A parliamentary vote in Taiwan on whether to hold a referendum on the completion of the Lungmen nuclear power plant descended into a brawl between opposing parties.

A decision on Duke Energy's application to build the proposed William States Lee nuclear power plant could be delayed by three years, the US regulator has stated.

Vitkovice Power Engineering will produce a mock-up of an AP1000 plant sub-module in the latest of a series of agreements that Westinghouse has signed with Czech companies as it seeks to build two new reactors at Temelin.

The first of three steam generators has been put in place at unit 1 of the Fangchenggang plant in China's Guangxi province marking the start of heavy equipment installation. The unit is scheduled to begin operating in 2015.

The calandria for unit 7 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) was recently delivered to the construction site after a 109-day journey from Mumbai.

China is revising plans for a huge nuclear fuel centre, dropping the previously announced location in Guangdong province as the relationship between the Chinese state and one of the joint venture partners changes.

An €80 million ($105 million) state loan for the construction of a replacement for the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in the Netherlands meets EU rules, the European Commission has concluded. The Pallas reactor will take over HFR's role as a major supplier of the world's medical radioisotopes.

The construction of France's first EPR reached a milestone today with the setting of the dome atop its reactor building. Flamanville 3 is scheduled to operate from 2016.

French engineering company Alstom and China's Dongfang Electric Company (DEC) have signed a cooperation agreement on the supply of turbine and generator packages for future Chinese AP1000 projects.

Pakistan's top-level Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved funds to purchase two new nuclear power reactors from China.

A contract signed by NIAEP-AtomStroyExport of Russia with the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission will pave the way for preparations prior to the construction of Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant.

The UK government has announced that EDF Energy's proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is eligible for a multi-billion pound loan guarantee.