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Inner dome installed at China’s Lufeng 5
The inner containment dome has been installed at unit 5 of China’s Lufeng NPP in Guangdong province, according to China General Nuclear (CGN). It is the first of two HPR1000 (Hualong...
Thailand considers deployment of Seaborg molten salt reactor
Thailand’s Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited (GPSC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Denmark's Seaborg Technologies to investigate the potential deployment...
G7 acknowledges need for nuclear despite differences on energy policy
The Group of Seven (G7) nations undertook to support the use of nuclear energy in countries that opt for its use, following a two-day Ministerial Meeting on Climate, Energy...
KHNP and EDF submit updated bids for four new Czech units as EC approves state aid
Czech power company ČEZ and its Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II) subsidiary has received updated binding bids from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and France's EDF for the...
UAE to launch tender for four new nuclear reactors
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will tender shortly for the construction of a new nuclear power plant that would double its nuclear capacity, Reuters has reported, citing three...
Terrestrial Energy and Schneider Electric to collaborate on advanced reactor deployment
US-based Terrestrial Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Schneider Electric to jointly develop commercial opportunities and advance the deployment of...
Key equipment for Paks II completed
One of the two pieces of equipment for the Paks II NPP project – the core melt trap – has already been completed, and production of the reactor pressure vessel has now begun in...
European Commission approves state aid for Nuward SMR
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under European Union (EU) state aid rules, a €300m ($320m) French measure to support Electricité de France's (EDF) subsidiary Nuward...
First concrete poured for Lianjiang 2
First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at China’s Lianjiang NPP in Guangdong province. State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) said it expected to pour a...
Polish government endorses proposal to deploy Rolls-Royce SMRs
Rolls-Royce SMR welcomed the announcement by Polish industrial group, Industria (part of Industrial Development Agency JSC), that they have received the final government opinion...
Grossi addresses World Energy Congress on first official visit to the Netherlands
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi addressed the 26th World Energy Congress in the Netherlands organised by the World Energy Council (WEC). This year’s event, held in...
Rolls-Royce revises plans for SMR pressure vessel factory
Rolls-Royce SMR has reportedly revised its plans to build two nuclear factories in the UK due ongoing delays in the government’s small modular reactor (SMR) design competition....
IAEA reviews Poland’s nuclear power infrastructure
Poland is making progress towards adding nuclear power to its energy mix, including in developing the necessary infrastructure for a safe and sustainable nuclear power...
Vogtle 4 begins commercial operation
US-based Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co, has announced that unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, has begun...
Argentina begins design of radioisotope production plant
Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA - Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica) and private technology company INVAP (from INVestigación APlicada - applied research) have...
Romanian experts visit Doosan Enerbility to investigate SMR production capabilities
Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Națională Nuclearelectrica (SNN) visited South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility plant in Changwon, as part of the delegation led by Romanian President...
Westinghouse pays working visit to Khmelnitsky
Patrick Fragman, President & CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, accompanied by Petro Kotin, head of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom, paid a working visit to Khmelnitsky NPP....
Iran to build more NPPs and co-operate with oil industry
The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has reiterated plans to increase the number of NPPs in order to achieve a total capacity of 20,000 MWe....
Uzbekistan progresses plans for NPP construction
Rosatom and Uzbekistan nuclear utility Uzatom are working on a contract for the construction of a NPP in Uzbekistan. Rosatom is also ready to offer Uzbekistan options for low-power...
