Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 4, 2011 - Greenpeace urged South Africa Thursday to abandon its plans to expand nuclear power as part of its $127-billion scheme to overhaul the national energy supply.
London (AFP) Aug 3, 2011 - Britain's government on Wednesday said it planned to shut part of a nuclear plant in Sellafield, northern England, as soon as possible and on commercial grounds following Japan's nuclear disaster.
Frankfurt (AFP) Aug 1, 2011 - The biggest German energy company, EON, said Monday that it was mulling how to adapt to the country's decision to abandon nuclear energy, after a press report said it planned to close three sites.
Tokyo (AFP) July 31, 2011 - An estimated 1,700 people rallied in the capital of Japan's Fukushima region, home to a crippled atomic power plant, on Sunday, calling for an end to nuclear energy, local media reported.
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2011 - The United States plans talks with Saudi Arabia on civilian nuclear cooperation, people familiar with the plans said, in a step that has already set off fierce criticism on Capitol Hill.
Tokyo (AFP) July 29, 2011 - Japan on Friday denied that a government project to monitor online news reports and Twitter posts about the Fukushima nuclear crisis was an attempt to censor negative information and views.
Stockholm (AFP) July 28, 2011 - Swedish power group Vatenfall on Thursday announced a 154-percent net loss in the second quarter, blaming it on Germany's decision to abandon nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
Hanford, Wash. (UPI) Jul 26, 2011 - Oregon says plans to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in neighboring Washington leave too much radioactive waste at the former nuclear weapons site.
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 26, 2011 - Despite the fallout from Japan's March disaster at its Fukushima nuclear power complex, China seems determined to advance its agenda to develop civilian nuclear energy.
Tokyo (AFP) July 26, 2011 - The head of the UN atomic watchdog said Tuesday that nuclear power will keep growing in the world despite the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, which he visited Monday.
Seoul (AFP) July 25, 2011 - South Korea and India signed an agreement Monday to cooperate in nuclear power, providing a legal basis for the South's future participation in atomic plant projects in India.
Tokyo (AFP) July 24, 2011 - Seventy percent of the Japanese public supports centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to make the country nuclear free in future but most people still want him to quit, a poll said Sunday.
Vienna (AFP) July 22, 2011 - The UN atomic watchdog said Friday an international team of senior nuclear safety experts has given the thumbs up to South Korea's nuclear safety regulatory programme following a mission there.
Flamanville, France (UPI) Jul 22, 2011 - French utility EDF this week announced more delays in its plans to construct one of the biggest nuclear power facilities in the world at Flamanville.
Tokyo (AFP) July 22, 2011 - Chubu Electric said Friday it will build an 18-metre (60 foot) anti-tsunami seawall to protect its ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant located near a faultline in a region seen as vulnerable to earthquakes.
Beijing (AFP) July 22, 2011 - China said Friday it had hooked its first so-called fourth generation nuclear reactor to the grid, a breakthrough that could eventually reduce its reliance on uranium imports
