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NANO Nuclear announces second reactor design
US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has announced development of a second proprietary advanced micro nuclear reactor design. ODIN is a low-pressure coolant reactor that “aims to diversify...
NANO Nuclear closes funding round
US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has closed an oversubscribed $4.14m funding round. Jay Jiang Yu, NANO Nuclear Energy’s Founder, Chairman & President said the money raised will be used...
Sheffield Forgemasters to collaborate with Holtec on SMR-160
UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters International (SFI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Holtec Britain to design components for Holtec’s SMR-160 small modular...
South Korean partnership aims to develop SMR-powered ships
South Korean industry, led by the leaders in maritime transport Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Janggeum Merchant Marine (Sinokor), have joined forces to develop nuclear-powered...
Argonne National Lab supports advanced nuclear concepts
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is supporting three companies developing a range of new advanced reactor and fuel cycle concepts. The work...
UK and Canadian regulators collaborate on advanced reactors
The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to share best practice and experience...
Russia proposes power plant for lunar base
Scientists at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM, part of the Kurchatov Institute) have proposed...
Holtec’s SMR-160 Nuclear Steam Supply System could repurpose coal plants
US-based Holtec International has announced a technical breakthrough that it says would preserving most of the physical assets of coal plants by replacing their boilers with...
Copenhagen Atomics submits molten salt SMR design
Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics has applied for its containerised small modular thorium molten salt reactor design to undergo Generic Design Assessment (GDA) in the UK.
South Korea’s Samsung advances its plans for a molten salt reactor
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has said it has received Approval In Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for a conceptual design of a Compact Molten...
Gidropress to develop fast microreactor
OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of the Department Fast...
NuScale completes standard plant design project
US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. The NuScale Power Module is...
Draft design completed for Russia’s Shelf-M microreactor
Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (NIKIET, part of Rosatom) has completed the development of design documentation for the Shelf-M...
More funding for US companies under DOE’s GAIN programme
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has awarded vouchers to four companies under its Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative...
China to build nuclear-powered moon base
China plans to build a base on the moon by 2028, ahead of landing astronauts there in subsequent years. The lunar base will likely be powered by nuclear energy, Caixin reported. Its...
Japanese-Polish cooperation continues on high-temperature reactor technology
The President of the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Koguchi Masanori, and the Director of Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Professor Krzysztof...
General Atomics progresses nuclear thermal propulsion system design
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed major milestones for the US Track A, Phase 1 Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) programme....
Terrestrial Energy and TerraPraxis to cooperate on Repowering Coal
Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with US-based advanced nuclear technology development company TerraPraxis to cooperate on Repowering Coal. TerraPraxis...
Nucleareurope releases position paper on SMRs
Brussels-based nuclear trade association, Nucleareurope, has published a 20-page position paper highlighting the benefits of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for Europe’s energy system....
