Uranium reserves found in Guinea
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The first ever commercially viable uranium reserves are found in the West African nation of Guinea.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil has reached a deal with  the U.N. atomic agency to allow inspections of its uranium  enrichment plant that protect its nuclear technology, Brazil's  ministry of science and technology said on Wednesday.
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Two men accused of being part of an international network to illegally export DR Congo's uranium are released.
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AFRICA/GUINEA - La Guinea continua ad essere paralizzato dallo sciopero generale e dalla legge marziale: si sentono gli effetti della crisi anche nei Paesi limitrofi Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- Non si segnalano piÃ¹ scontri in Guinea, ma una calma carica di tensione domina la capitale Conakry, dopo una settimana di scontri tra dimostranti e forze dellÂordine che hanno fatto almeno 110 morti, dopo la proclamazione del...
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Polonium-210 &#151; the radioactive substance that killed a former Russian spy in London &#151; is one of the world's rarest elements, first discovered in the 19th century by scientists Marie and Pierre Curie.
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The UN nuclear agency says it is investigating reports of uranium smuggling in DR Congo.
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The U.N. atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said Tuesday.
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Traces of plutonium from nuclear tests in Nevada 50 years ago can be traced in British soil, scientists are to reveal.
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Small traces of a radioactive substance are found at the British embassy in Moscow, it has been reported.
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An oil deposit with an estimated  100-million-barrel reserve has been discovered off Cuba's coast  by Canadian companies Sherritt International Corp. S.TO and  Pebercan Inc. PBC.TO, President Fidel Castro said.
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POTOSI, Bolivia  - High silver prices are drawing a frenzy of miners to a colonial-era mine at Potosi in Bolivia, but the mine has become so dangerous that authorities fear the mine, part of a World Heritage Site, could collapse.
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U.N. experts have found traces of plutonium near an Egyptian nuclear facility and are investigating whether it could be weapons-related or simply a byproduct of the country's peaceful atomic activities, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Doubts about how much plutonium and uranium is contained in a vast waste tank at Sellafield in Cumbria has led the European commission to prosecute the British government for failing to adhere to proper nuclear safeguards.
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Ghana's president said Saturday that offshore oil reserves discovered in the West African country's waters total 3 billion barrels.
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The United Nations has allocated $2.35 million from an emergency fund to provide humanitarian aid to Guinea, which is in the midst of a tense nationwide strike, a U.N. spokesperson said Friday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO With Brazil hoping to begin operating a uranium enrichment plant by as early as year&#39;s end, the International Atomic Energy Agency is intensifying efforts to reach an agreement that would guarantee its inspectors unimpeded access to the
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CHERBOURG, France  - A heavily guarded convoy of  vehicles believed to be transporting U.S. weapons-grade  plutonium left a plant in northern France on Thursday for a  recycling factory 660 miles southeast.