The “Akademik Lomonosov”, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, has this morning left St. Petersburg and will be towed through Estonian, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian waters towards Murmansk, warned Greenpeace. Greenpeace.org

The US Nuclear Energy Institute led an industry delegation to Saudi Arabia this week aimed at clarifying Saudi nuclear energy development plans and identifying potential Saudi partners. Nucnet.org

Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (NSC) shelter, designed to enclose a previous makeshift shelter that was hastily assembled immediately after the 1986 accident, will begin full operation in December, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said. Nucnet.org

New nuclear power plants are likely to blow their budgets and arrive late unless their designs are completed before construction starts, a report has warned. Thetimes.co.uk