Rome (AFP) Jan 19, 2010 - The head of Italian energy giant ENEL vowed Tuesday to develop a pro-nuclear culture nearly a quarter-century after atomic energy was banned in Italy.
Paris (AFP) Jan 18, 2010 - French nuclear giant Areva is in talks with several foreign investors including sovereign funds to raise billions of euros in capital for expansion, the chief executive said Monday.
Chicago (AFP) Jan 15, 2010 - A pair of fowl hunters sparked a brief lockdown of a Texas nuclear weapons plant Friday, officials said.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 15, 2010 - German radiation protection officials said Friday that all 126,000 barrels of nuclear waste stored since the 1970s in an unstable and leaking former salt mine would have to be removed as soon as possible.
Seoul (AFP) Jan 14, 2010 - South Korea has agreed to build Jordan's first atomic research reactor, just two weeks after winning a landmark 20.4 billion dollar deal in the United Arab Emirates, officials said Thursday.
Kuwait City (AFP) Jan 14, 2010 - Kuwait and France signed on Thursday a cooperation agreement for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, officials said.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 13, 2010 - Hezbollahi or staunch supporter of Iran's regime, active backer of the opposition, even apolitical scientist -- the political affiliation of murdered atomic scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was unclear on Wednesday.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 13, 2010 - One of two reactors at Bulgaria's nuclear plant at Kozloduy has been plugged back into the electricity grid after being shut down for maintenance last week, the plant's operators said Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Jan 13, 2010 - The head of French nuclear energy giant Areva said Wednesday the state-controlled company needed more capital and that discussions had begun with strategic investors.
Bloomington IN (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - Medical physicists from around the world converged at the ProCure Training and Development Center (TDC) last week for intense training in the physics of protons and proton therapy, an alternative to X-ray radiation for cancer treatment that spares healthy tissue and results in far fewer short- and long-term treatment side effects.
New York NY (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - Nuclear Innovation North America has responded in a legal filing to the lawsuit CPS Energy filed on Sunday, December 6, 2009. NINA's goal is to work with our partners to find mutually agreeable solutions, not to file lawsuits against them, said Steve Winn, NINA Chief Executive Officer.
Sykesville MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - GSE Systems has announced multiple awards during the current quarter totaling over $5 million of new work in its nuclear and non nuclear simulation business sectors.
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - The HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is awarding nine contracts for the advanced research and development of more effective tests and devices to determine the level of radiation a person has absorbed after a nuclear or radiological incident. The contracts total $35 million for the initial phase and up to $400 million over five years.
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 12, 2010 - On December 22, 2009, the Federal Financial Markets Service of the Russian Federation registered Atomenergoprom's 2nd bond series placement report. At the same time public registration of Atomenergoprom's 1st bond series placement report took place on December 15, 2009.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 11, 2010 - The EU's new foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, distanced herself Monday from her anti-nuclear past, as European lawmakers grilled her about her suitability for the post.
Paris (AFP) Jan 7, 2010 - The French state-controlled nuclear engineering group Areva is about to shed its 25.78-percent interest in nickel mining company Eramet to the strategic investment fund (FSI), press reports said on Thursday.
