Bucharest (AFP) Oct 26, 2009 - Environmental group Greenpeace won a court case in Romania on Monday that could force the authorities there to make public a list of potential locations for the construction of a nuclear power plant.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 25, 2009 - Iran will allow a team of UN inspectors access to its controversial second uranium enrichment plant on Sunday to check whether the newly disclosed facility was created for peaceful nuclear purposes.
Rome (AFP) Oct 24, 2009 - Around 1,000 people joined a protest march Saturday to demand government action on toxic waste sunk by the mafia in boats off the southern Italian coast, media reports said.
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 24, 2009 - Japan's major nuclear reactor manufacturers have begun developing small nuclear power systems for both developed and emerging countries, a report said on Saturday.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 24, 2009 - Iran would be better off buying nuclear fuel directly than entering into a UN-brokered deal for a third party to enrich its uranium, a senior lawmaker said on Saturday.
Paris (AFP) Oct 22, 2009 - French nuclear group Areva on Thursday reported a 7.8 percent gain in third quarter sales to 3.2 billion euros (4.8 billion dollars) and said it expected revenue and operating income this year to come close to that of 2008.
Red Wing MN (SPX) Oct 21, 2009 - The Prairie Island Indian Community has called on President Barack Obama to follow the law and deliver on the federal government's decades-old mandate and promise to establish a permanent repository for the nation's commercial nuclear waste.
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 20, 2009 - Finnish utility TVO said Tuesday it expected a lengthy dispute with France's Areva and Germany's Siemens over cost over-runs and delays in their construction of a Finnish nuclear reactor.
Taipei (AFP) Oct 20, 2009 - Taiwan wants to extend the life of its oldest nuclear power plant for another 20 years, the government said Tuesday, triggering alarm among activists who fear it could put public safety at risk.
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 20, 2009 - Finland, which is building its fifth nuclear reactor, has yet to decide how many reactors it will need in the next decade but it will be fewer than three, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said Tuesday.
Vienna (AFP) Oct 19, 2009 - Iran and world powers on Monday held new talks on a uranium enrichment deal which UN watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said got off to a constructive start though no breakthrough was announced.
Tehran (AFP) Oct 18, 2009 - Iran will enter Vienna talks with the major powers on Monday seeking a guaranteed supply of 20 percent enriched uranium and insisting it will make up any shortfall by domestic production, officials say.
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - Finnish electric firm TVO said Thursday that the opening of a reactor being built for the company by French nuclear giant Areva and Germany's Siemens could face further delay.
Marseille, France (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - The French government on Thursday demanded to know how a nuclear research facility lost track of its plutonium stocks after several previously undeclared kilos of the material were found.
Berlin (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new coalition has agreed to reverse an earlier decision to abandon nuclear power by 2020, an official involved in talks on a new government programme said Thursday.
Sydney (AFP) Oct 14, 2009 - Australia has asked India to take part in joint military exercises but is standing firm against exporting uranium for the Asian country's nuclear energy programme, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said.
