London (UPI) Sep 13, 2012 - The benefits of thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel representing a safer and more abundant alternative to uranium are overstated, a British report says.
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 13, 2012 - The Science Council of Japan has expressed concerns about the country's nuclear waste disposal policies.
Amman (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - King Abdullah II on Wednesday accused Israel of disrupting Jordan's nuclear energy plans and warned of sectarian violence spilling across the border from Syria, in a wide-ranging interview with AFP.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 12, 2012 - Japan will abandon nuclear power within the next three decades under new government policy on the post-Fukushima energy mix, a newspaper said Wednesday.
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 12, 2012 - Japan plans to install a new nuclear regulatory commission.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 11, 2012 - Russia has raised to one billion euros ($1.3 billion) its compensation claim against Bulgaria over Sofia's decision to drop a deal for a Russian firm to build a new nuclear power plant.
New Delhi (UPI) Sep 11, 2012 - An Indian government official blamed foreign organizations, whom he said are seeking to hamper India's nuclear ambitions, for the anti-nuclear power protests in southern India that resulted in the death of one person.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 7, 2012 - Thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators returned to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's executive mansion in central Tokyo Friday for a weekly rally.
Paris (AFP) Sept 7, 2012 - French Ecology and Energy Minister Delphine Batho said Friday the government was still committed to closing the country's oldest operational nuclear plant by 2017.
Madrid (AFP) Sept 6, 2012 - Spain's oldest nuclear plant, known as the 'sister' to Japan's disaster-struck Fukushima plant, is to be closed in July 2013 after 42 years in service, the operator said Thursday.
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 6, 2012 - Four top Polish state-controlled firms have inked a letter of intent to build the country's first three gigawatt nuclear energy plant, a joint press release said Thursday.
Brussels (SPX) Sep 06, 2012 - Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has received a contract from the Kozloduy NPP - New Build PLC of Bulgaria to perform a feasibility study on a potential seventh unit at the Kozlod
Tokyo (UPI) Aug 30, 2012 - The majority of Japanese say they want to end the country's dependence on nuclear power, a new report says.
Vienna (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - The head of the UN atomic agency called Monday on countries with nuclear power not to lose their sense of urgency in improving safety after last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Paris (AFP) Aug 27, 2012 - French Greens reacted angrily on Monday after a government minister described nuclear power as the energy of the future, casting doubt on a commitment to slash the country's number of reactors.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2012 - Hundreds of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched in Tokyo Sunday, calling for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to abandon the country's atomic energy programme following last year's Fukushima accident.
