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.
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.
