Nuclear energy in the United States

The Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission have signed a new bilateral cooperation agreement to follow the first such agreement signed in 1993.

1.5 million liters of radioactive water leaked from a nuclear power plant in the state of Minnesota, USA. Officials are monitoring the cleanup and assure there is no immediate risk to public health, writes the BBC.

The NRC released news last week that its staff have been directed to make a final rule certifying the NuScale reactor design for use in the US

US-based NuScale Power said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) on the possible deployment of NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR) technology at the Bulgarian plant.

"In Serbia, a moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants is in force, but it is certain that one day we will build a nuclear power plant, once there is no more electricity from classic sources," he told Prva TV.

Speaking about the moratorium, Puzovic said it was introduced 18 years ago will expire in two years, unless it is extended.

Fukushima’s nuclear power operator is hoping to double the number of visitors to its tsunami-ravaged facilities by 2020, seeking to use the Olympic spotlight to clean up the region’s image.

The Ankara Chamber of Industry and several Russian institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the training of workers for the construction of nuclear power facilities in southern Turkey.

Bulgaria is looking for a strategic investor into an expansion of nuclear capacities, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova has told a committee in Parliament.

She has explained there is certain interest from China in getting involved in Bulgaria's nuclear sector.

US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on Thursday it agreed to discuss a new timetable and structure of the project to build Unit 7 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear plant.

Westinghouse CEO Danny Roderick said the decision had been taken "jointly by all parties and reflects the present conditions in Bulgaria of support for an infrastructure project of such a scale."

Bulgaria is only ready to work on the agreement with Westinghouse Electric for unit 7 of the Kozloduy NPP provided that the company participates in the project as an investor, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Borisov made clear Wednesday in Parliament that Bulgaria could not afford to implement the project unless US Westinghouse Electric joined the scheme as an investor.