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Processing of nuclear fuel has been granted an exemption from European Union (EU) plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013, although the exemption list will be reviewed before 2010.

Areva of France and Japan's Mitsubishi have signed agreements to establish a joint venture company in the nuclear fuel fabrication business. The new company, to be established by restructuring the existing Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel (MNF) company, should be operational by 1 April.

A uranium deposit alongside the existing Rössing mine has been shown to be Namibia's fourth largest. An Australian company is now studying the feasibility of mining it.

Kazakhstan - the world's third biggest major uranium supplier, after Canada and Australia - reported a 28.5% increase in uranium production during 2008. The increase is in line with Kazakhstan's plan to become the world's leading uranium supplier.

Industriás Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has been issued a temporary licence by the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) to start enriching uranium at its Resende plant. The plans should meet around 70% of Brazil's requirements.

The US Department of Energy has not done enough to find uses for the depleted uranium left over from uranium enrichment and should do more to avoid having to treat the entire inventory as waste, according to the department's own internal watchdog.

The company developing the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor has reached a milestone towards making the fuel 'pebbles' for the future reactor.

A definitive feasibility study (DFS) of the Gurvanbulag Central uranium deposit in Mongolia has returned positive economics for the project, and suggests that production could start by January 2012 if the necessary government permits are in place by the end of May 2009. The DFS was prepared for Canada...

Areva has simultaneously announced plans for the manufacture of nuclear fuel with Japan's Mitsubishi as well as reprocessing at home in France.

Russian nuclear fuel fabricator TVEL will continue to supply fuel for Slovakia's nuclear power reactors under long-term contracts signed with Slovak utility Slovenske Elektrarne.

Some 155 kilograms of high-enriched uranium (HEU) research reactor fuel has been transported from Hungary to a storage facility in Russia by the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). It arrived yesterday.

Some nine kilograms of US-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) research reactor fuel has been shipped from Germany to the USA, marking the return of all such material from the country. In all, 1190 kg of such US-origin fuel has been returned.

Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co will file a lawsuit against Hitachi, seeking compensation for fuel costs after problems with a Hitachi-made turbine forced the shutdown of its Hamaoka 5 nuclear power reactor.

A new company has been formed to smooth out the lumps and bumps in nuclear fuel supply market. Accord Nuclear Resources will be backed by the First Reserve private equity group and intends to operate fuel cycle facilities in the near term.

Areva has signed a contract with Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) for the long-term supply fuel assemblies for the Chinshan and Kuosheng nuclear power plants. The deal is worth more than $200 million and covers four reactors for 12 years.

[Bloomberg 4 June, Hindu 8 June] Indian nuclear power plants are running at about half of capacity due to a chronic shortage of nuclear fuel. The situation is expected to persist for several years unless the civil nuclear agreement with USA proceeds, though some easing this year is likely due to the...

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's lead nuclear research and development laboratory have announced a "major domestic milestone" in the performance of nuclear fuel for use in some of the next generation of advanced nuclear reactors.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published the Global Risks Report 2008 , which highlights the need for new thinking and concerted action on a number of global issues, including energy supply. An international "nuclear fuel insurance fund" is one suggestion.

The USA and Russia have tentatively agreed to allow limited imports of uranium from Russia, suspending an ongoing antidumping investigation. The move would allow Russia to directly supply US utilities with nuclear fuel.