Drones spotted over seven French nuclear sites, says EDF

France’s state-run power firm Électricité de France (EDF) on Wednesday said unidentified drones had flown over seven nuclear plants this month, leading it to file a complaint with the police.

Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors

TOKYO: Japan moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors Monday as four utility companies applied for safety inspections of 10 idled plants, the clearest sign of a return to atomic energy nearly two and a half years after the Fukushima disaster.

Japan PM atomic energy stance on trial in local poll

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's post-Fukushima nuclear energy policy will be on trial in a local governor's election on Sunday, where an upset victory by a renewable energy candidate would deal Noda's wobbly administration a new blow.

Nuclear industry dreams dashed by current economic reality

The news that nuclear giants RWE and E.ON are dropping plans to build any new UK reactors has sent a toxic cloud not only over Wales, but over the nuclear industry itself.

Energy costs to grow faster without nuclear

LONDON – Energy will become “viciously more expensive” and polluting if governments don’t promote renewable and nuclear power in the next two decades instead of burning coal, the International Energy Agency said.

IAEA: China urges UN atomic watchdog to be tough

China has urged the UN's nuclear watchdog to help developing nations to build safer power stations.

A nuclear fuel bank to secure peaceful atomic energy

Kazakhstan is ready to play a key role in global security by hosting an international nuclear fuel bank under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency, writes Kanat Saudabayev, the country's secretary of state, in an exclusive commentary for EurActiv.

"Since regaining independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has been committed to the global process of non-proliferation and reduction of nuclear weapons. After the Soviet Union's collapse, we gave up the world's fourth-largest nuclear arsenal and the infrastructure of the old Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk was completely dismantled, starting in 1991.

U.S. Promotes LEU Fuel Reserve Stockpile

The United States is making available to commercial atomic energy reactors a stockpile of low-enriched uranium fuel that was blended down from excess weapon-grade uranium, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Agency announced on Thursday (see GSN, Dec. 7, 2010).

The American Assured Fuel Supply stockpile is intended to encourage growth in the civilian atomic power field in a manner that does not promote proliferation. Unlike highly enriched uranium that is still used at atomic reactors around the world, LEU fuel is not suitable for use in a nuclear weapon.

Atomic energy to be safe and affordable, Rosatom chief says

Atomic energy should be safe for people and affordable for everyone, Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko said.

Speaking at the third Moscow International Forum Atomexpo-2011 on Moscow on Monday, June 6, Kiriyenko said, “The number of exhibits showing achievements of the Russian nuclear industry has increased considerably from the previous years.”