UCLA Researchers express significant concern on the safety of the population and environment worldwide following the Fukushima disaster. enenews.com

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday more work needed to be done to reach a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear program as a deadline at the end of March looms over the talks. news.yahoo.com

Former Idaho Govs. Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt fired off a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Energy on Thursday threatening a federal lawsuit over a deal between the current governor and the Department of Energy to allow a shipment of spent nuclear fuel into Idaho. spokesman.com

The Kentucky state Senate passed a bill that would end a moratorium on building new nuclear reactors in the state. power-eng.com