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NWMO reports reinforce confidence in safety at potential Canadian repository sites
15 March, 2024
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Kyoto Fusioneering signs joint research agreement on plasma heating with Tsukuba University
Friday, March 15, 2024 by Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) has signed a special joint research agreement on plasma heating with the National University of Tsukuba. KF will partner with Plasma Research Centre...

Rosatom completes welding of unit 2 main circulation pipeline at Kursk-II
Friday, March 15, 2024 by Rosatom has completed welding of the main circulation pipeline (GTsT - Glavnii Tsirculyatsionnii Truboprovod) at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. The GTsT connects the main equipment...

IAEA satisfied with Fukushima treated water release process
Friday, March 15, 2024 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is satisfied with the process of releasing tritium-containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi NPP into the sea,...

EnergySolutions finalises acquisition of Cabrera Services
Friday, March 15, 2024 by US-based EnergySolutions has completed its acquisition of Cabrera Services, a provider of environmental and radiological remediation services. Cabrera established in 1994,...

Barakah refinancing recognised as green loan
Friday, March 15, 2024 by The AED 8.89bn ($2.42bn) refinancing of the Barakah NPP project in Abu Dhabi, announced in 2023, has been recognised as a Green Loan Facility. The Emirates Nuclear Energy...

Atomic Canyon unveils AI-powered search platform for nuclear sector
Friday, March 15, 2024 by The launch of Atomic Canyon along with Neutron, a custom-built AI search platform for the nuclear energy sector, has been announced by CEO and Founder Trey Lauderdale. With a...

Akkuyu Nukleer confırms complıance wıth ınternatıonal standards
Friday, March 15, 2024 by An official International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certificate handover ceremony has been held at the Akkuyu NPP construction site in Turkiye confirming compliance of...

Global regulators to collaborate on the assessment of advanced reactor designs
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has signed a trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Canadian Nuclear Safety...

UK completes transfer of Winfrith waste drums ahead of schedule
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by A major project involving the UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) and Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) to permanently dispose of more than 1,000...

Russia and Hungary confirm progress at Paks II
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Following talks in Budapest, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Peter Szijjártó confirmed that work on the construction of...

Assystem launches new taskforce to support UK fusion
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by France-based Assystem has hosted the launch of the new Fusion Industry Taskforce (FIT) to provide an independent voice to UK government on key issues relating to fusion development in...

Enel and Ansaldo assess deployment of advanced reactors in Italy
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Italy’s Enel and Ansaldo Nucleare have signed a collaboration agreement to examine and evaluate new technologies and business models for the generation of nuclear energy, including...

OPG’s Darlington New Nuclear Project completes early site preparation
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Ontario Power Generations’s (OPG’s) Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) has completed the early works phase of the project’s site preparation work another major milestone, on time...

Installation of inner containment begins at El Dabaa 1
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Work has begun to install the first tier of the inner containment (VZO - Vnutrennei Zatsitnoi Obolochki) for unit 1 of the El Dabaa NPP under construction in Egypt by specialists...

Russia confirms protection for Zaporizhia NPP
Thursday, March 14, 2024 by Russia’s State Duma recently held a "government hour" with the participation of Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, during which he discussed conditions at the Zaporizhia...

Vistra completes Energy Harbor acquisition
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by US-based Vistra has completed the acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp, adding approximately 4,000 MWe of 24/7 nuclear generation and approximately 1m additional retail customers....

Tractebel report looks at powering data centres with advanced reactors
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by Belgium-based Tractebel (part of France’s Engie) and its subsidiary company RED, have published a White Paper on how advanced reactors, including small modular reactors (SMRs), can...

UK-Poland agreement brings Rolls-Royce SMR deployment a step closer
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by Rolls-Royce SMR has welcomed an agreement between Polish industrial group Industria and UK-based Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) to collaborate on international projects to deliver...

IAEA reviews US nuclear security
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) team has completed a 11-day mission to the USA hosted by the Department of...

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