| NEW NUCLEAR: Construction start at Hainan plant |
| The first concrete has been poured at the first unit of the Changjiang nuclear power plant on China's southern island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corp announced. |
| CORPORATE: Toshiba, IHI sign up to make turbine parts |
| Two Japanese companies have signed a memorandum of understanding on the formation of a joint venture to manufacture steam turbine components for nuclear power plants at home and abroad. |
| NEW NUCLEAR: Dummy fuel for Kudankulam |
| The first of India's Russian-designed nuclear power reactors has taken a step closer to start-up with the loading of dummy fuel assemblies into the core of Kudankulam 1. |
| WASTE & RECYCLING: NRC decision on Yucca Mountain application soon |
| The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will decide in the next few weeks whether the Department of Energy can withdraw its application to construct a national spent fuel and high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. |
