There was further bad news for the 1300 MW Visaginas nuclear power plant in Lithuania, as the project is now predicted to cost $2.6bn more than originally expected.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed her Environmental Minister, Norbert Röttgen.

UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry has conceded that part of the government’s Electricity Market Reform plans could fall foul of European Commission state aid rules.

Vincent de Rivaz , the head of EDF Energy, has rejected predictions that France’s new president could force it to ditch its big investment in new nuclear reactors in the UK.

A Japanese town’s local assembly has voted in favour of enabling a nuclear power plant to re-open.

German utility E.ON AG plans to shut down three large gas-fired power plants in southern Germany, because the plants don't operate profitably.

The new CEO of Franco-Belgian Solvay, has accused Germany, France and Belgium of acting in isolation on nuclear and gas policy and failing to come up with a coherent strategy to keep Europe’s companies competitive.

Lithuania's government have given its final approval to the development of a new nuclear power plant which could cost up to $9.10bn to build.

With Japan opting out of nuclear power following Fukushima, Chinese solar producers are keen on exploiting the gap in power generation in the country.

Brazil has announced that no new nuclear power plants are to be built in the country for at least the next ten years.

Beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power Co, owner of the Fukushima power plant, will be taken over by the Japanese government after a $12.5bn bailout was approved today.

German utility E.ON has turned around its heavy losses of a year ago by posting a positive first quarter performance to 2012.

The election of François Hollande as president of France has led to uncertainty about the future of the nuclear power sector in the country.

Lord Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency in the UK, is to warn against downgrading of renewable energy as economic woes continue, and has also thrown his weight behind support for nuclear power.

Earth Institute director and top economist Jeffrey Sachs says the world has no option but to embrace nuclear power, if climate change is to be effectively combated.

Two Beijing-backed energy groups are in talks to buy the Horizon consortium in the UK, and in effect, take a significant stake in the country’s nuclear programme.

JAEC (Jordan Atomic Energy Commission) has completed its evaluation and made a decision on which company will build the first nuclear reactor in Jordan.

The French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Andra) has renewed its contract with Areva for the operation of the Aube low and intermediate level waste storage centre in Eastern France.

The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) has shortlisted a Russian company and French-Japanese consortium in its final shortlist as it decides on who best to construct the company’s first nuclear power plant.