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Romania to build six SMRs with US financing
21 March, 2024
Romania, supported by US, is to build six small modular reactors (SMRs) in the locality of Doicesti, Dambovita, some 90 kilometres from Bucharest. The reactors can power 46,000 homes and could create 4,000 jobs, amounting to an investment of $6bn partly financed by the US. The reactors, designed by US NuScale, could be operational by the end of 2029.

Canadian partnership to develop transportable NPPs
21 March, 2024
Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Indigenous Economic Reconciliation Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop opportunities to power remote mines and communities in Canada utilising Prodigy microreactor Transportable Nuclear Power Plants (TNPPs).

PBMR project revived in South Africa
21 March, 2024
The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) and US venture capital firm C5 Capital have announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership. The alliance aims to spearhead the development of innovative nuclear solutions to bolster agriculture and ensure food security across South Africa and the wider African continent. This also sets the standard for similar projects throughout Africa.

First batch of Westinghouse fuel arrives at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP
21 March, 2024
The first fuel supplied by US Westinghouse has arrived at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP, nuclear utility Energoatom reported. "Westinghouse's fresh nuclear fuel was delivered to two Khmelnitsky NPP power units with VVER-1000 reactors. Now all domestic NPPs will use American fuel assemblies,” Energoatom said on its Telegram channel. Previously Khmelnitsky NPP used Russian fuel. "All fuel delivered to domestic nuclear power plants will be American or manufactured in Ukraine using Westinghouse technology," Energoatom head Petro Kotin said in a statement.

Construction of simulator building begins at Kalinin 1
21 March, 2024
Construction has begun of the building that will house a simulator of the unit 1 control panel at Russia’s Kalinin NPP in the Tver region. Construction workers have poured the first concrete into the foundation of the new Kalinin NPP Training Unit (UTP - Uchebno Trenirobochnovo Podrazdeleniya), which will house a full-scale simulator for practical training of personnel for unit 1. The building will be fitted with seven major pieces of equipment.

Contract signed for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel
21 March, 2024
The German UfG consortium – comprising Uniper Nuclear Services GmbH, Framatome GmbH and GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH – has won the contract to dismantle and package the reactor pressure vessel, including the vessel head and insulation, at Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP (KKM - Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg).

Tepco shows new images of damage inside Fukushima Daiichi 1
21 March, 2024
Photographs taken by specially developed miniature drones deep inside the badly damaged reactor at unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials. The 12 images were released by plant owner/operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) are of the main structural support (pedestal) in the reactor’s primary containment vessel, which is immediately beneath the reactor core.

China’s Haiyang NPP installs steel shell at unit 3
21 March, 2024
China’s Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute (SNERDI) has installed the third cylinder ring at unit 3 of the Haiyang NPP in Shandong province creating a cap for the top of the containment building. The steel safety shell is an important part of the nuclear island reactor plant and the third safety barrier to prevent the leakage of radioactive materials, SNERDI said.

Constellation offers first US green bond for nuclear energy
21 March, 2024
US power utility Constellation has issued the first corporate green bond in the United States that can be used to finance nuclear energy projects. Constellation will use proceeds from the $900m, 30-year offering to support maintenance, expansion and life extensions of its nuclear power plants. Green bonds are offered specifically to finance projects or activities that deliver positive environmental or climate impacts.

Mesh, robots and radioactivity
21 March, 2024
The increasing use of sensor carrying robots in nuclear environments mean even momentary drop-offs in wireless signals can mean productivity loss and risk worker safety. Withstanding a nuclear plant’s notoriously radioactive and hazardous environment means adopting a new solution to keep operations constantly moving.

SMR buildout needs a new Marshall Plan
20 March, 2024
SMRs remain the most economically viable, and often the only practical, option for replacing coal. If pursuing net-zero is a genuine goal, the world requires an initiative akin to the Marshall Plan to assist the most carbon-intensive regions in the transition.

Lightbridge fuel fabrication makes progress at INL
20 March, 2024
US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation says it has achieved a critical milestone in developing its fuel after Idaho National Laboratory (INL) extruded coupon samples of Lightbridge Fuel material consisting of an alloy of depleted uranium and zirconium. The extrusion process involves pressing a metallic alloy billet through a die.

Stellarex and CNL to collaborate on fusion energy
20 March, 2024
US-based fusion company Stellarex and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for collaboration and cooperation in the science and technology of fusion energy production. Stellarex and CNL will partner in specific areas of fusion energy science and technology towards the design and realisation of Stellarex’s planned fusion energy power plants.

GNS and EnergySolutions to co-operate in Asian nuclear market
20 March, 2024
During the Waste Management Symposium 2024 in Phoenix (Arizona, USA), German radioactive waste specialist Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) and US-based EnergySolutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on future cooperation in Asia. The companies want to offer nuclear services in the Asian markets in the future to dispose of large components from the upcoming dismantling of Asian NPPs by EnergySolutions in the USA. GNS will be responsible for transporting the components to the US using its expertise in packaging and qualification of components.

TVO extends outage of OL3
20 March, 2024
The first outage of the 1600 MWe EPR at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) will be extended by a week. Initially the outage was supposed to end on 8 April, but owner operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) says the outage will now be completed by 15 April. The shutdown of the unit and preparation for the fuel unloading have taken more time than planned, TVO noted.

Kenya unveils strategic plan for first nuclear power plant
20 March, 2024
Kenya has launched a strategic plan and roadmap for nuclear power development. Alex Wachira, Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Energy & Petroleum, told journalists that the plan provides guidelines for developing the infrastructure to safely construct, operate, maintain and decommission nuclear facilities. "The strategic plan proposes practical interventions to ensure Kenya commences construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2027 and commissions it in 2034," he said.

X-energy opens training centre for Xe-100 SMR operators
20 March, 2024
US-based X-energy Reactor Company has opened the first training centre for future operators of its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor (SMR). The Plant Support Center (PSC) is a 10,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility, which includes a full-scale plant control room simulator, reactor protection system prototype, and virtual reality experience, as well as offices and classrooms.

US FY25 budget request includes $1.59bn for nuclear energy
20 March, 2024
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Fiscal Year 2025 budget request, which includes nearly $1.59bn for the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). This includes $694.2m in research and development activities “that will help advance important reactor and fuel technologies, address gaps in the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and harness the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to optimise the performance of the nation’s fleet of reactors”.

Tokamak Energy to develop new laser technology for fusion plant operations
20 March, 2024
UK-based Tokamak Energy is developing new laser measurement technology to control extreme conditions inside future fusion power. Plasma temperatures inside a tokamak reach over 100m degrees Celsius. The hydrogen fuel must be closely and accurately measured by a specialist laser system to keep the hot plasma stable, hold density and maintain fusion conditions.



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