As India's nuclear regulator gives the go-ahead for the second unit at India's oldest nuclear power plant to restart operations after major refurbishment work, NTPC, India's largest integrated power company, is ready to submit its first feasibility study for a nuclear project to the Department of Atomic Energy.

The process of loading 163 nuclear fuel assemblies into Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant reactor has been completed.
 

Nuclear generates about a fifth of Spain's electricity, but the plan is to close all its power reactors by 2035. A number of countries have had second thoughts on phasing out their nuclear capacity - will Spain also do so? In this episode Marta Ugalde, President of Spanish Nuclear Industry Forum Foro Nuclear, outlines the current situation.
 

The Belgian government has begun talks to take direct ownership of the country's seven nuclear power reactors - with all decommissioning and dismantling works suspended "to ensure that all options remain available to the Belgian State".
 

Unit 1 of the San'ao nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of six Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors planned for the site in Zhejiang province.
 

Florida's St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant units 1 and 2 have been approved to operate to 2056 and 2063, respectively, after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued subsequent licence renewals.
 

Duke Energy's Robinson nuclear power plant in South Carolina has been cleared for an 80-year operating lifetime after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed the fastest licence renewal review in the agency's history.

The inspection of primary equipment at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant unit 1 has been completed, showing the unit in Bangladesh is now ready for first criticality, and an operating licence issued.
 

What we know now about the causes of the 1986 Chernobyl accident and the effect it had on people's health, plus the story of how the alarm was raised internationally at a nuclear power plant in Sweden. And how the lessons learned led to a global safety culture which has underpinned the widespread plans for new nuclear capacity.