Nuclear News Roundup May 04, 2018 For veterans of British nuclear tests, a 60-year fight for recognition goes on. Radionz.co.nz Hitachi will ask the U.K. government to take a direct stake in the company that is to build and operate a nuclear power plant in Wales which is now 100% owned by the Japanese industrial company. Hitachi expects the U.K. government will invite private British companies to participate and hopes to reduce its own stake to less than 50%. Asia-nikkei.com Operation of the Halden research reactor in Norway beyond 2020 will require significantly increased funding, a preliminary report of a strategic review on the reactor's future operation has concluded. The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), which operates the reactor, said it will make a decision in late June on Halden's future. World-nuclear-news.org The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it had assisted in the removal of 27 highly radioactive sources from five South American countries in what was the largest agency effort of its kind to date. Nuclearstreet.com
