Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:

Financial Times: Power generators suffer shock to the system
‘Trouble is brewing for European power generators as industrial companies cut back on electricity consumption, threatening profit margins and future investment. Whereas only a few months ago the talk was of the lights going out in Europe because of an impending energy shortage, the short-term danger is now one of oversupply.’

World Nuclear News: Enrichment group to grow
‘Ukraine is soon to join the international uranium enrichment project set up by Russia and Kazakhstan. Diplomatic notes forming a deal for Ukraine's accession are to be exchanged.’

The Tennessean: TVA nuclear fuel supplier has fire safety issues: NRC
‘Fire safety violations at a Nuclear Fuel Services warehouse that stores nuclear materials in East Tennessee will be looked into Friday in a meeting between company officials and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff.’

DEBKAfile: Washington, Moscow at Cross-purposes on Nuclear Iran
‘While US president Barack Obama told the media early Tuesday, Feb. 10, that the US would pursue direct talks with Iran, an official Russian spokesman said his government would complete Iran's nuclear reactor at Bushehr within three months.’

ABC News: Rio tight-lipped on Ranger sales reports
‘A Rio Tinto spokeswoman says the company will not comment on media reports it is looking to sell its majority stake in Energy Resources Australia, which runs the Ranger uranium mine near Jabiru.’

The London Times: Centrica faces investor revolt on British Energy
‘A leading institutional shareholder in Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is urging the company to scrap its plan to acquire 25 per cent of British Energy from EDF of France and use the money to buy more gas assets instead.’

The London Times: Challenge to SNP on nuclear policy
‘The UK Government has no plans to change constitutional laws in order to allow nuclear power stations to be built in Scotland, Mike O'Brien, the Energy Minister, told a conference in Edinburgh yesterday, dismissing calls from Labour MPs for such a change.’

AFP: Japanese group to take stake in Canadian uranium producer
‘A Japanese consortium including high-tech giant Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy a 19.95 percent stake in Uranium One, a Canadian uranium producer, for about 220 million US dollars.’