A year after suffering the tsunami inundation that led to an unprecedented triple meltdown, stabilisation and restoration work continues across the entire Fukushima Daiichi power plant site.
_76x48.jpg "Visual inspection of the main steam isolation valve at Fukushima_Daiichi unit 4 (Tepco) 76x48")
A year after suffering the tsunami inundation that led to an unprecedented triple meltdown, stabilisation and restoration work continues across the entire Fukushima Daiichi power plant site. 
Unit 1 at the UK's Oldbury plant - the world's oldest operating nuclear power reactor - has been closed after 44 years of power generation. Construction of a new plant is planned at the site.
The first of some £9 billion ($14.2 billion) in long-term contracts has been awarded to support decommissioning at the UK's Sellafield site. It covers design services and could be worth some £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) over 15 years.
The European Court of Auditors has called for a more "effective, efficient and economical" use of financial contributions from the European Union (EU) towards the decommissioning of power reactors in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia..jpg "Berkeley - aerial - 48x64")
A significant part of the land at both the Oldbury and Berkeley nuclear power plant sites in the UK can now be used for other purposes following the decision by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to release the land for new development._68x45.jpg "Berkeley in Safestor (Magnox) 68x45")
The main buildings at the UK's shuttered Bradwell nuclear power plant are to be sealed in a £20 million ($31 million) 'weather envelope' while they await final dismantling.
Investing in new nuclear generating capacity or any other form of energy would be too expensive and come online too late, France's state audit office has concluded. Extending the operating lives of its existing nuclear power reactors would be its best option..jpg "Fukushima debris removal (Tepco)"){kind=small}
A roadmap setting out the mid- to long-term activities needed for the decommissioning of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors has been released. The plan envisages decommissioning activities being completed within 30 to 40 years..jpg "Berkeley heat exchanger removal (Lowther Rolton)")
Studsvik of Sweden has signed a contract with the UK’s LLW Repository Ltd for the transport and dismantling of old heat exchangers from the Berkeley Magnox nuclear power plant.