Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:

IndyMedia: Brine also seeping into Gorleben salt
‘Brine is seeping into the salt mine in Gorleben that is the most likely place to become Germany’s final nuclear waste repository despite fierce public opposition. Flooding with brine is threatening to collapse another former potash mine in the wider area, Asse II in Wolfenbüttel, which already holds waste and was supposed to be the model for Gorleben.’

Haaretz: U.S. Army document describes Israel as 'a nuclear power'
‘In a rare breach of official American adherence to Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity, the U.S. military is terming Israel "a nuclear power" on a par with Russia, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea, all of which have declared their nuclear weapon status, and ahead of "nuclear threshold powers" Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and the "emerging" Iran. ’

Zawya: Jordan: US to construct storage facility for radioactive waste
‘Jordan and the United States have signed a contract for the construction of a modern central storage facility (CSF) for radioactive waste at the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission ((JAEC) in Amman.’

PressTV: Siemens divorcing Russia over Iran?
‘German engineering giant Siemens, bridled at Moscow's nuclear cooperation with Tehran, moves to limit joint ventures with Russia. ’

Business Line: Australia not to supply uranium to India for now
‘Adelaide, March 8 Will BHP Billiton’s ambitious plans of more than quadrupling its uranium production capacity force the Australian Government to rethink its policy of not supplying the yellow cake to India because of the latter not being a Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatory?’