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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday that the agency had completed the fourth review mission of Japan's efforts towards the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) in Japan, noting several key improvements had created stable conditions ad the devastated facility.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on Friday said that the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant refurbishment program had reached a major milestone, as calandria tube installation for Unit 2 at the plant had been completed.

News that Toshiba Corp. in Japan was backing out of the Moorside nuclear power plant construction project in Cumbria, UK, sparked reactions in Britain and South Korea this week, indicating the project was not dead in the water, despite the major set back.

The China National Nuclear Corp. and Rosatom’s engineering division Atomstroyexport signed contracts this week calling for construction of two VVER-1200 reactors that would make up Tianwan Units 7 and 8 in the Jiangsu province.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday laid the foundation stone for a 100 KW research reactor, construction for which is already underway, according to media reports from the country.

The Sanmen Unit 2 reactor in the Zhejiang province of China became the third AP1000 reactor to reach commercial operating status this week, achieving the feat on Nov. 5 at 9:47 p.m, according to news sources.

Oregon-based small modular reactor developer NuScale to announce it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG), Ontario’s public electricity generator, who has agreed to support NuScale in its vendor design review (VDR) with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).

International engineering company Assystem, which calls itself one of the top three nuclear engineering companies worldwide, announced a major contract Tuesday to support the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), a UK government research organisation responsible for the development of nuclear fusion power.

Finnish power company Fortum has announced the completion of the automation modernisation project at the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant, bringing to fruition the biggest single project since the construction of the two-unit facility.

Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom has confirmed the initial start up of the Akademik Lomonosov, the country’s first floating nuclear power plant.

The Department of Energy is seeking the public’s response to a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) that would pave the way for fuel development for reactors that would use high-assay, low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, although those reactors have yet to be built.

The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced Thursday that its team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety of Unit 1 at Atucha Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina, arriving at the conclusion that the plant's safety status had good points and areas that could benefit from improvements.

The Canadian government said this week that it would invest about U.S. $37.5 million in General Fusion as a step towards construction of a fusion reactor for the future, while creating around 400 new jobs to boost the economy.The funding is channeled through the Strategic Innovation Fund.

A Canadian nuclear supplier association, the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI), and the Romanian Atomic Forum Association (ROMATOM) have signed a cooperation agreement meant to support and guide the two groups' nuclear power endeavors, the OCNI said.

The Council of State in France has revoked the government’s decree calling for an annulment of utility EDF’s operating license for the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in northeastern France.

Twenty-two days after setting a national record for continuous days of operation for a domestic nuclear reactor, Unit 1 at India's Kaiga NPP has gone on to set a world record for a pressurized heavy water reactor, pushing past the 895th day record this week, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has announced.

Los Angeles-based AECOM, a global engineering and construction management firm, said Wednesday that the Department of Energy had executed a 12-month contract extension to Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), an AECOM-led joint venture with Atkins Nuclear Secured, LLC, member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, for its management of the waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had agreed to further cooperative efforts with the International Association for Environmentally Safe Disposal of Radioactive Materials (EDRAM) to strengthen and devise solutions for the disposal of high level radioactive waste.

British engineering and project management company Nuvia, with a significant presence in the nuclear power industry, said Monday that the government had selected Nuvia to be the technical adviser for the country's Advanced Modular Reactor Feasibility and Development program.

A study done by the L’Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN) in France reiterated the country’s regulatory position that mixed-oxide fuel will help keep the country’s spent fuel storage “in balance.” The data challenges the country’s envisioned diminished role of nuclear power in the future.

GE said that its Global Research Center in Niskayuna, N.Y., has received a $33.7 million Department of Energy contract to continue development of advanced fuel rod technologies that have both improved performance and a “more robust” capacities during accident conditions.

A see-saw legal battle over the restart of the Ikata nuclear power plant’s Unit 3 owned by the Shikoku Electric Power Company has swung back in favor or a restart with a court decision issued last week.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has issued a contract termination notice to the consortium constructing the mixed-oxide fuel (MOF) fabrication facility in South Carolina at the Savannah River Site after years of backpedaling on the project that is now 70 percent complete.

A second Westinghouse designed AP1000 nuclear power unit in China, Haiyang 1, has reached commercial operating status having competed a full week of operations at full power.