2 Jul (NucNet): The announcement that the operating licence of the Santa Maria de Garona nuclear power plant in Spain will be renewed only up to 2013 is “a political decision lacking any technical, safety or economic basis whatsoever”, the Spanish nuclear industry has said.
2 Jul (NucNet): Japan’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, has been elected as the agency’s next director-general.
1 Jul (NucNet): Jack Allen has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the newly-formed Westinghouse Electric Japan.