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US-based X-energy continues to advance its Xe-100 small modular...
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NASA studies General Atomics reactor design for Mars missions
US-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has delivered a design concept of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor to power future astronaut missions to Mars for...
TerraPower launches Natrium reactor
US-based TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) have announced the launch of the Natrium reactor and energy system architecture.
US NRC issues final safety evaluation for NuScale SMR
US-based NuScale Power announced on 28 August that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had completed Phase 6 review—the last and final phase—of the Design Certification...
SMR-160 passes phase one of Canadian vendor design review
US-based Holtec International said that its SMR LLC subsidiary had completed Phase 1 of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Pre-Licensing Review of a Vendor’s Reactor Design...
Ultra Safe Nuclear contracts UK’s Howden to supply helium technology
US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) said on 13 August that it had contracted with UK-based Howden to design a helium circulator for use in its Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR).
Jacobs to support development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor
US-based Jacobs announced it has been selected to support development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor. Jacobs will build a bespoke experimental facility for thermal...
EDF opens new UK engineering design centre
A new engineering design centre has been opened in the UK to support the next phase of construction at the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, EDF Energy announced on 15 July.
UK funding for advanced reactors
The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy announced that the government would invest £40 million ($50.5m) to develop the next generation of nuclear energy...
US companies collaborate on molten salt reactor
US-based Kairos Power and Materion Corporation has announced the formation of a strategic collaboration to develop a reliable and cost-effective supply of salt coolant...
Alloy 617 qualified in US, paving way for use in high-temperature reactors
A team at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the USA in collaboration with groups at Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories, as well as industry consultants and...
Rosatom looks to smaller reactors
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is hoping to start construction of a small-scale land-based nuclear power plant in 2024, for commissioning in 2027.
Rolls-Royce and EUAS ICC to evaluate SMRs for use in Turkey
UK-based Rolls-Royce and Turkey’s EUAS International Incorporated Cell Company (EUAS ICC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to carry out a study to evaluate the...
US DOD awards contracts for micro-reactor design work
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded three teams, BWX Technologies, Westinghouse Government Services, and X-energy contracts to begin design work on a mobile nuclear...
KSB and Terrestrial Energy to collaborate on molten salt reactor pumps
Germany’s KSB and Canada-based Terrestrial Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the supply of primary pumps for use in the Integral Molten Salt...
CNL to collaborate with NB Power and UNSC on SMRs
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has finalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with New Brunswick Power. The organisation has also signed an agreement with Ultra Safe...
US Oak Ridge Lab to collaborate with TVA on advanced reactors
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ONRL) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to "evaluate a...
Russia plans more advanced floating NPPs
By mid-2020, Russia’s Iceberg Central Design Bureau (St Petersburg) is tasked by Afrikantov OKBM (Nizhny Novgorod) to develop a preliminary design for an optimised floating NPP...
South Africa seeks to revive PBMR project
South African state-owned power utility Eskom is seeking to dispose of the state-owned company behind the development of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor.
Russia to undertake graphite research for China’s HTGR
Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad has signed a long-term contract with China’s Fangda Carbon New Material Company.
