Bratislava (AFP) Jan 14, 2009 - Slovakia has secured enough gas to keep its Soviet-era nuclear reactor shut for the next 24 hours, a minister said Wednesday, after threats to reactivate due to the gas crisis.
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 13, 2009 - Poland said Tuesday its top priority was to ensure its energy security through broad diversification of sources, turning to nuclear power as a row between Russia and Ukraine halted gas supply to Europe.
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 13, 2009 - The Slovak government has postponed its decision to reactivate a Soviet-era nuclear reactor that was recently shut down for security reasons, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.
Berlin (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 - The German government is bickering over how many nuclear power plants it should save from closure.
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 12, 2009 - Slovakia is keeping the European Union on tenterhooks with its plan to reactivate an outdated nuclear reactor in a bid to avert an energy crisis after gas pipelines from Russia dried up.
Prague (AFP) Jan 11, 2009 - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Sunday Slovakia's decision to relaunch an ageing Soviet-era nuclear reactor showed a quick response to the gas crisis.
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 11, 2009 - The Slovak government has decided to relaunch a nuclear reactor shut down for security reasons, violating a pledge to Brussels, in a bid to avoid a possible blackout as the gas crisis lasts.
Morong, The Philippines (AFP) Jan 8, 2009 - The Bataan nuclear power plant stands as a monument to the greed and corruption of the years the Philippines spent under strongman president Ferdinand Marcos.
Bratislava (AFP) Jan 7, 2009 - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that Slovakia might reopen a power generating unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant if a freeze of gas supplies from Russia continued.
Paris (AFP) Jan 5, 2009 - French nuclear energy group Areva said on Monday it had been awarded a licence to operate a uranium mine in Nigerm which it described as the biggest in Africa and the second biggest in the world.
New York (AFP) Jan 2, 2009 - French nuclear services group Areva announced this week that it has applied for US government approval to build a two billion dollar uranium enrichment plant in the northwestern state of Idaho.
Vienna (AFP) Jan 2, 2009 - Japan and South Africa's ambassadors to the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA are the two candidates to replace Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei when his term expires in November, the agency announced Friday.
Bratislava (AFP) Dec 31, 2008 - Slovakia on Wednesday shut down the last unit of Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant, meeting a commitment it made to Brussels that paved the way for its 2004 entry in European Union.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 29, 2008 - Japan plans to start buying back reprocessed nuclear waste from France as early as April as the resource-poor country looks to start using the fuel for the first time, a French company source said Monday.
Seoul (AFP) Dec 28, 2008 - South Korea on Sunday announced a massive investment plan to build more power plants, including 12 new nuclear reactors in the next four years, to meet growing energy demand.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 22, 2008 - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva on Monday announced a capital tie-up in nuclear fuel production, predicting that the market for atomic energy will keep growing.
