| NEW NUCLEAR: Contract for Texan ABWR reactor vessel |
| Japanese engineering company IHI Corporation has been awarded a contract by Toshiba to produce the reactor pressure vessel for the first Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) to be built in the USA. |
| NUCLEAR POLICIES: NPT review concludes in New York |
| The month-long conference on the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has ended by confirming the treaty's importance to the use of nuclear energy and placing pressure on Israel and North Korea. |
| NEW NUCLEAR: CEZ submits Temelin EIA documents |
| Documentation on two new reactors at Temelin has been submitted by Czech utility CEZ to the Ministry of the Environment as part of its environmental impact assessment (EIA). |