An advanced remote-controlled robot capable of assessing its surroundings in detail and designed to help decommission reactors at the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is set to start its performance trials next month. mainichi.jp

TEPCO ready to release decontaminated Fukushima water into the ocean. youtube.com

Delays and cost overruns that have dogged two nuclear reactors being built in France and Finland have deterred investors from joining a £24bn project to build a plant at Hinkley Point. ft.com

The Chairman of General Electric Jeff Immelt has ruled out India as a place to do business in nuclear power, saying that the liability laws of the country are not in line with the rest of the world. nuclearstreet.com