Taipei (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 - Taiwan plans to keep its three existing nuclear power plants operating for 20 more years after their current licences expire in a bid to help control global warming, an official said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 - French nuclear giant Areva is urging staff in Niger to stay at home following reports of a coup attempt in the capital Niamey, a spokesman said Thursday.
Cairo (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 - Egypt is poised to ban any gatherings in Cairo to mark the planned return on Friday of former UN nuclear watchdog chief and potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei, security sources said.
Sydney (AFP) Feb 17, 2010 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday ruled out introducing nuclear power to Australia, saying the government was working to cut greenhouse gas emissions through other means.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 17, 2010 - Iran will not suspend its sensitive high level enrichment in return for radioisotopes as offered in a letter by three world powers to the UN atomic watchdog, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Lanham (AFP) Maryland (AFP) Feb 16, 2010 - President Barack Obama Tuesday laid an eight billion dollar bet on nuclear power, unveiling loan guarantees to spur construction on the first new US plant since a notorious accident 30 years ago.
Geneva (AFP) Feb 16, 2010 - Iran wants to build up its nuclear energy programme and provide power plants and nuclear fuel to its neighbours, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) Feb 15, 2010 - President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday plans for the government to help finance the construction of two nuclear reactors -- the first in nearly 30 years, a top US official said.
Vienna (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 - The UN atomic watchdog's board of governors elected Friday a new chairman as new controversy raged over Iran's disputed nuclear drive.
Sofia (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 - Building a new nuclear plant will be less cost-effective than adding a new reactor to the already-existing facility at Kozloduy in Bulgaria, Kozloduy chief executive Dimitar Angelov said Friday.
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 - Britain and India signed a deal on civil nuclear cooperation on Thursday, an official said, as New Delhi continues to build its atomic energy programme following the end of a nuclear trade embargo. The British High Commission told AFP High Commissioner Richard Stagg and Srikumar Banerjee, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, did sign the civil nuclear deal today in the Indian capital.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 - Malaysia said Wednesday it will replace its envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog, who is also head of its governing board, following his recall after voting against a resolution on Iran.
Milan, Italy (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 - The Italian government Wednesday set general criteria on where nuclear plants will be built, more than 20 years after the nation rejected nuclear power in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 - Iran on Wednesday spurned a US offer to supply it with medical isotopes if it stops further enriching uranium as world powers warned the time for diplomacy was limited and the sanctions clock was ticking.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 - Russia and China agreed on the cost of constructing the second stage of China's Tianwan nuclear power station, the RIA Novosti news agency reported quoting sources close to the talks.
Helsinki (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 - Finnish mining company Talvivaara said Tuesday it planned to recover and exploit the uranium it obtains as a by-product of mining at its nickel mine in Finland.
