| WASTE & RECYCLING: Search for Canadian nuclear waste site |
| Canada has begun a process to select a permanent storage site for its high-level radioactive wastes with the Nuclear Waste Management Organisation's invitation for interested areas to come forward. |
| REGULATION & SAFETY: Stuk requests more details on EPR systems |
| The Finnish nuclear regulator has said that it is satisfied with the modifications proposed for the design of the control and safety systems of the Areva EPR under construction at Olkiluoto, but clearer documentation on the independence of the systems must still be provided. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: VVER-100 reactors uprated by the end of the year |
| A Nuclear.Ru report quotes deputy director general of Rosenergoatom Alexander Shutikov as saying the uprate program for all but one of Russia's VVER-1000s will be complete by the end of 2010. The uprates will increase the maximum capacity of eight third generation VVER-1000 reactors by 4%, resulting in 311 MWe extra generating capacity. |
