Sydney (AFP) Aug 17, 2007 - Australia is close to signing a deal to supply uranium to Russia for civilian purposes which could be completed next month, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Friday.
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 16, 2007 - Far from the everyday world occupied by such common elements such as gold and lead lies a little-understood realm inhabited by radioactive, or unstable, elements. Recently, a nuclear physicist from Florida State University collaborated with other scientists from the United States, Japan and England in an experiment that illustrated how the normal rules of physics don't apply for some of these radioactive elements.
Sydney (AFP) Aug 16, 2007 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday defended his government's decision to lift a ban on uranium sales to India, likening it to plans to sell the nuclear fuel to China.
Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2007 - The United States will scrap a landmark deal to export civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India if New Delhi conducts an atomic weapons test, the State Department said Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2007 - While Western attention focuses on the rising oil and natural gas potential of Caspian states, rising energy player Kazakhstan has another energy asset up its sleeve: uranium.
Crawford, Texas (AFP) Aug 14, 2007 - US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday discussed the controversial US-India civilian nuclear energy agreement, the White House said.
Vienna (AFP) Aug 14, 2007 - Damage at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan, which was hit by a powerful earthquake last month, appears less than expected, the UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday.
Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2007 - A veteran congressman on Monday branded a landmark US civilian nuclear deal with India as a capitulation to New Delhi and demanded details on Indian ties with Iran.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 13, 2007 - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday defended a controversial civilian nuclear accord with the United States, saying it would not affect the nation's military programme or any plans to test atomic weapons.
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (AFP) Aug 13, 2007 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy denied on Monday France planned to sell a latest generation nuclear reactor to Libya.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 13, 2007 - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to sell 10 percent of US nuclear power plant maker Westinghouse Electric to Kazakhstan's state-run energy company Kazatomprom for 540 million dollars.
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 11, 2007 - India's prime minister has dared the government's communist allies to withdraw their support if they are unhappy with the landmark Indo-US nuclear technology deal, a report said Saturday.
Russia's nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport confirmed Tuesday it will commission the second unit of China's Tianwan nuclear power plant in September.
Helsinki (AFP) Aug 10, 2007 - Construction of Finland's new nuclear reactor, the world's first third-generation plant, is now more than 18 months behind schedule owing to fresh building problems, Finnish energy company TVO said on Friday.
Tokyo, Aug 10, 2007 - UN inspectors said Friday that the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan will be closed for months, weeks after being hit by an earthquake.
Kiev (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will grant Ukraine 330 million euros (about $460 mln) to secure the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to prevent radioactive leaks, the emergencies ministry said. Under an agreement the bank signed with the ministry and the state company overseeing the plant on Tuesday, the funds will be allocated to build a giant protective shield over the fourth reactor, damaged in the powerful 1986 explosions, and construct facilities to tackle nuclear waste by 2014-2015.
