
IAEA board elects new chairman
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.
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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.
Feb 12, 2010

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.
Feb 12, 2010

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.
Feb 12, 2010

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.
Feb 10, 2010

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.
Feb 10, 2010

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.
Feb 10, 2010

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.
Feb 9, 2010

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.
Feb 9, 2010

Paris (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 - Enriching uranium for nuclear power -- or building a weapon of mass destruction -- lies at the heart of the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme.
Feb 9, 2010

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.
Feb 8, 2010

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.
Feb 8, 2010

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.
Feb 7, 2010

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.
Feb 5, 2010

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.
Feb 5, 2010

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.
Feb 5, 2010

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.
Feb 4, 2010