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Eight months after reaching an accord -- the first of its kind for Japan with a country that is not a signer of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- a landmark agreement between India and Japan on nuclear power cooperation goes into effect Friday.

Horizon Nuclear Power on Thursday said it would partner with Tecnatom, a global nuclear training services provider, as it looks to grow the future operational workforce for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant project in Anglesey, North Wales.

A wind turbine plant in Tillsonburg, Ontario, announced it was closing its doors in 2018, telling 300 employes their jobs would be gone, including 206 who were told to no longer come in for work.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, owner of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station in Japan, has deployed a swimming robot, dubbed the Little Sunfish, that is exploring conditions inside flooded areas of the No. 3 reactor.

Wang Shoujun, president of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said that commercial production of high-temperature, gas-cooled nuclear fuel (HTGR) had begun at the China North Nuclear Fuel processing plant in northern China.

Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin have reached a partnership agreement designed to accelerate Holtec's Small Modular Reactor program “to develop and deply SMR-160 power plants around the world,” the companies said Tuesday.

An interview in Japan given by Tokyo Electric Power Company Chairman Takashi Kawamura is causing a stir, as the chairman said the company is waiting for the government's approval to dump tons of tritium-tainted water into the Pacific Ocean.

Westinghouse Electric Company on Friday said it was partnering with General Atomics to produce an “accident-tolerant” nuclear reactor fuel that would use a ceramic matrix composite cladding that promises to provide enhanced safety characteristics over the currently established metal cladding.

After a series of setbacks and budget overruns, French utility EDF said Thursday that the Flamanville Unit 3 construction project, cleared provisionally by regulators in late June regarding pressure vessel steel integrity, would remain roughly on schedule, naming May 2019 as the first date for grid connection and November of the same year as the date for the unit to reach 100 percent power output.

Westinghouse Electric Company said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) had selected the company and university research partners to receive a total of $7.5 million to advance nuclear innovation in several areas.

News that the French government has targeted 17 nuclear reactors – out of the country's 58 operating fleet – for closure by 2025 has meet with resistance similar to that of South Korea, where a nuclear power phase out is planned: Experts are lining up against the idea.

French nuclear engineering and construction firm Areva said Wednesday it had signed a contract with decommissioning specialist NorthStar, a New York-based firm, to break down, package and transport core components of the Vermont Yankee Boiling Water Reactor in Vernon, Vt.

French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot on Monday said that the country could close 17 nuclear reactors within the next eight years, continuing with a commitment made by the previous national administration to reduce nuclear power from 77 percent to 50 percent of the country's electricity generation mix.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak pointed to a symbolic and logistical completion date for the first unit of Turkey's planned Akkuyu power plant. The minister, responding to reporters, said the first commercial power plant in the country would begin operations in 2023.

Hungary's third International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission, conducted by the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has been concluded with a report that cited the country's strong commitment to nuclear safety, the watchdog agency said.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint report indicating that a recent round of cyber attacks included malicious activity targeting energy-oriented businesses, including nuclear power plants. The one nuclear power business revealed in the report was the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., which operates Wolf Creek 1, a Westinghouse Four-loop pressurized water reactor located near Burlington...

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) said Wednesday that two of its ships – the Pacific Heron and the Pacific Egret – had departed the port of Cherbourt in France on a two-month trip to Japan laden with MOX fuel that is designated for the Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama Unit 4.

Finland's nuclear fuel waste disposal company Posiva has chosen to use software from New Zealand firm Aranz Geo to model the geological aspects of the deep repository that is expected to hold radioactive waste for tens and even hundreds of thousands of years.

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday lauded Bangladesh for the political support, public appreciation and international cooperation for nuclear power in the country that is proving to be a productive atmosphere for progress in the country's first nuclear power plant.

Westinghouse Electric Company said Wednesday that the newly developed Zephyr eddy current testing system deployed at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg, Arizona “surpassed all expectations,” in reaching two separate milestones for the nuclear industry.

With start of construction of the first new Hinkley Point C reactor still two years away, French utility EFF said this week that the estimated cost for the project had risen by close to $2 billion and that the initial start up for the first reactor would be in 2027, two years behind schedule.

A trial of three former Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) executives began in Tokyo on Friday with opening statements that went right to the core issue at stake: Did the defendants ignore warnings that a huge tsunami event could devastate the plant – an even that occurred in March 2011 causing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.

The Delaware Supreme Court closed out much of the monetary dispute between Westinghouse Electric Company and Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. this week, ruling that historical accounting practices at CB&I were not material in a cost adjustment case between the two companies.

Georgia Power said Thursday it was prepared to assume management of the Vogtle nuclear expansion project, taking the reins from Westinghouse Electric Company in late July under the service agreement finalized earlier this month.

Rosatom and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) officials hosted a concrete pouring ceremony on Thursday, June 29, marking the advancement of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant expansion project into the next construction stage.