Developing new nuclear technologies requires overcoming considerable financial and regulatory hurdles, as the promise of clean, efficient electricity remains essential to US energy policy, the Nuclear Energy Institute said, following a meeting on 11 December of a House Science Committee.

Kazatomprom and China General Nuclear Power Corporation yesterday signed an agreement on "extensive and more intensive mutual cooperation" in nuclear power.

An agreement was reached at the recent United Nations climate change talks in Lima that all countries will submit details of their post-2020 plans to tackle climate change by the end of October 2015. The combined effect of these efforts will then be assessed.

Over 60 leading conservation and environmental scientists have signed an open letter calling for environmentalists to set aside their preconceptions to nuclear power to play a substantial role in replacing fossil fuels.

More than 60 leading scientists are urging environmentalists to set aside their preconceptions about nuclear power.

South Korea's nuclear power operator Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power will need to take out over $2 billion-worth of insurance after nuclear regulators announced a ten-fold increase in the liability limit in the event of a nuclear accident.

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has formally issued a solicitation for federal loan guarantees worth up to $12.5 billion to support advanced nuclear energy projects.

Russia is willing to help India build more than 20 new nuclear power units Russian President Vladimir Putin said today following talks in Delhi with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Chinese government is set to resume approvals for the construction of coastal nuclear power plants, having suspended approvals and licensing for all new reactors projects in 2011.

The Finnish parliament today voted in favour of Fennovoima's supplement to the decision in principle regarding the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, Finland. The vote was carried by 115 to 74.

The continued shutdown of Japan's nuclear power plants will contribute to a continuation of a "severe business environment," a survey of the country's nuclear industry by the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum shows.

The European Union should complement its Emissions Trading Scheme with policies to attract "critical investment" in low-carbon technologies - including renewable energies, nuclear and carbon capture and storage – "through sector-specific measures to enhance technology innovation and address non-economic barriers," the International Energy Agency said in a report issued today.