Paris (AFP) June 22, 2011 - A technical problem forced the closure of a reactor at the Gravelines nuclear plant in northern France for several hours, a spokesman for the French energy group EDF said Wednesday.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 21, 2011 - Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it will begin shipping nuclear fuel to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Watts Bar site for use in the Unit 2 reactor. TVA recently receiv
Olkiluoto, Finland (AFP) June 21, 2011 - More than 5,000 hard-hat workers swarm over a sprawling nuclear facility in western Finland to build OL3 - touted as the safest nuclear reactor in the world - a claim which has come under scrutiny following Japan's nuclear disaster.
Seoul (AFP) June 20, 2011 - Nuclear power is still a viable source of global energy despite the crisis in Japan, the OECD chief said Monday.
Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2011 - More than four out of five Japanese want to see Tokyo abandon nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima atomic crisis, a survey said Sunday.
Tehran (AFP) June 19, 2011 - Iran's first nuclear power plant, built by Russia, is to be connected to the national grid in early August, the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Reza Sajjadi, said in media reports on Sunday.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2011 - Even as Germany, Japan, Switzerland and other nations move to abandon existing and planned nuclear reactors, the United States is on a path to see at best only a small handful of already planned, go
Seoul (AFP) June 17, 2011 - Greenpeace urged South Korea Friday to shut down its oldest nuclear reactor, expressing concern about its safety and drawing a parallel with a disaster-stricken reactor in Japan.
Tokyo (AFP) June 17, 2011 - Emergency crews at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant Friday started decontaminating more than 100,000 tonnes of highly radioactive water from three months of reactor cooling operations.
Tokyo (AFP) June 17, 2011 - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on a visit to disaster-hit Japan Friday voiced reservations about plans to build a nuclear power plant in his country, media reports said.
Paris (AFP) June 17, 2011 - France's Energy Minister Eric Besson is urging the European Commission to tackle the knock-on effects of Germany's decision to abandon nuclear power, fearing energy supplies problems, in a letter seen Friday.
Sofia (AFP) June 17, 2011 - Bulgaria said Friday it will press Russia for a new halt on talks over a planned nuclear plant in south-central Belene until September to allow time for an economic feasibility study.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2011 - Westinghouse has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD (BEH) under which the companies will discuss cooperation on a range of nuclear ene
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2011 - An independent panel on Thursday pledged to oversee a tough restructuring of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. to ensure the utility will raise what funds it can to pay huge compensation claims.
Beijing (UPI) Jun 16, 2011 - All 13 of China's operating nuclear reactors have passed safety inspections, said China's Vice Environment Minister Li Ganjie.
Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2011 - China has finished inspecting nuclear reactors operating around the country and will complete checks on more than two dozen still under construction by October, the environment ministry has said.
