Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavorv says Australia has offered an assurance that it will do everything possible to ratify a nuclear cooperation agreement with his country, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

US Congress should consider giving authority to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to regulate all or some Department of Energy nuclear facilities if DOE does not improve oversight of safety, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

According Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, the Arctic zone could contain as much as 25 percent of the world’s untapped oil reserves, RosEnergy newswire reported

The Russian Duma has created a group focusing on the environmental problems of Russia’s far in response to the boomtown rush to tap the areas vast natural resources, specifically oil and gas, Russian media reported.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia would assist in constructing the South American nation's first nuclear reactor, RIA Novosti reported.

The risk that terrorists will acquire and use atomic weapons will increase in coming decades as nuclear technology and expertise proliferate, according to a U.S. intelligence report released last week, the Global Security Newswire reported.