Nuclear News Roundup Aug 26, 2016

The recently-elected governor of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture has today requested Kyushu Electric Power Company temporarily suspends operation of units 1 and 2 of its Sendai nuclear power plant. Only one other power reactor is currently in operation in the country. world-nuclear-news.org

CGN Power Company Limited - China's largest nuclear power plant operator - announced a 36.3% increase in revenue in the first six months of 2016 to CNY13.1 billion ($2.0 billion), compared with the same period last year. world-nuclear-news.org

Russia has developed a program for management of used nuclear fuel covering the period "2016-2018 and up to 2020" to replace the previous one, which has expired. world-nuclear-news.org

A think tank in Britain that studies energy issues said Thursday that the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project is not a necessity for the country. nuclearstreet.com