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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that it had issued licenses allowing Florida Power and Light to proceed with construction and operation of two AP1000 reactors at the Turkey Point nuclear generating station 25 miles south of Miami.

Leaders from Russia and Turkey marked the symbolic first pour of concrete for the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 1 on Tuesday, hooking up video-link with the formal ceremony taking place in Ankara, Turkey.

An independent research group, Grand View Research, reported Wednesday that the global nuclear decommissioning services market size is expected to be valued at USD 8.90 billion by 2025, exhibiting 6.8 percent CARG during the forecast period.

The temporarily closed Unit 2 at the Ikata nuclear power plant in Enhime Prefecture in Japan will not be outfitted for a restart and will undergo decommissioning, the Shikoku Electric Power Company said in late March.

One loose bolt inside a fuel storage canister at Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear station near San Clemente, Calif., prompted a work stoppage that lasted 10 days, according to Nuclear Engineering International.

FirstEnergy Solutions, parent of First Energy Nuclear Operating Company, filed for bankruptcy protection on March 31 and noted that it intended to close three nuclear power plants along with its restructuring plan.

Georgia Power this week released a time lapse video of progress at the Plant Vogtle expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, the only remaining nuclear power plant build occurring in the United States.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-Operational Safety Review Team (Pre-OSART) has concluded an 18-day mission to review preparedness at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland in expectations of the initial start up for Unit 3, which is expected to take place in December.

Georgia Power announced today the placement of the nuclear reactor vessel inside Unit 4 containment at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia.

A visit to the United Arab Emirates by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in included a ceremony celebrating the completion of the country's first nuclear power reactor, Barakah Unit 1, although start up of the reactor is currently on hold.

Centrus Energy Corp. said Wednesday it had signed a services contract with X Energy to support the design of a facility to produce advanced nuclear fuel, a contract that builds upon a memorandum of understanding the companies signed in September 2017 to collaborate toward production of fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.

Work to complete decommissioning of the Army's remote nuclear power plant in Alaska has resumed after a long-term hiatus, officials said.

The Kyushu Electric Power Company in Japan restarted its Genkai Unit 3 reactor late last week, making it the seventh reactor to resume operations since the nationwide moratorium was imposed on nuclear power following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Generating Station.

Britain's Office for Nuclear regulation said that findings from the themed inspection of the Hinkley Point C nuclear build in Somerset showed five key supply chain areas where improvements could be made, but noted that “good progress had been made with improvements of some areas of supply chain management.”

China General Nuclear said that installation of the reactor pressure vessel for Unit 5 at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in Liaoning Province had begun. According to CGN, the component arrived at the plant on 20 March and installation began soon after.

The British government suffered a setback in its plans to leave the Euratom agreement that governs euro block countries in matters of nuclear power and radioactive material safety and security, as the House of Lords voted last week to demand the government maintain a presence in the agreement until new agreements are in force.

The China Nuclear Industry Construction Company announced a structural milestone at the Fuqing Unit 6 reactor under construction in Fujian Province, China, announcing the placement of a 340 ton steel dome hoisted into place.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had made available the first-ever "subsequent license renewal application," which came from Florida Power and Light and applies to the company's Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station's Units 3 and 4.

Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom said Wednesday that the withdrawal of an investor group from the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant project would not derail construction of the envisioned 4,800-MW, four-reactor facility that would be the country's inaugural nuclear power plant.

The Georgia Public Service Commission has unanimously approved the merger of Dominion Energy, Inc., and SCANA Corporation, becoming the first state regulatory agency to act on the proposed combination that has already been approved by the Federal Trade Commission.

Canada's nuclear science and technology organization Canadian National Laboratories has announced the issuance of a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the design and construction of its Advanced Nuclear Materials Research Center (ANMRC), a $370 million research center that will serve as the "backbone" of a $1.2 billion investment in its Chalk River facilities.

French nuclear power regulator Autorite Surete Nucleaire (ASN) has cleared the restart of Unit 2 of the Fessenheim power plant in the Alsace region close the border with Germany.

A lawsuit intended to block construction of 1,383 MW mixed-oxide at the Ohma nuclear power plant in Japan has been rejected by a district court in Hokkaido prefecture.

Orano USA and Waste Control Specialists, leaders in nuclear materials management, said they intended to form a joint venture to license a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for used nuclear fuel at the WCS site in Andrews County, Texas.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today completed a nuclear security advisory mission in Ecuador. The mission was carried out at the request of the Government of Ecuador.