Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 19, 2008 - Malaysia's cabinet will deliberate next month on whether to adopt nuclear energy to combat high global oil prices, a minister said Tuesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2008 - Japan on Tuesday signalled it would approve a nuclear energy deal between India and the United States, raising the chances that the controversial pact will come into force.
Tehran (AFP) Aug 19, 2008 - Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Seoul (UPI) Aug 19, 2008 - South Korea has decided to focus its energy development efforts on nuclear power to reduce its heavy reliance on fossil fuels and meet global environment regulations.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 18, 2008 - India's atomic energy body has short-listed US, Russian and French firms for nuclear power projects once the country gets the green light to enter global atomic commerce, a report said Monday.
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Aug 14, 2008 - Hyperion Power Generation's CEO, John R. 'Grizz Deal has announced that the company has received its first Letter of Intent to purchase the Hyperion Power Module (HPM), a small, compact, transportable, nuclear power reactor.
Helsinki (AFP) Aug 13, 2008 - Finnish nuclear safety agency STUK said Wednesday it was probing whether safety procedures were respected at the site of a new reactor being built in Finland.
Paris (AFP) Aug 13, 2008 - French electricity group EDF said on Wednesday its board had given approval for the company to raise its interest in US firm Constellation Energy from 4.97 percent to 9.9 percent.
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 13, 2008 - McDermott International has announced that an affiliate of its subsidiary, The Babcock and Wilcox Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nuclear Fuel Services, a provider of specialty nuclear fuels and related services. This acquisition strengthens B and W's nuclear manufacturing and service business for government and commercial markets.
St. Petersburg FL (SPX) Aug 12, 2008 - Progress Energy Florida has announced that it submitted a combined license (COL) application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to construct a new nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida.
Singapore (AFP) Aug 12, 2008 - Australia will support a civilian atomic energy deal between India and the United States at a meeting of key nuclear supplier states, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said here Tuesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 8, 2008 - A senior US official on Friday urged nuclear supplier states, including Japan, to support the nuclear deal between India and the United States.
Washington (UPI) Aug 5, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Energy says it has revised upward its cost estimate of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository from its 1983 start to closure in 2133.
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 05, 2008 - The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) has pledged to energize its U.S. Chamber-sponsored Coalition for Partnership with India (StrategicPartnership.org) in response to Indias Parliamentary Vote of Confidence in favor of moving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to reach a safeguards agreement covering Indias atomic power plants - a crucial step towards ending the 35-year technology denial regime that has been imposed against India.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 4, 2008 - Japan recognises India's need for civilian nuclear power, a Japanese government official said here Monday, a day ahead of talks in which an Indo-US atomic energy pact is expected to be a key focus.
Vienna (AFP) Aug 3, 2008 - Plutonium leaked overnight in an ageing laboratory operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) near Vienna, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Sunday.
