Flamanville, France (AFP) Feb 6, 2009 - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that France was aiming to become a leading exporter of atomic energy as he toured the construction site of the newest-generation nuclear reactor.
Berlin (UPI) Feb 6, 2009 - Sweden has reversed a decision to phase out the country's nuclear reactors, following a trend in Europe that only a handful of countries are still ignoring. (e-mail: [email protected])
Stockholm (AFP) Feb 5, 2009 - Sweden's government on Thursday reversed a decision to phase out the country's 10 nuclear reactors, saying they could be replaced at the end of their life spans as part of an ambitious new climate programme.
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 - Sweden is investigating claims that Russia during the 1990s dumped chemical and nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea.
Helsinki (AFP) Feb 5, 2009 - Finnish utility group Fortum submitted an application to the government Thursday to build a new nuclear reactor in Finland, the company said.
Ottawa (AFP) Feb 4, 2009 - Sleuths searched on Wednesday for the source of radiation in this Canadian capital's sewers after two shipments of sludge were turned away from the US border for being too hot.
Paris (AFP) Feb 4, 2009 - French energy group GDF Suez and Spanish utility Iberdrola said Wednesday that they will join forces to bid for work on the renewal of Britain's nuclear power generating capacity.
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 4, 2009 - French group Areva on Wednesday signed a draft accord for the sale of two to six nuclear reactors to India, a huge new market now open with the end of a nuclear trade embargo on New Delhi.
Brussels (AFP) Feb 4, 2009 - The European Commission said Wednesday that restricting the movement of workers from one EU country to another was not a solution to the economic crisis, a reference to recent anti-foreigner strikes in Britain.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2009 - China plans to nearly double its target for nuclear energy by 2020, state media said Wednesday, a move likely to reaffirm the nation's position as a prime market for the global atomic industry.
London (AFP) Feb 3, 2009 - Unions and managers struggled Tuesday to defuse an increasingly bitter row over using foreign workers in recession-hit Britain, as more wildcat strikes paralysed sites across the country.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 3, 2009 - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Russia was ready to expand cooperation in the nuclear energy sector with the German engineering giant Siemens, underlining the strength of economic ties between the two countries.
Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2009 - French nuclear power giant Areva said it would on Wednesday sign a deal with Nuclear Power Corp of India to build at least two next-generation EPR nuclear reactors.
Manila (AFP) Feb 2, 2009 - About a hundred environmentalists led a protest outside the Philippine Congress Monday to denounce a bill to revive a mothballed nuclear power plant at a cost of one billion dollars.
Immingham, England (AFP) Feb 2, 2009 - Wildcat strikes against foreign workers resumed on Monday at energy plants across Britain, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts amid the global slowdown.
Vienna (AFP) Feb 2, 2009 - India signed an inspections agreement with the UN atomic watchdog on Monday as part of a deal lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
