency when it comes to nuclear safety in Europe despite hundreds of defects revealed by stress tests especially in France.
Sofia (AFP) Sept 28, 2012 - Bulgaria said Friday it was seeking information from the United States Department of Energy on a US-based consortium, which said this week it wished to take over a shelved nuclear plant project.
Sofia (AFP) Sept 27, 2012 - Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Thursday that Bulgaria could support a private proposal to revive dropped national plans for a new nuclear plant on the Danube.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 26, 2012 - A nuclear reactor in Sweden stopped automatically on Wednesday after an alert went off, but the cause had yet to be determined, its operator OKG said.
