The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on August 8 that it would renew Ontario Power Generation Inc.’s (OPG) Nuclear Power Reactor Operating License for the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (PNGS) located in Pickering, Ontario. The license will be valid from September 1, 2018 until August 31, 2028. Nuclearstreet.com Southern Nuclear has made significant progress on construction of the Vogtle-3 and -4 nuclear power plants since assuming project management on behalf of the co-owners, but the capital and construction cost forecast for its share of the project has increased from $7.3bn to $8.4bn, Georgia Power said on 9 August 2018. Nucnet.org The UK fully supports plans to extend Euratom’s research and training program and remains financially committed to it despite Brexit, the government said in a paper on the country’s participation in the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation project. Nucnet.org Japanese utility Chugoku Electric Power Company has asked the Nuclear Regulation Authority to assess the compliance of the unfinished Shimane-3 nuclear power plant with post-Fukushima revised safety standards. Nucnet.org
