A nuclear evacuation drill was held Tuesday in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane, which hosts the country’s only nuclear plant built in a prefectural capital. Mainichi.jp

The first unit of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania will be closed down in 2026 for refurbishing work that will take two years and will extend its life cycle by 30 years, according to representatives of Nuclearelectrica, the state company that owns the power plant. Romania-insider.com

France may keep the door open for new nuclear reactors in the 2020s if they prove to be cost-competitive, with a leaked government document setting a Eur60-70/MWh average cost range for the second generation EPR. Spglobal.com

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Association for Environmentally Safe Disposal of Radioactive Materials (EDRAM) have pledged to strengthen cooperation and coordination on the development of “safe, effective and secure solutions” for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and used nuclear fuel. World-nuclear-news.org