Paris, France (SPX) Feb 06, 2012 - AREVA, who leads the EPR Team, submitted its commercial bid for the construction of a nuclear power plant at Pyhajoki, in North Ostrobothnia, Finland. With this commercial bid, the EPR Team's
Frankfurt (AFP) Feb 5, 2012 - German energy giant RWE, which has been hit hard by Berlin's decision to phase out nuclear power, said Sunday it was planning for a billion euros (1.3 billion dollars) in new cuts.
Ljubljana (AFP) Feb 4, 2012 - Slovenia's only nuclear power plant reduced output to one third for repair work, the operator said on Saturday.
Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 1, 2012 - A reactor at the San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Diego has been shut down after a radiation leak which was not big enough to cause public harm, the US atomic safety agency said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2012 - The UN's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday gave its seal of approval to Japan's reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters in the wake of the Fukushima meltdowns.
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2012 - Dismantling France's nuclear reactors and storing their radioactive waste will eventually cost around 79 billion euros ($103.5 billion), the national audit office said on Tuesday.
Davis CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2012 - Japan used seawater to cool nuclear fuel at the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant after the tsunami in March 2011 - and that was probably the best action to take at the time, says Professor A
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 29, 2012 - The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said the agency will open a branch office in Fukushima to monitor efforts to contain the world's worst atomic energy accident since Chernobyl, a report said Saturday.
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 27, 2012 - Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste. The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic framewor
Paris (AFP) Jan 26, 2012 - French nuclear energy giant Areva said Thursday its order book increased by 3.1 percent last year to 45.6 billion euros ($59.8 billion) despite Fukushima nuclear disaster hitting sales.
Mexico City (AFP) Jan 25, 2012 - Mexican environmental activists on Wednesday slammed the alleged threat from a Canadian gold mining project that would lie only two miles (three kilometers) from a nuclear power plant.
Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2012 - The Barack Obama administration has shifted policy on planned international nuclear cooperation agreements by withdrawing a demand that Jordan and Vietnam give up their rights to produce nuclear fuel, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 23, 2012 - Japan is asking the UN's nuclear agency to set up a permanent office in Fukushima to monitor its efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 21, 2012 - The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant will be effectively nationalised for at least 10 years under a plan to provide it with money to fund compensation payouts, a report said Saturday.
Stockholm (AFP) Jan 19, 2012 - Sweden should take steps to increase security against attacks at its nuclear plants including introducing armed guards, a government-sponsored report published Thursday said.
Bucharest (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - Romania on Wednesday approved the sale of 10 percent of its stakes in two national power firms, one of them specialising in nuclear energy.
