Rome (UPI) Jun 15, 2011 - Europe's nuclear industry was dealt another blow this week when Italian voters soundly rejected a referendum that would have restarted the country's nuclear program.
Tokyo (AFP) June 14, 2011 - Almost three-quarters of Japanese respondents to a newspaper poll published Tuesday favour a gradual phase-out of nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima atomic accident.
Jakarta (UPI) Jun 14, 2011 - Indonesia hasn't dismissed the possibility of using nuclear power, a government official said.
Milan (AFP) June 14, 2011 - Italians overwhelmingly approved a referendum blocking a return to nuclear power, official results released Tuesday showed, reflecting wavering faith in its safety after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Sofia (AFP) June 13, 2011 - Westinghouse Electric signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding to cooperate with Bulgaria's state energy company in the area of nuclear energy, the government said.
La Rochelle, France (UPI) Jun 8, 2011 - The French Green Party is calling for a total phaseout of nuclear energy just as a major poll indicated growing public hostility toward the industry.
The Hague (AFP) June 7, 2011 - A train carrying nuclear waste to France was able to depart on Tuesday despite efforts by Dutch and Belgian anti-nuclear activists - some who were trying to block it by chaining themselves to the tracks.
Paris (AFP) June 7, 2011 - Thirty-three countries agreed on Tuesday that stringent inspections, better cooperation and a stronger role for the UN should spearhead nuclear safety improvements following the Fukushima disaster.
Moscow (AFP) June 6, 2011 - The use of nuclear energy is vital for the future development of the world economy, the head of Russia's state nuclear agency said Monday in an impassioned defence of atomic power.
Berlin (AFP) June 6, 2011 - Germany laid out plans Monday on how it intends to abandon nuclear power in the next decade while still keeping its economy competitive and achieving its climate goals.
Sofia (AFP) June 2, 2011 - A consortium led by France's EDF and Russia's Rosenergoatom was the sole bidder in a tender to extend the life of two units at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the plant's chief said Thursday.
Yerevan (AFP) June 2, 2011 - International nuclear safety experts advised earthquake-prone Armenia on Thursday to increase safety measures at the country's Soviet-era reactor after the disaster in Japan.
Vilnius (AFP) June 1, 2011 - US group Westinghouse and Japan's Hitachi have bid to build a nuclear power station in Lithuania to replace its only Soviet-era plant, closed in 2009, Vilnius announced Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) June 1, 2011 - US anti-nuclear campaigners are hoping German Chancellor Angela Merkel will try to persuade President Barack Obama to follow in Berlin's footsteps and drop plans for new atomic power stations.
Riyadh (AFP) June 1, 2011 - OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia plans to build 16 civilian nuclear reactors in the next two decades at a cost of 300 billion riyals ($80 billion), an energy official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 01, 2011 - Russia is experiencing an acute shortage of personnel to ensure the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities, state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom officials and experts warned on Frida
