The nuclear accident response exercise conducted at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico this week was a "success", the UN's atomic watchdog said Friday.
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said Friday he was planning talks with fellow EU leaders, as Vilnius pushes to delay the closure of an aging Chernobyl-type nuclear plant which provides the bulk of its power.
French authorities ordered Friday the temporary closure of a nuclear treatment plant in a popular tourist region of southern France after a uranium leak polluted the local water supply.
Czech electricity giant CEZ took a first step to building new nuclear capacity on Friday by filing a demand for an environmental assessment for an extension to a plant.
British authorities said on Friday that a consortium of British, French and US companies was the preferred bidder for a contract to dismantle the Sellafield nuclear site in northern England.
French authorities Thursday upheld a ban on drinking water following a uranium leak at a nuclear plant in southern France, although the ecology minister insisted there was "no imminent danger" to the local population.
A top US envoy welcomed Thursday India's decision to open up some of its civilian nuclear reactors to UN inspections as a pre-condition for a controversial nuclear cooperation deal between the United States and India.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday made a fresh appeal to Iran to comply with UN demands that it halt sensitive nuclear fuel work and urged all Middle East parties to pursue peaceful dialogue.
Residents in southern France were told not to drink water or eat fish from rivers on Wednesday following an uranium leak at a nuclear plant that Germany's…
The UN's atomic watchdog said Tuesday it would conduct a major exercise to test the response to a simulated accident at a nuclear power plant in Mexico starting Wednesday.
An accidental spillage of waste containing uranium occured Tuesday at one of France's top nuclear plants but authorities said there was no immediate cause for concern, authorities said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday discussed progress on a nuclear power plant Russia is building in Iran, a statement from Putin's office said.
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Thursday that France will build a second third-generation EPR nuclear plant, arguing nuclear power was the country's best answer to soaring energy prices.
Reservations about the use of nuclear energy are on the decline in Europe, although there is still no majority in favour, according to an EU survey published on Thursday.
Russia's nuclear industry is open to both domestic and foreign investors, a Russian deputy prime minister told an international nuclear forum on Wednesday.
Fluor has announced it was named part of the winning team to execute the Plateau Remediation Contract (PRC) at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
