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The government of Saskatchewan has said it will continue to support and enhance uranium mining and nuclear research but will not support plans for a nuclear power plant in the Canadian province for the time being.

Public support for the use of nuclear energy in the USA remains strong, according to the results of a recent opinion poll. Over 80% of those questioned said that all low-carbon energy sources should be exploited to combat climate change.

The US National Research Council has published a study on the hidden health and environmental costs of energy production and consumption in the USA. It put these costs at $120 billion in 2005.

Politically motivated shutdowns of nuclear power plants look set to be put off for at least ten years, after an official report said the country could not manage without nuclear.

A 3-D mural has been created beside an outbuilding in Redlands, near Grand Junction, Colorado, in honour of the late Frank Power, a local uranium miner. The scene is loosely based on the former Sage uranium mine.

The number of US students earning nuclear engineering degrees has increased for the fifth year in a row. Numbers of new graduates planning on entering the nuclear power industry have tripled since 2000 but remain below 1970s levels.

A recommendation from the Spanish nuclear safety regulator on the renewal of the Garoña plant's operating licence is expected to come late on 5 June. That is the deadline for the Nuclear Safety Council ( Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear , CSN) to recommend whether Garoña would be safe to continue operating...

The nuclear industry has appealed to Kazakhstan to "uphold the sanctity" of uranium contracts amid an investigation of the country's national nuclear company.

Russian nuclear fuel cycle companies have been celebrating achievements in the domestic and international sphere with the delivery of the first uranium pellets to India under a new contract and the completion of a new sulphuric acid plant.

Germany's nuclear power plants have between them used up over half the generation allocated to them before they must close under the country's Atomic Energy Act. Meanwhile, an attempt to transfer allowances between plants has been refused by regulators.

Residents of Alberta are to be consulted on nuclear energy. Their views will inform the provincial government's position on the energy source, but any decisions remain with the private sector.

A clear majority of US citizens would support recycling and reprocessing of used nuclear fuel, according to a new opinion poll which also found good all-round support for nuclear.

The UK wants a debate on a new global framework for nuclear energy, aimed at ensuring its widespread peaceful use for power and a process for disarmament.

Swedish nuclear utility OKG reported that a contract worker conducting maintenance work in the turbine hall at unit 3 of the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant has died following a workplace accident.

Leading figures in Britain's environmental movement today announced policy u-turns and called for the 'embrace' of nuclear power. Anti-nuclear campaigns of the past were described as 'enormous mistakes'.