Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2009 - Some 50,000 anti-nuclear protestors on Saturday demonstrated here against Germany possibly reversing a decision to abandon nuclear power, and instead extend the life of its nuclear power plants.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 1, 2009 - India has signed a pact with Namibia that could open the way to investment in the African country's uranium and diamond industries, a foreign ministry statement said Tuesday.
Helsinki (AFP) Sept 1, 2009 - Two firms developing a nuclear reactor in Finland traded barbs, with Finnish firm TVO on Tuesday rejecting French nuclear giant Areva's complaint that it was to blame for delays to the project.
Paris (AFP) Aug 31, 2009 - French nuclear giant Areva said on Monday its first half net profit plunged 79 percent as it took a charge of 550 million euros (787 million dollars) on a reactor being built in Finland.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2009 - The so-called nuclear renaissance is finding few friends among state lawmakers in the United States. The nuclear power industry has been shut out across the board in 2009 in its efforts in all six states - ranging across the nation from Kentucky to Minnesota to Hawaii - where it sought to overturn what are either explicit or effectively bans on construction of new reactors, according to the nonprofit Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS).
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Aug 28, 2009 - Russia on Friday shut down a reactor at its nuclear power plant near the second city of Saint Petersburg after a pump burst, a spokesman for the plant told AFP.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2009 - For nearly 30 years, the inbox for new license applications at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) collected nothing but dust. These days, the inbox has no room for dust.
Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2009 - Work on two powerful new nuclear reactors in China was delayed by wet weather, the French companies building them said on Thursday, as campaigners claimed the project was likely to fall through.
Sofia (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sought to secure energy ties with Bulgaria on Thursday, as the smaller nation looks for other gas providers and casts doubt on a Russian nuclear plant project.
Gorleben, Germany (UPI) Aug 26, 2009 - Germany's only storage test facility for high-level nuclear waste, into which Berlin has invested nearly $2 billion over the past years, is unsafe and needs to be closed, experts say.
Sofia (AFP) Aug 25, 2009 - Bulgaria appointed a new chief executive of its only nuclear power plant on Tuesday after his predecessor was forced to quit amid a pricing scandal, the government announced.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2009 - A small radioactive leak was detected at a Japanese nuclear power plant after a strong earthquake struck the region last week, the operator said Thursday.
Vienna (AFP) Aug 20, 2009 - Iran has allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the nuclear reactor at Arak for the first time in a year, a diplomat told AFP Thursday.
Quito (AFP) Aug 20, 2009 - Ecuador's energy minister on Thursday announced that Quito has signed an agreement with Moscow to develop nuclear energy with solely peaceful purposes.
Beijing (AFP) Aug 20, 2009 - China has given the green light to a plan to start building the third phase of its Tianwan nuclear power plant on the east coast from October next year, a government agency has announced.
Ankara (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 - Turkey's energy minister highlighted Wednesday problems in a tender won by a Russian company to build the country's first nuclear power plant amid media reports that Ankara could cancel the project.
