Ljubljana (AFP) Feb 25, 2013 - Slovenia's sole nuclear power plant Krsko shut down on Monday following problems in the steam system, the plant's authorities said in a statement, adding the incident caused no negative effects.
Taipei (AFP) Feb 25, 2013 - Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-hua said for the first time Monday that the government may support a referendum on the island's half-completed and hugely controversial fourth nuclear power plant.
Tokyo (UPI) Feb 25, 2013 - Japan's government on Tuesday released an energy policy document in which nuclear power is considered an important electricity source.
Helsinki (AFP) Feb 25, 2013 - Finnish power company Fennovoima said on Monday it had dropped a bid by French group Areva to build a high-power nuclear reactor in favour of a proposal by Toshiba, but added that the project could be downsized.
Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 22, 2013 - At least six tanks containing radioactive waste in the US state of Washington are leaking, the state said Friday, urging more federal help to clean up a site used to make Cold War-era bombs.
Mumbai, India (IANS) Feb 22, 2013 - French President Francois Hollande on Friday urged India to trust his country's nuclear technology and extended France's support to the Indian nuclear power generation programme. Hollande st
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Energy has formalized $6.51 billion in federal loan guarantees for the expansion of a Georgia nuclear power plant.
Taipei (AFP) Feb 19, 2013 - Taiwan's main opposition party Tuesday called for a halt to construction of a long-delayed nuclear plant ahead of planned island-wide protests brought about by renewed safety concerns.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 19, 2013 - Anti-nuclear activists kicked off a global campaign Tuesday to urge governments to force makers of nuclear reactors to shoulder some of the cost of accidents.
Beijing (UPI) Feb 18, 2013 - The first nuclear plant in Northeast China has started operating.
Kiev (AFP) Feb 13, 2013 - A section of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has collapsed under the weight of snow but there were no injuries or any increase in radiation from the reactor that exploded in 1986, the country's emergency agency said Wednesday.
Helsinki (AFP) Feb 11, 2013 - Finnish electricity company TVO said on Monday that an EPR nuclear reactor being built by Areva and Siemens may not be ready until 2016, contradicting Areva's claims that it would be completed in 2014.
Tokyo (UPI) Feb 10, 2013 - The victory of Yoichi Masuzoe in Tokyo's gubernatorial election Sunday could be a boost for Japan's return to nuclear power, though the anti-nuclear camp still urges against it.
Prague, Czech Republic (UPI) Feb 10, 2013 - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says he won't back price supports for an expansion of the Temelin nuclear power plant, casting doubt on the plans.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 8, 2013 - People whose homes or farms were hit by radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will file class-action lawsuits next month to seek damages from the Japanese government, lawyers said Friday.
Bure, France (UPI) Feb 8, 2013 - A public debate on whether to build a mammoth underground nuclear waste facility in northeastern France began this week amid praise and skepticism.
