Nuclear News Roundup May 12, 2017 Russia's Federal Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (FCNRS) plans to start using TUK-1410 casks for the transport of used nuclear fuel from September. The cask will replace the 13th series of transport containers and is licensed to move used fuel assemblies from VVER-1000 reactors. World-nuclear-news.org The Department of Energy said Thursday that most of the 9,000 workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State had been informed they could return to work after a site emergency was declared following the discovery Tuesday morning of a collapsed storage tunnel that contained rail cars loaded with radioactive equipment. Nuclearstreet.com The Trump administration hasn’t said much about nuclear power and nuclear medicine, but commercial nuclear endeavors dot the Tennessee landscape in surprising numbers. Oakridger.com Jeremy Corbyn has effectively ruled out using nuclear weapons if he is elected prime minister. Ft.com
