Taipei (AFP) Jan 7, 2011 - The opening of a controversial new nuclear power plant in Taiwan that has already far exceeded its budget has been put back for months at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, its operator said Friday.
Ankara (AFP) Jan 7, 2011 - Turkey is in preliminary talks with France for the construction of a nuclear power plant but Japan has the priority, Anatolia news agency quoted Turkey's energy minister as saying on Friday.
Beijing (UPI) Jan 5, 2011 - Scientists in China have developed nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that would extend the life of the country's uranium deposits from 70 to 3,000 years, Chinese state media said.
Tehran (XNA) Jan 05, 2011 - Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali- Akbar Salehi rejected claims that the launch of Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr would be delayed again and the plant's connection to national power g
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 04, 2011 - Members of the engineering faculty at Oregon State University have invented a new type of radiation detection and measurement device that will be particularly useful for cleanup of sites with radioa
Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 - Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end any uranium supply concerns, state media reported on Monday.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 - Chinese scientists say they have developed nuclear fuel reprocessing technology that could effectively end uranium supply concerns, state media said Monday, as Beijing strives for energy security.
Washington (AFP) Dec 31, 2010 - The United States has helped Ukraine remove 50 kilos (111 pounds) of highly enriched uranium from three Ukrainian sites to be disposed of in Russia, US officials announced Friday.
Washington (AFP) Dec 30, 2010 - Time may be running out for French energy giant EDF to gain a stronger foothold in the US nuclear sector, after it rejected a government loan deal for a new reactor and lost its local partner.
Paris (AFP) Dec 28, 2010 - The French nuclear energy group Areva said Tuesday that its 900-million-euro (1.2-billion-dollar) capital increase had been carried out.
Riyadh (AFP) Dec 28, 2010 - Moscow and Riyadh are locked in talks to sign a framework agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a local daily reported on Tuesday quoting the Russian ambassador to the kingdom.
Paris (UPI) Dec 27, 2010 - Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal abysmal safety and security standards in the African uranium mining industry, analysts say.
Seoul (AFP) Dec 27, 2010 - South Korea must make an improved offer if it wants to secure a project to build a Turkish nuclear power plant, the country's ambassador to Seoul said Monday.
Paris (AFP) Dec 24, 2010 - Shareholders in the French nuclear energy group Areva have approved a 900-million-euro (1.2-billion-dollar) capital increase, the company said in a statement.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 24, 2010 - Japan and Turkey signed a memorandum on civil nuclear cooperation Friday, a step toward a possible 20-billion-dollar deal for Japanese companies to build a nuclear plant in Turkey, an official said.
Vienna (AFP) Dec 23, 2010 - The UN atomic watchdog confirmed Thursday that it coordinated the repatriation to Russia of 2.5 tonnes of nuclear waste from a reactor in Serbia that was once considered one of the world's most dangerous.
