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Chesterfield Special Cylinders secures nuclear contract
UK-based Chesterfield Special Cylinders (CSC) has been awarded a contract to supply nitrogen storage solutions to EDF Energy's nuclear power plants at Heysham, Torness and Hartlepool...
Fortum to increase its stake in Uniper
Finnish company Fortum has signed agreements with two investment companies to buy a further stake in Uniper for 2.3 billion ($2.5 billion).
Second wind farm for Rosatom
NovaWind, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has started construction of the Kochubeyevskaya Wind Farm in the Stavropol Territory.
Rolls Royce sells US nuclear services to Westinghouse
Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its North American civil nuclear services businesses to Westinghouse Electric Company.
New IAEA Board Chair elected
The IAEA Board of Governors on 23 September elected by acclamation Ambassador Mikaela Kumlin Granit of Sweden as the Chairperson of the IAEA’s Board of Governors for 2019–2020....
Holtec and Eos team up on battery storage
US-based Holtec International and Eos Energy Storage on 10 September announced the formation of HI-POWER, a multi-gigawatt manufacturing joint venture to mass produce aqueous...
UK NDA takes over Magnox
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 3 September took ownership of Magnox Ltd, which is responsible for the cleanup of 12 nuclear sites and operation of one hydroelectric...
Cavendish wins contract to help with Monju decommissioning
UK-based Cavendish Nuclear announced on 27 August that it had been awarded a contract by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to support decommissioning of the fast reactor at Monju, Japan
Japanese utilities confirm collaboration plans
Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power Company on 28 August signed a basic agreement with Hitachi and Toshiba to discuss potential collaboration on...
US Jacobs Engineering to acquire Wood Group nuclear services
US-based Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 20 August that it has entered into an agreement to acquire UK oilfield services provider John Wood Group's nuclear business for...
Belene NPP attracts 13 bidders
Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry announce on 22 August that 13 applications had been submitted for participation in the procedure for selecting a strategic investor for the construction of...
Tepco, Chubu Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi consider joint venture
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) is in talks with Toshiba, Hitachi and Chubu Electric Power on a joint venture to resume the stalled Higashidori NPP project in northern Japan, The...
KSB coolant pump certified for use in Chinese NPPs
Germany-based pump and valve manufacturer KSB said on 12 August that it had been awarded the certificate for its RUV reactor coolant pump allowing it to be used in the latest...
Norway investigates possible past misconduct in reactor projects
Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) said on 5 August that it is investigating alleged scientific misconduct in projects at the Halden Reactor.
NuScale finalises agreements to support SMR development
US NuScale Power has finalised agreements with South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction (DHIC) and US-based Sargent & Lundy to support the deployment of its small...
Jacobs secures framework agreement on Dounreay decommissioning
USA-based Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 29 May that it had been awarded a four-year framework agreement by the UK’s Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) to...
Rosatom pushes ahead with wind energy
Russia’s Stavropol Territory in 2022 will begin production of 1.2 GWe of electricity generated by wind farms, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on 22 May. NovaVind, part state...
More US funding for advanced nuclear technology
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 24 May announced further funding for advanced nuclear technology projects. Three projects in three states will receive a total of approximately...
Rosatom reports record revenue and orders
The director general of Russian state nuclear coporation Rosatom, Aleksey Likhachev, told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a working meeting on 6 May that Rosatom has work for the...
