The Osaka High Court in Japan has lifted an injunction that has kept units 3 and 4 of Kansai Electric Power Company’s Takahama nuclear power plant offline for the past year. The court agreed with the utility that the units, which are in Fukui prefecture, are safe to operate. world-nuclear-news.org

The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted its first consent for the start of construction of a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C. The consent covers the placement of the structural concrete for the first nuclear safety-related structure at the site. It does not give consent for all elements of construction. world-nuclear-news.org

A financial crisis at a major nuclear energy business is threatening to deal a blow to the UK’s atomic energy program. theguardian.com

U.S. nuclear developer Westinghouse Electric plans to seek bankruptcy protection from creditors on Tuesday as it struggles with losses that have thrown its Japanese parent Toshiba into crisis, people familiar with Toshiba’s thinking said. cnbc.com