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The people of Anglesey in North Wales are being asked to suggest a name which is "easy to pronounce and welcoming to a wide audience" for the small modular reactor plant which is to be built at the Wylfa site on the island.
 

Forty years after the Chernobyl accident, the largely uninhabited exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant has become a haven for wildlife, as well as providing the world with a unique living laboratory for scientific study of the impact of radioactive elements. The zone also plays a large part in popular culture's enduring interest and fascination with the events of 1986.
 

Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning has invited the municipalities to express an interest in taking part in the process of finding a suitable location for storage facilities for radioactive waste.
 

The new Port Hope Nuclear Discovery Centre will give visitors the opportunity to learn about nuclear power and energy demand, as well as Ontario Power Generation's proposed Wesleyville nuclear power project.

As the refurbishment of the Darlington nuclear power plant nears completion, the Canadian nuclear regulator has announced it is authorising the plant to continue operating until 2045.

South Africa has plans for 10 GW of new nuclear energy capacity and to restart its pebble bed modular reactor programme as well as re-establishing the full nuclear fuel cycle in the country, a World Nuclear Symposium discussion on growing nuclear capacity across Africa heard.
 

Taiwanese voters were overwhelmingly in favour of the restart of the Maanshan nuclear power plant in a referendum held on 23 August. However, a low overall turnout of voters meant the result was rejected by the Central Election Commission.

The Canadian province of Alberta is launching a public engagement initiative and public survey about nuclear energy’s potential to meet future energy needs.
 

Slovenia is due to begin a three month public consultation as part of the spatial planning process for proposed JEK2 new nuclear capacity at the Krško nuclear power plant.