EnBW, Germany's third-biggest power supplier, said on Friday that third-quarter profits plunged owing to the shutdown of two of its nuclear plants after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
RWE, Germany's second-biggest power supplier, said Thursday it plunged into the red in the third quarter, not least as a result of the country's decision to phase out nuclear power.
Thorium has great potential as an alternative to uranium for nuclear fuel, experts say.
Nuclear energy remains vital to cope with rising energy demand, mainly in emerging economies, fight global warming and avert increased damage to the environment, the IEA warned on Wednesday.
EON, Germany's biggest power supplier, said Wednesday its profits fell sharply in the first nine months owing to the shutdown of power plants as part of Germany's policy to abandon nuclear energy.
Vietnam agreed Tuesday to seek greater nuclear energy cooperation with South Korea, opening the way for its participation in a project to build atomic power plants in energy-hungry Vietnam.
As a first line of defense, steel barrels buried deep underground are designed to keep dangerous plutonium waste from seeping into the soil and surrounding bedrock, and, eventually, contaminating the groundwater.
The Japanese maker of an exoskeleton robot suit to assist walking on Monday unveiled a model that could help nuclear workers weighed down by heavy anti-radiation vests in contaminated zones.
For a man who has spent almost every waking hour over the past half year shepherding Japan through one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, Goshi Hosono wears his worries lightly.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have developed new technology capable of removing radioactive material from contaminated water and aiding clean-up efforts following nuclear disasters.
French Industry and Energy Minister Eric Besson signed a deal with the government of Kazakhstan Friday that will see France's Areva open a nuclear fuel plant with Kazakh firm Kazatomprom, his office said.
A leading Indian nuclear scientist has indicated that India should scrap its nuclear energy program.
The Central African Republic on Thursday threatened to dispute a contract with French nuclear giant Areva if the company froze a uranium mining project in the country.
Japan on Wednesday restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March, in a boost to its beleaguered atomic power industry faced with a deeply sceptical public.
Belgium's political parties have committed to closing three nuclear power reactors by 2015 under certain conditions.
Bangladesh on Wednesday signed an agreement for Russia to build the first two nuclear power plants in the energy-starved South Asian nation, an official told AFP.
