Madrid (AFP) Oct 1, 2007 - Leaders of the European Union and the bloc's major energy firms urged member states on Monday to consider making greater use of nuclear power at a conference held in Spain.
Madrid (AFP) Oct 1, 2007 - Electricite de France, Europe's biggest power generator, hopes to build its first nuclear plant in the United States in 2015, the chief executive of the French state-owned company said Monday.
London (AFP) Oct 1, 2007 - Police arrested more than 170 anti-nuclear protestors Monday as they gathered for the culmination of a year-long campaign at a nuclear submarine base on the west coast of Scotland.
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2007 - Deals to build nuclear power plants in Yemen and Jordan have come sooner than many expected, but a lack of funding and internal violence could derail those plans before they ever get off the ground.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2007 - A minor fire broke out at a nuclear power plant construction site in northern Japan on Saturday but there was no danger of radiation leakage, an official said.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 29, 2007 - Veteran Indian communist leader Jyoti Basu ruled out on Saturday any compromise with the government over a landmark nuclear deal with the US amid growing speculation about mid-term elections.
London (AFP) Sept 29, 2007 - Demolition experts blew up Saturday the giant cooling towers of the world's first commercial nuclear power station, 51 years after it was opened in northwest England.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 28, 2007 - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is making a full-scale entry into China's growing market for nuclear power generation as it has won a major order there, the company said Friday.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 26, 2007 - EU competition regulators gave their approval Wednesday to French state-guaranteed loans to Finnish power company TVO to pay for the construction of a nuclear power plant by French company Areva.
Dhaka (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - Bangladesh plans to set up its first nuclear power plant at a cost of over one billion dollars to ease economically damaging electricity shortages which have sparked riots, an official said Monday.
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday that France was prepared to assist any country that wants to have civilian nuclear power.
Sanaa (AFP) Sept 22, 2007 - Yemen will hold talks with US and Canadian investors on funding construction of a nuclear reactor in the Arabian peninsula country, Energy and Electricity Minister Mustafa Bahran said Saturday.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 21, 2007 - Nuclear power will remain a key element as the world seeks to move toward low carbon energy, the European Commission said Friday, announcing a new forum for nuclear energy research.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 20, 2007 - The Japanese nuclear safety body examining the damage at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan, hit by a powerful earthquake in July, declined to say Thursday when the plant might re-open.
Bangui (AFP) Sept 19, 2007 - The Central African Republic criticized Wednesday French nuclear group Areva's purchase of a uranium mining operation in the country's east.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 19, 2007 - India's ruling Congress party held a new round of tense talks Wednesday with its communist allies, who are trying to block a nuclear energy deal with the United States, its leaders said.
