The Greens have labelled Coalition MPs pushing for an inquiry into nuclear power as “lunatic cowboys”, pledging to block any move to overturn Australia’s nuclear ban in the Senate. Theguardian.com

A federal rejected the Tennessee Valley Authority’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim brought by Nuclear Development LLC, which has an agreement to purchase the partially completed two-unit, 1,260-MW Bellefonte nuclear plant in Alabama. Enr.com

Faster research into nuclear fuel performance is now possible at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) High Flux Isotope Reactor through the use of tiny samples, known as MiniFuel. World-nuclear-news.org

NAC International Inc has announced it will supply its ultra-high capacity Magnastor systems for transportable dry used fuel storage at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant under a project award from Exelon Generation. The contract is the seventh for the Magnastor system. World-nuclear-news.org