Kansai Electric Power Company has informed Fukui Prefecture that the restart of units 1 and 2 of the Takahama nuclear power plant and unit 3 of the Mihama plant has been delayed as work to bolster safety measures will now take longer than originally expected. World-nuiclear-news.org

Work to stabilise a 1688-foot (515-metre) long tunnel containing contaminated equipment from historic plutonium production activities at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Hanford site in Washington State is over 75% complete. World-nuiclear-news.org

South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission has approved of the start of Shin-Kori Unit 4, the regulator said on February 1 following an inspection by the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety. Nuclearstreet.com

Belgium’s National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Fissile Materials (Ondraf/Niras) today filed an application for the construction of a facility for the final disposal of low- and medium-activity nuclear waste. Nucnet.org