Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has officially ruled that unit 2 of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture cannot be restarted as it does not comply with regulatory safety standards.

Bruce Power has set out its plans to expand production of medical radioisotopes in its Candu reactors. As well as increasing long-term lutetium-177 production capacity, the company also wants to explore the production of other isotopes using its proprietary system.

A pump impeller for the Siberian Chemical Combine, part of Rosatom's TVEL fuel division, was printed on a 3D printer, the company has said.

A new algorithm has reduced the time needed to inspect 3D-printed parts for nuclear applications by 85% and could lead the way to faster, safer inspections of irradiated materials and nuclear fuel, speeding up the development and deployment of new nuclear technology.

AtkinsRéalis company Candu Energy Inc has announced it is entering into a special project with Canadian nuclear regulators to plan for a Pre-Licensing Design Review of the new Candu Monark reactor's suitability to be licensed and built in Canada.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that "a small water leakage was detected from an impulse line - essentially a small pipe - connected to" Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's first unit’s primary circuit, with repairs taking place and no "immediate issue for nuclear safety".

Tohuku Electric Power Company's Onagawa unit 2 is the thirteenth Japanese reactor - and the first boiling water reactor - to be restarted since the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

Former CEO of Asociacion Nuclear Asco-Vandellos, José Gago, is to succeed Tom Mitchell as chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operators when his six-year term ends in March. 

Kansai Electric Power Company has received approval from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority to operate unit 1 at its Takahama nuclear power plant - the country's oldest operating reactor - beyond 50 years.

Chugoku Electric Power Company plans to restart unit 2 of its Shimane nuclear power plant - which has been offline since January 2012 - in December. It will become the second boiling water reactor (BWR) in Japan to be restarted.

The next phase of the project has begun to study which parts of the shelter built rapidly around Chernobyl's unit 4 after the 1986 accident need immediate dismantling and which bits need stabilisation.

An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety for Oskarshamn nuclear power plant's unit 3 in southern Sweden.