Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2009 - The US state of Maryland on Friday approved a plan for France' EDF Group to take a stake in Constellation Energy Group, clearing the final hurdle for a new nuclear power plant in the state.
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2009 - The French government is raising doubts about the purchase of half of US nuclear energy company Constellation by state-controlled French operator EDF, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 30, 2009 - Bulgaria is seeking new investors for its nuclear plant project in Belene following the withdrawal of German utility RWE, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said in an interview Friday.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 - German utility firm RWE is pulling out of Bulgaria's nuclear plant project in Belene, in which it was to hold 49 percent, the government in Sofia announced on Wednesday.
Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 - China has given final approval for the construction of a nuclear power plant with two powerful French-built reactors in southern Guangdong province, French power operator EDF announced Wednesday.
Sofia (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 - Bulgaria welcomed a proposal by the European commission Tuesday to give it an additional 300 million euros (446 million dollars) to help dismantle obsolete reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear plant.
Yerevan (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 - Armenia's parliament on Tuesday approved plans for the construction of a new reactor unit at the ex-Soviet republic's controversial Metzamor nuclear power station.
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.
Paris (AFP) Oct 26, 2009 - French construction group Eiffage and British peer Carillion have signed a partnership agreement under which they will jointly bid to build nuclear power plants in Britain, Eiffage said Monday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
