Nuclear News Roundup Dec 19, 2016 Fennovoima's environmental impact assessment (EIA) program for its own used nuclear fuel disposal facility is "comprehensive" and meets legal requirements, Finland's Ministry of Employment and the Economy has said. However, the ministry expects Fennovoima to continue cooperation with the licensees of the Onkalo repository project at Olkiluoto. world-nuclear-news.org The Indian government has approved an increase in capacity of the proposed Kovvada nuclear power plant and is conducting a new environmental impact assessment for the project, atomic energy minister Jitendra Singh confirmed yesterday. world-nuclear-news.org The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington said it had proposed a fine of $14,000 as a civil penalty to impose on a Virginia firm for performing work in the District of Columbia without first obtaining approval from the regulatory agency to do so. nuclearstreet.com South Korea's energy minister Joo Hyung-hwan discussed cooperation on British nuclear energy projects in a meeting in London on Thursday with Britain's business minister Greg Clark, South Korea's energy ministry said in a statement. businessinsider.com
