8 Oct (NucNet): France and China could jointly work on nuclear power plant projects worldwide under the terms of an agreement between Areva and the China Guandong Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC).

7 Oct (NucNet): The UK government's advisory body on climate change said today that a cut in domestic greenhouse gas emissions of at least 80 percent was needed by 2050 and should include the aviation and shipping sectors.

7 Oct (NucNet): A combined licence application (COL) to build two reactor units in Levy County, Florida, has been formally accepted for review, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday.

7 Oct (NucNet): An exploration licence for uranium deposits near Alice Springs in Australia has been granted to a joint venture of Cameco Australia, a subsidiary of Canada’s Cameco Corporation, and Paladin Energy.

7 Oct (NucNet): The decommissioning support fund for Lithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power plant is co-financing the construction of a power interconnection between the country and Poland, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed.

6 Apr (NucNet): British prime minister Gordon brown has announced the creation of a new Department of Energy and Climate Change saying he wanted to “to reconstruct the way we govern” so new challenges can be met in a new way.

6 Oct (NucNet): Japan and France is forming a working group of experts to study issues related to the transport of nuclear material worldwide.