The United Arab Emirates’ Nuclear Power Gambit. Spectrum.ieee.org

Canadian federal and provincial authorities have completed their technical assessment of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL’s) draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed in-situ decommissioning of Whiteshell Reactor 1 (WR-1). World-nuclear-news.org

The sale of Areva’s reactor business, which had been transferred to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Areva NP referred to as ‘New NP’, was completed on 31 December. As a result, New NP became 75.5% owned by EDF, 19.5% by MHI and 5% by Assystem. Yesterday it was announced that New NP had been renamed Framatome. World-nuclear-news.org

Iran said on Monday it might reconsider its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog if the United States failed to respect its commitments in the nuclear deal Tehran struck with world powers in 2015. Reuters.com