| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| Construction of Chinese 'Nuclear City' to start |
| 16 August 2010 |
| Plans are advancing for the construction of the first industrial park in China to help with the rapid development of the country's nuclear power industry, with detailed engineering and construction preparation work at the site in Haiyan, Zhejiang province, expected to start soon. |
| Nuclear milestones for China |
| 10 August 2010 |
| Nuclear development in China has continued apace with the grid connection of a new reactor, the completion of a reactor building and a heavy forging deal. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| Finnish poll shows continued support for nuclear |
| 13 August 2010 |
| The majority of Finns support the continued use of nuclear energy in the country, a poll on attitudes to energy policy shows. The poll is the latest in a series that has been conducted annually since 1983. |
| German utilities seek clarity on energy policy |
| 12 August 2010 |
| Two of Germany's largest power utilities - EOn and RWE - have warned of the financial impact of the government's proposed tax on nuclear fuel, saying that investment in new generating capacity may have to be cut if it is introduced. |
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| REGULATION & SAFETY: |
| Findings on Oconee |
| 16 August 2010 |
| The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a 'yellow finding' after investigating the provision of standby shutdown systems at the Oconee nuclear power plant. Under the NRC's colour coded system, this means the circumstances had 'substantial safety significance'. |
| Plans for post-Chernobyl resettlement |
| 13 August 2010 |
| The government of Belarus has announced a $2.2 billion masterplan to bring areas evacuated after the Chernobyl accident back into general use. |
| Magnox plants could operate to 2012 |
| 12 August 2010 |
| The UK's only remaining operating Magnox nuclear power stations, Oldbury and Wylfa, are looking at operating well beyond their current scheduled closure dates. |
| Fires in Chernobyl areas 'not a risk' |
| 12 August 2010 |
| Forest fires in Russia are now burning in areas contaminated after the Chernobyl accident, but analysis from France's Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) indicates there is no health risk. |
| Russia tackles wildfires near nuclear sites |
| 10 August 2010 |
| While efforts continue to extinguish wildfires that have killed more than 50 people in western Russia, a number of the country's nuclear facilities have been put on alert. |
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| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: |
| Resource boost at Rossing South |
| 11 August 2010 |
| A ten-fold increase in the resource estimate at Extract Resources' Rossing South in Namibia now makes the deposit the world's sixth largest known uranium deposit, the company reported. |
| Kepco partners to develop Spanish uranium |
| 11 August 2010 |
| Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has agreed to invest $70 million in Berkeley Resources Ltd's Salamanca uranium project in Spain in return for an offtake agreement entitling it to 35% of the project's output. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| Standard for portable nuclear skills |
| 13 August 2010 |
| The UK's National Skills Academy has completed work on a standard for training developed in-house by firms in the nuclear sector. Workers that take part in 'NEF Assured' courses run by their employers will be sure the skills thus developed will be recognised later in their careers. |
| Third Japanese reactor to load MOX |
| 10 August 2010 |
| Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima I unit 3 is set to become the third Japanese nuclear reactor to load mixed oxide (MOX) fuel after receiving approval from the governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Yukei Sato. |
