A series of recommendations have been made to mitigate the denial or delay of transport of radioactive materials which nuclear power plants, hospitals, industries and researchers rely on.
 

Slovakia's Mochovce 4 began power generation at 15:33 on Monday, which operator Slovenske elektrárne describes as the last major stage before the unit is put into operation.
 

The first unit at Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is being prepared for the reactor's next stage of pre-start-up testing.
 

The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have informed ministers of the changes they have already made or intend to make in order to speed up the licensing process for new nuclear technologies and construction projects.
 

The licence justification materials for two new units at the next phase of Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia have had a positive verdict from Russia's State Environmental Expertise.
 

Blue Energy has submitted the first part of its construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its planned gas-to-nuclear project in Texas.
 

An exemption granted by the US regulator means Holtec can go ahead with certain works before the issuance of a Limited Work Authorisation for two small modular reactor units at the Palisades Energy Center in Michigan.
 

Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company has said it will withdraw applications for regulatory reviews of units 3 and 4 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture after an independent committee found that workers felt under pressure from senior management to manipulate earthquake data submitted to the regulator.
 

The National Atomic Energy Commission and the Secretariat for Nuclear Affairs say commissioning of the RA-10 multipurpose reactor will begin before the end of the year - and outlined plans for private financing for the associated production plant.