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26 February 2010
| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: TVA to participate in NNSA MOX studies |
| The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has signed an agreement with government-owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to study the use of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel made from surplus weapons plutonium in TVA's nuclear power reactors. |
| NEW NUCLEAR: Russia spreads nuclear funds around |
| As Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin announced the allocation of 53 billion roubles ($1.77 billion) of federal money towards the construction of new nuclear power in 2010, the country could also be poised to buy into a Bulgarian nuclear power plant. |
| CORPORATE: Authorization reinstated but First Uranium still cautious |
| A corrected version of the environmental authorization for a planned tailings reclamation project at First Uranium's Mine Waste Solutions (MWS) project in South Africa has been reinstated. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Sellafield mulls gull cull |
| A plan is reportedly under consideration to cull seagulls at the Sellafield nuclear site in northern England amid concerns that some have been swimming in open-air storage ponds containing plutonium and radioactive waste. |
