New Delhi (AFP) Sept 4, 2007 - India's foreign minister will head a committee set up by the Congress party-led government to review objections by communist allies to a controversial nuclear deal with the US, reports said Tuesday.
Sydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2007 - Russia has adequate safety standards for handling nuclear materials and there is no need to fear a proposed deal to supply uranium, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Tuesday.
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 3, 2007 - Thailand is seeking some 200 nuclear experts as the kingdom aims to build its first atomic power plant over the next decade in a bid to cope with a looming power shortage, the prime minister said Monday.
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 3, 2007 - An influential group of Muslim clerics from Indonesia's largest Islamic movement has declared the government's nuclear plans for earthquake-prone Java as sinful under Islam, a cleric said Monday.
Sofia (AFP) Sept 1, 2007 - A short circuit in the generator of one of two reactors at Bulgaria's nuclear power plant at Kozloduy forced authorities to shut the reactor down early Saturday morning, officials at the plant said.
Moscow (AFP) Aug 31, 2007 - Iran is considering alternative builders to finish its first nuclear power plant amid disputes with Russia, which now heads the project, a Russian daily quoted an Iranian official as saying Friday.
Tarapur, India (AFP) Aug 31, 2007 - India cannot afford to lag behind developed nations in nuclear energy, the country's prime minister said Friday as he battled opposition from communist allies to an atomic deal with the US.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 30, 2007 - India's foreign minister said Thursday that the Congress party-led government would set up a committee to review objections by communist allies to a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2007 - A senior Russian nuclear official said Tuesday that a deal is likely to be signed with the United States this fall on the civilian use of nuclear power. The document, initialed two months ago, envisages the transfer of fissile materials, and relevant installations and equipment. We hope the document will be signed during the coming fall, said Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power.
Amman (AFP) Aug 26, 2007 - King Abdullah II called Sunday for Jordan's drive to set up a civilian nuclear programme to be accelerated in order to wean the desert country off oil and gas imports.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 26, 2007 - An earthquake last month that forced the closure of the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan was about 2.7 times stronger than the maximum considered in the plant's design guidelines, a report said Sunday.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 24, 2007 - India's Prakash Karat, the Communist Party leader who wants to halt an Indo-US nuclear deal, is an old school Marxist but his methods have so far proven highly effective, plunging the government into crisis.
Singapore (AFP) Aug 22, 2007 - Nuclear safety issues are expected to feature prominently in talks among Southeast Asian ministers here Thursday as more countries look to nuclear as an alternative energy amid soaring oil prices, diplomatic sources said.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2007 - Japan's largest power company said Tuesday it is preparing to take emergency measures to address an imminent power shortage due to the suspension of a giant nuclear plant following an earthquake.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 21, 2007 - A nuclear cooperation accord between India and the United States was billed as historic for bringing New Delhi into the nuclear fold and delivering energy security, but it may now threaten the Indian government.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 21, 2007 - The Indian government indicated it would push ahead with a controversial Indo-US nuclear deal despite strong objections from its communist allies, the Press Trust of India reported on Tuesday.
