Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis wants a decision by the end of 2018 on financing majority state-owned utility CEZ’s multi-billion dollar nuclear power expansion. Reuter.com

A businessman says that he’s assembled a group of nuclear engineering and construction firms to finish building an idled nuclear plant in Jackson County in the next five to six years. Decaturdaily.com

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has called on the leaders of the Canadian province to leverage its nuclear sector as part of a blueprint to help keep Ontario “open for business”. The report also aligns with government policy to support refurbishment and life extension work at Bruce and Pickering nuclear power plants. World-nuclear-news.org

Rusatom Service, a division of state-owned nuclear power giant Rosatom, has cleared the Kozloduy Unit 6 reactor in northwestern Bulgaria for a 60-year operational life, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry has announced. Nuclearstreet.com