Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - Six Greenpeace activists Monday boarded a ship carrying French-made steam turbines bound for a new nuclear power station in Finland, the environmental group said.
Moscow (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 - Russia said the launch of a nuclear power plant it is building in Iran will be delayed, in a move observers say is linked to the slow progress in the nuclear conflict with the Islamic Republic.
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2009 - With crucial global climate talks less than a month away, US senators appear to be betting on nuclear energy as the key to finally passing sweeping domestic climate change legislation.
London (UPI) Nov 13, 2009 - London has laid out the British energy future by identifying 10 sites for new nuclear power plants.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2009 - If Congress and the states do not follow the lead of Wall Street in declining to underwrite financially risky and uneconomic new nuclear reactors, the resulting taxpayer-backed loan guarantees and other subsidies could pave the way for the same kind of industry-wide meltdown that happened in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a major new study by Dr. Mark Cooper, a senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 12, 2009 - A recent construction industry conference cited nuclear power, green technology, and skilled worker recruitment and training as top energy priorities for the United States and Canada. Solutions for these concerns were also presented as part of the event.
Ankara (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - A Turkish court has blocked a 2008 tender won by a Russian company to build the country's first nuclear power plant, a civil society group that challenged the tender in court said on Tuesday.
London (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 - Britain's government named 10 sites where new nuclear power stations could be built Monday, while unveiling changes to planning rules aimed at speeding up approval for energy projects.
Paris (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 - Japanese high tech giant Toshiba and US conglomerate General Electric are bidding for a unit of Areva, the French nuclear power firm, Areva said Monday of a deal that according to press reports could be worth up to nearly 7.5 billion dollars.
Vienna (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 - The United States wants to give Iran some space in negotiations on a key deal on the supply of fuel for a nuclear reactor, amid signs Tehran is set to reject it, a top US official said here Monday.
Tehran (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 - Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator said Sunday he wants to reach agreement as quickly as possible on a UN-brokered plan to provide Iran with enriched uranium for a Tehran reactor, state television said.
London (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 - Britain could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy minister revealed in an interview Saturday.
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 7, 2009 - Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday.
Duesseldorf, Germany (UPI) Nov 5, 2009 - German energy giants Eon and RWE have decided to team up to build nuclear power plants in Britain, promising to invest around $25 billion in the endeavor.
Milan (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Italy's development minister on Thursday played down safety concerns over leading-edge nuclear reactors that Rome plans to import as it relaunches its long mothballed atomic energy programme.
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - A Japanese nuclear power plant on Thursday started using recycled mixed-oxide or MOX fuel from a controversial shipment from France that arrived in the country amid protests in May.
