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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An electronic sign along a busy street posts the outside temperature, the wind strength -- and the radioactivity level.
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.
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.
India is drafting new regulations for its civilian nuclear liability bill, with the hopes of securing deals with U.S.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) has submitted its latest RD and D programme to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.
A Belgian consortium said on Thursday that it had signed an outline agreement to make nuclear fuel in China for civil power generation.
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.
