The 2008 landmark India-US civil nuclear deal was "dead at the very beginning" as it was signed without ground work, a former top Republican Senator has alleged, describing the agreement as more of an "arms deal" for American defense manufacturing companies. Economictimes.indiatimes.com Ukraine's Energoatom and Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the modernisation of the turbine island equipment of Ukrainian nuclear power plants. Energoatom operates all of Ukraine's four nuclear power plants - Zaporozhe, Rovno, South Ukraine and Khmelnitsky - which comprise 15 nuclear reactors, including 13 VVER-1000s and two VVER-440s with a total capacity of 13,835 MWe. World-nuclear-news.org Anthony James dropped a bombshell during his testimony at Wednesday’s Nuclear Project Committee hearing at the statehouse. Components left exposed at the abandoned V.C. Summer Nuclear Project could leave the site impossible to complete. Counton2.com Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, the intelligence minister said on Thursday in Japan where he is seeking backing for U.S. President Donald Trump's tougher line on Tehran. Usnews.com
