The Japanese government will select potential areas to host nuclear dump sites instead of waiting for communities to volunteer, according to the revised policy on permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste that was adopted by the Cabinet on Friday. japantimes.co.jp

The future of struggling French nuclear build specialist Areva is still up in the air, but some of the players are jockeying for position, at least in the eyes of the media. nuclearstreet.com

South Africa will start the process to procure a nuclear fleet of six to eight new nuclear reactors this year, with the first likely to begin commercial operation in 2023, energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said today. nucnet.org

The replacement of fossil-fuel electricity by nuclear fission at a pace which could limit the more severe effects of climate change is technologically and industrially possible, but whether this will happen depends primarily on political will, strategic economic planning, and public acceptance, researchers say. nucnet.org