Ontario Minister of Energy and Electrification Stephen Lecce announced plans for a new hot cell facility to process medical radioisotopes during a visit to the plant which will enter its Major Component Replacement outage on 1 February. Meanwhile, Ontario's Green Party has passed a resolution reversing its blanket opposition to nuclear energy.

A pump impeller for the Siberian Chemical Combine, part of Rosatom's TVEL fuel division, was printed on a 3D printer, the company has said.

The first of two demonstration Guohe One (CAP1400) reactors at Huaneng Group's Shidaowan site in China's Shandong province has been connected to the grid. The 1400 MWe pressurised water reactor design is intended to be deployed in large numbers across the country, as well as for export.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported that "a small water leakage was detected from an impulse line - essentially a small pipe - connected to" Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's first unit’s primary circuit, with repairs taking place and no "immediate issue for nuclear safety".

Tohuku Electric Power Company's Onagawa unit 2 is the thirteenth Japanese reactor - and the first boiling water reactor - to be restarted since the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

Former CEO of Asociacion Nuclear Asco-Vandellos, José Gago, is to succeed Tom Mitchell as chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operators when his six-year term ends in March. 

Kansai Electric Power Company has received approval from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority to operate unit 1 at its Takahama nuclear power plant - the country's oldest operating reactor - beyond 50 years.

Chugoku Electric Power Company plans to restart unit 2 of its Shimane nuclear power plant - which has been offline since January 2012 - in December. It will become the second boiling water reactor (BWR) in Japan to be restarted.

The process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province has begun ahead of its start-up. The unit is the first of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site.

An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety for Oskarshamn nuclear power plant's unit 3 in southern Sweden.

The International Atomic Energy Agency's internal radiation safety regulatory framework has been the subject of an Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission.

Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it will transform its Operating Plant Services business into two new global business units - Long-Term Operations and Outage & Maintenance Services - as of the beginning of 2025.