Nuclear News Roundup Oct 14, 2016 Norway’s two aging nuclear reactors, located in Halden and Kjeller, are being shut down in what officials are calling a “temporary” move but one that has set off speculation over whether they’ll ever be reopened. newslinenglish.no Consumer watchdog Public Citizen on Tuesday urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject the application for Entergy Corp to sell the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in New York to Exelon Corp. The group said the application does not include New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) subsidy, which would allocate about $8 billion over 12 years to three of the state's nuclear power facilities, it added. "If the sale of FitzPatrick is approved, Exelon would gain control over all the ZEC-recipient facilities – and would get all $8 billion in subsidies." reuters.com As North Korea clears hurdle after hurdle in its race to obtain nuclear weapons, a foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for the U.S. to review its objectives. japantimes.co.jp Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said nuclear proliferation linkages active today have clear “Pakistan fingerprints” and an “unbridled” expansion of fissile material under the nexus between state and non-state actors constitutes the biggest threat to peace. thehindu.com
