The embattled operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday denied it had ever considered abandoning the crippled power station, blaming poor communication with Japan's government for the claim.
Lithuania opened a probe Tuesday after US justice authorities said a US company had paid bribes to officials employed at a nuclear power plant in the Baltic state before it shut down in 2009 under EU rules.
German power giant RWE, already hard hit by the government's decision to phase out nuclear power, said on Monday it is similarly abandoning its ambitions in the sector outside Germany.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two reactors at the Oi nuclear complex in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan.
European competition regulators announced on Monday that they have closed a year-long probe into a deal between French and German nuclear giants Areva and Siemens.
Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year's meltdowns at Fukushima, the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl.
Japan ordered nuclear reactors back online Saturday, defying public sentiment against atomic power following last year's meltdowns at Fukushima sparked by a huge quake-tsunami disaster.
Japan's prime minister is set to defy fierce public sentiment this weekend and order nuclear reactors back online for the first time since Fukushima, as he seeks to head off a summer energy crunch.
Japan's Hitachi said Thursday it would more than double its nuclear power business within a decade owing to growing overseas demand and post-disaster work at the crippled Fukushima atomic plant.
The United States and India sought Wednesday to dispel doubts over their relationship as a US company signed a deal on nuclear power, long a source of disappointment between the countries.
The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday "good progress" was being made in enhancing global nuclear safety, almost a year after implementing an action plan in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
German power suppliers are suing the government for 15 billion euros ($19 billion) in damages over the decision to abandon nuclear power, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Wednesday.
A joint venture between Jordan Energy Resources Incorporated and French nuclear giant Areva said on Tuesday it has discovered more than 20,000 tonnes of uranium in the Middle East kingdom.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for the restart of two of the country's nuclear reactors in what would mark the first restart of idled reactors since last year's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday renewed his call for the re-firing of idle nuclear reactors, saying Japan could not do without atomic energy, but stopped short of ordering a restart.
Russia supports Tehran's atomic programme as long as it is "peaceful", President Vladimir Putin told Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday ahead of global talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions.
