Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 - The same industry that promised that nuclear power would be too cheap to meter is now touting another supposed cure-all for America's power needs: the small modular reactor (SMR).
Berlin (UPI) Oct 1, 2010 - German Cabinet ministers and opposition leaders Friday in parliament exchanged heavy blows over the government's new energy strategy.
Niamey (AFP) Sept 30, 2010 - The head of French nuclear firm Areva, Anne Lauvergeon, will be in Niger on Thursday and Friday, after the kidnapping of seven expatriate hostages employed by the firm and a subsidiary, a presidential source said Thursday.
Tehran (AFP) Sept 29, 2010 - Iran's atomic chief said on Wednesday that the country's first nuclear power plant will be ready to generate electricity by January -- two months later than announced.
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 - Officials at a Russian nuclear station in northwest Russia said Tuesday there had been no radioactive leak after one of its reactors turned itself off following a malfunction.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved on Tuesday hotly disputed plans to postpone by more than a decade the date when Europe's biggest economy abandons nuclear power.
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 - French electricity generator EDF is working on two new nuclear reactor designs of its own which could rival those made by Areva, the world's biggest atomic energy company, the Expansion magazine said.
Ottawa (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 - Environmentalists on Tuesday decried a proposal to ship decommissioned nuclear generators across the Great Lakes and on to Sweden for storage, at the start of hearings into the radioactive shipment.
Berlin (UPI) Sep 28, 2010 - Chernobyl-like disasters at Germany's most vulnerable reactors could render parts of the country uninhabitable for decades, Greenpeace has warned.
New York (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 - The United States said Monday that it hoped to reach a solution with India on a law regulating its nuclear energy market after business leaders charged that it would deter investment.
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 - The chairwoman of French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to visit the firm's operation in Niger, the company said Monday, after Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped several of her employees there.
Kiev (AFP) Sept 24, 2010 - A French company has begun work on erecting a new sarcophagus to confine the Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986 in the world's worst nuclear disaster, a spokeswoman for the operation said Friday.
Niamey, Niger (UPI) Sep 24, 2010 - Suddenly, the uranium mining industry is becoming a risky business, it seems.
Chernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 23, 2010 - Yellow Geiger counter in hand, the guide announces that radiation levels are 35 times higher than normal. Welcome to Chernobyl, the site in 1986 of the worst nuclear disaster in history and now an attraction visited by thousands of tourists every year.
Kuwait City (AFP) Sept 23, 2010 - A Kuwaiti lawmaker on Thursday questioned plans by the oil-rich Gulf emirate to build a number of nuclear reactors for power generation and demanded information about the expected costs.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 23, 2010 - German authorities approved Thursday hotly disputed plans to ship radioactive nuclear waste to Russia in a move expected to spark fresh protests by atomic energy opponents in both countries.
