South Korea's nuclear regulator has today approved the construction of units 5 and 6 of the Shin Kori nuclear power plant. The APR1400 units are scheduled to begin operating in March 2021 and 2022, respectively. world-nuclear-news.org Florida Power & Light (FPL) said that it had reached an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection through a detailed Consent Order that finalizes a long-term plan to remove hypersaline water from underneath and near the cooling canal system at the Turkey Point Power Plant 20 miles south of Miami. nuclearstreet.com By the numbers, the nuclear power industry looks strong as of 2016 with construction projects on the rise and construction times vastly improved, dropping from a 127-month construction period for plants starting up in 2014 to 73 months in 2015, the report said. nuclearstreet.com PG&E Corp.’s plan to shut California’s last nuclear power plant by 2025 would cost $15 billion if all its output is replaced with solar-generated electricity at current prices, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts. bloomberg.com
