Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:

BBC News: Areva wins Niger uranium licence
‘The French nuclear energy group Areva has been awarded a licence to build and operate the Imouraren mine in Niger.’

Ynetnews: Elbaradei: Israel violated international law in Syria
‘Mohamed ElBaradei, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Saturday thatIsrael "violated the rules of international law" by bombing an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor in September 2007.’

Bloomberg: U.K. Mediator to Probe Total Refinery Strikes as Action Spreads
‘Contractors at the refinery walked out on Jan. 28 after an Italian company brought in its own workers. Protests spread to power and natural-gas plants in Scotland, Wales and northwest England. Sellafield Ltd. yesterday said 900 contract workers will tomorrow discuss possible strikes at its nuclear site.’

New Vision Online: President Museveni invites uranium investors
‘[Ugandan] President Yoweri Museveni has called on investors to undertake uranium mining in the country, as an alternative energy source.’

Chester Standard: Revealed: the nuclear waste on Cheshire's roads
‘[UK] Emergency services went on full alert after a trailer carrying a load of low-level waste from Sellafield Ltd's Capenhurst decommissioning site to its repository at Drigg in Cumbria became unhitched from the HGV tractor towing it near the junction of the A41 and the A5117 at Great Sutton.’