¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß

Both the Prism and Enhanced Candu 6Ìýreactors are "credible options" for managing the UK's plutonium stockpile, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has concluded. However, the government's preferred option remainsÌýreuse as mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel.

A demonstration plantÌýfor vitrifying radioactive waste withinÌýcontainers used forÌýtransport and disposal is to be built at the central laboratory of the UK's National Nuclear LaboratoryÌýat Sellafield.

Japan has adopted a more proactive approach towards addressing the many complex challenges posed by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, an international expert mission has concluded.

Global Laser Enrichment will enter talks with the US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß after its proposal to build and operate a laser enrichment facility at shut down Paducah plant was selected. Off-specification inventory will be processed by Areva.

A US Court of Appeal has ruled that the Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏßÌýmust stop collecting nuclear waste fees from utilities until it decides how used fuel is to be disposed of.

The US nuclear regulator has directed its staff to complete work on the safety evaluation reportÌýfor the Yucca Mountain geologic repository. Meanwhile, aÌýcourt has awarded over $235 million of damages to three utilities affected by federal failure to fulfil used fuel disposal commitments.

Fourteen radioisotope thermoelectric generators, some used to power Arctic lighthouses, have been recovered from Russia's northern coastline in an international effort to secure vulnerable radioactive materials.

A hand-held laser for use in the dismantling of metallic infrastructures during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been developed by the UK's TWI.

The transfer of undamaged used fuel to an on-site interim storage facility from units 1 to 3 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has now been completed.

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe visited the Fukushima Daiichi site yesterday, personally encouraging workers' efforts in the clean-up and decommissioning project. He urged Tepco to forget about restarting two operable reactors there.

A new brine concentrator has started operation at ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Resources of Australia's (ERA's) Ranger mine. It will process wastewater inventories and support a rehabilitation program.

The UK government has launched a public consultation on how it will organise the process that will lead to selection of a site for a geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste.