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More leaks shut down Monticello NPP
US power company Xcel Energy has shut down its Monticello NPP after an additional water leak was detected following previous reports about the leak of 400,000 gallons of water...
Last Energy secures power purchase deals for 34 SMRs in Poland and the UK
US-based Last Energy has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 34 PWR-20 small modular reactor (SMR) units with four industrial partners in the UK and Poland. Last Energy said...
Construction of training centre begins at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
Russia’s TITAN-2 (part of Rosatom) has begun construction of the training centre at the Kursk-II NPP in the operators town of Kurchatov. The centre is designed to cater for 200...
Fortum and Outokumpu to use SMRs to decarbonise steel production
Nordic power company Fortum and stainless-steel producer Outokumpu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the decarbonisation of Outokumpu’s steel...
Japanese high court supports operation of Ikata NPP unit 3
Japan’s Hiroshima High Court high court has rejected a petition by local residents to halt the operation of unit 3 at Shikoku Electric Power Co’s Ikata NPP in Ehime Prefecture,...
US, Canadian and Polish companies to support BWRX-300 deployment
US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) are teaming up with Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Poland’s Synthos Green Energy (SGE)...
Restart of Ringhals 4 faces further delay
While the start-up of unit 4 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP is ongoing, power generation from the unit is not now expected to start until 1 April, according to plant owner/operator...
ARC Clean Technology signs agreement on deployment of SMRs in Alberta
ARC Clean Technology Canada (ARC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) for co-operation in the commercialisation in Alberta of...
Kazatomprom delivers first batch of fuel assemblies to China
Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has delivered the first batch of AFA 3G TM fuel assemblies to China by rail from the Ulba-TVS LLP plant. Trains comprising 34...
French parliament votes for nuclear expansion plan
France's parliament has voted in favour of the government's nuclear investment plan with a large majority. The first reading of the bill, which focuses on the planned construction of...
Bulgaria to continue imports from Russia for Kozloduy NPP
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved a derogation from European Union (EU) sanctions on Russia and will be able to import the materials and spare parts necessary for its...
New Oliver Stone documentary says nuclear is vital to solve climate crisis
“Nuclear Now”, a pro-nuclear energy documentary from Academy Award winner Oliver Stone will open in the USA and Canada in April after Abramorama and Giant Pictures acquired North...
Melt trap delivered to El-Dabaa NPP construction site
Acceptance of the first large-sized equipment for unit 1 of the El-Dabaa NPP under construction in Egypt was marked by a ceremony attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian...
Monitoring posts installed around Akkuyu NPP
Russia’s SPC Doza is installing the 21st radiation control post within a 20-kilometre zone around the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye. The Automated Radiation Monitoring...
Vogtle 4 begins hot functional testing
US Georgia Power says hot functional testing has begun at unit 4 of the Vogtle NPP, marking the last series of major tests before the initial fuel load. This will verify the...
Russia and China to co-operate on fast reactors closed fuel cycle
A Comprehensive Long-Term Cooperation Programme in the area of fast reactors and nuclear fuel cycle closure has been signed on the sidelines of the state visit of Chinese President...
Nuclearelectrica to collaborate with ENEC on new nuclear
Nuclearelectrica and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on nuclear energy co-operation. The aim is to provide both parties...
China begins construction of Sanmen NPP unit 4
First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the China’s Sanmen NPP in Zhejiang province. China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said this marks the...
Koeberg NPP steam generator replacement project moves forward
South African power utility Eskom has reported “a major milestone” towards completion of planned steam generator replacements at unit 1 of the Koeberg NPP. The first of the ageing...
