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UK campaign group Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) have been...
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Testing underway at US DOE’s Marvel microreactor
Testing is underway at an electric-powered microreactor prototype developed by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The 12-foot-tall machine is a full-scale replica of the...
Rosatom begins installation of outer containment dome at Rooppur 2
Rosatom has begun installation of the dome part of the outer containment shell (NZO) at unit 2 of the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh. Installation of the lower tier of...
Canada agrees funding for Cernavoda expansion
Canada and Romania have signed a CAD3bn ($2.2bn) export development deal to support construction of two new units at the Cernavoda NPP. Canadian Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson...
ČEZ extends deadline for final bids for new nuclear unit at Dukovany
Czech power utility ČEZ has extended the deadline for submitting the final bids for construction of the new nuclear reactor at the Dukovany NPP by nearly a month at the request of one...
US Defense Department expands Project Pele to include X-energy
US-based X-Energy Reactor Company and the US Department of Defense (DOD) have agreed to expand the contract under the Project Pele initiative to develop a transportable,...
Rosatom considers second small reactor for Yakutia
Rosatom is expected to decide on the construction of a second low-power NPP (ASMM – Atomnoi Stantsii Maloi Moshnosti) with a RITM-200N reactor plant in Yakutia, Rosatom Director...
Rosatom considers NPP construction in Russia’s far east
Rosatom is studying the possibility of building a 1,200 MWe NPP in the far east. According to preliminary estimates, the plant will comprise two VVER-type power units with a capacity...
Steam generators destined for Kudankulam NPP stranded at sea on damaged barge
The barge vital carrying two steam generators for units 5&6 of India’s Kudankulam NPP is stuck on a rock close to the plant’s purpose built jetty. The ongoing operation to rescue...
Eletronuclear to appeal court decision halting work at Angra 3
Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear said it will appeal against a court decision that has again paralysed construction work at unit 3 of the Angra NPP. The 2nd Civil Court of...
Concreting of turbine unit foundation completed at Akkuyu 2
In the building of the unit 2 turbine hall at the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye, concreting of the foundation of the turbine unit has been completed. This is a key...
UK seeks private investment for Sizewell C
The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced that the UK Government and Sizewell C Limited are launching a pre-qualification process for potential investors,...
Rwanda signs deal to co-operate on novel reactor
The Government of Rwanda, represented by the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB), has signed an agreement with Canadian-German nuclear technology start-up Dual Fluid Energy to...
Foundation pit completed for Leningrad 7
At the construction site of Russia’s Leningrad NPP, the main excavation work has been completed to develop a foundation pit for the nuclear island of power unit 7. The nuclear...
Energoatom and Westinghouse to co-operate on AP300 deployment
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and US Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-operate on the development and deployment in Ukraine of...
Indonesia to consider Seaborg’s molten salt power barge
PT Pertamina Power Indonesia and Denmark’s Seaborg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly explore and assess how the next generation nuclear power technology could...
US Palisades NPP takes steps towards possible restart
A long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between Holtec Palisades Energy and the non-profit Wolverine Power Cooperative may be a significant step towards restarting the...
US launches Nuclear Expediting the Energy Transition (NEXT) for SMR support
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, at the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Bucharest, announced US actions “to further the role of new, secure, and safe...
BWXT to evaluate microreactor deployment in Wyoming
US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has signed a two-phase, two-year contract with the US Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) to assess the viability of deploying small-scale nuclear reactors...
Component of passive heat removal system installed at Kursk-II unit 1
The deflector (dome part) of the passive heat removal system (PHRS) has been installed at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP, according to Rosatom’s engineering division. This is...
