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China signs agreement for nuclear heating demonstration project
Thursday, March 14, 2019 by China's State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) on 27 February signed a cooperation agreement with the municipal government of the city of Baishan in Jilin province for the...

Terrestrial Energy and NRG cooperate on molten salt reactor
Thursday, February 07, 2019 by US-based Terrestrial Energy and NRG (Netherlands) on 5 February announced a contract for materials testing at NRG’s High-Flux Reactor in Petten.

Design approved for Russia’s Brest experimental fast reactor
Monday, January 07, 2019 by Glavgosexpertiza, Russia’s state body responsible for expert appraisal of design documentation and engineering projects, has approved the design documents of the experimental...

BWXT Canada to provide technical support to Terrestrial Energy
Thursday, December 20, 2018 by US-based Terrestrial Energy announced on 18 December that it had awarded BWXT Canada Ltd a design services contract to support the development of key components in its Generation...

Nuvia to be technical advisor for UK's AMR programme
Monday, October 29, 2018 by UK based nuclear engineering, project management and services contractor, Nuvia, has been appointed as the Technical Advisor for phase one of the UK government’s two-phase...

US NRC issues key safety approvals for APR1400
Thursday, October 11, 2018 by The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued final safety evaluation report and a standard design approval (SDA) for South Korea’s Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400).

Centrus and Doosan sign co-operation memo
Monday, September 24, 2018 by US-based Centrus Energy Corp and South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 17 September to explore opportunities...

US companies and labs co-operate on molten salt technology
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 by Terrestrial Energy USA is to cooperate with Southern Company and several US Department of Energy (DOE) national labs, in a two-year research and development (R&D) project to...

France increases fast reactor cooperation
Monday, June 04, 2018 by France and Russia on 24 May agreed to strengthen technical and commercial cooperation in energy efficiency and alternative energy sources, including the development of fast...

Russia develops a fission-fusion hybrid reactor
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 by A new fission-fusion hybrid reactor will be assembled at Russia’s Kurchatov Institute by the end of 2018, Peter Khvostenko, scientific adviser of the Kurchatov complex on...

US DOE awards $60m for advanced nuclear technology development
Wednesday, May 02, 2018 by US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on 27 April announced $60m in support of advanced nuclear technology development for 13 projects.

More funding for Danish molten salt reactor
Thursday, April 26, 2018 by Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies, which is developing thorium-based Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs), has received funding from an investment coalition led by Danish innovation incubator...

Canada focuses on SMRs
Thursday, April 19, 2018 by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) on 18 April invited small modular reactor (SMR) project developers to take part in an evaluation process for the construction and operation of an...

NRG to collaborate on Swedish lead-cooled reactor
Monday, April 16, 2018 by Netherlands-based NRG announced on 11 April that it had begun a multi-year collaboration for safety analysis of the SEALER (Swedish Advanced Lead Reactor - a small modular lead...

China and Ansaldo to co-operate on lead-cooled reactor
Monday, March 26, 2018 by China General Nuclear on 15 March signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Italy's Ansaldo Nucleare to cooperate on the development of key technology and system design of...

Terrestrial Energy signs services contract with EU Joint Research Centre
Monday, March 19, 2018 by Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has entered into a contract for technical services with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Karlsruhe, Germany as part of...

Canada launches roadmap to assess SMR potential
Monday, March 05, 2018 by Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary Kim Rudd, on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, on 22 February announced a road mapping process under the...

Canadian subsidiary for U-Battery
Monday, February 26, 2018 by U-Battery on 23 February announced the establishment of a Canadian subsidiary, U-Battery Canada Ltd, to advance the development of its 10 MWt/4MWe high-temperature gas...

Westinghouse and Italian organisations to collaborate on lead-cooled FBRs
Monday, February 26, 2018 by Westinghouse Electric Company (currently being acquired by Canada’s Brookfield from Japan’s Toshiba) has signed a cooperation agreement for lead-cooled fast reactor technology...