New Delhi (AFP) July 4, 2011 - India has suggested that countries refusing to match nuclear reactor sales with technology transfers could be frozen out of one of the world's largest reactor markets.
Paris (AFP) July 4, 2011 - French safety authorities Monday said they had cleared a reactor at a 33-year-old nuclear plant to go on functioning for another decade provided maintenance work is carried out.
Berlin (AFP) July 3, 2011 - The second largest German power company, RWE, wants government compensation after parliament voted to abandon nuclear energy by 2022, its boss Juergen Grossmann said in an interview Sunday.
Los Angeles (UPI) Jul 1, 2011 - Following Japan's Fukushima disaster, the nuclear industry must redefine what makes a successful nuclear power program from cradle to grave, experts say.
London (AFP) July 1, 2011 - The British government worked with the country's nuclear industry to calm public fears over the safety of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, the Guardian reported Friday.
New Delhi (AFP) June 30, 2011 - The United States will support India's continued exemption from global nuclear trade rules despite moves to tighten up restrictions, the US ambassador to India said on Thursday.
London (AFP) June 30, 2011 - A nuclear power station in eastern Scotland had to shut down its reactors after high volumes of jellyfish were found on its seawater filter screens, the operating company said Thursday.
Berlin (AFP) June 30, 2011 - The German parliament approved by an overwhelming majority Thursday plans to scrap nuclear power by 2022, a decision set in motion in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Tokyo (UPI) Jun 29, 2011 - Motions for Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, to abandon nuclear energy and for its chairman, Tsunehisa Katsumata, to be replaced were defeated at the company's annual shareholders' meeting Tuesday.
Geneva (AFP) June 29, 2011 - A nuclear power plant that Swiss officials said had safety weaknesses will close for repairs ahead of schedule to address the government's concerns, the plant's owners announced Wednesday.
Paris (UPI) Jun 29, 2011 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's move to buck Europe's anti-nuclear trend and double down on atomic power comes at a key political juncture, analysts say.
Ottawa (AFP) June 29, 2011 - Canada has sold its atomic energy firm to the nation's largest engineering company SNC-Lavalin, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced Wednesday.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2011 - Nuclear power is a major component of our nation's long-term clean-energy future, but the technology has come under increased scrutiny in the wake of Japan's recent Fukushima disaster. Indeed, many
Tokyo (AFP) June 28, 2011 - Already battered by the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday faces furious shareholders whose investments have evaporated after the March 11 disasters.
Sofia (AFP) June 28, 2011 - Bulgaria signed grant agreements on Tuesday to receive 73.8 million euros ($105.3 million) for energy projects as compensation for shutting down four units at its Kozloduy nuclear plant ahead of joining the EU in 2007.
Bataan, Philippines (AFP) June 27, 2011 - In a fresh but ambiguous take on ecotourism, travellers in the Philippines can visit a remote turtle sanctuary and then venture into the heart of a nearby nuclear power plant.
