India’s engineering, manufacturing and construction giant Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has built the country’s first two 700 MWe steam generators designed for the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station Unit 3 operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. nuclearstreet.com

Kyushu Electric Power Company technicians will begin loading the Sendai No. 1 reactor in Japan with fuel rod bundles this week after the plant passed a regulatory inspection on July 3. nuclearstreet.com

Areva has signed agreements in China including a memorandum of understanding that defines a schedule for commercial negotiations about a Chinese project for a used fuel processing and recycling facility, Areva said. nucnet.org

The COP21 United Nations climate change summit in Paris in December is a unique opportunity to internationally develop a low-carbon society in which nuclear power will have a key role to play, the European Nuclear Society’s Young Generation Network (YGN) said in a position paper. nucnet.org