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Bruce Power completes largest ever delivery of cobalt-60
Canada’s Bruce Power has completed delivery of the company’s largest ever harvest of cobalt-60, which is widely used to sterilise medical equipment and in treatment of cancer. The...
IAEA says Beloyarsk NPP committed to safety
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) mission said the operator of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has shown a commitment to enhancing...
Cold shutdown for Zaporizhia unit 5
Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) is transitioning its reactor unit 5 to cold from hot shutdown in order to determine the cause of boron detected in a cooling circuit. This still leaves...
China celebrates start of construction at Xudabao 1
Ceremony marking to the start of construction of unit 1 at China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning Province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The unit will have a 1,290...
Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 resumes service following another technical problem
Unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP has resumed service after being taken offline since 19 November because of a technical problem, according to owner/operator Teollisuuden Voima Oy...
NuScale Power and ORNL to undertake SMR assessment
US-based NuScale Power Corporation is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to perform a techno-economic assessment (TEA) of a NuScale small modular reactor’s...
Korea and UK establish Clean Energy Partnership
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) and the UK’s Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) signed a Clean Energy Partnership during the state visit...
Ontario and Saskatchewan collaborate on SMR development
Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its subsidiary, Laurentis Energy Partners (LEP), have agreed to collaborate with SaskPower to advance Saskatchewan’s small modular...
IAEA reviews radiation protection in Botswana
The first IAEA Occupational Radiation Protection Service (ORPAS) mission to Botswana has highlighted good management system of radiation protection, which fosters a strong safety...
Final used fuel assemby removed from Kursk 1
The first preparatory stage of decommissioning at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk NPP has been completed. The finalised fuel assembly (FA) was unloaded from the reactor core ahead of...
Koeberg 1 back online after steam generator replacement
South Africa’s power utility Eskom said unit 1 at Koeberg NPP has been synchronised to the grid after almost a year, and the longest outage in the plant’s history. During the outage,...
Framatome completes tests on new buried piping liner rehabilitation system
France’s Framatome has completed a two-year test programme for the industry’s first spray-in-place liner system for buried piping rehabilitation. Framatome said the results validate...
EU Parliament includes nuclear in Net-Zero Industry Act
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to include 17 technologies in the EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), including nuclear energy. The MEPs led by the...
Installation of melt trap underway at El Dabaa 2
Specialists from Rosatom’s Engineering Division have begun installation of the body of the core melt localisation device (melt trap) at unit 2 of the El Dabaa NPP under construction...
Studsvik and Fortum investigate new nuclear
Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nordic energy company Fortum to explore the conditions for new nuclear at...
Work begins to straighten graphite stacks of RBMK reactors at Smolensk NPP
Resource performance management of graphite stacks is underway at Russia’s Smolensk NPP. In October, the station completed a planned repair at unit 1, during which the straightness of...
US military withdraws offer to Oklo for microreactor
The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has rescinded a notice of intent to award (NOITA) a contract made in August on behalf of the Department of the Air Force to US-based...
Leningrad 5 shuts down following damage to turbine blades
Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) reported that unit 5 at the Leningrad NPP had been shut down after blades broke on the turbine installed at the VVER-1200...
Reloading machine installed at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
Installation of a reloading machine is underway at the construction site of unit 1 at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. It is designed to perform transport and technological operations related...
