Japan’s roads to have radioactive foundations. thetimes.co.uk

The licence application by Sweden’s radioactive waste management company for an integrated system for the final disposal of used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste has been endorsed by the country’s Radiation Safety Authority (SSM). A final decision to licence the facilities will be made next year. world-nuclear-news.org

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in California said Tuesday that the State Lands Commission’s approval to a lease extension for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant to 2025 was “a critical first step” in pushing forward the agreement reached with labor and environmental groups that would allow the nuclear power plant to operate for the next nine years. nuclearstreet.com

India won’t buy GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s atomic reactors that haven’t been used in nuclear power plants before, the country’s top atomic-energy bureaucrat said. bloomberg.com