The first shipment of used nuclear fuel assemblies from Russian nuclear submarines has arrived at the radiochemical plant Mayak in Chelyabinsk, near the Ural Mountains, from the former base of the Russian Northern Fleet at Andreeva Bay. World-nuclear-news.org

Ukrainian state nuclear corporation Energoatom has this week hosted the working group created five years ago to achieve a zero-failure rate of nuclear fuel. The group visited the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant. World-nuclear-news.org

Since the recent cancellation of one of only two new nuclear reactor projects in the United States, the fate of nuclear power has received significant attention. With cheap natural gas, decreases in energy demand and an increase in renewable energy, nuclear power’s high capital costs, technological challenges and massive accident and waste liabilities make it too risky for private investors. As a result, taxpayers have been the backstop keeping the industry afloat for years. Usenews.com

Can Next-Generation Nuclear Power Meet World Energy Needs? Forbes.com