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.
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.
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.
Paris (AFP) May 31, 2011 - French nuclear group Areva and chemicals counterpart Rhodia announced Tuesday an agreement to develop deposits containing a mix of uranium and rare earth elements.
Sofia (AFP) May 31, 2011 - Bulgaria switched one of the reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant back into the electricity grid on Tuesday after more than a month of repair and refuelling work.
Berlin (AFP) May 31, 2011 - Germany's largest energy company EON said Tuesday it would sue the government over plans to maintain a tax on spent fuel rods despite the intention to do away with nuclear plants by 2022.
Warsaw (AFP) May 31, 2011 - Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022 will not influence neighbour Poland's decision to open its first nuclear power plant in 2020, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said Tuesday in Warsaw.
Brussels (AFP) May 30, 2011 - Fears over nuclear safety after radiation leaks at a Japanese plant triggered by an earthquake and tsunami have pushed Germany and Switzerland to call time on atomic energy, but nuclear's days are far from over in Europe.
Berlin (AFP) May 30, 2011 - Germany's decision to end nuclear power by 2022 gives it 10 years to find alternative sources of energy, but only six months to avoid a winter blackout, say critics of the government move.
Berlin (AFP) May 30, 2011 - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany could serve as a global trailblazer with its decision Monday to phase out nuclear power by 2022 but France, Europe's biggest producer, said it will not follow suit.
Berlin (AFP) May 30, 2011 - Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022.
Ljubljana (AFP) May 30, 2011 - Slovenia and Slovakia said Monday they had no plans to close their nuclear power plants following Germany's decision, insisting they were highly dependent on them for energy.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 29, 2011 - A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests.
Brussels (AFP) May 28, 2011 - Europe and Japan agreed Saturday to join forces in efforts to promote tighter international standards for nuclear safety in the wake of the atomic crisis in Japan.
Berlin (AFP) May 27, 2011 - The environment ministers from all 16 German regional states unanimously called on Friday for a temporary order to close seven nuclear power plants to be made permanent.
Berlin (UPI) May 27, 2011 - Japanese nuclear reactor operator Tepco mishandled the Fukushima nuclear crisis and tried to cover up the extent of the accident, Greenpeace Germany claims.
