Addressing shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting in Darwin yesterday, Peter Mansell said that, with a third of the world’s total undeveloped uranium reserves, the potential to expand Australian uranium mining was real. World-nuclear-news.org

The French utility announced on 10 April that the first quality deviation in the welding of the main secondary system was detected on 21 March during the initial comprehensive inspection. This inspection includes an examination of the welds in the primary and secondary systems – mainly using ultrasound and radiography – and allows an initial reference state of the plant to be established before it begins operating.

British Minister Stuart Andrew, a Conservative Party politician from Wales, is visiting a potential Small Modular Reactor development site in Trawsfynydd this week to voice support for the next generation of nuclear power, which is envisioned as including small, factory-built reactors. Nuclearstreet.com

The Air Force and industry have begun early prototyping and design work on the emerging Long Range Stand Off weapon nuclear-armed cruise missile, set to enter into a new phase of construction by 2022, service officials said. Nationalinterest.org