The pouring of the concrete for the foundation plate marks a milestone in the construction of the Cemex cementation facility for liquid radioactive waste produced at Italy’s Eurex pilot reprocessing facility. world-nuclear-news.org

The UK intends to leave the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), according to explanatory notes to a bill the government published yesterday authorizing Brexit. The notes state the bill empowers the prime minister to leave both the European Union and Euratom. world-nuclear-news.org

The UK’s plan to leave Euratom has thrown into doubt the future of the Joint European Torus (JET), a nuclear-fusion facility in Culham, UK. nature.com

A group of Canadian scientists and research-oriented General Fusion, are calling on the government to allocate $125 million over the next five years to advance the prospects of developing a nuclear fusion facility. nuclearstreet.com