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The consequences of US President Donald Trump's "recarbonisation" policy for nuclear energy are likely to be nuanced, a newly released paper from S&P Global Ratings has concluded. The nuclear sector will likely benefit from the removal of existing regulations but suffer under a "watering down" of clean power legislation.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been urged to consider the climate and environmental impacts of phasing out the use of nuclear energy in the country. Moon used the permanent shutdown of Kori unit 1 last month to outline his intended nuclear energy phase-out policy.

An open letter to French president Emmanuel Macron warned him that closing nuclear power plants would be a step backward for France. If the country wants to build renewables, let the new capacity support faster electrification of transport, said ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß for Humanity.

The UK's nuclear sector will require a workforce of over 100,000 in 2021 - up from 87,560 in 2017 - according to the Nuclear Skills Strategy Group's 2017 Nuclear Workforce Assessment which has been launched today.

Bulgaria's nuclear regulatory agency plans to use €3 million ($3.42 million) in funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for its role in the decommissioning of units 1-4 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. The money will come from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund that is administered by the London-based bank.

The first pouring of structural concrete for two Russian-built VVER reactors at Kudankulam units 3 and 4 was marked yesterday at the site in Tamil Nadu, India. The milestone followed approval last week by India's Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Regulatory Board. The units represent the second phase of the Kudankulam project.

President Donald Trump yesterday announced a "complete review" of US nuclear policy as the first of six new initiatives to secure domestic energy independence and create a "new era of American energy dominance."

Japan's Nuclear Regulation AuthorityÌýhas approved a plan to decommission unit 1 of Shikoku Electric Power Company's Ikata nuclear power plant inÌýEhime prefecture. The reactor was due to end its 40-year operating period in September this year and could have applied to the NRA to extend its licence for a further 20 years if it invested in upgrade work.

The House ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and Commerce subcommittee yesterday passed HR 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, by 49 votes to four. The legislation aims to reform US nuclear waste management policy to ensureÌýthe government canÌýmeet its obligations to dispose of used fuel and high-level waste. It will "preserve" Yucca Mountain as the "most expeditious path" to achieving this.

Nuclear firmly remains an important part of the UK's energy mix and the government will ensure Britain's exit from the European Union will not have a negative impact on the country's nuclear industry,Ìý¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Minister Richard Harrington has confirmed.ÌýHarrington has been undersecretary of state at the Department for Business, ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) forÌýless than two weeks following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Theresa May.

It is hard to see from a review of Australia's National Electricity Market how Australia can manage to balance cost, reliability and emissions without creating a role for nuclear energy, as in virtually all of its key economic competitor countries, writes Ian Hore-Lacy.

Rosatom's deputy director-generalÌýfor international businessÌýhas described the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association's aim to add 1000 GWe of new capacity by 2050 as fully achievable and "perhaps modest". Kirill Komarov spoke to ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear News during the AtomExpo conference and exhibition held last week in Moscow.