Soil samples were taken at eight sites in Peterborough, including at Prince of Wales Elementary School.

The soil resampling was order as part of BWXT Nuclear's application for a 10-year licence renewal for its Peterborough and Toronto facilities.

MIP and Laurentis Energy Partners have announced a new two-year research collaboration to identify long-term solutions on how materials are handled in the nuclear industry.

Tehran insists it knows the cause but would not make it public due to ``security reasons.''

The U.S. State Department has accused China of triggering low-level nuclear blasts at a subterranean site without providing evidence.

Cameco said its uranium hexafluoride (UF6) plant at the Port Hope conversion facility and the uranium trioxide (UO3) refinery in Blind River will both be temporarily suspended.

Radiation readings soared 16 times higher than normal around the fire, which broke out in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

The public hearing in Peterborough to review BWXT's licence renewal will now run from March 4,5 and 6 at the Holiday Inn.

Beryllium levels in the soil at Prince of Wales Public School have increased but health officials say it's not a concern.

"From now on, it's difficult to expect meaningful progress in North Korea-U.S. diplomacy," says one analyst.