As nuclear technologies diversify - such as small modular reactors, floating reactors, new fuels and markets - regulation must evolve to enable innovation, a panel at World Nuclear Symposium agreed.
 

Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company said it plans to remove fuel from unit 7 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture due to delays in the reactor's restart.

The operator of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh is committed to taking all steps to ensure the successful transition from commissioning to operations, a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts has said.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has revised the duration of its licensing design certifications from 15 years to 40 years, with Westinghouse's AP1000 approval now extended to 2046.
 

NextEra Energy has told the US nuclear regulator that it intends to submit an environmental review document for the proposed restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in October.

Entergy has applied to the Louisiana Public Service Commission for approval to increase the power output of its Waterford 3 nuclear power plant by about 45 MWe. It is also seeking to recoup the USD68.7 million cost to carry out the uprate.

An independent taskforce has called for "radical, once-in-a-generation" reform of the UK's nuclear regulatory system in order to remove regulatory barriers to new nuclear projects. The taskforce said the system has become "unnecessarily slow, inefficient and costly".
 

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has suspended operation of unit 4 at its Kori nuclear power plant pending a government decision to allow the country's reactors to operate beyond 40 years. Kori units 2 and 3 have already been taken offline following the expiry of their 40-year design lives.
 

NextEra Energy has filed a request with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking to reclaim interconnection rights that were previously transferred from the shut down Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Iowa to a solar energy project.