Unit 2 of the Ringhals nuclear power plant in Sweden was yesterday permanently shut down, ending 44 years of operation and 215 TWh of generation. Ringhals 1 is scheduled to shut down next year. World-nuclear-news.org

The Ethiopian government is receiving support from the International Atomic Energy Agency and other development partners to address its urgent need for improvement in cancer treatment. The IAEA recommends four radiotherapy machines per one million people, but Ethiopia has only one for its population of 105 million. World-nuclear-news.org

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a civil penalty of $14,500 against Colorado-based Western Nuclear for providing incomplete and inaccurate information regarding groundwater flow at the company’s Split Rock uranium mill tailings site near Jeffrey City, Wyoming. Nucnet.org

South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission approved an application to permanently shut down the Wolsong-1 nuclear power reactor, although the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the labour union of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) are moving to take a legal action against the commission and its members. Nucnet.org