| WASTE & RECYCLING: DoE told to finish the job at Yucca Mountain |
| The Yucca Mountain project looks close to resurrection after the Department of Energy (DoE) was told that it must follow through on the waste disposal plan as specified by Congress. |
| WASTE & RECYCLING: Russian nuclear site fully decommissioned |
| The site of a plant for the production of ceramic powders of low concentration uranium dioxide has become the first nuclear facility in Russia to be returned to a greenfield site. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: New infrastructure planning regime for the UK |
| The UK's new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has confirmed plans to scrap the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), an independent body established by the previous Labour government to make decisions on applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects with the intention of speeding the planning process. |
