Japan plans to restart Thursday its controversial fast-breeder nuclear reactor after operations were suspended for more than 14 years following a sodium leak and a fire.
Japan restarted its controversial "fast-breeder" nuclear reactor Thursday, 14 years after the plant was shut down following a fire and a subsequent cover-up that sparked public anger.
Greenpeace on Thursday reported French nuclear group Areva to the World Health Organisation, accusing it of endangering the local population with radioactive waste from its uranium mines in Niger.
An Austrian minister criticised Slovakia Thursday for concluding an environmental study on the expansion of a nuclear power plant without taking into account Vienna's concerns.
Malaysia's plan to build its first nuclear power plant ran into opposition Wednesday from politicians and environmentalists who queried how necessary and safe it would be.
Brazil is to build a 483-million-dollar nuclear reactor to produce radioactive material for medical use as well as industrial-grade enriched uranium, local media reported Wednesday, citing a cabinet minister.
Malaysia announced Tuesday it aims to build its first nuclear power plant by 2021, saying it is the only solution to the country's growing energy needs.
The United States announced Monday a campaign to raise 100 million dollars over five years to help developing countries gain better access to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the United States at a UN conference here Monday for threatening to use atomic weapons, triggering a sharp American response and a walkout by several delegations.
An ice core from the Antarctic bears traces of uranium that may have been carried by the wind from Australian mines in 1995, a Chilean glacier expert told El Mercurio daily on Sunday.
The UN atomic watchdog said Saturday it is seeking more information about reports of a radioactive waste scandal at the University of Delhi, with one person already dead from radiation poisoning.
China has agreed to build two new civilian nuclear reactors in Pakistan, a report said Thursday, amid persistent concerns about the safety of nuclear materials in the restive south Asian state.
The US-Japanese Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and Poland's PGE energy group agreed a memorandum of cooperation Tuesday for a feasibility study on Poland's first civilian nuclear program, PGE said.
Russia has proposed setting up a nuclear conglomerate with Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said early Tuesday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin moved Tuesday to intensify Russia's revival in ties with ex-Soviet Ukraine, offering an unprecedented nuclear cooperation deal and revealing the cost of gas price cuts.
Italian energy giant Enel and its Russian partner Inter Rao Ues reached a preliminary accord Monday to study the feasibility of building a nuclear reactor in Kaliningrad.
