The 2018 shutdown of the Chalk River reactor will be a serious blow to Canadian nuclear research. Tvo.org

Shipping resumes to only US underground nuclear waste dump. Idahopress.com

Holtec International wants to bring more nuclear waste to New Mexico. The site is proposed for about 1,000 acres between Carlsbad and Hobbs. Nmpoliticalreport.com

Entergy Nuclear Operations shut down its Vermont power plant in 2014. But much of the waste from the facility remains, including 200,000 gallons of low-level radioactive water. The company applied for permission to truck the water across the country to a site near Grand View, Idaho, about 40 miles south of Boise. Boisestatepublicradio.com