A ten week consultation begins this weekend on plans to build a new nuclear power plant near Sellafield, England. itv.com Germany plans to decide "by summer" on whether it needs a public fund to ringfence 36 billion Euros ($41 billion) set aside by the country's utilities to pay for dismantling nuclear plants, magazine Der Spiegel reported. reuters.com In a meeting of Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Rs.30 crore was allotted to carry out a feasibility Study and Draft Design for building the second indigenous aircraft carrier. An interim feasibility study carried out by Indian Navy also explored the possibility of equipping a Nuclear marine propulsion to power INS Vishal. defence.pk The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has ordered the operators of two of the country's three westernmost nuclear power plants to conduct additional studies into earthquake risks, but says it is confident that the units can continue operating safely while the studies are carried out. world-nuclear-news.org