A power assist suit to help workers following a serious nuclear accident has been jointly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Japan Atomic Power Company. The device enables workers to lift loads up to 40kg. world-nuclear-news.org

Areva Inc has signed a contract to manufacture fuel assemblies for NuScale Power LLC’s small modular reactor (SMR) technology, the two companies announced yesterday. world-nuclear-news.org

The Swedish nuclear regulator has recommended that the operators of four reactors that will shut earlier than planned – Oskarshamn units 1 and 2 and Ringhals 1 and 2 – should pay higher waste fees to ensure the country’s nuclear waste fund is sufficient. world-nuclear-news.org

TransCanada Corporation said Thursday that it was committed to expenditures of at least $13 billion ($9.73 billion US) for assert management (AM) and major component replacements (MCR) at the eight-reactor Bruce Power facility in Ontario that would extend the lives of units 3 through 8 at the world’s largest nuclear power plant. nuclearstreet.com