The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said the agency is considering opening a branch office in Fukushima to monitor efforts to contain the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl, a report said

A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency visited Kansai Electric Power Co's Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Thursday to inspect its two reactors, which have been idled for

The US has asked Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency when their inspectors visit the country, even as Tehran threatened to close down the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retali

New York, Sept. 7: Iran is hampering investigation into its controversial nuclear programme by refusing to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors into the country, a media report has said