All nuclear power plants in Japan were unaffected as of 9:20 a.m. by the strong earthquake that rocked Osaka and neighboring prefectures on the morning of June 18, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said. Asahi.com

The European Commission issued a “positive” opinion on a British nuclear power plant project to be built by Hitachi’s Horizon, saying it would not have health or environmental impacts on other member states. Reuters.com

Chen Hua, chairman of the China National Nuclear Power Corporation, has said that the first completed Westinghouse-designed AP1000 reactor would reach first criticality by the end of June and that it remained on track to enter commercial operations status by the end of November, Science Daily reported. Nuclearstreet.com

The east African nation of nation of Tanzania is poised to enter the market as a uranium producer, but is holding back until the price of the fissile metal rises, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a news release Monday. Nuclearstreet.com