Bolted flange tanks at Fukushima Daiichi, which had previously leaked, are no longer in use. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has completed the transfer of the treated water to new welded tanks onsite while it awaits permission to discharge. World-nuclear-news.org

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed common goals for nuclear power and the fight against climate change in bilateral talks held on 25 March during Xi’s three-day state visit to France. Macron’s statement specifically mentioned the long-awaited project for cooperation to build a plant to reprocess China’s used nuclear fuel. World-nuclear-news.org

The World Association of Nuclear Operators is encouraging governments to ensure that national export control laws do not adversely affect the organisation’s ability to maximise the safe operation of commercial nuclear power plants. Nucnet.org

The US International Development Finance Corporation must be allowed to support nuclear energy projects as the country fights to catch up and stay competitive in the sector, Nuclear Energy Institute president and chief executive officer Maria Korsnick said in her state of the industry address yesterday. Nucnet.org