The UK, US and Canadian nuclear regulators have outlined high-level principles for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in the nuclear sector while maintaining adequate safety and security.

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended its regulations for licensing non-power production or utilisation facilities to reflect the limited risk such facilities pose to public safety. At the same time, it is also revising the definition of a testing facility to a more risk-informed standard than the current power-based definition.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has inspected the cooling tower affected by fire last month at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and says it is "not usable in the future, so it will probably be demolished". 

Thorizon of the Netherlands has announced that the Dutch and French nuclear regulators are to collaborate on a preparatory review of its Thorizon One molten salt reactor to streamline the pre-license applications expected next year.

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.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for a fifth time, saying "my message has been loud and clear throughout this tragic war: a nuclear accident must be avoided at all costs, and a nuclear power plant must never be attacked".

The USA's Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licences of North Anna nuclear power plant's units 1 and 2 for a further 20 years - extending their lifetimes to a projected 80 years.

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 Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, speaking after visiting Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant, said military action near the plant was a cause for concern.