Belarus agrees to give up stockpile of highly enriched uranium
In a surprise victory for President Obama's campaign to secure nuclear material worldwide, the government of Belarus announced Wednesday that it will give up its stock of highly enriched uranium, a critical component of nuclear weapons.
Russia forms world's first nuclear fuel bank
Russia announced Wednesday that it had created the world's first international atomic fuel bank as part of a global effort to curb the spread of nuclear arms.
China hopes to lead green race
China has made global headlines in recent months for overtaking the US as the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, while state media ran almost daily stories of chemical water pollution and contaminated food, writes the Mail and Guardian.
North Korea boasts about nuclear capabilities at new uranium enrichment plant
Nuclear-armed North Korea boasted today it has "many thousands of centrifuges'' running at a new uranium enrichment plant, which has raised fears the regime wants to make more fuel for atom bombs.
Lithuania has questions on Belarusian nuclear power plant construction
Lithuania "has questions" about the report on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the future nuclear power plants in Belarus
Iran, Turkmenistan inaugurate gas pipeline
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov inaugurated on Sunday the last section of a pipeline to export Turkmen gas to northeast Iran, media reported.
Putin says EU energy laws are uncivilised 'robbery'
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday lashed out at European Union laws aimed at liberalising the continent's energy market, saying they hinder investment and amount to uncivilised 'robbery'.
SOCAR announced discovery of a huge gas field in Azerbaijan
SOCAR has announced the discovery of a huge gas field Umid in the Azerbaijani section of the Caspian Sea, SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullayev said.
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