
Russian Arctic’s ‘nuclear dump’ gets a facelift
Murmansk, Russia (AFP) Oct 17, 2010 - An electronic sign along a busy street posts the outside temperature, the wind strength -- and the radioactivity level.
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Murmansk, Russia (AFP) Oct 17, 2010 - An electronic sign along a busy street posts the outside temperature, the wind strength -- and the radioactivity level.
Oct 17, 2010

Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2010 - The United States said Friday it was keeping a close eye on a deal under which Russia will build and operate Venezuela's first nuclear power station.
Oct 15, 2010

Moscow (AFP) Oct 15, 2010 - Russia and Venezuela signed on Friday an agreement during a visit by President Hugo Chavez to Moscow for Russia to build and operate Venezuela's first nuclear power plant, television pictures showed.
Oct 15, 2010

New Delhi (UPI) Oct 13, 2010 - India is drafting new regulations for its civilian nuclear liability bill, with the hopes of securing deals with U.S. nuclear suppliers ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India next month, an Indian official said.
Oct 13, 2010

Tokyo (AFP) Oct 12, 2010 - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Tuesday that his country would extend maximum possible financial aid to Jordan's project to build nuclear power plants.
Oct 12, 2010

New York (AFP) Oct 9, 2010 - Constellation Energy announced Saturday it was unable to obtain a workable US loan guarantee for its new generation Calvert Cliffs 3 nuclear power plant in Maryland with its partner Electricite de France.
Oct 9, 2010

Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2010 - French electricity generator EDF said Saturday it was shocked and disappointed that Constellation Energy has decided to pull out of a project to build a nuclear power plant in the US state of Maryland.
Oct 9, 2010

Seoul (AFP) Oct 8, 2010 - South Korea Friday signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement with South Africa, in hopes of securing lucrative deals for its companies in any future plant construction.
Oct 8, 2010

Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 08, 2010 - The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) has submitted its latest RD and D programme to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. Based on the programme SKB now has the knowledge to submit the applications to build a final repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. SKB plans to submit the applications in March 2011.
Oct 8, 2010

Brussels (AFP) Oct 7, 2010 - A Belgian consortium said on Thursday that it had signed an outline agreement to make nuclear fuel in China for civil power generation.
Oct 7, 2010

Geneva (AFP) Oct 5, 2010 - Environmental group Greenpeace sharply criticised Swiss power stations Tuesday for using nuclear fuel from a Russian reprocessing centre at Mayak, claiming it was one of the world's most polluted.
Oct 5, 2010

Tehran (AFP) Oct 4, 2010 - Iran's atomic chief has said a small leak in a pool beside the Bushehr reactor has delayed the start-up of the nuclear plant, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Oct 4, 2010

Johannesburg (AFP) Oct 3, 2010 - South Africa said Sunday it would not sign an agreement with South Korea to design and build nuclear power plants in the African country, dismissing an earlier report, the foreign ministry said.
Oct 3, 2010

Berlin (AFP) Oct 3, 2010 - Germany's resurgent Green party is setting records in the opinion polls and being tentatively courted by unlikely new suitors: industry types who long saw the environmentalists as adversaries.
Oct 3, 2010

Yerevan (AFP) Oct 3, 2010 - A short drive from the Armenian capital, the enormous cooling towers of the Metzamor nuclear power station sit in a seismic zone that has suffered one of the worst earthquakes in modern history.
Oct 3, 2010

Palm Desert CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 - Solar Energy is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with an arms'-length vendor by which the Company can earn a 100% interest in the West Carswell Property (the Property).
Oct 1, 2010