Japanese and Australian politicians said Monday that a new nuclear body would meet for the first time in October and discuss a controversial India-US atomic energy pact.
Spain's nuclear watchdog Monday called an extraordinary meeting of the heads of the country's nuclear plants to discuss safety issues following the latest incident at a reactor.
USEC's American Centrifuge project is creating thousands of jobs at sites across the United States and helping rebuild America's nuclear manufacturing base.
A Spanish nuclear power plant shut down after an electrical generator fire Sunday, safety officials said, the latest incident at a reactor that has already been hit with record fines for its safety record.
Seismologists said nuclear power plants located 24 miles north of New York increase the risk of serious damage from earthquakes.
Nuclear supplier nations ended a two-day meeting here Friday without reaching agreement on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India.
A controversial US-India nuclear cooperation deal ran into resistance at a key meeting here Thursday with one diplomat saying nuclear-exporting countries were unlikely to approve the deal this week.
The Finnish government said Thursday it wanted the country's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to clarify its inspection principles, following criticism of its work at a nuclear reactor building site.
Spain's government Tuesday vowed to take tough action against a nuclear plant after the country's safety watchdog recommended a multi-million-euro fine over a radioactive leak.
Malaysia's cabinet will deliberate next month on whether to adopt nuclear energy to combat high global oil prices, a minister said Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
