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France considering EDF restructuring
27 November, 2017
France’s finance ministry is studying several scenarios for restructuring Electricite de France (EDF), including spinning off its nuclear power generation activities into a stand-alone unit, Reuters reported on 23 November, quoting sources familiar with the situation.

Leibstadt closed to replace faulty fuel rods
21 November, 2017
Switzerland's Leibstadt nuclear power plant will remain closed until the end of December to replace defective fuel elements.  

Licence renewal for US South Texas Project
03 October, 2017
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the licence for the South Texas Project, a nuclear power plant near Bay City, for an additional 20 years.

US companies consider Westinghouse buy-out
03 October, 2017
Private equity companies Blackstone Group and Apollo Global Management have formed a consortium to buy out US-based Westinghouse Electric Co from a Japanese Toshiba corporation, Reuters reported on 27 September, citing “people familiar with the matter”.

Delay for Finland’s Hanhikivi project - updated
22 September, 2017
Fennovoima, which is building the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in northern Finland, says it expects to receive a construction licence for the project in 2019, a year later than previously anticipated. However, the developer is confident that the project is moving ‘in the right direction’

Six years after Fukushima, public still hostile to nuclear
13 March, 2017
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has only paid 6% of the compensation sought by municipalities in connection with the 2011 Fukushima accident, Kyodo news agency reported on 11 March – the six-year anniversary of the disaster.

More concern over Brexit
20 February, 2017
The UK government’s plans to leave the European Union (EU), and consequently the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), could threaten plans to build new nuclear reactors and decommissioning activities, as well as jeopardise energy security due to the impact on nuclear fuel supplies, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMech).

UK says IAEA deal may replace Euratom after Brexit
01 February, 2017
The UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis, told parliament on 31 January that the UK will seek an alternative agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if it fails to negotiate "some sort of relationship" with the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) during Brexit negotiations