Ukraine's Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology has completed the construction of a nuclear research facility called Neutron Source that will be used to treat cancer.

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has requested a safety review by the country's nuclear regulator of the High-Temperature Test Reactor (HTTR), prior to its restart.

The first batch of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced in the Canadian Light Source (CLS) linear accelerator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has been shipped in a developmental milestone for the non-reactor production of medical isotopes.

The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is to award over $8 million of funding to push forward two projects aimed at securing a domestic supply of the molybdenum-99 without using highly enriched uranium.

A novel technique using expanding polyurethane foam has been used to prevent radioactive materials escaping from storage tubes at the British Experimental Pile Zero (BEPO) at Harwell, which is being decommissioned.

Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has signed a contract with a South Korean consortium to upgrade its research reactor.

As part of the restructuring of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (ACEL), a new organization - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories - is set assume full responsibility for all day-to-day operations at its nuclear laboratories.

The Volga Interregional Department for Supervision over Nuclear and Radiation Safety, a specialist commission of Russian regulator Rostechnadzor, has completed its checks of information submitted as part of the licence application for building a nuclear research facility with the multi-purpose fast neutron reactor, or MBIR by its Russian acronym.

The Dutch government will provide a loan so that necessary upgrades can be made to enable the aging Petten research reactor to operate for a further ten years, by which time its replacement should have started up.

US-based Lightbridge Corp has extended its nuclear cooperation with Vietnam by agreeing to offer consultancy services for setting up a nuclear research centre, including a research reactor, in the country.

Kazakhstan has removed a stockpile of Russian-origin fresh high-enriched uranium fuel from the critical assembly of the WWR-K Research Reactor in Almaty, the International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday.

Pakistan would like to be a full member of export control regimes and to play a part in the international nuclear industry, according to the country's statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency's 58th General Conference.