| REGULATION & SAFETY: EPR design: NRC not happy yet |
| Areva still needs to convince the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that some aspects of the digital instrumentation and control systems for its EPR reactor design meet the regulator's requirements. |
| REGULATION & SAFETY: 'Unknown' welds unchecked at Japanese plant |
| Japan Atomic Power Co (Japco) reported that it had never inspected a welded part in a pump within the reactor containment vessel of Tsuruga 1 - the country's oldest operating unit - because it was unaware the weld existed. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Toshiba, IHI agree on turbine joint venture |
| Japan's Toshiba Corp and IHI Corp have signed a definitive agreement on forming a joint venture to manufacture steam turbine components for nuclear power plants at home and abroad. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: New Russian route for Kazakh uranium? |
| Uranium could in future be shipped from Kazakhstan to Japan via ports along Russia's Pacific coast rather than through western Russian ports, according to press reports. |
