”nuclear” News

Lavrov offers hope for global disarmament talks

GENEVA – Russia 's foreign minister , fresh from an upbeat meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
03 8 2009 6:59AM (...more)

Siemens teams up with Russia for slice of nuclear pie

BERLIN (AFP) – Siemens has become the latest German firm to up its game and tap into the renewed interest in nuclear power being seen all across the world -- but not in the company's own backyard. The Munich-based industrial giant said late Tuesday it had signed a memorandum
03 5 2009 2:03PM (...more)

France to send huge nuclear fuel shipment to Japan

CHERBOURG, France (AFP) – France is set to send recycled nuclear fuel to Japan in what environmentalists say is the biggest ever plutonium shipment and one that increases the chance
03 2 2009 7:34AM (...more)

Italy takes first step to return to nuclear energy

ROME (AFP) – Italy took the first concrete step Tuesday towards returning to nuclear energy following a 21-year ban, reaching an accord with France
02 28 2009 12:38PM (...more)

US nuclear plants must prepare for plane attacks

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Firms building nuclear power stations will have to present designs that limit the possible effects of a large aircraft hitting the facility, the US nuclear
02 22 2009 8:08AM (...more)

Areva to sign Indian nuclear deal this week: French minister

MUMBAI (AFP) – French nuclear power engineering company Areva is to sign a deal this week with a number of Indian energy plants, France 's 02 4 2009 4:05AM (...more)

Obama's Nuclear War

The latest U.S. nuclear showdown doesn't involve any foreign enemy. Instead, it pits President Barack Obama against his Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, and concerns the question of whether America needs a new generation of 01 26 2009 11:40PM (...more)

US-UAE nuclear energy pact has messages for Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An atomic energy deal between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates , signed in the waning days of the 01 22 2009 12:17AM (...more)

Former Pentagon chief predicts Iran crisis soon

WASHINGTON – William Perry , who headed the Pentagon during a 1994 nuclear standoff with North Korea , predicted on Thursday
01 9 2009 10:33AM (...more)

UAE seeks U.S. congress nod for nuclear agreement

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it was working to secure U.S. lawmakers' endorsement of a planned nuclear energy cooperation
12 16 2008 4:23AM (...more)