Nuclear News

Tehran - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Sunday there is "no guarantee" that talks with Iran on its disputed nuclear programme will lead to a comprehensive agreement."This interim agreement is really important but not as important as a comprehe...

Tehran - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who coordinates nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, arrived in Tehran on Saturday, media reported.Her visit comes amid a recent thaw in Iran's strained relations with the West following last year's ele...

Prague - Russia's moves in Ukraine on Monday sparked splits among Czech officials on Moscow's bid for a multi-billion-dollar contract to expand a Czech nuclear plant.Speaking after Russian troops poured into Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in violation ...

Tokyo - Hundreds rallied in Tokyo Saturday to protest Japanese prosecutors' decision to drop charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with no one yet punished nearly three years after the "man-made" disaster.No one is officially recorded as having died as a ...

Tokyo - Hundreds rallied in Tokyo on Saturday to protest at Japanese prosecutors' decision to drop charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with no one yet punished nearly three years after the "man-made" disaster."There are many victims of the accident, but...

Majuro - The Marshall Islands marks 60 years since the devastating US hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll Saturday, with angry exiled residents saying they are too fearful ever to go home.Part of the intense Cold War nuclear arms race, the 15-megaton Bravo test ...

Paris - Shares in French nuclear power group Areva plunged by 10.21 percent in early trading on Thursday, after the company reported a net loss for the third year running.The price of Areva shares was being quoted at 19.61 euros.

Paris - France's state-controlled nuclear energy conglomerate Areva on Wednesday posted 2013 results showing its third consecutive annual loss and forecast lower revenues this year because of persistent problems in the market.The company made a net loss of 494...

Tokyo - Japan will lift an exclusion order on an area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, allowing some residents to return to live for the first time since the disaster, officials said Monday."The formal lifting of the evacuation order will come on A...

Vienna - Nuclear talks towards a lasting agreement between Iran and six powers appeared to make modest progress on a second day Wednesday, with Washington saying the negotiations were "constructive and useful".Iranian state media said both sides were close to a...