Seoul (UPI) Dec 28, 2009 - South Korea won a landmark deal to build nuclear reactors for the United Arab Emirates, boosting calls for lifting Seoul's self-imposed ban on nuclear activities to tap bigger atomic reactor markets.
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Dec 27, 2009 - The United Arab Emirates has awarded a 20.4-billion-dollar contract to build four nuclear power plants to a South Korean-led consortium, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation said Sunday.
Brussels (AFP) Dec 22, 2009 - European Union countries on Tuesday agreed to start negotiations with Russia on nuclear energy cooperation, the bloc's executive said.
Beirut (AFP) Dec 21, 2009 - Iran will pursue its nuclear drive in a normal fashion and will produce itself the fuel necessary for its Tehran medical reactor, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2009 - France and China on Monday hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
Visaginas, Lithuania (AFP) Dec 20, 2009 - Rising from the flat plain of eastern Lithuania, the two tall red and white chimneys of a nuclear power plant are the symbol of a once-proud Soviet industrial era whose end is looming.
Washington (AFP) Dec 17, 2009 - The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday brought into effect a deal to cooperate in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, hailed as a contrast to Iran's defiant nuclear drive.
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 17, 2009 - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed the United States on Thursday as an oil-addicted warmonger and insisted every nation have access to clean and renewable energy sources, including nuclear.
Vienna (AFP) Dec 16, 2009 - Environmental organisation Greenpeace on Wednesday slammed Slovenia's plans to build a second reactor at its nuclear power plant in Krsko, where an incident triggered a Europe-wide alert last year.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 - Vietnam and Russia signed a major arms deal and a nuclear energy agreement on Tuesday, in a sign of reviving ties between Moscow and its former Soviet-era ally in Southeast Asia.
Abuja (AFP) Dec 14, 2009 - The new head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, on Monday held talks here on future cooperation with Nigeria, which plans to build its first nuclear power plant with Russian assistance.
Tehran (AFP) Dec 14, 2009 - Iran said on Monday it does not insist on exchanging its low-enriched uranium for fuel for a research nuclear reactor on its own territory after the United States bluntly dismissed the offer.
Sofia (AFP) Dec 11, 2009 - Russian investors are ready to take part in Bulgaria's nuclear plant project in Belene following the withdrawal of German utility RWE, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said Friday.
Vienna (AFP) Dec 11, 2009 - The first official visit by the new head of the UN atomic watchdog, Yukiya Amano, will be to Nigeria next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Friday.
Vilnius (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 - Lithuania formally began the hunt Tuesday for investors to build and run a new nuclear power station in the Baltic state that would replace a crucial Soviet-era plant due to close within weeks.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 7, 2009 - India and Russia signed deals on nuclear energy and arms sales on Monday as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks in the Kremlin with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
