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.
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 - One of the six reactors at a Russian-held nuclear plant in southern Ukraine was shut down Thursday as an emergency protection measure after shelling in the area, Ukraine's nuclear agency said.
Cherbourg, France (AFP) Sept 8, 2021 - A shipment of nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium headed to the French port of Cherbourg overnight Tuesday en route to Japan, according to environmental watchdog Greenpeace, which protested the transport.
Seoul (AFP) Sept 11, 2007 - A South Korean envoy has warned that a controversial US civilian nuclear deal with India could set a bad precedent for North Korea.
Meseberg, Germany (AFP) Sept 10, 2007 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged Germany to follow France's example of relying on nuclear power for much of its energy needs.
Seoul (AFP) Sept 10, 2013 - A former deputy minister has been charged with taking bribes as part of a corruption probe into South Korea's nuclear industry which has already indicted nearly 100 people, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Bucharest (AFP) Sept 2, 2011 - South Korea's BKB plans to invest in a project to build a third and fourth reactor at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in southeast Romania, the economic ministry said on Friday.
Vienna (AFP) Sept 18, 2007 - South Africa is holding off on joining a US-led initiative to spread atomic power because it does not want to give up its right to enrich uranium, a senior South African official said Tuesday.
Kigali (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 - The Rwandan government signed an agreement on Tuesday with a Canadian-German startup to build an experimental nuclear reactor, saying it would help reduce use of fossil fuels in the African nation.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 14, 2019 - Russia's world first floating nuclear power station on Saturday completed a 5,000-kilometre (3,100-mile) Arctic transfer to the country's far east, the Rosatom nuclear agency said.
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Sept 22, 2020 - Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika, touted as the most powerful of its kind and a symbol of Moscow's Arctic ambitions, set off on its maiden voyage on Tuesday.
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 - Russian forces controlling Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine's nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday.
Ankara (AFP) Sept 24, 2008 - A partnership led by Russian state firm Atomstroyexport on Wednesday submitted the only bid in a tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant, a senior energy official said.
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 - Any decision by Australia to scrap a deal to sell uranium to Russia to protest its action in Georgia would be politically biased and economically harmful, Moscow's envoy to Canberra has reportedly warned.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2019 - Russia and Uganda have agreed to work together in the field of nuclear energy, the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom said Wednesday, as Moscow seeks to strengthen its influence in Africa.
Tehran (AFP) Sept 11, 2011 - Moscow's energy minister Sergei Shmatko on Sunday promised further nuclear cooperation with Iran, after Russia built the Islamic republic's first atomic power plant despite US objections.
