Paris (AFP) March 29, 2011 - President Nicolas Sarkozy will decide within days about the leadership of French nuclear group Areva, a government source said Tuesday, amid mounting speculation that Anne Lauvergeon will keep the top job.
Bucharest (AFP) March 29, 2011 - Romania must pursue its nuclear programme in order to limit electricity imports, Nuclearelectrica chief Pompiliu Budulan said Tuesday, adding that the Cernavoda plant was among the safest worldwide.
Paris (AFP) March 29, 2011 - Radioactive contamination of the sea from Fukushima is likely to be only a local problem, but could lead to an exclusion zone if there is a major release of long-term pollutants, scientists say.
Helsinki (AFP) March 29, 2011 - Nearly half of people in Finland, where a new generation nuclear reactor is being built, say the crisis in Japan has shaken their trust in nuclear power, a poll released Tuesday showed.
Paris (AFP) March 28, 2011 - Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, is seeking help from France to tackle the critical situation, Industry Minister Eric Besson said Monday.
Berlin (AFP) March 28, 2011 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel blamed a painful poll debacle in her party's heartland on fears over Japan's nuclear crisis Monday but said she had no plans to reshuffle her weakened government.
Berlin (UPI) Mar 28, 2011 - In Germany, the fight over nuclear power is in full swing.
Vilnius (AFP) March 28, 2011 - A communist-era nuclear power plant that Croatia shares with Slovenia is safe, Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic insisted Monday during a visit to Lithuania.
Berlin (AFP) March 27, 2011 - Fears over the Japan nuclear crisis triggered a crushing defeat for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in their German heartland Sunday, as the ecologist Greens roared to a historic triumph.
Berlin (AFP) March 26, 2011 - An estimated 200,000 people took to the streets around Germany Saturday to protest against nuclear power, upping the pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel on the eve of a critical state election.
Moscow (UPI) Mar 25, 2011 - Russia is interested in utilizing spent nuclear fuel dry storage technology developed by the United States.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Mar 24, 2011 - Saudi Arabia is increasingly focusing on nuclear and solar energy because within two decades it will be using most of its oil production for domestic purposes, leaving little for export, if consumption keeps rising the way it is now.
Winnenden, Germany (AFP) March 24, 2011 - Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has ruled Baden-Wuerttemberg since 1953, but the political fallout in Germany from Japan's nuclear crisis could spell the end in a key state election Sunday.
Paris (AFP) March 24, 2011 - Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Thursday asked the country's top nuclear safety body to inspect all of France's reactors by year's end in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident.
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2011 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday it was launching a two-pronged review of US nuclear power plant safety amid the crisis at a Japanese complex hit by an earthquake and tsunami.
Frankfurt (AFP) March 23, 2011 - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that the sooner Germany abandoned nuclear power the better, but stressed the energy source was still needed as a stopgap technology for Europe's biggest economy.
