Russia has connected its first VVER-1200 nuclear power unit to the grid. Unit 1 of the Novovoronezh II nuclear power plant in western Russia connected at 240 MWe after connection to the network at 3.35am local time yesterday, Rosatom announced today. world-nuclear-news.org

Russian President Vladimir Putin said an agreement with Iran calls for construction of eight nuclear power plants in the country that was recently considered as a threat to expand their nuclear capacities to include an atomic weapons. nuclearstreet.com

The United Kingdom on Thursday said that records detailing the UK’s involvement in Israel’s alleged nuclear arsenal have gone missing over the last four years, according to London based internet publication The Independent. jpost.com

Ukraine said Thursday it had reached an agreement with the US-based electric giant Westinghouse to build a nuclear fuel production unit that would help reduce its reliance on Russia. yahoo.com