Four Green Party candidates in Finland, acknowledging their party’s long-standing opposition to nuclear power, called for a reversal on that stance last week, noting that the government’s “current bio-energy policy is … a disaster for both the climate and the Finnish nature.” Nuclearstreet.com
Despite heightened surveillance and draconian control measures, the answers from nuclear analysts is far from unanimous. Despite these questions, the French power giant that manages them, EDF, wants to prolong their life by ten or even 20 years. Furthermore, the public utility’s finances are at least €37 billion in debt. France24.com
The University of Maryland will continue operating its Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics – or TRIGA – research reactor thanks to lightly irradiated fuel provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) site in Idaho. In operation since 1973, the University’s 250-kilowatt research reactor has trained scores of young researchers who are interested in nuclear energy, but was facing the possibility of shutting down due to a lack of available fuel in the commercial market. Eastidahonews.com