Theresa May has declared without hesitation that she would order a nuclear strike to kill hundreds of thousands of people if she thought it was necessary. independent.co.uk EDF Energy has launched a competition aimed at finding new ways of inspecting and monitoring its UK nuclear power plants, offering successful projects up to £10,000 ($13,000) of funding. The competition opened yesterday and the deadline for applications is 28 September. Successful projects are to start in January next year. world-nuclear-news.org Rosatom's nuclear fuel company TVEL said Tuesday that it had developed a new fuel that would double the durability of RITM-200 nuclear reactor cores, which are the type used in the world's largest and most powerful icebreaker. nuclearstreet.com A confidential document from the Iran nuclear deal, which was recently leaked to the Associated Press, allows Iran to expand its uranium enrichment program after the first 10 years of the deal, even though the overall agreement lasts 15 years. csmonitor.com
