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Nuclear energy's share of Ukraine's electricity mix is "rapidly approaching" 60%, President Petro Poroshenko said at a meeting of the country's National Security and Defence Council yesterday, according to a statement on the presidential website. The president did not give a date by which the increase would be achieved.

The UK Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Authority has published a statement from Jo Johnson, minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation, giving assurance on the future of research into fusion energy.

"Nuclear power generation technologies are now cost competitive with fossil fuels and innovation is gathering pace across the sector," British consultancy Lloyd's Register says in a report published today. The report, titled Technology Radar - a Nuclear Perspective, is based on the "insights and opinions of leaders across the sector", as well as the views of almost 600 professionals and expertsÌýfrom utilities, distributors, operators and equipment manufacturers.

The 2008 EU Amendment Act is not a justifiable legal basis for the UK government's belief that Brexit must also mean an exit from Euratom, write Jonathan Leech and Rupert Cowen.

The UK government has outlined its position regarding the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Community (Euratom) in the white paper on Brexit it published yesterday. In the UK, a white paper is a report giving information or proposals on an issue.

There has been much speculation in the press about the policies which will be enacted by the incoming Donald Trump administration - and as well, much speculation about which policies will be truncated or eliminated, writes Will Davis.

Corporate and political challenges facing the UK's nuclear industry must not be allowed to derail new build projects, the GMB trade union said today. The government must step in, GMB said,Ìýto ensure NuGeneration's project to build a nuclear power plant at Moorside in West Cumbria remains on trackÌýdespite the financial difficulties faced by its majority owner.

The UK will seek an alternative agreement with the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency if it fails to negotiate "some sort of relationship" with the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß CommunityÌýduring Brexit negotiations, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis told the House of Commons today. The government is from today holding a debate in the lower house of the British parliament on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) bill that it unveiled last week.

The premature shutdown of America's nuclear power plants is nothing short of a national catastrophe, writes Jarret Adams.

The UK intends to leave the European Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Community, according to explanatory notes to a bill the government published yesterday authorising Brexit. The notes state the bill empowers the prime minister to leave both the European Union and Euratom.

Jan Mládek, the Czech Republic's trade and industry minister, announced yesterday the creation of three working groups of the Standing Committee for Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß. The three will each be responsible for financial, legal and technical-investment strategies. In a statement on the ministry's website, Mládek said the move would give "new impetus" to the implementation of the State ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß PolicyÌýfor the development of nuclear energy agreed by the government in 2015.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is inviting contributions to its new inquiry into priorities for nuclear research and technologies. In 2011 the Committee investigated whether the UK's research and development capabilities were sufficient to meet the country's nuclear energy needs in the future, ensuring a safe and secure supply of nuclear energy up to 2050.