| NEW NUCLEAR: Loan guarantee progress in front end |
| USEC has updated the loan guarantee application for the American Centrifuge plant, while the Department of Energy has invited International Isotopes Inc to lodge the second part of its own application for a uranium deconversion facility. |
| CORPORATE: Further Chinese valve orders for Flowserve |
| Flowserve has announced three orders totalling over $10 million from China's State Nuclear Power Engineering Company Ltd for main steam isolation valves for six new nuclear power reactors. |
| CORPORATE: Khan wins in Mongolia |
| The political risk story for Khan Resources' efforts to mine uranium in Mongolia took a new turn when the company won a court case against the government to win back its licenses. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Paladin and CGNPC reach an understanding |
| Australian uranium mining company Paladin Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a "framework of cooperation for long-term sales of uranium" with a subsidiary of China Guangdong Nuclear Power's Corporation. |
