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Axpo considers extended operation of Beznau NPP
Swiss energy utility Axpo Holding is investigating the possibility of operating its Beznau NPP beyond 2030. According to Axpo, the investigations are focused on technical...
Japanese court allows continued operation of five ageing nuclear plants
A Japanese court has decided to allow five ageing nuclear reactors to continue operating at NPPs run by Kansai Electric Power Co, dismissing local residents' safety concerns that led...
Operating licence renewed for Atucha II
Argentina’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN - Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear) has granted a renewed operating licence for unit 2 of the Atucha NPP (Atucha II) to nuclear...
Rosenergoatom to extend life of BN-600 fast reactor
Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) has signed a decision to extend the life of the BN-600 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 3 of the Beloyarsk NPP. As part of...
Constellation applies for Clinton licence renewal
US-based Constellation has applied to the country's Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew the licence of its Clinton Clean Energy Centre in Illinois. The filing begins...
Brazilian nuclear authorities firm up co-operation
Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear and the National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN - Comissào National de Energia Nuclear) held a meeting to discuss “issues of importance to...
US credit support for Diablo Canyon
The US Administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the signing of the credit award and payment agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) to...
EDF may extend operation of UK AGRs
EDF, in its annual fleet update, said it plans to invest a further £1.3bn ($1.65bn) in the UK’s five generating NPPs over 2024-26, taking the total invested in the fleet to nearly...
Russia’s Kola NPP may extend operation of units 1&2 until 2038
The Director of Russia’s Kola NPP Vasily Omelchuk told a press conference that Kola NPP in the Murmansk region is considering the possibility of extending operation of units 1&2...
California regulators agree to extend Diablo Canyon operation
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has agreed to allow the Diablo Canyon NPP to operate for an additional five years, despite calls from environmental groups for...
Belgian government signs agreement on NPP life extension
French power group Engie and the Belgian federal government have signed a definitive agreement on the extension of unit 4 at the Doel NPP and unit 3 at the Tihange NPP. The text of...
Hungary notifies EU of plans to extend operation of Paks NPP
MVM Paksi Atomerömű Zrt, operator of Hungary’s Paks NPP has notified the European Union (EU) of it plans to extend the operating lifetime of the four units to 70 years. "This marks...
Engie agrees to extension of Belgian reactors
French power group Engie and the Belgian federal government have finalised an agreement on the extension of unit 4 at the Doel NPP and unit 3 at the Tihange NPP, Doel 4 and Tihange...
Vattenfall applies for a new plan for Ringhals NPP expansion
Power utility Vattenfall has applied to Varberg municipality for a detailed plan to allow construction of new reactors on the Värö Peninsula in Sweden west of the existing Ringhals...
Kansai Electric seeks operating life extension for Takahama 1
Kansai Electric Power Co has applied to Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) to continue operating the 826 MWe pressurised water reactor at unit 1 at its Takahama NPP in...
South Ukraine unit 1 secures 10-year extension
Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) has agreed to a 10-year operating extension for unit 1 of the South Ukraine NPP. This followed an inspection of...
Japan's NRA approves extension of operating life of Sendai NPP reactors
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved an extension of the operating lifetimes of two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co's Sendai NPP, which is now approaching 40 years...
Environmental impact study submitted for Atucha 1
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) has submitted the environmental impact study (EIS) to extend the operating life of unit 1 at the Atucha NPP for a further 20 years. The EIS...
New consortium to support Cernavoda life extension
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a consortium agreement with Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN), Canada’s Candu Energy and Italy’s...
