The risk of a major eruption at Sakurajima volcano remains high and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) maintains alert level 4 (second highest). thewatchers.adorraeli.com

The federal agency reviewing plans for the long-stalled Yucca Mountain national nuclear waste dump in Nevada has set dates and places of public meetings about revisions to an environmental report. lasvegasnow.com

The UK regulator has given approval for the inactive commissioning process to begin at a dry nuclear fuel store at Sizewell B, the country’s first such nuclear fuel storage facility. Construction of the store began in early 2013. world-nuclear-news.org

Russia’s Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) said today that its mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility has completed tests on putting together the first nuclear fuel assemblies for the BN-800 fast neutron reactor.   world-nuclear-news.org