Berlin (AFP) April 15, 2011 - German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said Friday that a switch from nuclear power to alternative forms of energy could cost Europe's top economy up to two billion euros ($2.9 billion) per year.
Amman (AFP) April 14, 2011 - Following the nuclear disaster in Japan, experts in Jordan want their energy-poor country to drop its ambitious plans to generate atomic power, despite reassurances by the kingdom's nuclear regulator.
Mumbai (UPI) Apr 14, 2011 - Opposition to India's proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant is growing amid Japan's nuclear crisis.
Vienna (AFP) April 14, 2011 - Japan's nuclear disaster dominated talks by members of the IAEA's nuclear safety convention, who vowed Thursday to take prompt action to apply lessons learned.
Taipei (AFP) April 13, 2011 - Taiwan is preparing to upgrade the earthquake-resistant designs of its nuclear power plants in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan, the economic minister said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) April 13, 2011 - Shares in Tokyo Electric Power, the embattled operator of a stricken nuclear power plant, surged Wednesday on a report other Japanese power companies may be asked to share its compensation burden.
Vienna (AFP) April 13, 2011 - OSCE chair Lithuania urged the security body's 56 member states Wednesday to conduct stress tests on their nuclear plants, in the wake of Japan's nuclear disaster.
Sofia (AFP) April 13, 2011 - British-based global banking giant HSBC is to advise Bulgaria on the economic feasibility of its planned Belene nuclear power plant project, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) April 12, 2011 - Japanese utility Kyushu Electric Power said Tuesday it had suspended plans to build a third reactor at one of its atomic plants after the country suffered the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Vienna (AFP) April 11, 2011 - Switzerland is considering abandoning nuclear power, President Micheline Calmy-Rey said Monday following talks with her Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna.
Singapore (AFP) April 11, 2011 - Singapore is a long way away from a decision on whether to include nuclear power as part of its energy policy, a senior government official said on Monday.
Los Alamos, NM (SPX) Apr 11, 2011 - Advances made by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory could enhance the ability of scientists to develop advanced nuclear fuels in a safer, simpler manner. Uranium chemistry research
London (UPI) Apr 11, 2011 - A plutonium waste reserve in the United Kingdom awaits reprocessing and sale, but in the wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster nobody wants it, officials say.
Ankara (AFP) April 10, 2011 - Ankara has temporarily suspended talks with Japan on building a nuclear plant in northern Turkey after Japan's nuclear disaster, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Sunday.
Berlin (AFP) April 10, 2011 - Siemens has received 1.62 billion euros ($2.35 billion) for the sale of its 34-percent stake in its joint venture with French group Areva, a spokesman for the German industrial giant said Sunday.
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2011 - Reactor maker Toshiba has told the government it could decommission four stricken units at Japan's crippled nuclear plant in around 10 years, a report said.
