Tokyo (AFP) Jan 18, 2012 - Nuclear reactors in Japan could still be operating up to 60 years after they were built, the government said Wednesday as it unveiled plans to boost their maximum lifespan by 50 percent.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 16, 2012 - Japan's government was Monday investigating how an apartment had been built with radioactive concrete in the latest scare from the country's ongoing nuclear crisis.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 14, 2012 - About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.
Sydney (AFP) Jan 12, 2012 - Global miner Rio Tinto on Thursday completed its acquisition of Canadian uranium junior Hathor Exploration as the company bets on the sector recovering from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 11, 2012 - Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Oxford University (United Kingdom) and the University of Michigan (USA) have joined efforts to develop new materials for thermonuclear fusion r
Windhoek (AFP) Jan 11, 2012 - Namibia's competition commission said Wednesday it had cleared a Chinese nuclear company to take over an Australian mining firm with rights to the world's fourth-largest uranium deposit.
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2012 - Australia has the tightest security controls among nations with nuclear material while North Korea poses the world's greatest risks, a new index by experts said Wednesday.
Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Jan 10, 2012 - The fate of Taiwan's controversial $9.3 billion nuclear power plant will be a key issue in the country's upcoming presidential elections.
United Nations (AFP) Jan 6, 2012 - UN leader Ban Ki-moon called Friday for peaceful efforts to ease tensions between Iran and Western nations but stressed that Iran must prove its nuclear program is not aimed at producing weapons.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 5, 2012 - Bulgaria's nuclear safety regulator gave a clean bill of health to the country's sole nuclear power plant at Kozloduy Thursday, following post-Fukushima stress tests commissioned by the EU.
Paris (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - A French watchdog on Tuesday called for the country's nuclear plants to beef up safety following the Fukushima disaster under a programme it estimated would cost tens of billions of euros (dollars).
Paris (AFP) Jan 3, 2012 - Greenpeace on Tuesday said it had filed a criminal complaint against French nuclear giant Areva which it suspects of having spied on the environmental group.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 1, 2012 - Iran said on Sunday that its scientists have tested the first nuclear fuel rod produced from uranium ore deposits inside the country, the website of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation said.
Madrid (AFP) Dec 30, 2011 - Residents of a small Spanish village celebrated news Friday that their district will host a nuclear waste depot, a source of jobs in tough economic times.
Helsinki (AFP) Dec 30, 2011 - Finland's nuclear safety regulator Friday gave the country's four nuclear reactors a clean bill of health after stress tests commissioned by the European Council.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 29, 2011 - With the Fukushima disaster, earthquake-related reactor shutdowns, further reactor project cost escalation, infighting at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and cheap natural gas, 2011 was a y
