Cherbourg, France (AFP) March 4, 2009 - A convoy of recycled nuclear fuel moved under police escort Wednesday to a French port to be shipped half way round the world to Japan, despite fears it could be hijacked and used in bombs.
Vienna (AFP) March 4, 2009 - The UN atomic watchdog will vote for its new director general at a special board meeting on March 26-27, the two candidates for the position said Wednesday.
Tokyo (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 - Bolstered by a plan for low-interest loans for new nuclear reactors announced last month, Japan is forging ahead with nuclear power expansion as part of its objective to reduce emissions.
Argonne, Ill. (UPI) Mar 2, 2009 - U.S. scientists say they've created a material that mimics a Venus Flytrap, but instead of catching insects, it traps radioactive nuclear waste.
Kuwait City (AFP) March 2, 2009 - The cabinet of the Gulf state of Kuwait on Monday approved legislation to establish a national commission for nuclear energy uses, an official statement said.
Cherbourg, France (AFP) March 1, 2009 - France is set to send recycled nuclear fuel to Japan in what environmentalists say is the biggest ever plutonium shipment and one that increases the chance of nuclear proliferation.
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2009 - A French physicist and a US actor joined representatives of indigenous peoples from Africa, Australia and the United States Friday to send US lawmakers a stark warning about the dangers of uranium mining.
Amman (AFP) Feb 26, 2009 - Russia, which is helping Iran build its first nuclear plant, inked a preliminary cooperation deal with Jordan on Thursday to pave the way for producing nuclear power in the energy-poor kingdom.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 25, 2009 - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it had won a contract to build two nuclear plants in the United States that are scheduled to start generating power in 2016.
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 25, 2009 - The legacy of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy development has left ground water and sediment at dozens of sites across the United States and many more around the world contaminated with uranium. The uranium is transported through ground water as uranyl (U6+).
Bushehr, Iran (AFP) Feb 25, 2009 - Iran began testing its first nuclear power plant on Wednesday in the face of deep international concern over its atomic drive and said the long-delayed project could go on line within months.
Tehran (AFP) Feb 24, 2009 - Iran and Russia will announce on Wednesday a date for the Islamic republic's first nuclear power plant to go operational, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Rome (AFP) Feb 24, 2009 - Italy took the first concrete step Tuesday towards returning to nuclear energy following a 21-year ban, reaching an accord with France to build state-of-the-art reactors.
Amman (AFP) Feb 23, 2009 - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto signed a deal on Monday with energy-parched Jordan to explore for uranium as part of the kingdom's efforts to pave the way for producing nuclear energy.
Rome (AFP) Feb 23, 2009 - Italian energy group Enel is expected to take a 12.5 percent stake in a project to build a second EPR nuclear reactor in France, with a deal likely to be signed on Tuesday, sources close to the matter said.
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 22, 2009 - Electricity Minister Karim Wahid on Sunday invited France to help Iraq build a nuclear power plant, three decades after Paris constructed a reactor near Baghdad that was bombed by Israeli warplanes.
