| 13 October 2010 |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: Partners strengthen FBR cooperation |
| Japan, France and the USA have signed a revised version of their 2008 memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to renew and expand their collaboration in fast breeder reactor (FBR) research and development. |
| REGULATION & SAFETY: Second US reactor gets isotope go-ahead |
| The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a licence amendment allowing a pilot program to produce cobalt-60 at the Hope Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey. |