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Krsko NPP gets environmental permit for life extension
Slovenia's Environmental Protection & Spatial Planning has issued a permit to extend the operating life of the Krsko NPP until 2043. The Krsko plant is co-owned by Croatia’s...
Belgium and Engie agree to extend operation of Doel 4 and Tihange 3
Belgium and French power utility Engie have agreed to extend the life of unit 4 at the Doel NPP and unit 3 at the Tihange NPP by 10 years. This “Heads of Terms and Commencement of...
Japan confirms nuclear policy change
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has decided to allow nuclear reactors to operate beyond their current limit of 60 years and to replace ageing facilities...
Hungary extends service life of Paks NPP reactors
The Hungarian government has announced the extension of the operating life of four power units at the Paks NPP, which comprises four Soviet-supplied VVER-440 units. The Cabinet...
Tractebel to support life extension of Koeberg NPP
Tractebel has said it will continue to provide engineering support to South African power company Eskom to help extend the operational life of the Koeberg NPP by 20 years, in line with...
Kansai Electric to seek life extension for Takahama 3&4
Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co has said it will seek regulatory approval to extend the life of two pressurised water reactors (PWRs) at units 3&4 of its Takahama NPP in Fukui...
Japan considers NPP life extension
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti) has presented a draft on NPP life extension to an expert panel. The draft explains the direction of the economy ministry’s...
US provides funding for Diablo Canyon NPP
The US Administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE), has announced the conditional selection of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California to receive the first round of...
Hungary plans life extension for Paks NPP
Attila Steiner, Secretary of State for Energy at Hungary’s Ministry of Technology & Industry, introduced a bill at a recent meeting of the state assembly...
German parliament approves NPP life extension
Lawmakers in the German Bundestag (parliament) have voted to keep Germany's three remaining NPPs in operation until April 2023. Under Germany’s nuclear phase-out plan they were all due...
Japan considers life extension for reactors
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Meti) is considering extending the lifespan of NPPs beyond the current 60 years to ensure stable energy supplies.
Germany extends nuclear power use until April
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country's three remaining nuclear power stations to continue operating until mid-April. Scholz’s order ends weeks of dispute within...
Possible life extension for UK’s Hartlepool and Heysham NPPs
France's EDF has said it will review whether there is a case to keep open the Hartlepool and Heysham 1 NPPs in the UK beyond their current expected closure date in 2024.
Germany extends operation of two NPPs
Germany’s Federal Minister for Economics & Climate Protection, Robert Habeck, says he expects to have to extend the lifespans of two NPPs - Neckarwestheim 2 (operated by...
Refurbishment of Russia’s BN-600 gets underway
JSC ZiO-Podolsk (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering Atomenergomash) has manufactured and shipped to unit 3 of the Beloyarsk NPP the fifth module of the evaporator for the...
Southern Nuclear notifies US regulator of plans to relicense Hatch NPP
US Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Nuclear, has notified the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its intent to seek subsequent licence renewal (SLR) for both units at the Edwin...
California extends the life of Diablo Canyon NPP
California lawmakers have voted to extend the operating life of the state's only nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon. The proposal passed by the legislature could keep open the...
Mexico's Laguna Verde NPP unit 2 receives operating licence extension
Mexico's Secretary of Energy (Sener) Rocío Nahle García has granted the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE – Federal Electricity Commission) renewal of the operating licence for unit...
E.On not prepared for continued operation of NPPs
German energy company E.On had not planned to continue operation of its Isar 2 NPP in Lower Bavaria, but has indicated that it is ready to discuss the possibility. At the beginning of...
