India may impose additional safeguards on nuclear plants
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said India may impose additional safeguards for its nuclear power projects in the wake of the damage caused to Japan's atomic facilities by Friday's earthquake and the tsunami it unleashed.
EU to apply stress tests on nuclear plants
The European Union energy chief says the union has decided to apply stress tests to see how its 143 nuclear plants would react in emergencies, LETA reports, referring to AP.
Japan blasts cast doubt on nuclear power
Switzerland freezes plans to build new nuclear plants, Germany raises questions about its nuclear future, and opposition to atomic reactor construction mounts from Turkey to South Africa.
Regional security organization head embarks on visit to Tajikistan
The secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, will visit Tajikistan on March 14-18, the Central Asian country's Foreign Ministry said.
Indian scientists stress safety review of nuclear plants
After it was hit by a catastrophic tsunami in 2004, the Indian government has put in place an effective system to issue tsunami alerts.
US urges democratic reform in Central Asia
The United States is using the recent uprisings in the Middle East to make the case to authoritarian Central Asian states to undertake democratic reform.
Iran slams West nuclear claim
The United States and the EU have once again repeated the unfounded claims questioning the peaceful nature of our nuclear activities without presenting any authenticated evidence, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh told to reporters in the Austrian capital
Russia to warn US over missile defence system
Russia will on Wednesday warn US Vice President Joe Biden that it will beef up its own missile defences against the West if it is not made a full partner in a US-backed missile defence shield for Europe soon.
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