Public support for nuclear energy in the USA is increasing with more than two-thirds of citizens favorable towards it, according to a new survey commissioned by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). world-nuclear-news.org

The underground tunnel in which the Full-scale Emplacement Experiment (FE Experiment) will be carried out at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory in Switzerland has been sealed and monitoring has begun. world-nuclear-news.org

A senior official in Turkey’s energy ministry said that a seven-year build for the country’s first nuclear power reactor would mean that the official schedule calling for an operational start in 2019-2020 was already infeasible. nuclearstreet.com

Media in Jordan have reported that the country’s government will soon sign a deal with Russia’s state-owned nuclear power giant Rosatom that stresses the commitment to build two nuclear reactors at a cost of $10 billion. nuclearstreet.com