Seventeen people were taken to the hospital after a fire in the University of Maryland’s Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building on Wednesday morning, according to the Prince George’s County Fire Department. Dbknews.com

An investor in Santee Cooper’s "Mini-Bond" program has sued the South Carolina-owned utility alleging that the unrated debt was sold at artificially deflated interest rates at a time when details about its troubled nuclear project were hidden from the public. Bondbuyer.com

Bulgaria’s only nuclear plant, Kozloduy, has shut one of its two 1,000-megawatt reactors for planned annual maintenance, it said on Wednesday. Adreuters.com

California’s Nuclear Waste Dilemma Is Proof That Surfers Have a Responsibility to Vote. Theinertia.com

Attorneys representing South Carolina Electric & Gas ratepayers are demanding “outrageously high” legal fees for their work fighting the power company over its failed nuclear project, according to a challenge filed Monday. Postandcourier.com

The Australian Federal Department of Environment and Energy has granted environmental approval for Cameco Australia's Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia. Any decision to advance the project will depend on market conditions, the company said. World-nuclear-news.org

The European nuclear industry sustains more than 1.1 million jobs in the EU and generates more than half a trillion euros in GDP, according to a new study by Deloitte released yesterday. The study was commissioned by the European nuclear trade association Foratom to assess the contribution of the nuclear sector to the overall economy of the EU28 both today and in 2050. World-nuclear-news.org

After 72 hours of testing, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) declared the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to be completed. Nuclearstreet.com