Nuclear News Roundup Jun 09, 2017 Money-losing Japanese nuclear and electronics company Toshiba Corp. will pay $3.68 billion toward the construction of two reactors in Georgia by its U.S. unit Westinghouse, which has filed for bankruptcy protection. Krqe.com Engineering giant Sweco – formerly Swedish Consultants – announced that it had been granted a $23 million contract by the country's nuclear waste management company SKB (Svensk Karnbranslehantering AB) for engineering and safety analysis reports for the future encapsulation plant in Oskarshamn, known as Clink. Nuclearstreet.com Thirty-two Congressional representatives from the Great Lakes region are asking Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to intervene with Canadian authorities to block plans for permanently interring radioactive waste underground near Lake Huron. Buffalonews.com A US Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles made a port call on Tuesday (6 June) in South Korea amid simmering tensions in the region. It is still unclear whether or not it was a scheduled pit stop for the vessel. Yahoo.com
