A technical hitch that halted construction of a new-generation French nuclear reactor is "not a disaster," France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Friday.
France signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with energy-poor Jordan on Friday during a visit by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
Albania is prepared to host a nuclear power plant for Italy, which decided last week to reverse a 20-year ban on the energy source, the Italian press reported on Thursday.
Environmental group Greenpeace will lodge a legal challenge to Slovak authorities' go ahead for the completion of two nuclear power stations in the country's west, a representative said Wednesday.
Construction on a new-generation French nuclear reactor has run into technical trouble, raising concerns for the project after the first such plant, in Finland, was plagued by major delays.
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a ruling on Monday, awarding Progress Energy $82.8 million for costs incurred as a result of the government's failure to accept spent nuclear fuel from the utility.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon told parliament on Tuesday that boosting France's nuclear power sector was the answer to soaring oil costs.
Nuclear power rather than renewable sources like the wind or sun are the best option for oil-rich Gulf Arab states to meet growing energy demands, especially if produced collectively, say regional experts.
The Westinghouse Electric Company, a US subsidiary of Japanese firm Toshiba Corporation, said Tuesday it had signed a deal to build two nuclear power reactors in the US state of South Carolina.
Central European countries are fuelling a nuclear power revival as they face soaring energy prices, closure of old Soviet reactors, fears over meeting EU climate change targets and dependency on Russian gas.
Slovakia wants to delay the closure of a nuclear reactor due at the end of this year because it would turn the country into a major energy importer, the economy ministry said on Friday.
European power companies called Friday for urgent EU-wide moves to clear the way for new nuclear plants, stressing the security and climate change dangers of a failure to act.
China and Russia on Friday signed a one-billion-dollar deal to expand a nuclear energy facility in the Asian nation, a Russian official said.
Long considered a pariah by environmental activists, nuclear energy is making a comeback as the new darling of the US "green" rush, as Americans cozy up to the idea of carbon-free power.
The Italian government said Thursday it would begin building nuclear power stations, reversing a 20-year ban in an initiative likely to spark strong resistance and take a long time to come to fruition.
European nuclear leaders launched a call here Thursday for measures to ensure the revival of atomic energy in the face of soaring oil prices and concerns over global warming.
