Mexico’s only nuclear plant, the 1,600MW Laguna Verde, currently accounts for 4.3% of the country’s electricity load but officials are mulling increasing that share. Bnamericas.com

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) plans to host the fourth installment of its Power Meter policy sessions next week, to cover the current and future role of nuclear energy for the state. Dailyenergyinsider.com

Anti-nuclear campaigners have welcomed news the last cargo of radioactive waste from Wylfa power station on Anglesey has been transported through Cheshire. The train, which carried the waste in steel flasks, regularly made its way through the county on the way to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria. Cheshire-live.co.uk

 A New Jersey-based company has reached an agreement with a construction trades group as it pushes for approval to build a multibillion-dollar facility for temporarily storing spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors around the U.S. kob.com