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Westinghouse completes acquisition of Tecnatom
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has completed 100% acquisition of long-standing partner Tecnatom from Spain’s Endesa after obtaining all regulatory approvals. Westinghouse...
Amentum to merge with Jacobs cyber businesses
Nuclear engineering company Amentum has reached an agreement to merge with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) and Cyber and Intelligence (C&I) businesses. The move will create...
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...
US plans production of iridium-192
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Isotope Program and QSA Global have agreed to jointly initiate domestic production of iridium-192 (Ir-192), a critical isotope used in industrial...
Cameco and Brookfield complete acquisition of Westinghouse
Canada’s Cameco has announced that acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company in a strategic partnership with Brookfield Asset Management alongside Brookfield Renewable Partners...
Jacobs wins new contract to support UK NPPs
US-based Jacobs Solutions has won a new Project Management Resources (PMR) framework contract with EDF Nuclear Generation, licensee of eight NPP which account for some 16% of...
Cameco and Brookfield receive regulatory approval to acquire Westinghouse
Cameco has announced that its joint acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company with Brookfield Asset Management, alongside its publicly listed affiliate Brookfield Renewable...
Magnox rebrands to become Nuclear Restoration Services
The UK’s Magnox Ltd will in future be known as Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS). “This is more than a change of sign – it is a demonstration of the organisation we want to be –...
Constellation completes acquisition of stake in Texas NPP
US power utility Constellation has completed its acquisition of NRG Energy Inc’s 44% ownership stake in the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP). Constellation’s...
Business complications for SMR companies X-energy and NuScale
US-based X-Energy Reactor Company and publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation (AAC), have mutually agreed to terminate their previously...
Holtec seeks NRC approval to restart Palisades NPP
US-based Holtec International says it has submitted a filing with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to begin the process of seeking federal reauthorisation of power operations...
EnergySolutions plans nuclear manufacturing facility in Tennessee
US-based EnergySolutions is establishing an advanced nuclear fabrication and manufacturing facility to support nuclear plant life extension and new NPP construction as part of its...
US DOE awards Framatome grant for digital twin development
Framatome has been awarded a $1m contract award for phase two of the Digital Twin-based Diagnostics for Nuclear Auxiliary Systems project in North America. Funding is sponsored by...
Canadian tribal council secures stake in SMR companies
Canada’s North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council (NSMTC) and its seven First Nation member communities have signed equity agreements with Moltex Energy Canada and ARC Clean Technology...
Microsoft seeks manager to develop SMRs to power its data centres
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft says the company is looking for a Principal Program Manager, Nuclear Technology, who will be responsible for maturing and implementing...
EDF Group creates new UK engineering subsidiary
EDF says it has created EDF EPR Engineering UK to strengthen its nuclear engineering presence in the UK and optimise its project performance. EDF EPR Engineering UK incorporates...
Legal battle continues between South Korea and Westinghouse
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has decided to continue its legal battle against South Korean firms despite a US court dismissing its lawsuit. In a statement sent to Yonhap...
IAEA faces financial difficulty
Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) now owe more than €200m ($214m), according to Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Addressing the recent Board...
Iran manufactures caesium-137
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says caesium-137 (Cs-137) has been produced at laboratory scale. AEOI head Mohammad Eslami says the new domestically produced radionuclide...