Two Swiss expert groups have today released reports supporting the repository siting proposals put forward by the country’s national radioactive waste disposal cooperative Nagra. However, they call for further investigations to be carried out in the Nördlich Lägern region. world-nuclear-news.org

An EU Council of Ministers working group has recommended the European Atomic Energy Community’s (Euratom’s) participation in the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) be extended for a further ten years. The final adoption of this decision by the Council of Ministers is expected soon. world-nuclear-news.org

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it would investigate the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station this week after the plant’s operator, Entergy Nuclear Operations disclosed Friday that three of its testing wells on the grounds of the plant had experienced spikes in radiation levels. nuclearstreet.com

If the “cold war” was the term used for cloak and dagger competition between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, then “hot war” or “plasma war,” might be used to define the rivalry between German and Chinese scientists who are trading headlines with advancements in controlling fusion reactions that the press has seized on as the potential source of limitless energy for our crowded planet. nuclearstreet.com