Vienna (AFP) Feb 14, 2008 - Iran has started feeding small amounts of uranium gas into advanced centrifuges, in what could be an important step towards mastering the technology used to make both nuclear energy and atomic bomb material, diplomats said Thursday.
Ankara (AFP) Feb 12, 2008 - Turkey has decided to build its first nuclear power plant at a controversial location on the Mediterranean coast that had been previously dropped, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Tuesday.
San Clemente CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008 - Southern California Edison (SCE) has gained unanimous approval from state regulators to create a 150-acre man-made giant kelp forest off San Clemente, Calif. SCE plans to begin work this June expanding a 23-acre test reef into the largest U.S. environmental project of its kind.
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 12, 2008 - Poland and Lithuania Tuesday signed a deal paving the way to hook up their electricity grids, helping offset Russia's energy clout in the region and clearing a hurdle to related plans to build a new nuclear power plant.
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 12, 2008 - Cold War allies India and Russia Tuesday finalised plans for Moscow to build new nuclear power stations here and pledged to boost strategic ties by doubling trade to 10 billion dollars by 2010.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2008 - House Republican Whip Roy Blunt urged the administration to use the authority granted to it by Congress to investigate whether Venezuelas $1 billion joint-venture with Iran can be sanctioned under the Iran Sanctions Act, which was reauthorized under a bill authored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and passed by Congress under Blunts leadership in 2006.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - U.S. nuclear power plants posted all-time record highs in electricity production and efficiency in 2007, according to preliminary figures released by the Nuclear Energy Institute. U.S. nuclear plants generated approximately 807 billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity last year, exceeding by more than two percent the previous record-high of 788.5 billion kwh of electricity set in 2004.
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 9, 2008 - The US ambassador to India has warned New Delhi it could be now or never for the controversial India-US nuclear technology deal, saying it was unlikely to be offered again.
by Staff Writers - Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 Portending the nations intensifying need for additional sources of clean, reliable electricity, the Department of Energy has released its fiscal year 2009 budget request that seeks a 79 percent increase in funding for the Nuclear Power 2010 program and that extends the period during which companies that build new nuclear power plants can apply for federal loan guarantees to lower the debt-financing costs associated with the projects.
Washington (UPI) Feb 7, 2008 - The U.S. Forest Service has approved a permit allowing a mining company to look for uranium near Grand Canyon National Park.
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.
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.
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 - 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) 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 - 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.
