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NRC extends license for North Anna nuclear power plant


NRC extends license for North Anna nuclear power plant

Dominion Energy’s North Anna nuclear power plant has received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue operating for another 20 years, a major milestone in the utility’s $3.9 billion effort to keep its two nuclear plants operating beyond mid-century. The renovation will enable the power plant’s two nuclear reactors to remain in operation […]

Mother of Japanese kidnapped man asks for reunion with commercials in Tokyo train station


Mother of Japanese kidnapped man asks for reunion with commercials in Tokyo train station

A man with his hands tied behind his back. Getty Images Bank SEOUL, Aug. 19 (AJU PRESS) — The mother of Megumi Yokota, a symbol of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago, has launched a public appeal for reunification using digital displays at major train stations in and around Tokyo, Kyodo News […]

Sutherland responds to Nebraska Public Power District designation as potential SMR site


Sutherland responds to Nebraska Public Power District designation as potential SMR site

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska (KNOP) – The Village of Sutherland has been named as one of 16 sites advancing to Phase 2 of the Nebraska Public Power District’s Next Gen Nuclear survey. The village, which is home to just over 1,000 people, is not new territory for the NPPD. The Gerald Gentleman Station is located south […]

Russia and Ukraine blame each other for fire in cooling tower of Zaporizhia nuclear power plant


Russia and Ukraine blame each other for fire in cooling tower of Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

On Sunday, a fire broke out in the cooling tower of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other for the incident. Both sides said no increase in radiation levels had been detected around the power plant, which has been under the control of Russian forces since its first […]