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Paris-headquartered Newcleo has received a favourable opinion from the council of the Aube Department region of eastern France to sell a plot of land in the Nogentais area, which could host the fast neutron reactor developer's mixed-oxide fuel manufacturing facility.

EDF can operate its 1300 MWe capacity reactors beyond their original 40-year lifespan provided that necessary upgrades are carried out, the French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority has decided.

French energy company EDF has signed an Early Work Agreement with Finnish utility Fortum as the partners continue their collaboration toward the potential development of new nuclear projects in Finland and Sweden.

A strategic contract has been signed between the major French industrial players, the government and trade unions aimed at coordinating the country's nuclear industry for the planned life extension of current reactors and the construction of new ones.

Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis announced it has signed an agreement with France's EDF to expand their existing global partnership to collaborate more closely and respond to new nuclear reactor opportunities around the world.

Thorizon has announced a new research collaboration with Curium and INSA Lyon to support the development of its Thorizon One advanced small modular molten salt reactor. The collaboration includes corrosion testing of metals in contact with molten salt.

The contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power for new nuclear capacity at the Dukovany site in the Czech Republic has been signed - hours after the Supreme Administrative Court annulled a regional court's injunction to stop it happening. 

French company EDF says the goal of its legal challenge to the decision to award the contract for new nuclear capacity in the Czech Republic to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is to ensure it is "in accordance with European regulatory rules".

Following an earlier funding round, France's EDF and private equity specialist Siparex have announced a second round of funding to strengthen strategic companies in the country's nuclear supply chain.