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The start of full-scale fuel debris removal from the damaged reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is now expected to begin in 2037 at the earliest, instead of the early 2030s.

Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company plans to conduct surveys of the Mihama nuclear power plant site in Fukui Prefecture to determine if a new reactor could be build there as a replacement for unit 1, which was declared permanently shut down in 2015.

Japan's Hitachi Ltd has developed a new Metaverse Platform for Nuclear Power Plants that leverages a metaverse and AI technology which it claims streamlines operations, including nuclear power plants' safety enhancement, new plant construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.

A memorandum of cooperation has been signed between the UK and Japan for partnership on fusion energy - as companies in the two countries announce new collaborations.

Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that it has begun loading fuel assemblies into the core of unit 6 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant ahead of its restart. The unit looks likely to be restarted before unit 7, into which fuel was loaded last year.

Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Co says it is currently considering designs including innovative light-water reactors, small modular reactors and high-temperature gas reactors as it aims to develop a "next-generation innovative reactor".

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved a draft report that concludes unit 3 of the Tomari nuclear power plant on Japan's northern Hokkaido island meets the new regulatory safety standards, a prerequisite for its restart.

The Japan Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency has developed what it says is the world's first "uranium rechargeable battery" and that tests have verified its performance in charging and discharging. Meanwhile, South Korean researchers have developed a prototype betavoltaic battery powered by the carbon-14 isotope.

Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company announced it has removed the upper lid of the pressure vessel of unit 2 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka prefecture as it begins to dismantle the reactor. It becomes the first commercial power reactor in Japan to enter dismantling.