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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed Thursday to work together on a 20-year programme to develop Poland's nuclear industry.
Paris (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon insisted on Thursday that French nuclear group Areva and its new-generation EPR reactor are sound, responding to safety concerns in remarks to the Le Monde newspaper.
Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Safety fears and threats of winter power cuts have taken some of the shine off France's world-beating nuclear industry, the country's main source of power and a key plank in its foreign trade strategy.
Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Almost a third of France's 58 nuclear reactors were off line Monday due to a maintenance and refuelling backlog, as power bosses warned they would have to import massive amounts of energy.
London, UK (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - Who could have imagined at the first PATRAM Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1965 that nearly a half century later we would be preparing for PATRAM number sixteen! By the way, records suggest there is only one person who has participated in every PATRAM symposium up to and including Miami in 2007 - now there is a record to be beaten!
Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Nuclear regulators in France, Britain and Finland said Monday they have told French nuclear giant Areva and its foreign partners to correct a safety design flaw on its latest-generation EPR reactor.
Tehran (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Iran said on Monday it wants a review of the UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal, indicating it prefers to purchase the supplies directly rather than sending its own uranium abroad.
Tehran (AFP) Nov 1, 2009 - Russia's envoy to Tehran on Sunday urged Iran to sign on to a UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal in a bid to resolve the controversy over its atomic drive, which he said lacks complete transparency.
