UPDATED Iran has rejected the charge it has violated one of the commitments it made in the Joint Plan of Action it agreed at a meeting with P5+1 leaders in Geneva last year.

Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear power plant operator, has opened an office in Brussels in order to work closely with the European Commission and other European institutions.

The governor of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture has given his approval for the restart of the Sendai nuclear power plant. The plant looks set to resume operation early next year, having now received all the necessary local consents for this.

Energoatom has signed a memorandum on the creation of a "transparent and efficient public procurement system" in Ukraine by turning its existing approach into an electronic trading format, the state-owned nuclear power plant operator said yesterday.

The world needs to take stringent action to move to a low-carbon economy before the end of the century to avoid severe impacts from warming of the climate, according to the final instalment of the fifth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

The first package of measures of Switzerland's proposed new energy policy - including the phase out of the use of nuclear energy - is ready to be debated by the parliament, a committee of its lower house has announced.

Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom and Czech engineering company Škoda JS have signed a memorandum of cooperation and an agreement on confidentiality.

The municipal government of the Japanese town of Satsumasendai has given its approval for the restart of the nearby Sendai nuclear power plant. Approval is still required from the regulator, as well as the prefectural and national governments before the plant can begin operating again.

European Union heads of state have agreed binding targets for the EU to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, raise efficiency and deploy renewables by 2030.

South Africa is moving towards signing framework agreements with China and Japan and is inviting would-be reactor vendor countries to participate in workshops to showcase their offerings as it moves through the pre-procurement phase of its nuclear new-build plans.

Ukraine dismissed 39 high-ranking officials yesterday as a new law "On power purification" came into effect.

A project company set up to oversee the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant is to be sold to the state, a general meeting of Magyar Villamos Művek decided yesterday.