Chicago (UPI) Dec 13, 2011 - The future of U.S. nuclear power generation could lie in small, modular reactors rather than the giant facilities common today, energy researchers say.
Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2011 - French nuclear energy giant Areva warned Monday its 2011 operating loss may top 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion) as the Fukushima nuclear disaster hit the value of its mining assets, and launched a major cost-cutting drive.
Paris (AFP) Dec 11, 2011 - French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to announce significant losses when it unveils its new corporate strategy this week, Industry Minister Eric Besson said on Sunday.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 9, 2011 - The former chief of Japan's crippled nuclear plant, who left the job last week, has cancer of the esophagus, his employer said Friday, adding it was unlikely to be linked to radiation exposure.
Lyon, France (AFP) Dec 9, 2011 - France will beef up security at its nuclear plants after Greenpeace activists broke into two facilities, the head of energy firm EDF said on Friday, denouncing the stunt as stupid.
Manchester UK (SPX) Dec 09, 2011 - The research into the sustainability of nuclear and other electricity options in the UK shows that nuclear power could make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. H
Warsaw (AFP) Dec 9, 2011 - Poland has decided to freeze its participation in a four-country project to build a new nuclear power plant in neighbouring Lithuania, state energy group PGE said Friday.
Warsaw (AFP) Dec 9, 2011 - Poland has decided to freeze its participation in a four-country project to build a new nuclear power plant in neighbouring Lithuania, state energy group PGE said Friday.
Sydney (AFP) Dec 8, 2011 - Australia's Defence Minister Stephen Smith said India represented a unique case for uranium sales Thursday and denied that lifting its export ban to New Delhi opened the door to countries like Pakistan.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2011 - Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was considering dumping more nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the sea.
Paris (AFP) Dec 8, 2011 - Until March 11, the nuclear energy industry had been enjoying resurgent acceptability as carbon-cutting countries sought to create energy without burning fossil fuels.
Beijing (UPI) Dec 8, 2011 - China says it is ready to start work on a novel design for a nuclear reactor with the help of a firm created by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 7, 2011 - A nuclear reactor will be shut down in western Japan Wednesday because of cooling water valve troubles, its operator said.
Seoul (AFP) Dec 6, 2011 - South Korea is reportedly pushing for US permission to recycle spent nuclear fuel for power generation as the two countries resumed talks to revise a 1974 pact on the use of atomic energy.
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Dec 5, 2011 - Australia has lifted its ban on exporting uranium to India, despite India not having signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Sydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2011 - Australia's strategic ties with India are set to benefit from the ruling Labor Party's decision to lift a ban on exporting uranium to the growing Asian power, Defence Minister Stephen Smith said Monday.
