June, 2008

Current economic uranium resources will last for over 100 years at current consumption rates, while it is expected there is twice that amount awaiting discovery. With reprocessing and recycling, the reserves are good for thousands of years.

Switzerland's President, Pascal Couchepin, speaking at the 50th meeting of the Swiss Nuclear Forum, said, "The issue of energy poses a huge challenge to our country. Nuclear power is not the only solution, but it is an important part of the solution." He said: "We must now conduct...

Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), gave a review of the agency's work in 2007 to its board of governors, who met today in Vienna. He summarised IAEA cooperation efforts with new nuclear countries as well as its non-proliferation headaches.

Washington Group, Energy Solutions and Areva will undertake a $7.1 billion contract to manage radioactive waste from the USA's nuclear weapons program. Some 177 underground tanks of radioactive and chemical waste are to be managed.