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.
Vienna (AFP) Feb 8, 2010 - Iran officially notified the UN nuclear watchdog Monday of its plans to produce 20 percent enriched uranium, Tehran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency told AFP.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 8, 2010 - Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 - Iran will tell the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday of its plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi told state television on Sunday, adding that the process will begin on Tuesday.
Paris (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 - French energy groups Areva and EDF have reached an agreement on the treatment of nuclear waste following weeks of tensions, the companies announced Friday.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 - The former commander of the Russian navy's Baltic fleet on Friday denied Swedish media reports that Russia dumped radioactive and chemical waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s.
Rome (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini Friday urged Iran to act on its apparent willingness to resume negotiations on its nuclear programme with Western powers threatening to impose more sanctions.
Brasilia (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - Brazil has not discussed enriching uranium for Iran under an international deal, its foreign ministry said Thursday, contradicting an Iranian official's reported comments that the South American nation might take on that role.
London (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - Britain and India have agreed the text of a deal on civil nuclear cooperation, ministers from both countries announced after talks in London on Thursday.
Milan (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - The Italian government announced on Thursday it would challenge a ban in three of the country's regions preventing the construction of nuclear plants on their territory in the Constitutional Court.
Stockholm (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday requested explanations from a previous government on Russia's release of toxic waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea, his spokeswoman told AFP.
Madrid (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 - Thirteen Spanish towns have bid to host a major new nuclear waste storage site, a long-delayed project that is fiercely opposed by environmentalists, the government announced Wednesday.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement that Iran is willing to send its uranium abroad was cautiously welcomed by world powers on Wednesday as a sign Tehran might accept a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal.
Manchester UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2010 - Medical equipment used for diagnosis of patients with heart disease and cancer could be a key weapon in stopping nuclear waste seeping into the environment, according to new research.
Washington (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday certified that India has placed safeguards on its nuclear facilities, taking another step toward full implementation of a landmark cooperation deal.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that he sees no problem in delivering Iran's low-enriched uranium (LEU) to Western powers to be converted into nuclear fuel for Tehran research reactor.
