Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:

KDBC 4 News: Plutonium found in Los Alamos runoff
‘The state Environment Department says runoff last summer from part of Los Alamos National Laboratory contained high levels of plutonium and other radionuclides. The department measured elevated levels of plutonium, americium and strontium in the runoff that resulted from a large potable water spill and several storm events in Los Alamos Canyon in July and August.’

Reuters: Enough time to address Iran bomb concern: IAEA head
‘Iran could gain the capability to make a nuclear weapon in 2-5 years but there is ample time to deal with the concern, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said in a televised interview.’

Kyiv Post: Energoatom and Westinghousе specialists discuss production of US nuclear fuel batch for Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP
‘Specialists of the National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom and Westinghousе Company at a meeting held on January 28 and January 29 at the Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP discussed the state of work on designing and producing U.S. a nuclear fuel assembly batch for the NPP, the plant's press service has reported.’

New York Times: Debating Next-Generation Nuclear Waste
‘Amid signs that nuclear power is on the verge of a renaissance are the voices of opponents of the technology who say the industry remains secretive and irresponsible — particularly about highly radioactive waste.’

Bloomberg: Tokyo Electric to Complete Repair of Reactor Tomorrow
‘Tokyo Electric Power Co., forced by an earthquake to shut the world’s biggest nuclear plant, will complete repairs of a reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant tomorrow, paving the way for a restart.’

Bloomberg: Obama May Embrace Emirates Deal as Model for Nuclear Agreements
‘In her final days as secretary of state, Condoleezza Ricesigned a nuclear-energy accord with a Persian Gulf ally 50 miles from Iran, calling the measure “a powerful and timely model for the world.” President Barack Obama is likely to agree.’

Bloomberg: EDF Should Publish More Nuclear Outage Data, Regulator Says
‘Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest power producer, should provide more information to the electricity market on outages at its nuclear reactors, the head of France’s energy regulator said. “There is not enough transparent information on the functioning of nuclear plants,” Philippe de Ladoucette, president of the Commission de Regulation de l’Energie, said in a telephone interview today. “There needs to be an improvement.”’

Yahoo! News: Energy chief urges Dutch to use more nuclear power
‘The head of the International Energy Agency urged the Dutch government Monday to expand its nuclear power base, but the country's environment minister said that's not in the energy equation for now.’