Decommissioning plans for five Japanese reactors officially taken out of service in April 2015 have today been approved by the country’s nuclear regulator. The plans outline the facilities and equipment to be dismantled and a timetable for completing the work. World-nuclear-news.org

The European Commission announced yesterday it has signed the first-ever project for nuclear safety cooperation with Iran, under the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed between Iran and the E3/EU+3 countries in July 2015. The project is the first of a €5.0 million ($5.4 million) action approved by the European Union in 2016 under the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation. A second project for the stress test at the Bushehr nuclear power plant is to be signed in the coming weeks. World-nuclear-news.org

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday gave the owners of the soon-to-close Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts a pass on post-Fukushima Daiichi safety requirements, triggering quick backlashes from the state’s two U.S. Senators, Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren. Nuclearstreet.com

FirstEnergy Corp. is now technically the sole owner of both reactors at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Nuclearstreet.com