MVM Paks II has received environmental approval to build two new units at the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary. The company received an environmental licence from the Baranya County Government Office in late September, but this was challenged by Greenpeace Hungary and Energiaklub. The initial licence was then reviewed by Pest County Government Office, which gave statutory approval of the licence on 18 April. World-nuclear-new.org

The French Academy of Sciences said Thursday that the country’s policy of reducing its dependence on nuclear power was a step in the wrong direction considering the country’s goal of reducing harmful carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Nuclearstreet.com

Seven workers were sickened by fumes inside of a nuclear reactor containment building Thursday evening, at the Salem 3 nuclear plant  in the Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, nj.com

Britain’s first new reactor since the 1990s takes shape in Somerset. Ft.com