According to Belarusian First Vice-Prime Minister, Vladimir Semashko, the end of July 2010 was scheduled to mark the finalization of an agreement between Belarus and Russia to build the nuclear power station at Astravets in the Hrodna region with construction of the station to start next July (Svobodnye Novosti Plyus, July 14-21), unsurprisingly, given recent tensions between the two countries, that did not happen.

• August 7, 2010

Two letters penned by top Iranian officials regarding the ongoing nuclear drama unfolding between Tehran and Western powers reveal that the Iranian government looks unlikely to compromise on key points. The letters cast renewed doubt over new nuclear talks and whether they can produce significant progress

• August 6, 2010

Russia agreed on Friday to supply more low-enriched uranium to South Africa's only nuclear power station, a contract that will give Russia's uranium trader nearly half of Africa's biggest market for enrichment services.

• August 6, 2010

How green is our economy? While there is no precise answer to this question, our economy is neither green nor grey, but remains black.

• August 6, 2010

The Frauenhofer Institute for Energy Technology has reported a marked progress in the capacity of renewable energy in Germany. But this could mean the country is running into a supply conflict with nuclear power.

• August 6, 2010

Nothing projects U.S. global air and sea power more vividly than supercarriers. Bristling with fighter jets that can reach deep into even landlocked trouble zones, America's virtually invincible carrier fleet has long enforced its dominance of the high seas.

• August 6, 2010

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline, first proposed in 1995, is back on the drawing boards.

• August 6, 2010

The United States is no longer the world’s biggest consumer of energy.

• August 6, 2010