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.
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 energy projects at the Kozloduy site in Bulgaria.
An independent panel on Thursday pledged to oversee a tough restructuring of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co.
All 13 of China's operating nuclear reactors have passed safety inspections, said China's Vice Environment Minister Li Ganjie.
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.
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.
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.
Indonesia hasn't dismissed the possibility of using nuclear power, a government official said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
