Paris (AFP) June 19, 2008 - France's nuclear safety authority ASN flashed a green light Thursday for construction to resume at the site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water Reactor in Flamanville.
Windhoek (AFP) June 18, 2008 - French nuclear group Areva plans to invest 750 million dollars to create the world's largest uranium mine in Namibia, the company said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) June 17, 2008 - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday that he hoped his country would eventually have normal relations with North Korea after decades of tension.
Vienna (AFP) June 16, 2008 - The UN's atomic watchdog said Monday it will hold an international workshop in Japan this week to examine how to best protect nuclear installations from strong earthquakes and minimise damage.
Bucharest (AFP) June 11, 2008 - The UN's atomic watchdog has given Romania's nuclear power plant in Cernavoda a clean bill of health, the plant's operator Nuclearelectrica said Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) June 11, 2008 - French nuclear group Areva said Wednesday it had reached an agreement with its Kazakh partner to boost uranium production in Kazakhstan to 4,000 tonnes a year until 2039 from 1,000 currently.
Kiev (AFP) June 10, 2008 - A leak of radioactive water on Tuesday caused the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in western Ukraine but posed no risk to the environment, officials said.
Geneva (AFP) June 10, 2008 - Switzerland on Tuesday announced plans for its first new nuclear power station in more than 20 years to secure energy supplies over the coming decades.
Auburn, AL (SPX) Jun 10, 2008 - Auburn University professors are researching new ways to store and recycle nuclear waste as the federal government seeks to boost nuclear power production.
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 9, 2008 - Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception.
Ljubljana (AFP) June 9, 2008 - A Slovenian nuclear power plant went back on line Monday, its managers said, after having been shut down last week in an incident that set off a Europe-wide alert.
London (AFP) June 9, 2008 - French nuclear giant Areva is aiming to dominate the design and construction of future reactors in Britain, its chief executive told the Financial Times in an interview published Monday.
London (AFP) June 8, 2008 - French state-owned energy giant EDF should get the green light to take over the leading British nuclear energy producer within a fortnight, a newspaper said Sunday.
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 7, 2008 - As oil prices surge to record levels, Japan said Saturday it would help build nuclear power plants in the United States, sensing opportunities for Japanese companies.
Warsaw (AFP) June 5, 2008 - Eastern European states like Slovenia, where a reactor incident set nerves jangling on Thursday, have become energetic advocates of nuclear energy, while western Europe has become more cautious.
Berlin (UPI) Jun 5, 2008 - On Wednesday officials in Slovenia shocked the European Union with what seemed to be a rather serious accident in the country's only nuclear power plant, but a day later officials were backtracking.
