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Alabama site selected for MMR assembly plant
US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), which is developing fourth-generation gas-cooled microreactors has selected Gadsden in Alabama as the location of the company’s...
Doosan places order with Sweden’s Alleima to supply steam generator tubes for NuScale SMRs
Swedish firm Alleima (formerly Sandvik Materials Technology) has been awarded an order from South Korea's Doosan to supply steam generator tubes for NuScale's small modular...
US DOE pushes ahead with HALEU development
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear has released a Notice of Intent (NOI) inviting public comment on the scope of an upcoming draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)...
Aecon and ES Fox to support SMR development
Canadian construction and infrastructure development company Aecon Group has announced a partnership with ES Fox Limited to support innovative modular fabrication for the delivery of...
FIA launches new report on supply chains
The Fusion Industry Association (FIA)’s new report, “The Fusion Industry Supply Chain: Opportunities and Challenges” is based on a survey of 27 private fusion companies and...
Federation of Korean Industries calls for Korea-US SMR alliance
The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) has released a report recommending that South Korea and the US should strengthen cooperation in the nuclear power export market, which...
Doosan begins forging components for NuScale SMR
South Korea's Doosan Enerbility has begun forging the first module that will be deployed as part of a NuScale VOYGR-6 small modular reactor (SMR) power plant for the Carbon Free...
South Korea and USA boost in high-tech and energy cooperation including nuclear
South Korea and the USA have signed 23 business agreements to boost bilateral cooperation on advanced industries and energy during a business partnership event in Washington. Some...
Kazakhstan continues to pursue NPP plans
Almasadam Satkaliyev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy says "Rosatom has a certain advantage as supplier of the nuclear island" for a planned NPP. While the authorities continue to...
Hungary strengthens energy co-operation with Russia
During a visit to Moscow, Peter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade held lengthy talks with Deputy Premier Alexander Novak on general energy issues, and with...
Rosatom ships pressure compensator for Kudankulam 5
The Izhora branch of AEM-technologies (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Rosatom machine-building division Atomenergomash) has shipped a pressure compensator to unit 5...
Cameco and Bruce Power extend long-term nuclear fuel supply arrangements to 2040
Canada’s Cameco and Bruce Power have extended their long-term exclusive nuclear fuel supply arrangements for an additional 10 years until 2040. The original deal was announced in...
Doosan Enerbility to supply key equipment for Korea’s Shin-Hanul 3&4
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility signed a KRW2,900bn ($2.3bn) component supply agreement construction of units 3&4 at the Shin-Hanul NPP in Uljin,...
BWXT wins engineering contract from GEH for BWRX-300 RPV
Ontario-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been awarded an engineering contract by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) reactor pressure...
Belarus NPP may supply electricity to Russia from 2024
From 2024, the Belarus NPP will be able to supply electricity to the Russian market, the chairman of the Energy Committee of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) Pavel Zavalny has...
NuScale Power orders long lead materials from Doosan Enerbility
US-based NuScale Power Corporation says it has placed the first upper reactor pressure vessel (RPV) long lead material (LLM) production order with Doosan Enerbility. The materials...
Bolivian cyclotron centre begins supplying radiopharmaceuticals
Bolivia’s radiopharmaceutical production complex, built by Rosatom for the Bolivian Atomic Energy Agency (ABEN), has begun supplying radiopharmaceuticals to Bolivian clinics. A...
Eleven EU energy ministers champion nuclear energy
Energy ministers from 11 EU countries have agreed to "foster closer cooperation" between their national nuclear sectors to boost the industry. The statement was made during an...
Argentina reviews prospects for Neuquén heavy water plant
The restart of Argentina’s Heavy Water Industrial Plant (PIAP - Planta Industrial de Agua Pesada) at Arroyito in Neuquén, planned for 2025, is seen as opening possibilities for...