WASHINGTON — The only American-owned plant for enriching uranium, a cold war relic near Paducah, Ky., will be shut down next month, its operator said on Friday. The closing could pose a problem for the ... Read more
TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a conclusion by a panel of seismologists that a fault under a reactor at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, potentially blocking a ... Read more
TOKYO — Experts said Wednesday that a nuclear reactor in western Japan stands above an active fault, a finding that could lead to the first permanent shutdown of a reactor since the Fukushima crisis two ... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin shut down for the last time on Tuesday, but it is preparing to break new ground for the American nuclear industry. It may go to ... Read more
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Itochu Corporation, with GDF Suez of France, will build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant at an estimated cost of $22 billion under an agreement ... Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said on Wednesday that it has failed to reach a compromise with the United States on its civil nuclear energy program, forcing the two allies to delay the deadline for a ... Read more
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has started a three-nation Africa trip that includes a visit to Niger, a leading producer of uranium. Mr. Ahmadinejad, left, is also visiting Benin and Ghana. ... Read more
Iran announced an expansion of its uranium production and claimed other atomic energy advances on Tuesday, striking a newly defiant tone over its nuclear dispute with the big powers in the aftermath of ... Read more
WASHINGTON — All 104 nuclear power reactors now in operation in the United States have a safety problem that cannot be fixed and they should be replaced with newer technology, the former chairman of the ... Read more
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Negotiations over Iran’s disputed nuclear program broke off Saturday with scant signs of progress, much less an agreement on tighter controls demanded by six world powers in ... Read more