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Rosatom manufactures first BN-800 MOX fuel assemblies with minor actinides
08 December, 2023
Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk,...
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Contractor selected for Pallas reactor
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Pallas has chosen FCC Construcción (FCC) as the contractor for construction of the Pallas reactor at Petten in the Netherlands following a tender procedure. The Pallas reactor is...

Norsk Kjernekraft signs power agreement with Mo Industripark
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft has signed an agreement of intent with Mo Industripark, situated in the town of Mo i Rana, Northern Norway, for the delivery of large quantities...

TRIGA International to supply fuel for MARVEL microreactor
Friday, December 08, 2023 by The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a contract to TRIGA International, a joint venture between Framatome and General Atomics, to fabricate fuel for the MARVEL microreactor...

More funding for US university nuclear programmes
Friday, December 08, 2023 by The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to spur nuclear energy research and development at US colleges and universities. DOE...

Kyoto Fusioneering to supply advanced gyrotron systems to General Atomics
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) has agreed to supply two advanced gyrotrons to General Atomics (GA) for the US Department of Energy’s (DOD’s) DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San...

Key ITER component moved to workshop for repair
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Although the distance is little more that 100 metres, the transfer of vacuum vessel sector 8 from the Assembly Hall, where it is presently stored, to the Cryostat Workshop, where it...

First test glass poured at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
Friday, December 08, 2023 by The Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) at the US Hanford Site has produced the initial container of test glass as workers commission the first of two large melters at...

Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine to start new enrichment project
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine (AECC in Irkutsk) will begin enriching uranium hexafluoride supplied by the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC in Seversk) in 2024. Both are part...

CNNC signs MOU with ENEC and strengthens contacts with Ghana and WNA
Friday, December 08, 2023 by During the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) held in Dubai, Yu Jianfeng, Chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) held talks with Mohamed Al...

Polar crane installed at Hinkley Point C
Friday, December 08, 2023 by The polar crane for unit 1 of the Hinkley Point C NPP under construction in the UK has been lifted into place by Big Carl, the world's largest land-based crane. This 750-tonne crane...

US SMR vendors court ENEC at COP28
Friday, December 08, 2023 by During the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) held in Dubai, the UAE's Emirates Nuclear Energy...

Shin Hanul 2 achieves first criticality
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by Unit 2 of South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP has achieved first criticality, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced.

Sellafield repudiates Guardian articles on cyber attacks and leaks
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by The Guardian newspaper has recently published two articles about the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA’s) Sellafield site, both of which have been strongly repudiated...

Rolls-Royce unveils model of space microreactor
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by Rolls-Royce unveiled a nuclear Space Micro-Reactor Concept Model at the UK Space Conference in Belfast. It is part of the UK Space Agency backed research programme to deliver an...

Holtec plans two SMRs for Palisades NPP
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by US-based Holtec International has launched a programme to build two SMR-300 reactor units at the Palisades NPP site in Michigan. Holtec said it is encouraged by the state’s “commitment...

Veolia selects Siteflow to support Fukushima decommissioning
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by French radioactive waste management specialist Veolia Nuclear Solutions (VNS) and software solution provider Siteflow have formed a partnership to improve the design, execution...

Net Zero Nuclear Industry Pledge launched at COP28
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by The Net Zero Nuclear Industry Pledge has been launched at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in...

China’s HTR-PM demonstration project enters commercial operation
Thursday, December 07, 2023 by The world's first Generation 4 NPP – China's HTR-PM demonstration project at Shidaowan in Shandong province – has begun commercial operation, according to the China National...

KHNP selects contractor for Shin Hanul 3 and 4
Wednesday, December 06, 2023 by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has selected a consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction for the construction of the main facilities at units 3&4 of the Shin Hanul NPP....

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