The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will allow fuel loading at Holtec's plant.

The US regulator has renewed the operating licence for VC Summer unit 1 for a second time, clearing the pressurised water reactor to operate until August 2062.

Russia's nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued an operating licence to the Kalinin nuclear power plant's unit 1 to June 2044.

Unit 1 at the plant could restart as early as 2027 with the approval of an early interconnection request by grid operator PJM, Constellation said as it held a celebration of progress at the plant in Pennsylvania.

The tests for tightness and strength of the containment building at Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant unit have been carried out successfully.