The company said today the scheduled closure dates for its Heysham 1 and Hartlepool plants had been extended by five years to 2024, while those of Heysham 2 and Torness had been extended by seven years to 2030. According to EDF Energy, the four plants together supply electricity to about one quarter of the UK’s homes. world-nuclear-news.org

French utility EDF announced its 2015 full-year results today, saying that it had met all its targets despite “unfavorable market conditions”. Strong performances from its French and UK reactors helped support the company. world-nuclear-news.org

A South Australia government royal commission study into economic opportunities provided by nuclear energy recommended the state forgo nuclear power for its residents, but claimed that building a nuclear waste repository to serve the international community could be enormously profitable. nuclearstreet.com

For the first time, technicians at the LaSalle County Generating Statoin in Marseilles, Illinois, are using a 360-degree virtual reality camera to assist with outage services preparation, which is superseding use of diagrams, photos and drawings, plant operator Exelon said. nuclearstreet.com