The government of South Australia will support nine of the 12 recommendations of a Royal Commission on the nuclear fuel cycle, Premier Jay Weatherill announced today. These include the expansion of uranium mining and exploration, but not the removal of existing prohibitions on nuclear power generation. world-nuclear-news.org
The 36,000 metric ton New Safe Confinement arch at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's No. 4 reactor, which cost $1.6 billion to build, is on the move this week as the construction consortium that built it is pushing the arch into its permanent spot, where it will shield the environment from the site of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident. nuclearstreet.com
A Donald Trump appointee at the Forrestal Building bodes well for oil, natural gas and nuclear power, but renewables will remain robust contenders, analysts say. wyofile.com
Bringing U.S. tactical nuclear weapons back to South Korea or relaxing restrictions on Seoul's civilian nuclear industry could be considered as a means to put pressure on China to work harder to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program, a former CIA director said Tuesday. englishyonhapnews.com
