Holtec International has won a contract for the turnkey supply of a dry cask storage facility at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia. The value of the contract was not disclosed. world-nuclear-news.org

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an operating licence to AUC LLC for the Reno Creek in-situ leach (ISL) uranium project in Campbell County, Wyoming. world-nuclear-news.org

South Africa’s stop-start nuclear energy project is on the move again, but it will have to overcome ferocious opposition from civic activists and even government officials. thenational.ae

AS uranium producers welcome the rally in the price of the nuclear fuel from its 12-year lows in December, a recent $US6.3 billion writedown of Toshiba’s nuclear reactor construction business — which has the Japanese company teetering on the verge of bankruptcy — is testament to the one big challenge that may stymie a renewed push for nuclear power in developed economies: cost. theaustralian.com.au