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UK Space Agency funding benefits two nuclear projects
The UK Space Agency is funding two nuclear projects as part of the second phase of investment awarded through its £20m ($25m) International Bilateral Fund (IBF). Rolls-Royce and...
Shin Hanul 2 begins commercial operation
Unit 2 of South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP has begun commercial operation, according to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP). The 1,350 MWe APR-1400 pressurised water reactor reached...
Funding secured to accelerate Xe-100 deployment in the UK
X-Energy UK Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based X-energy Reactor Company and Cavendish Nuclear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Babcock International have been awarded...
Norsk Kjernekraft to assess more potential SMR sites in Norway
Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft has decided to initiate an impact assessment for a site in the municipality of Oygarden in Vestland County as the possible location for a NPP comprising up...
Installation of Brest lead-cooled fast reactor shell nears completion
The reactor shell of Russia’s Brest-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor in Seversk is nearing completion according to general contractor Titan-2. The Brest-OD-300 is under construction at...
Work begins on foundation of Leningrad 7 cooling tower
Work has begun on the foundation of the evaporative cooling tower for unit 7 at the Leningrad NPP. As part of the project, 919 piles with a diameter of 0.6 metres and a length of...
DOE releases community guide on coal-to-nuclear transitions
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released an information guide for communities considering coal-to-nuclear conversions. The 28-page guide is based on the department’s 2022...
China’s HTR-PM heating project begins operation
The nuclear heating project based on China’s demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) at the Shidaowan site in Shandong province has been connected...
X-energy and TransAlta to assess use of Xe-100 SMRs in Alberta
US-based X-energy Reactor Company and Canadian power company TransAlta Corporation have announced a partnership to study deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactors (SMRs)...
Bangladesh considers more NPPs
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked Rosatom to consider building a second NPP at Rooppur during talks with Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev. In a press...
TerraPower applies for natrium reactor demonstration project construction permit
US-based TerraPower has submitted its construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Natrium reactor demonstration project. This is the...
Russia presses ahead with small floating and ground-based reactors
Addressing the recent International Forum Atomexpo 2024 in Sochi, southern Russia, Rosatom’s Deputy General Director for Engineering & Industrial Solutions, Andrei Nikipelov, noted...
Flamanville 3 ready to start commissioning
The 1,650 MWe EPR reactor at unit 3 of France’s Flamanville NPP is “technically ready to start its commissioning,” according to EDF, after teams were mobilised to carry out the...
Sizewell C agrees to land purchase
Sizewell C has signed an agreement with EDF Energy for the freehold of the land required for construction of a new NPP on UK’s Suffolk coast. Sizewell C is expected to host two...
Urenco begins capacity expansion at Almelo facility
European uranium enrichment company Urenco has broken ground on a project to expand capacity at its Almelo plant in the Netherlands. “The extension project, which comes under our...
Akkuyu nuclear plant workers stop work in pay dispute
Hundreds of workers launched a protest at the construction site of the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye demanding payment of overdue wages, Sol Haber reported. In addition to...
Dukovany to supply heating to Brno
Czech municipal heating company Teplárny Brno and power utility ČEZ have signed strategic agreements on the construction of a hot water pipeline from the Dukovany NPP to Brno. The...
Russia signs nuclear roadmap with Burkina Faso
Russia and Burkina Faso have signed a roadmap for establishing dialogue on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The document was signed on the sidelines of Atomexpo-2024 by...
South Korea to develop next-gen nuclear reactors
South Korea's Ministry of Science & ICT (MSIT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with eight Korean companies to cooperate on the development of next-generation...
