Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) has been issued a radioactive material licence for its Burke Hollow in-situ leach project in Texas, the last of the four major permits needed for uranium extraction. World-nuclear-news.org

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that the new global order has changed the nuclear status quo and the challenge before world leaders was to maintain the post-1945 taboo on the use of nuclear weapons. Deccanherals.com

World Association of Nuclear Operators members voted yesterday to establish a branch office and support centre in Shanghai, China, making it easier for the organisation to provide services to operators in the world’s fastest growing region for commercial nuclear power. Nucnet.org

The European Commission expects a “stable share of nuclear” in what would be a renewables-dominated European electricity mix by 2050, EU climate action and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete told a conference in Brussels this week. Nucnet.org