Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:

The Guardian: Government opens bidding for nuclear sites
‘The government will this week kick off an ebay-style auction of sites on which some of Europe's largest energy companies will build up to six new nuclear reactors.’

Barents Observer: Four more floating nuke-plants
‘Rosatom and the Republic of Yakutia signed an agreement last week for implementing investments to build four floating nuclear power plants for use in the northern coastal areas of the Siberian Republic.’

AFP: France to send huge nuclear fuel shipment to Japan
‘France is set to send recycled nuclear fuel to Japan in what environmentalists say is the biggest ever plutonium shipment and one that increases the chance of nuclear proliferation.’