The European Union has approved the takeover of the reactor business of Areva by nuclear giant EDF in an all-French transaction, arguing it will not affect healthy competition in the sector. Washingtonpost.com

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delivered the final report of a mission that reviewed Ghana’s infrastructure development for a nuclear power programme. Iaea.org

Hitachi will provide technology for decommissioning Japanese reactors in hopes of making gold out of the country’s aging nuclear infrastructure, starting with two units at a Shizuoka Prefecture plant. Asia.nikkei.com

The nuclear industry is so uncompetitive that half of U.S. nuclear power plants are no longer profitable. And if existing nukes are uneconomic, it’s no surprise that new nuclear plants are wildly unaffordable. Thinkprogress.org