| NUCLEAR POLICIES: Tripartite agreement on Iran nuclear fuel swap |
| Iran, Turkey and Brazil have signed a joint declaration that would see Iran swap 1200 kg of its own low-enriched uranium for fuel for a research reactor. |
| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: Rejection of Indian uranium mine |
| Plans to develop a uranium deposit within the Balphakran National Park in Meghalaya state, India, have been rejected by a federal ministry because local authorities had failed to prevent illegal coal mining in the area. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Upgrade at Finnish reactor |
| Unit 1 at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland is set for major refurbishment during its annual maintenance outage, which will increase the reactor's generating capacity by some 25 MWe. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: New director for Indian research centre |
| [The Hindu, 17 May 2010] Ratan Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the new director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), succeeding Srikumar Banerjee, who became chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in December 2009. |
