U.S. threatened Europe with auto tariffs over Iran nuclear program - Washington Post reuters.com France seeks to shield EDF, consumers with nuclear power market reform. Whtc.com Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has pledged to build on the political impetus seen in international cooperation in nuclear security in recent years. "It is vital that we remain ahead of the curve in guarding against nuclear terrorism," he told delegates at an event in Vienna yesterday. World-nuclear-news.org A foundation stone laying ceremony at the Baroda heavy water plant (HWP) in India has marked the inauguration of a new facility that will allow the country to produce high purity sodium metal on an industrial scale. India up to now has imported the material, which is used in fast breeder reactors. World-nuclear-news.org