Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, 87, called on his country to embrace the business of nuclear waste storage as a means of helping the country’s economy and fighting global warming. nuclearstreet.com

Russian nuclear power conglomerate Rosatom is open to the idea of discussing the purchase of a stake in state-run French company AREAVA, but there is little interest from France in making a deal, said a senior Rosatom official. nuclearstreet.com

AN earthquake in Fukushima has put the city’s nuclear power plant owners on alert. express.co.uk

The retirement of Sen. Harry Reid may give new life to a project he’s made a career out of opposing.

For years, the Senate minority leader and Nevada Democrat has been the most vocal opponent of a plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, a remote site less than 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Analysts say Mr. Reid’s staunch political opposition to the proposal partly led to the Obama administration to pull the plug on Yucca Mountain in 2011. washingtontimes.com