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Framatome announces launch of Framatome Bulgaria
France’s Framatome has announced the launch of Framatome Bulgaria, a wholly owned subsidiary of Framatome, focused on supporting Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP and reinforcing its presence...
Tractebel launches office in Canada to support SMR action plan
Belgium-based Tractebel Engineering, part of France’s Engie, has opened a new office in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada, to support the small modular reactor (SMR)...
Denmark’s Seaborg works with Samsung to develop floating nuclear plant
Seaborg Technologies, a private Danish startup, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to develop a floating...
Bruce Power and OPG to cooperate on new nuclear technology
Bruce Power and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced an agreement that will see the two companies work together on supporting new nuclear technologies in Ontario.
More investment for NuScale
Nucor Corporation had committed to a $15 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) to support the NuScale-Spring Valley business combination. Japan Bank for...
Holtec Partners with Hyundai on decommissioning projects in South Korea
US-based Holtec International has signed an agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (HDEC) to cooperate in the area of nuclear plant decommissioning.
Orano acquires CERIS Group
France’s Orano group announced that Orano Projets has acquired a majority stake in CERIS Group, which operates in the healthcare and life science sectors “as well as in industries...
Finnish city seeks to sell stake in Hanhikivi project
The Finnish city of Vantaa said on 28 March that its municipal energy company, Vantaan Energia, must withdraw from the project to build the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in...
More funding announced to further NuScale technology
US-based NuScale Power, a leading developer of small modular reactor (SMR) technology, and Spring Valley Acquisition Corp, announced that SailingStone Capital Partners had committed to...
Bulgaria signs energy cooperation memorandum with UK and US investors
Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov on 23 March signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with London-based emerging markets asset manager Gemcorp Holdings Ltd (GHL) and US...
Sheffield Forgemasters joins the Sizewell C Consortium
UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters announced that it is joining the Sizewell C Consortium of businesses with the aim to supply large-scale gigawatt nuclear projects across the UK,...
BHEL dispatches steam generator for Rajasthan Atomic Power Project
India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said on 14 March that it had achieved a major milestone with the dispatch of its 42nd nuclear steam generator to the Nuclear...
Saudi Arabia launches nuclear energy company
Saudi Arabia has established a holding company to develop nuclear power projects in the Kingdom, local newspaper Saudi Okaz reported on 12 March.
Sweden’s Kärnfull Next and GE Hitachi to collaborate on SMRs
Kärnfull Next, Sweden's first project development company focusing on small modular reactors (SMRs) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with US-based GE Hitachi regarding...
Westinghouse Completes acquisition of 50% of Tecnatom
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company stepped up its long-term partnership with Tecnatom on 10 March after receiving all regulatory approvals for the 50% acquisition of shares...
Orano wins several maintenance contracts
France’s Orano said on 8 March that at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, it had won a series of contracts from EDF and France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy...
ORNL and TVA partner to drive carbon-free technologies
The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on 1 March signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-operate...
SCK CEN and IRE to increase lutetium-177 production
Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN and the National Institute for Radioelements (IRE) have announced plans to scale up the production of lutetium-177 (Lu-177).
GNS Group expands its container business
Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH is expanding its activities in the field of nuclear power plant decommissioning after Eisenwerk Bassum (EWB), which has been part of...
