NRC Considers Changes to Radioactive Iodine Rules

The U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission is considering tighter strictures on the permitted movements of people receiving radioactive iodine treatments, following concerns that patients were exposing the public to radiation and setting off security detectors, the Associated Press reported yesterday...
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Islamic Nations Demand Israeli Atomic Transparency

The 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference yesterday called for U.N. inspections of Israel's nuclear arsenal, Iran's Press TV reported ...
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North Korea Reported to be Readying New Nuke Test

A U.S. satellite has reportedly spotted heightened operations at a nuclear weapons test location in North Korea, possibly indicating the Stalinist state is readying for a third nuclear test blast, Reuters reported today...
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Iran Claims To Have Produced 30 Kilograms Of Enriched Uranium

Iran, slammed with a fifth round of UN sanctions for not stopping uranium enrichment, has already produced 30 kilograms of the potential nuclear-bomb-making material, according to the nation's atomic chief...
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Renewed TVA projects could spark business for Areva, B&W

The recession may have slowed the power industry’s “nuclear renaissance” in the U.S., including some of the projects that promised hundreds of jobs to Lynchburg...
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Constellation rejects loan guarantee terms

Development of a new nuclear power plant in Maryland suffered a major setback last week with the disclosure that Constellation Energy Group has withdrawn from the federal loan guarantee program. Without those guarantees, it would appear unlikely that Calvert Cliffs 3 will be developed by Constellation and its partner in the project, Electricite de France...
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New Fuel Form Identified at Los Alamos

Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory have created a long-sought molecule known as uranium nitride. Besides offering cheaper and safer nuclear fuel, the new molecule could extract more energy from fossil fuels, making cars more fuel-efficient, and could also lead to cheaper drugs...
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Constellation rejects loan guarantee terms

In a blow to Calvert Cliffs that puts a dark cloud over US new build plans, Constellation has revealed that the DoE would charge fees of 11.6% of the loan amount - in its case some $880 million. The charge would come in addition to interest on loans and, Wallace said, "would clearly destroy the project's economics, or the economics of any nuclear project for that matter."...
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Obama Deputies to Debate Nuclear Trade Terms

Senior Obama administration officials are set next week to formally debate whether Jordan and Vietnam should be required to forgo their nuclear fuel production rights as a condition of entering civilian atomic cooperation agreements with the United States, Foreign Policy reported...
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Obama Administration Pursues Landslide "New START" Vote

The Obama administration believes senators could vote by a significant margin in favor of ratifying a new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty, Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller said yesterday...
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Fusion "Ignition" Test Conducted at Livermore Lab

The United States has completed its first test in a new line of experiments aimed at achieving nuclear fusion "ignition" using a giant laser array at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced yesterday...
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Images Show Building Progress at Pakistani Nuke Site

Month-old satellite images of Pakistan's Khushab nuclear complex reveal significant building progress on the installation's third heavy-water reactor, with construction on a series of cooling towers apparently completed, the Institute for Science and International Security said yesterday...
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