Slovakia will organise a tender for the contract to build new nuclear capacity at its Jaslovske Bohunice site in the west of the country, officials said on Monday.
Nearly half of Swedes favour expanding Sweden's nuclear power stations, a poll showed Monday, despite plans to shut all of the Scandinavian country's 10 reactors over the next 20 years.
Taiwan is mulling transporting its nuclear waste to France for reprocessing as two of the island's radioactive waste storage sites will reach capacity by 2011, a report said Sunday.
Russia has delivered more than half the fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, after a fourth consignment arrived on Sunday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to India next week will focus on civilian nuclear cooperation, defence contracts and deepening bilateral exchanges, the Elysee said Friday.
Russia and Bulgaria signed Friday a four-billion-euro (5.9 billion-dollar) contract for the construction of a new 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in the town of Belene on the Danube.
Russia Friday delivered a third consignment of fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Bulgaria should be allowed to reopen two closed reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear plant or receive larger compensation for the EU-required shutdown, the energy minister said Wednesday.
With a controversial nuclear deal with the United States now in limbo, India held out the possibility Tuesday of civilian nuclear cooperation with China.
Bulgaria and Russia are to sign a contract for the construction of a nuclear plant later this week during the visit here of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Bulgarian minister said Tuesday.
The new Australian government will scrap a landmark deal to sell uranium to India for its nuclear energy programme, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith indicated Tuesday.
China is insisting that French group Areva transfer technology on the recycling of spent fuel as part of its contract to supply next-generation reactors to Beijing, an informed source said Tuesday.
Twenty-three US groups launched an effort Tuesday to stop a US deal aimed at providing India with civilian nuclear fuel and technology, saying it would instead beef up New Delhi's atomic weapons capability.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to export French atomic know-how to the Middle East and Africa promises rich commercial rewards, while further isolating Iran over its nuclear ambitions, experts say.
French nuclear giant Areva, oil company Total and utility group Suez have reached agreement on plans to build two next generation nuclear power plants in Abu Dhabi, Total said Monday.
French nuclear giant Areva announced a deal with Niger on Sunday fixing uranium prices for the next two years and green-lighting production at the billion-euro (1.5-billion-dollar) Imouraren site.
