The United States is backing Armenian plans to build a new atomic power station by 2016 to replace a Soviet-era nuclear plant that has raised safety concerns, a US diplomat said Wednesday.
India and the UN nuclear watchdog formally launched consultations Wednesday that are needed to secure a landmark nuclear deal between New Delhi and Washington.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has approved a bill setting the legal framework for the country's first nuclear power plants, his office said in a written statement Tuesday.
Southeast Asian leaders offered their backing Tuesday for the use of nuclear energy despite concerns over safety in a region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Tuesday that India's atomic energy commission chief Anil Kakodkar would meet with the UN watchdog's director general Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna this week.
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Venezuela will pursue a peaceful nuclear program, the country's president said on Thursday.
A UN report on Iran's nuclear programme indicates progress, but Tehran must do more to clear up suspicions over its nuclear activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Poor and restive Niger finds itself sitting on a surprising treasure trove -- uranium.
A landmark pact with the United States aimed at bringing India into the global nuclear marketplace has won a reprieve, but the deal is not out of the woods yet, analysts say.
India's troubled coalition is close to a compromise over the future of an atomic energy deal with Washington that had threatened to bring down the government, an official said Wednesday.
Communists allied with the Indian government said Tuesday they would let the administration talk to the UN's atomic watchdog about a stalled nuclear deal with the US -- if a key condition is met.
Five trucks emitting high levels of radiation have been stopped on the border between Poland and Belarus, state television in Minsk said Tuesday.
A Japanese company said Saturday it shut down a nuclear reactor after detecting a problem, but there was no radioactive leakage.
Overriding stiff objections from environmentalists and opposition parties, the Turkish parliament passed a bill Friday fixing the legal framework for the country's first nuclear power plants.
Police have arrested seven people, including law enforcement officers, over the pouring of radioactive mineral waste into a river in the southeast DR Congo, Environment Minister Didace Pembe said Friday.
