French nuclear power giant Areva has found a high-carbon anomaly in the steel used for portions of the reactor vessel head and reactor vessel bottom at the Flamanville 3 project in Normandy, France, the French regulator, the Authority of Nuclear Safety (ASN) said Tuesday. Nuclearstreet.com

The Britain’s Conservatives’ manifesto will have a commitment to build four new nuclear missile-armed submarines, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said. bbc.com

Electrabel has described as “confiscatory” the tax Belgium seeks to levy on nuclear power plant operators based on new calculations by the country’s electricity and gas market regulator.  world-nuclear-news.com

Nuclear is likely to be one of the big areas of cooperation with France, Germany and Canada during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit starting on Thursday.  timeseofIndia.indiatimes.com