AUSTRALIA has been spurred on to join the world’s nuclear powers in order to counter the growing Chinese threat by a former top defence strategist. Express.co.uk

The company that operates Fukushima’s tsunami-devastated nuclear power plant said on Friday it will run out of space to store radioactive water within three years. Worries are intensifying on what will become of the water and whether a consensus can be reached in time. Foxnews.com

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public comment the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) on Exelon Generation Company’s application for an additional 20 years of operation for Peach Bottom units 2 and 3. This would be a second licence renewal for the Pennsylvania plant and, if granted, would enable it to operate for 80 years. World-nucleawr-news.org

The UK plans to make it easier for scientists from oversees to work and live in the country following its departure from the European Union. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the “fast-track visa route” during his visit yesterday to the Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire, England. World-nuclear-news.org