Vilnius (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - Lithuania and Poland said Monday they were poised to sign a deal linking their electricity supply grids, resolving a key sticking point in related talks on constructing a new nuclear power plant.
Moscow (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 - Sergei Kirienko was relieved of his post as head of Russia's atomic energy agency on Monday but officials said it was a technical change and that he would front up a new wider nuclear body.
Dakar (AFP) Feb 2, 2008 - Australian mining company Oklo Uranium Limited said Saturday the result of prospecting for uranium in Mali was highly encouraging, with widespread elevated uranium levels in the northeastern Kidal region.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2008 - Australia's new government will take a more active role against nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Friday, pledging not to sell uranium to nuclear-armed India.
Paris (AFP) Feb 1, 2008 - France, Japan and the United States agreed Friday to cooperate in making prototypes of so-called 4th generation nuclear reactors, according to statements released by each country's energy ministries.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2008 - A UN expert said Friday there was no significant damage affecting safety at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan after his team entered a reactor for the first time since a major earthquake.
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - French nuclear giant Areva said on Thursday it was ready to build up to 12 next-generation power plants in South Africa, where massive electricity shortages shut down the key mining industry this month.
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - Areva, the world's largest nuclear power company, said Thursday it was nobody's enemy in Niger following Tuareg rebel threats to attack uranium mines in a battle against the industry.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon will visit Japan in April for talks on issues including civilian nuclear cooperation, a French embassy spokesman said Thursday.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - UN experts on Thursday went for the first time inside a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan since it was shut down last year by an earthquake.
Brussels (AFP) Jan 30, 2008 - An international fuel bank should be set up to provide countries like Iran with nuclear fuel for civilian purposes so they don't have to enrich uranium themselves, the EU's Javier Solana said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2008 - Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the world's largest nuclear plant which was hit by an earthquake last year, said Wednesday it expected much wider losses this year as inspections continue.
Doha (AFP) Jan 29, 2008 - The pro-Western Gulf Arab states expect to finalise studies on a proposed civil nuclear programme within 18 months and start cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog from March, a Gulf official said on Tuesday.
Manila (AFP) Jan 29, 2008 - An eight-man team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in the Philippines to examine whether or not the mothballed Bataan Nuclear power station can be rehabilitated, it was reported Tuesday.
Tehran (AFP) Jan 28, 2008 - Russia has completed delivering fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Sofia (AFP) Jan 27, 2008 - Bulgaria's President Georgy Parvanov urged the European Commission Sunday to order a new peer review to reexamine safety at two shut reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear plant and allow for their reopening.
