US regulator dishes out fines Entergy is to be fined $650,000 for being too slow to ensure public warning systems had back-up power at the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Florida Power & Light will face a $208,000 fine over security issues, and BWXT will pay $32,500 for a safety lapse.		British Energy expects AGRs to restart later this year Following investigations into an issue with corrosion of wire windings of boiler closure units at four of its Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors, British Energy said that all four units would be able to return to service by the end of 2008 after repairs.
Monju to return in 2008 with new plutonium core Japan's Monju fast breeder reactor should return to service this year, with fresh plutonium fuel replacing its initial core load.		Fallout from isotope crisis hits top regulator Linda Keen has been sacked as president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, as the row over the NRU shutdown intensifies. Medical isotopes were in shortage world wide while NRU was shut down for upgrades, and controversy rages over who to blame.
US announces Russian military plutonium milestone The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced a major milestone in a project to close plutonium production reactors in Russia, with progress in the refurbishment of an existing fossil fuel plant to replace power output from the reactors.		Canadian safety chief rebuts minister's claims Linda Keen, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) president, has published a letter strongly rebuting written comments made by Gary Lunn, Natural Resources Minister, which questioned Keen's judgement.
Crack at Davis-Besse "non-emergency" A leak too small to measure, discovered during a scheduled outage at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant, has been classed as a "non-emergency".		MHI submits US-APWR for design certification Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has submitted its US Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) for design certification by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.