Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 - The leaders of Japan and Vietnam are expected to discuss a nuclear energy pact and the joint development of rare earth minerals when they meet in Hanoi this weekend, a Japanese official said Tuesday.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 - Iran on Tuesday began fuelling the reactor core of its Russian-built nuclear power plant while saying the content, date and venue of new talks with the big powers on its atomic programme have yet to be agreed.
New York (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 - French energy group EDF and Constellation Energy announced Tuesday they had reached an agreement to restructure their partnership, with EDF taking full ownership of UniStar Nuclear Energy.
Buffalo, N.Y. (UPI) Oct 25, 2010 - Plans to tap one of the largest sources of natural gas in the United States could release naturally trapped uranium into the environment, researchers say.
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 - The Saudi government on Monday approved plans to establish a pact with Russia on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a government spokesman said.
Buenos Aires (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 - Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner Monday rededicated a uranium enrichment plant in southern province of Rio Negro, saying that next year Argentina would join the group of 10 countries producing the fuel for peaceful use.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 24, 2010 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Japan Sunday for a visit aimed at progressing towards a civilian nuclear deal and boosting trade ties between the two nations.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 24, 2010 - India is ready to seal a civilian nuclear deal and boost trade ties with Japan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, as New Delhi looks to prove its friendship in the wake of Tokyo's bitter territorial spat with Beijing.
Poitiers, France (AFP) Oct 22, 2010 - French strikers protesting to defend their right to retire at 60 set up a picket line outside a nuclear power plant in the west of the country Friday, management said.
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 - European Union member Lithuania has rejected a proposal by neighbouring non-EU Belarus for a joint nuclear power plant amid competition between three similar projects in the region, an official said Thursday.
Damascus (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday accused his US counterpart Barack Obama of deliberately sowing doubt on his country's nuclear plant deal with Moscow for political ends.
Rome (AFP) Oct 20, 2010 - Italy's return to nuclear power will boost its international prestige and allow it to meet engagements to reduce its emissions under the Kyoto protocol, the junior minister for energy said Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he had no objection to Venezuela developing nuclear power for civilian energy purposes, days after Caracas and Moscow signed a landmark deal.
Prague (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 - The Czech prime minister said Tuesday the government would pick the winner in 2013 of a tender to complete the Temelin nuclear power station, a year later than scheduled.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 - Cracks were detected in components of a reactor at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant during maintenance work, the nuclear regulator said Tuesday, insisting however there had been no leakage.
London (AFP) Oct 18, 2010 - The British government confirmed on Monday it will drop plans for a multi-billion-pound tidal energy project, as it identified eight sites suitable for building new nuclear power stations.
