Helsinki (AFP) April 19, 2010 - Finland does not need three new nuclear plants to secure its future energy needs, the minister who is preparing a government proposal on the subject said in an interview published on Monday.
Washington (AFP) April 19, 2010 - The United States said Monday it is still interested in an offer to swap nuclear fuel with Iran after Tehran said it would talk with the entire UN Security Council to break the deadlock.
Dhaka (AFP) April 18, 2010 - Bangladesh will sign a deal with Russia to build two nuclear power plants at a cost of at least three billion dollars in the electricity-starved Asian nation, Dhaka's atomic energy chief said Sunday.
Riyadh (AFP) April 17, 2010 - Oil giant Saudi Arabia on Saturday gave its strongest signal yet that it wants to develop atomic power by announcing a new centre for nuclear and alternative energy technologies.
Paris (UPI) Apr 16, 2010 - France and Kuwait signed an agreement to develop nuclear energy in the Gulf country, a comeback for the French nuclear industry after it lost a key reactor deal in the United Arab Emirates.
Moscow (AFP) April 15, 2010 - Russia on Thursday shut down its last weapons-grade plutonium reactor, in line with a pledge made at a nuclear security summit in Washington this week, officials said.
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Apr 14, 2010 - A Chilean-U.S. nuclear waste disposal arrangement was nearly derailed, with dangerous consequences for North and South America, when a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile Feb. 27, interfering with deliveries of radioactive waste to U.S. processing plants.
Washington (AFP) April 13, 2010 - From gunmen storming a nuclear site in South Africa to Russian workers scheming to sell uranium, security breaches in recent years have raised fears about the safety of the world's nuclear material.
Washington (AFP) April 13, 2010 - President Barack Obama declared the world safer Tuesday after a 47-nation summit agreed to a four-year deadline on securing vulnerable nuclear materials from terrorists.
Washington (AFP) April 12, 2010 - Ukraine pledged Monday to dispose of its stocks of highly enriched uranium by 2012, as the United States vowed to work with the nation still haunted by the Chernobyl accident over two decades ago.
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2010 - In a strange twist of Cold War enmity on the melt, uranium from what once were Russian nuclear warheads is used to heat and light American homes, thanks to the Megatons to Megawatts Program -- a successful example of nuclear non-proliferation.
Paris (AFP) April 9, 2010 - France and Italy on Friday agreed to cooperate more closely to increase nuclear power generation and vowed to come to the aid of debt-laden Greece in order to defend the euro.
Cherbourg, France (AFP) April 8, 2010 - A shipment of 15 tonnes of combustible MOX, a blend of plutonium and reprocessed uranium, left the French port of Cherbourg on Thursday for Japan, French nuclear group Areva said.
London, April 5, 2010 - The U.K. nuclear industry is being launched, with Germany's Eon and RWE unveiling plans for their first two plants, and France's EDF announcing the hiring of 10,000 new staff to back up its British expansion.
Brussels (AFP) April 3, 2010 - Belgian police on Saturday detained hundreds of anti-nuclear activists protesting in and outside a military base where nuclear weapons are believed to be stored, rally organisers said.
Caracas (AFP) April 3, 2010 - Russia has agreed to help Venezuela set up a nuclear power plant for the post-oil era, President Hugo Chavez said as the two countries deepened military, energy and financial ties.
