Warsaw (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - Polish energy group PGE on Monday denied reports that it had pushed back from 2020 to 2025 the planned opening of the country's first nuclear power plant.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - Japan on Monday approved a fresh $8.9 billion in aid for the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant as the company said it expected to lose a similar amount this year.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 11, 2012 - Thousands demonstrated in Tokyo on Saturday against nuclear power generation, 11 months after a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 11, 2012 - Poland's first nuclear power plant will not come on line until 2025, five years behind schedule, a press report said Saturday.
Montreal (AFP) Feb 11, 2012 - French nuclear power group Areva's purchase of Canadian uranium producer UraMin in 2007 for a high price was preceded by suspicious stock trades indicative of insider trading, a report said Saturday.
Washington (UPI) Feb 10, 2012 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the construction of two new nuclear reactors, the first to be built in the United States since 1978.
Paris (AFP) Feb 10, 2012 - A French nuclear reactor has gone into an unscheduled shutdown, state energy giant EDF said on Friday, placing fresh pressure on a national power grid already strained by freezing temperatures.
Sofia (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - The United States increased pressure on Bulgaria Thursday to diversify its energy sector during a visit here of US special envoy for Eurasian energy Richard Morningstar.
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - The US approved its first new nuclear power reactors in decades on Thursday, despite objections from the country's top regulator that safety issues raised by last year's Fukushima meltdown were not fully addressed.
Paris (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Thursday to keep France's oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim running and slammed his Socialist opponent for promising to close it.
Berlin (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - KILL our Europe-weather-Germany-energy-nuclear-electricity Cold snap forces Germany to restart nuclear reactors: report. Story incorrectly referred to nuclear reactors. New version upcoming.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - Authorities in eastern China have demanded that construction on a nuclear power station be stopped immediately, saying residents in the quake-prone area are in danger, state media reported Thursday.
Prague (AFP) Feb 8, 2012 - The Czech Republic is to scale back its nuclear energy ambitions, the industry minister said Wednesday in a newspaper interview.
Luxembourg (AFP) Feb 8, 2012 - The EU faces a shortfall of some 2.5 billion euros to complete de-commissioning of eight ex-Soviet nuclear plants in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia, the European Court of Auditors said Wednesday.
Berlin (AFP) Feb 8, 2012 - The cold snap gripping Europe has forced Germany, which decided last year to abandon nuclear power, to bring several reactors back on line, the daily Handelsblatt reports in its Thursday issue.
Paris (AFP) Feb 7, 2012 - France's ASN nuclear safety body said on Tuesday it had approved the safety options for the Atmea1 reactor project being carried out by France's Areva and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
