Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has withdrawn its application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew the design certification for its Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), saying it does not expect any new opportunities to build the reactor in the USA. world-nuclear-news.org

Areva has announced a number of contracts in the nuclear fuel cycle. The contracts relate to used fuel management at a Belgian research reactor, a Romanian waste repository and the supply of used fuel storage canisters in the USA. world-nuclear-news.org

Last November, Argentina signed deals with China for the construction of its fourth and fifth nuclear power plants: a third Candu pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Atucha site and a pressurized water reactor (PWR) at an unspecified site.  world-nuclear-news.org

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) annual report concerning security issues at nuclear power plants across the country has been submitted to Congress in its customary two forms, which includes a classified document and a document open to public viewing. nuclearstreet.com