Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:

Scripps News: Door still open for Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump site
‘The Obama administration remains steadfastly opposed to the Yucca Mountain project, but new Energy Secretary Steven Chu is leaving the door ajar for the government to continue seeking a license needed to open the nuclear waste dump site.’

Illawarra Mercury: City powerless over nuclear waste trucks on roads
‘Wollongong City Council's long-held position that the city is a nuclear-free zone could prove meaningless, as local government has no power to stop nuclear waste being transported along the area's roads.’

Reuters: Italy's dominant power utility, Enel SpA, will acquire a 12.5 percent stake in France's second next-generation EPR nuclear reactor business daily La Tribune reported on Monday.
‘The newspaper said the deal was linked to a nuclear cooperation agreement due to be signed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a bilateral summit in Rome on Tuesday.’