Construction of China’s first floating nuclear power plant has officially begun, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced. The demonstration unit is expected to be completed by 2020. world-nuclear-news.org

Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom has agreed to enhance its cooperation with Chinese, Argentinian and Spanish companies – respectively, China National Nuclear Power (CNNP), Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NASA) and IDOM Nuclear Services. world-nuclear-news.org

A federal judge has ruled that a case against the federal government concerning worker safety at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation will go to trial, rejecting the Department of Energy’s attempt to have the case dismissed. nuclearstreet.com

Entergy Corp. announced Tuesday that it would sell the shuttered Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to subsidiaries of NorthStar Group Services Inc., in a move that will accelerate decommissioning and site restoration by as much as 45 years, although spent fuel storage on site will remain a hurdle until a federal solution is found to long-term waste storage. nuclearstreet.com