”nuclear energy” News

Three Mile Island at 30: Nuclear Power's Squandered Potential

If the Three Mile Island atomic reactor near Harrisburg hadn't 03 28 2009 5:52PM (...more)

Khamenei rejects charges Iran seeks nuclear bomb

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday vehemently rejected charges Tehran was working to make a nuclear weapon , saying possessing the bomb was of no use.
06 3 2008 9:46PM (...more)

Russia criticizes U.S. for pulling nuclear deal

IRKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it regretted a decision by U.S. President George W. Bush to freeze a major bilateral civilian nuclear pact but said Moscow wanted nuclear cooperation with the United States to continue.
09 12 2008 10:09PM (...more)

Europe must end energy dependence on Russia: ex-IEA chief

PARIS (AFP) - The European Union should free itself from its dependence on Russian gas by developing renewable and nuclear energy , the former head of the International Energy Agency told EU ministers Saturday.
07 6 2008 12:04AM (...more)

A timeline of major events in nuclear power

• 1955: A U.S. government reactor makes Arco, Idaho , the world's first town electrified by nuclear power. • 1957: The U.S.' first commercial nuclear
03 27 2009 10:08PM (...more)

Britain to sign nuclear deal with Jordan

AMMAN (AFP) - Britain will sign a nuclear deal this week with energy-poor Jordan , which is struggling to find alternate resources to generate electricity and desalinate water, the British embassy said Wednesday.
06 26 2008 5:22AM (...more)

Three-Fourths of Americans - A Record High - Support Nuclear Energy, New Survey Finds

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: NEI Media Relations Office, +1-202-739-8000, +1-703-644-8805 (after hours and weekends) WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An unprecedented leap in public support for nuclear energy has occurred since last April,
09 30 2008 11:53AM (...more)

Obama: Tougher treaty to halt nuke weapons needed

UNITED NATIONS – President Barack Obama urged delegates at a U.N. meeting to strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty so it can deal
05 20 2009 1:07PM (...more)

Delegates take key step in nuclear treaty review

UNITED NATIONS – Delegates preparing for a major conference next year to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have agreed on an agenda, and some said the change in 05 20 2009 9:03AM (...more)

Nuclear states reconsider waiver for U.S.-India deal

VIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five nuclear supplier nations met on Thursday to consider a revised U.S. proposal to lift a ban on trade with India , a key step towards sealing a controversial U.S.-India atomic energy deal .
09 12 2008 1:01AM (...more)