Moscow (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 - Russian state-owned mining firm ARMZ Uranium Holding Company wants to acquire at least two-thirds of Canadian rival Khan Resources Incorporated, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.
Tehran (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - Iranian lawmakers on Sunday demanded the government of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reduce ties with the UN atomic watchdog after it censured Tehran for building a new nuclear plant.
Vienna (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who once described himself as a nuclear pope, quoted the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi in his farewell remarks at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - India and the United States are close to signing a nuclear fuel reprocessing agreement, one of the last requirements to finalise last year's landmark civilian nuclear deal, an official said Sunday.
Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 29, 2009 - Workers at a nuclear power plant in southern India were treated for poisoning after drinking water was deliberately spiked with radiation, senior government officials said Sunday.
London (AFP) Nov 27, 2009 - Britain's nuclear safety watchdog has warned that French and US-Japanese reactors planned for construction in Britain could be rejected unless safety concerns were met.
Vienna (AFP) Nov 27, 2009 - The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday announced an agreement to help African nations battle the tsetse fly, the main carrier of parasites that causes sleeping sickness with its bites.
Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - A French attempt to win a 41-billion-dollar (27.2-billion-euro) contract to build nuclear power stations in the Emirates is at risk over pricing, the La Tribune newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Vienna (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - A nuclear fuel swap inside Iran, as proposed by the Islamic Republic, is not an option, the head of the UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said here Wednesday.
Taipei (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - Taiwanese environmental groups on Wednesday voiced concern over the safety of two nuclear power plants after a survey found they were located near a zone at risk from earthquakes.
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - Vietnam's Communist-dominated parliament on Wednesday brushed aside criticism and approved building the country's first nuclear power stations, a project keenly watched by potential foreign partners.
London (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - A nuclear power plant in southeast England was shut down Tuesday after a small fire in the boiler annexe, the company that runs the complex said.
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday they would finalize a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement that ends New Delhi's pariah status as a nuclear power.
Tehran (AFP) Nov 23, 2009 - Iran will not ship its low enriched uranium abroad, a top security official said on Monday, renewing the government's rejection of UN-drafted proposals aimed at allaying concerns over its nuclear ambitions.
Washington (AFP) Nov 22, 2009 - A radiation leak at Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, has sent home about 150 workers, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported Sunday.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 21, 2009 - Russia and Kazakhstan signed plan for joint uranium production late Friday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
