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Japan court declines petition to close down Ohi nuclear reactors

A Japanese court has rejected a petition, to close down the two operating nuclear reactors at Kansai Electric Power's Ohi plant in western Japan. Anti-nuclear advocates had filed a petition to shut down reactors at the plant, as...

PPL shuts down Susquehanna power plant unit 2 in US

US-based energy and utility company PPL announced that it has shut down unit 2 of its Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant, as part of a planned outage. The nuclear plant located in Luzerne County about...

Exelon resumes operations at Quad Cities Generating Station Unit 1

US-based energy provider Exelon has completed the planned refuel outage of its Quad Cities nuclear generating station unit 1 and resumed operations to full production. Unit 1 of the nuclear facility was taken off...

Nepalese government to finance hydro projects above 15MW

The Hydroelectric Investment and Development Company (HIDCL) has extended its finance provision to hydropower projects of capacity above 15MW in Nepal. Earlier, the federal body provided monetary aid to the projects with generation capacity...

TEPCO reports small leak at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, has reported that a small amount of toxic water has leaked from an underground storage pool at the nuclear plant. TEPCO...

Alstom to renew 3,512MW Darlington nuclear plant in Canada

France-based Alstom has secured a contract from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to refurbish and renew the 3,512MW Darlington nuclear plant, located in Darlington, Ontario. Under the long-term contract, valued at EUR265m, Alstom will renovate...

Tepco to delay restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has announced that it will not be able to restart the reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant soon. Tepco president Naomi Hirose was quoted by The Wall Street...

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