Official: U.S.-UAE nuclear energy deal to be completed by December

The UAE and the US will complete the last formality in their epochal civilian nuclear energy deal — the exchange of diplomatic notes — in the first week of December. It has already been through bilateral executive and legislative processes....
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Alexander continues push for more nuclear power plants

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander repeated his call in Murfreesboro this morning to build 100 nuclear power plants during the next 20 years....
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Nuclear Power Regains Support Among Environmentalists

Nuclear power -- long considered environmentally hazardous -- is emerging as perhaps the world's most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the backing of even some green activists who once campaigned against it....
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GAO Faults Plant for Lax Nuclear-Weapon Parts Oversight

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has found that the National Nuclear Security Administration's is not doing enough to prevent rogue actors from acquiring nuclear-weapon components from at least one facility, the Kansas City Star reported yesterday...
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Iran Demands Uranium Exchange Within Borders

The United States and other nations have urged Tehran to accept a U.N. proposal under which it would ship roughly 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium to other nations for further refinement. The material would then be returned to Iran for use in a medical research reactor....
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U.S. "Fully" Committed to Indian Nuclear Deal, Obama Says

"I reaffirmed to the prime minister my administration's commitment to fully implement the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement, which will increase American exports and create jobs in both countries," Obama said....
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Homeland Security Misses Self-Imposed Schedule to Certify New Radiation Detectors

The U.S. Homeland Security Department has missed a self-imposed schedule to prove to Congress that the next generation of radiation detectors will work when deployed at the nation's points of entry...
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Undeclared Heavy Water Found at Iranian Plant

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors discovered 30 metric tons of unreported heavy water during an audit last month of Iran's Isfahan uranium conversion facility, the Institute for Science and International Security noted yesterday in an analysis of the agency's latest Iran safeguards report...
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Los Alamos Lab Again Under Fire for Weak Computer Security

Information security weaknesses continue to plague Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to the Government Accountability Office, which reported on Friday that the lab failed to allow only authorized users access to the network...
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U.S., Japan to Cooperate on Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Research

The U.S. and Japan will begin to cooperate on "advanced fuel cycle technologies" for nuclear plants, or reprocessing nuclear waste, according to the Environmental Capital blog on the Wall Street Journal...
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Nuclear industry weighs in on nuke dump license

The nuclear industry's lobbying arm has suggested that work continue on a license request from the Energy Department to build a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, even though President Barack Obama has signaled an end to it....
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US senators push to ramp up nuclear energy

Two senators unveiled legislation Monday to double US nuclear energy output in 20 years and foster clean energy options with "mini-Manhattan Projects" named for the original US atomic bomb push....
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Lower cost estimate pledge for nuclear plant

Toshiba has promised Texan utility CPS Energy that it will provide a new, lower cost estimate for the South Texas Project before the end of the year....
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Prep for Six AP-1000s

Chinese planners are moving ahead with three new nuclear power plants based on AP1000 reactors - the first to be developed after technology transfer from Westinghouse...
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Safeguards Frustration

Inspectors still have lots of questions for Iran, even after full access to the newly revealed enrichment facility at Qom. Meanwhile, the country is being slow to agree a fuel deal and Syria is ignoring questions on its programs...
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Bill to Ban Foreign Nuclear Waste Moves Forward

Today, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment unanimously approved Congressman Bart Gordon’s bipartisan legislation to ban the importation of foreign-generated radioactive waste for disposal in the United States...
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Trouble for AREVA Design?

A new generation of French nuclear power reactors came under attack on Tuesday as opposition parties called for an inquiry into their security systems, after three nuclear safety bodies asked for changes to their design...
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Progress Says It Would Need 12 Reactors to Meet Carbon Rules

Progress Energy Inc., the owner of utilities in three U.S. Southeast states, said it would need to build about 12 nuclear units by 2050 to comply with the emissions limits called for in climate legislation in Congress...
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Cold War Strategy with Iran?

The United States might have to adopt a "mini Cold War" strategy to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, a leading arms control expert said yesterday...
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