Tokyo (AFP) Oct 3, 2011 - Tokyo Electric Power Co. will have to cut 7,400 jobs and slash costs by $33 billion over the next 10 years to pay damages for the Fukushima nuclear accident, a government-commissioned panel said Monday.
Vilnius (AFP) Sept 30, 2011 - France's energy giant EDF has refused a Russian offer to build a nuclear power plant, Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said after meeting his French counterpart Francois Fillon.
Helsinki (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 - Finland's nuclear safety authority STUK on Thursday denied reports that it had found any new or serious safety shortcomings in the country's nuclear reactors.
Sofia (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 - Protective sleeves on the control rods at one of the reactors in Bulgaria's sole nuclear plant need to be replaced as a safety precaution, the plant said in a statement Thursday.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2011 - The independent report, entitled Australia's Nuclear Power Workforce 2020 - 2050 is the result of detailed workforce forecasting which predicts an employment boom across 40+ occupations, including e
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Sep 28, 2011 - Vietnam and Japan have signed an agreement for a feasibility study for a nuclear power plant in Vietnam.
New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2011 - Ukraine and the United States signed a deal Monday formalizing the intent of their leaders to cooperate in preventing the spread of nuclear technology and securing loose nuclear material.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 25, 2011 - Dozens of demonstrators rallied in Tokyo on Sunday, challenging Japanese authorities to build an atomic power plant in the capital to demonstrate their sincerity about nuclear safety.
New York (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - Iran is in talks with Russia to build a second nuclear plant in the Islamic Republic, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - Japan's Fukushima accident six months ago provoked major worries worldwide about nuclear power, but now that the dust has settled it is clear that atomic energy still has a rosy future.
Vienna (UPI) Sep 23, 2011 - Russian nuclear power company Rosatom says it isn't worried about its partner, German engineering conglomerate Siemens, opting to leave the nuclear industry.
United Nations (AFP) Sept 22, 2011 - France on Thursday called for an international rapid reaction force to handle nuclear crises and for mandatory international inspections of civilian nuclear programs.
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 21, 2011 - Poland is pressing on with its nuclear power debut by launching a technology tender valued at 25 billion euros ($34 billion) later this year, the state-owned energy group Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) said on Wednesday.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 21, 2011 - Nuclear energy remains vital for developing countries even after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, India's atomic energy chief told the UN atomic agency's annual gathering on Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2011 - China will start approving new nuclear power projects next year after suspending them in the wake of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima atomic plant, state media said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 20, 2011 - Japan's defence minister on Tuesday said cyber attackers who breached security at defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had not got their hands on any sensitive information.
