Frankfurt (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - Germany's decision to switch from nuclear to renewable sources of energy will require investment of 250 billion euros ($340 billion) over the next decade, a new study found Monday.
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2011 - The world's nuclear power plant exporters announced Thursday a first-ever code of conduct, which they hope will raise safety standards, prevent proliferation, and enhance environmental protection.
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 10, 2018 - The UN's nuclear agency on Monday said global capacity for electricity generation through nuclear power may be shrinking over the coming decades.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 22, 2008 - India's prime minister embarked Monday on a 10-day visit to the United States and France which is expected to mark the country's return to global nuclear commerce after 30 years in the cold.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 28, 2008 - India is close to securing a new position in the world nuclear order, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said as the US House of Representatives passed a major atomic energy pact with New Delhi.
Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2007 - North Korea has given full access to experts from the United States, Russia and China on a rare visit to the reclusive nation to examine ways to disable its nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Wednesday.
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 20, 2011 - Japan's defence minister on Tuesday said cyber attackers who breached security at defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries had not got their hands on any sensitive information.
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 13, 2007 - Thailand's energy minister on Thursday urged the nation's next government to press ahead with a proposed six-billion-dollar nuclear power project to safeguard the national energy supply.
Kiev (AFP) Sept 17, 2007 - French consortium Novarka signed a contract Monday with Ukraine to shut away the radioactive heart of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a multi-million-euro protective cover designed to last a hundred years.
New Delhi, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008 - India's government was Wednesday hit by a fresh storm over its nuclear energy deal with the United States following reports of new US stipulations.
Sovetsk, Russia (AFP) Sept 22, 2009 - Russia's plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad, hemmed in between Poland and Lithuania, has local residents and environmentalists worried.
Paris (AFP) Sept 7, 2024 - France's newest nuclear reactor, plagued by massive delays and cost overruns, resumed operations on Saturday after shutting itself down automatically earlier this week.
Paris (AFP) Sept 5, 2024 - France's newest nuclear reactor, plagued by massive delays and cost overruns, shut itself down automatically Wednesday just a day after starting up for the first time.
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.
Aboard The '50 Years Of Victory', Russia (AFP) Sept 8, 2021 - As Arctic ice cover recedes with climate change, Russia is pinning its hopes for supremacy in the warming region on a fleet of giant nuclear-powered icebreakers.
