US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been awarded a three-year contract to dismantle the reactor internals of units 1 and 2 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden. world-nuclear-news.org

Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has started work on its Engenho mine in Brazil’s Bahia state. The company said the move was a “decisive step” towards resumption of domestic uranium production. world-nuclear-news.org

Looking to end a decades-old moratorium, state Rep. Gerald Watkins has pre-filed legislation designed to ultimately add Kentucky to the list of states allowing nuclear-generating power stations. thegleaner.com

In the nation’s first legal challenge of Chinese procurement of American nuclear know-how, the government has scored a victory in procuring the cooperation of the engineer prosecutors say was an operative for China, federal court records show. usatoday.com