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The first consignment of solid highly active waste belonging to Sellafield's Japanese customers has started its journey back to Japan from the UK. The waste arose from the reprocessing of those customers' used nuclear fuel at Sellafield.

The last "significant" amount of highly enriched uranium (HEU) research reactor fuel in Turkey has now been returned to the USA for secure storage, the US National Nuclear Security Administration has announced.

A shipment of uranium recovered from fuel previously used in European nuclear power reactors is en route from Sellafield to Russia for processing into new fuel.

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd has announced a postponement to the start of construction of its mixed oxide (MOX) fuel plant and a delay in installing new centrifuges at its enrichment plant.

South Korea is to take an interest in African uranium to secure supplies as it makes nuclear power the dominant source of electricity .

Testing of the first centrifuge cascade has begun at the Georges Besse II (GB-II) uranium enrichment plant in southern France, Areva announced. The cascade is scheduled to start operating by the end of this year.

Westinghouse has been awarded a $30 million contract by South African utility Eskom to supply fuel for the Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town between late 2011 and 2015.

A stockpile of nuclear fuel is to be set up in Russia under IAEA auspices in an effort to increase security of supply.

Czech utility CEZ has signed a 15-year contract for uranium enrichment services with Areva for its two Temelin reactors.

Inspectors still have lots of questions for Iran, even after full access to the newly revealed enrichment facility at Qom. Meanwhile, the country is being slow to agree a fuel deal and Syria is ignoring questions on its programs.

A consortium led by France's Areva has been awarded a contract to design a near-surface repository for low- and intermediate-level waste at Lithuania's Ignalina nuclear power plant. The facility will be modelled on a French repository.

International nuclear inspectors are now at Qom, the newly disclosed uranium enrichment site in Iran. The departure of the inspectors from Vienna was confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 24 October, as was a positive reaction to plans to meet Iran's needs for research reactor...

The European Commission has unveiled details of how a new trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union will benefit the nuclear energy sector. The deal should boost trade in equipment and fuel inputs in both Europe and South Korea.

[RIA Novosti, 21 October] Ukraine expects to sign a long-term contract for Russian nuclear fuel supplies before the end of 2009, according to Natalya Shumakova, the Ukrainian deputy energy minister. Ukraine's current contract with Russia's TVEL runs out next year. "Our position is that it...

[Reuters, 20 October] Czech utility CEZ will immediately switch to nuclear fuel supplied by TVEL of Russia for its two-unit Temelin nuclear power plant in 2010, instead of phasing in its use as previously planned, according to CEZ spokeswoman Eva Novakova. As a result, CEZ will lose money on the unused...

Fresh disappointment came for USEC yesterday when the Department of Energy said it could not support a program to prove the company's technology.

Shipments of compacted metallic waste resulting from the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel have been sent by rail from France back to Switzerland and the Netherlands for final disposal.

A joint venture is to be created to manufacture nuclear fuel from Kazakh uranium using French technology and sell it to the Asian market as an integrated product.

Thorium Power of the USA, which is developing thorium fuel technology for use in nuclear power plants, has decided to change its name to Lightbridge. Seth Grae, CEO of the company, said: "The name change to Lightbridge is a milestone event for us. We believe that the word 'Lightbridge' better...

BHP Billiton has announced significantly increased uranium ore reserves for its Olympic Dam mine in Australia due to additional mineralisation being reclassified as a result of ongoing drilling. Economic reserves are now put at 347,500 tonnes U 3 O 8 .

Kazakhstan reported a significant increase in uranium production during the first half of 2009. In addition to aiming to become the world's leading uranium supplier, the country is working to become an exporter of fabricated fuel and reactor technology.

A new energy project was launched today based around a new nuclear power reactor on the site of the former uranium enrichment plant at Piketon, Ohio.

Japanese plans for 16-18 reactors to be using mixed oxide (MOX) fuel by 2010 have been put back by five years, the country's Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPCO) has announced.

Russia's Techsnabexport (Tenex) has signed its first long-term uranium enrichment services contracts with a group of American utilities, as well as one with a Japanese utility.

Westinghouse Electric Company is to buy a 52% stake in Japanese nuclear fuel manufacturer Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd (NFI) for $100 million, the company has announced.