Critics say the risks are too great in the plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in southeastern New Mexico. Hastingstribune.com

South Carolina’s Republican leaders are pursuing a last-ditch effort to save a federal nuclear project at the Savannah River Site that is billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule. Postandcourier.com

The German government approved a draft law on Wednesday that paves the way for energy giants RWE and Vattenfall to receive hundreds of millions of euros in compensation for the country’s decision to phase out nuclear power. Thelocal.de

“Australia has decided to change its foreign policy to allow the export of uranium to India, but only subject to a number of “strict conditions”, prime minister John Howard has announced. Neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com