Kyushu Electric set to decommission Genkai Unit 1 reactor in Japan. enformable.com

Westinghouse announced today that its Springfields nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the UK has “reached the requirements necessary” for manufacturing fuel assemblies for its Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Last year the company proposed a partnership with the UK government to deploy SMR technology. world-nuclear-news.org

Peninsula Energy Ltd has announced first delivery of uranium under its wholly owned subsidiary Strata Energy Inc’s 2011 sale and purchase agreement with an unnamed US utility. In-situ uranium recovery operations began from the Ross Permit Area of the Lance Projects in Wyoming, USA on 2 December. world-nuclear-news.org

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that it had granted pre-emption authority to nuclear facilities in New York and California to allow their security forces to carry certain firearms and related devises. nuclearstreet.com