Agence France-Presse: China’s top nuclear power official is being investigated for allegedly squandering public funds and accepting bribes valued at up to 1.8 billion yuan (260 million dollars), state press said Friday. Authorities are probing the possibility that Kang Rixin took bribes from French nuclear power giant Areva to win a contract for a nuclear power project in southern China’s Guangdong province, the Chongqing Times reported. Kang also allegedly traded large amounts of public funds …