Kansai Electric Power Company has been given prior consent by Fukui Prefecture and Takahama Town for the steam generator replacement plan for Takahama nuclear power plant units 3 and 4.
Regulation & Safety 09 July 2024
Japan's nuclear regulator has approved Kansai Electric Power Company's long-term reactor management plan for units 3 and 4 of its Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, allowing the units to operate beyond 30 years. They become the first reactors to be permitted to operate up to 40 years under new legislation.
Regulation & Safety 26 June 2024
The owners of Sweden's Forsmark and Ringhals nuclear power plants are to assess the possibility of extending the operating lifetime of the plants' reactors from 60 to 80 years. This would enable their continued operation into the 2060s.
Corporate 18 June 2024