| NUCLEAR POLICIES: Iranian uranium agreement submitted to IAEA |
| Iran has formally submitted details of its nuclear fuel swap agreement, reached in negotiation with Turkey and Brazil, to the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
| WASTE & RECYCLING: New storage facility at Sellafield |
| Construction has been completed of a new facility for the safe and secure storage of nuclear materials produced as a result of reprocessing operations carried out at the UK's Sellafield site. |
| CORPORATE: No Khan for CNNC |
| A takeover bid for Canada-based Mongolian uranium developer Khan Resources by Chinese company CNNC Overseas Uranium Holdings Ltd has failed to receive the necessary approvals from the Chinese government. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Israeli whistle-blower back in jail |
| Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower, has started a three-month jail sentence, the Daily Telegraph reported. The former nuclear technician was arrested in December 2009 while talking to a Norwegian woman, a violation of the terms of his release in 2004 after having spent 18 years in prison for disclosing nuclear secrets. |
