Prague (AFP) Sept 20, 2011 - Czech state-run power giant CEZ will press ahead with nuclear energy in order to assure the country's future energy independence, its top executive said in a newspaper interview Tuesday.
Ankara (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - Turkey's energy minister said Monday Ankara would consider a proposal from the United States to build a nuclear power plant in the country's north.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - Russian state nuclear company Rosatom will pursue cooperation with Germany's Siemens even though Siemens has decided to drop its nuclear energy projects, a Rosatom spokesman told AFP on Monday.
Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - Germany's decision to switch from nuclear to renewable sources of energy will require investment of 250 billion euros ($340 billion) over the next decade, a new study found Monday.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - Japan's minister handling the Fukushima crisis told a gathering of the UN atomic agency Monday his country would have a safer future, after a massive anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - India wants new test results in light of the Fukushima disaster before finalising a multi-billion-euro order for new reactors with French nuclear energy giant Areva, France's Energy Minister Eric Besson said Monday.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 18, 2011 - German industrial giant Siemens is turning the page on nuclear energy in line with Berlin's decision to agree to an end to atomic power, the group's CEO Peter Loescher said Sunday.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 17, 2011 - Austrian politicians reacted angrily to reported plans by the Czech Republic to vastly increase its nuclear energy to account for 80 percent of its electricity production.
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2011 - France's nuclear power operator plans to add safety backups to its plants following the Fukushima disaster, says a report made public on Friday by the country's atomic watchdog.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2011 - Today's nuclear reactors are much safer than the Japanese plant damaged in this year's earthquake and tsunami, a US expert said Thursday, citing dramatic improvements that could prevent similar disasters.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2011 - The world's nuclear power plant exporters announced Thursday a first-ever code of conduct, which they hope will raise safety standards, prevent proliferation, and enhance environmental protection.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 15, 2011 - Brazil is planning to expand its nuclear energy output by building five more reactors to augment the two currently in operation, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 15, 2011 - French nuclear giant Areva is suspending uranium production at two plants because of low demand from Japanese power stations in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Tokyo (UPI) Sep 13, 2011 - Japan aims to reduce dependence on nuclear power, new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday in his first policy address to Parliament.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 12, 2011 - The head of the UN atomic agency warned Monday against complacency on nuclear safety six months on from Fukushima, after it became clear his draft global action plan had been watered down.
Tehran (AFP) Sept 12, 2011 - Iran's first nuclear power plant will be linked to the national grid with its full 1,000-megawatt capacity by the end of the Iranian year in March, a senior Iranian atomic official said on Monday.
