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The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced its total planned expenditure for 2017-2018 will remain almost the same as last year at GBP3.24 billion ($4.1 billion). The government will fund GBP2.36 billion of this, while GBP0.88 billion will come from income from commercial operations.

Donald TrumpÌýtoday announced his intention to nominate former Texas governor Rick Perry as US ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Secretary when his administration takes office in January. TheÌýPresident-elect said yesterday ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is to be nominated as Secretary of State.

Hungary's commitment to nuclear power reflects its dedication to meeting ambitious global climate change targets as outlined by the International ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency, government officials told delegates at the Budapest ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Summit last week. Hungary joined the IEA in 1997.

Four Russian cities have expressed an interest in using small reactors to supply heat and power, according to Yuriy Kuznetsov of NA Dollezhal Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET). A Rosatom feasibility study has concluded that up to 38 cogeneration reactors could potentially be deployed at 14 sites for this purpose.

Entergy Corporation yesterday announced plans to close the Palisades nuclear power plant by 1 October 2018. The company has also agreed to the early termination of an agreement under which Consumers ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß was to buy almost all of the Michigan plant's output until 2022.

Illinois governor Bruce Rauner yesterday signed energy legislation that will ensure the continued operation of the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power plants.

Significant social and industrial development are fundamental added values that come when bringing in nuclear power to a country keen to advance, writes Luis Echávarri in an open letter responding to the cancellation of Vietnam's nuclear program.

Wind and solar power are transforming the electricity industry, but not fast enough to put the world on track for the UNFCCC's Paris Agreement target to hold the global temperature increase well below 2°C, according to László Varró, chief economist of the International ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency. This "climate stabilisation" target needs nuclear power to play a significant role in the low-carbon power mix, Varró told delegates at the Budapest ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Summit yesterday.

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court today ruled that, although the country's 2011 phase-out legislation is essentially in compliance with the constitution, power utilities are entitled to "reasonable" compensation for the early shut down of their nuclear power reactors.

Italy is committed to effective nuclear regulatory oversight, but it faces challenges related to resources and needs toÌýfurther developÌýpolicies for nuclear safety, decommissioning and radioactive waste management, an International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency peer review mission has concluded.

With the final investment decision to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, together with progress in other planned new nuclear projects, 2016 has been a "momentous" year for the UK, delegates at the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear2016 conference in London heard yesterday.

Legislators in the USÌýstate of Illinois yesterday passed a bill recognising the contribution of nuclear energy to the state's clean energy efforts and ensuring the continued operation of the state's nuclear power plants. The Future ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Jobs Bill will also advance renewable energy and expand energy efficiency initiatives.