The US House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment on 3 November 2009 unanimously approved a legislation to ban the importation of foreign radioactive waste for disposal in the US.

There are no generic problems that would affect the ability of France's 900 MWe reactors to enjoy a 40-year operating life, the country's nuclear regulator has told plant operator Electricité de France (EdF).

State-owned Engineers India Ltd (EIL), which provides engineering and related technical services for industrial projects, plans to enter the nuclear business by constructing underground caverns to store nuclear waste and is likely to use the services of Swedish consultants SWECO and SKB International Consulting AB.

Sweden is offering India its considerable expertise in nuclear waste management and areas relating to nuclear security. The country, having world leadership in management of used fuel has its nuclear waste management well in hand.