India and Argentina Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding to boost cooperation in the sector of nuclear energy. Business-standard.com

French nuclear electricity generation is unlikely to surpass 405 terawatt hour (TWh) annually in the years ahead due to planned shutdowns of some nuclear reactors, Jean-Bernard Levy, chief executive of utility EDF said on Sunday. Reuters.com

A robot outfitted with remotely controlled pinchers poked at debris that’s suspected to contain molten nuclear fuel at the bottom of one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors, World Nuclear News reports. The poking and prodding is part of the ongoing cleanup effort at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the site of a major nuclear accident in 2011. Theverge.com

Cavendish Nuclear said Friday it had struck a 10-year deal with EDF Energy to sustain critical infrastructure at two of the French utility’s nuclear power plants in Britain, Heysham Unit 2 and Torness. Nuclearstreet.com