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Tohoku Electric Power Company announced it has started loading fuel assemblies into the reactor of unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan's northeastern Miyagi Prefecture. The reactor has been offline since November 2010 and will become the 13th Japanese reactor to be restarted.

Date: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-begins-ahead-of-Onagawa-2-restart

Brazil's Eletronuclear says the first phase of the second campaign to move used fuel from Angra 2 to its on-site used fuel dry storage facility has been successfully completed, with 480 used fuel elements transferred.

Date: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fresh-phase-completed-of-Angra-2-fuel-s-move-into

The Swiss government has said it will seek to lift the country's ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants, which has been in place since 1 January 2018. It said all clean energy sources will be needed to meet expected electricity demand while also meeting climate targets.

Date: Friday, 30 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Switzerland-moves-to-remove-ban-on-new-reactors

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced he will hold a ministerial meeting next week to discuss measures needed to gain local consent for the restart of reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco's) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.

Date: Thursday, 29 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kishida-looks-to-restart-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-units

Germany's Krümmel nuclear power plant has been given the regulatory go-ahead to move from post-operation to decommissioning, with dismantling work scheduled to take about 15 years.

Date: Thursday, 22 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Germany-s-Krummel-gets-decommissioning-and-dismant

Kristine Madden, president of the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC), discusses the key challenges and opportunities for young nuclear professionals in the near future.

Date: Saturday, 10 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Providing-a-platform-for-young-nuclear-p

Japan has a "robust nuclear security regime", an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded. The latest International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission followed a previous mission in 2015 and a follow-up mission in 2018.

Date: Saturday, 03 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-mission-assesses-Japan-s-nuclear-security

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have completed the production of a prototype outer vertical target, one of the key components of the divertor to be used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. MHI said it is now ready for series production.

Date: Friday, 02 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japan-set-for-production-of-ITER-outer-vertical-ta

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) looks set to rule that unit 2 of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture does not comply with regulatory safety standards after a review team concluded that seismic activity beneath the unit cannot be ruled out. Owner Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) insists that further investigations are required.

Date: Thursday, 01 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japanese-regulator-to-decide-fate-of-Tsuruga-2