Japan's nuclear regulator has given the go-ahead to Chubu Electric Power Company to start removing "peripheral" equipment from units 1 and 2 of its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka prefecture. Both units were permanently shut down in January 2009. world-nuclear-news.org Scientists in Germany are poised to conduct a nuclear fusion experiment they hope will advance the quest for a clean and safe form of nuclear power. theguardian.com When Russian planes carried out a simulated attack against Sweden in 2013, it included nuclear warfare, a NATO report has revealed. thelocal.se French water and waste giant Veolia announced on Wednesday that it’s acquired a startup called Kurion that’s developed technology that cleans up nuclear waste. fortune.com
