Bratislava (AFP) Jan 23, 2009 - Slovak Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said Friday the country would cancel both a state of energy emergency and a decision to relaunch its Soviet-type nuclear reactor.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 23, 2009 - German engineering group Siemens is planning to abandon its stake in Areva NP, the reactor subsidiary of French nuclear power giant Areva, a source close to the matter said on Friday.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 23, 2009 - Russia will be able to build a nuclear power plant in Belarus without a tender once the two ex-Soviet republics sign an inter-governmental agreement on civilian nuclear power use, Russia's Rosatom said Wednesday.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 23, 2009 - The Bulgarian parliament decided Friday to ask the European Union to consider the re-opening of two reactors at the country's sole nuclear plant in Kozloduy, closed for safety reasons since 2006.
Seoul (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 - After closing 2009 with a $20 billion order from the United Arab Emirates to build nuclear power plants, South Korea aims to ink more deals.
Ottawa (AFP) Jan 21, 2009 - India welcomes Canada's strong involvement in the expansion of its nuclear power capacity, Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Wednesday.
Madrid (AFP) Jan 20, 2009 - Spain's Iberdrola and Britain's Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will join forces to build new nuclear power stations in Britain, a spokesman for the Spanish firm said Tuesday.
Kuwait City (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 - Kuwait has signed a 20-year agreement with France to develop the Gulf state's nuclear industry, beefing up the Gulf states' leadership of an Arab drive to develop nuclear power that will reshape the region's energy policy.
Ankara (AFP) Jan 19, 2009 - A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Monday submitted a revised bid to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, citing global economic conditions, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 18, 2009 - At least 6,000 demonstrators rallied in Sofia Sunday to call for the re-opening of two reactors at the country's sole nuclear plant in Kozloduy as the Russo-Ukrainian gas crisis continued to bite.
Prague (AFP) Jan 18, 2009 - New supplies of natural gas arrived in Slovakia on Sunday easing pressure on the government to restart a nuclear reactor shut down as part of the deal that saw the country join the European Union.
St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Jan 16, 2009 - Progress Energy Florida (PEF) has signed a contract with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and The Shaw Group Inc.'s Power Group for the engineering, procurement and construction of two nuclear units for a proposed nuclear power plant in Levy County, Fla.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 16, 2009 - Bulgaria will start technical preparations to re-open one of its shut nuclear reactors at Kozloduy if the gas crisis continues, but only with Brussels' consent, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Friday.
Tsuruga, Japan (AFP) Jan 15, 2009 - Japan, an economic giant with almost no natural energy resources, is eyeing restarting its dream nuclear reactor this year after a raft of safety scares closed the plant for more than 13 years.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 15, 2009 - Germany's radiation protection office came in for criticism on Thursday after it revealed only this week that damage had been detected late last year at an old salt mine storing nuclear waste.
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.
