Nuclear News Roundup Dec 28, 2018 Are there still spent fuel rods stored at the site of the former Trojan nuclear plant, or were they moved to Hanford when the cooling tower was dynamited by PGE? Also, would it be legal for a new nuke plant to be sited in Oregon? Wweek.com China has completed and is now operating an advanced French designed EPR nuclear reactor with 1750 MW of power. This is the most energy from a single nuclear reactor. Nextbigfuture.com Unit 4 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province has entered commercial operation after completing demonstration operation at nominal capacity for 100 hours. World-nuclear-news.org The state-backed Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday it would need to spend about 1.9 trillion yen ($17.1 billion) to close 79 facilities over 70 years, in its first such estimate.mainichi.jp