Dozens of mayors in Quebec have banded together to say they’re against a proposal to create a nuclear waste dump site near a drinking-water supply. The 82 mayors who belong to the Montreal Metropolitan Community (CMM) voted unanimously Thursday to adopt a motion opposing the development of a permanent nuclear waste disposal site in the municipality of Chalk River, Ont., which is about 180 kilometers northeast of Ottawa. Cbc.ca

Westinghouse Electric Co.’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant inched a step closer to producing electricity as Chinese regulators approved loading nuclear fuel into the newly built reactor. Post-gazette.com

Protesters are urging the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot authorities to step up their protests against a nuclear power plant Russia is building on Turkey’s Mediterranean coastline. Hurriyetdailynews.com

Victims of the world’s worst nuclear accident may never find closure decades after it shuttered the lives of more than 5 million people in the former Soviet Union.   As the world marked the 32nd anniversary of the accident yesterday (April 26, 2018), some 4,000 people have lost 13 years of their total life expectancy, thanks to effects of the Chernobyl disaster.  Standardmedia.co.ke