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UAMPS and NuScale cancel plans to build SMRs at INL
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and Oregon-based NuScale Power have mutually agreed to terminate the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP). The project envisaged...
Collaboration to explore deployment of Rolls-Royce SMRs in the Netherlands
Construction company BAM Infra Netherlands, nuclear project company ULC-Energy and Rolls-Royce SMR have signed letters of intent to collaborate on deployment of small modular...
More progress at Paks II
Workers at the Paks II NPP under construction in Hungary have begun to strengthen the soil in pits under Paks units 5&6 (also known as Paks II units 1&2), Minister of Foreign Affairs...
IAEA undertakes safety review of Kazakhstan’s NPP site selection
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Site & External Events Design (SEED) team of experts has concluded a safety review of Kazakhstan’s process for selecting the site of its...
First US-African nuclear summit concludes in Ghana
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy has concluded the first-ever US Africa Nuclear Energy Summit (USANES) in Accra, Ghana. The summit was organised...
New consortium to develop and globally deploy lead-cooled fast reactors
Belgium, Italy and Romania have formed a consortium with US-based Westinghouse Electric to develop a small modular lead-cooled fast neutron reactor (SMR-LFR). Belgian Prime...
Cold testing complete at China’s Zhangzhou 1
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said cold hydrostatic testing has been completed at unit 1 of the Zhangzhou NPP in Fujian province. Cold tests ensure that components and...
Desalination plant planned for Sizewell C
The UK’s planned Sizewell C NPP in Suffolk is planning to power a temporary water desalination plant using electricity from the operating Sizewell B NPP. Sizewell C says the...
Czech Republic approves roadmap for SMR development
The Czech government has approved the “Czech SMR Roadmap – Applicability & Contribution to Economy”, which was submitted by the Ministry of Industry & Trade. Based on the Roadmap,...
Norway unveils plans for SMR power plant
Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of Oil & Energy (OED) for an assessment of the construction of a power plant comprising multiple small modular...
Bulgaria announces start of construction of Kozloduy 7
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has told a government meeting that construction of unit 7 at the Kozloduy NPP has begun. The statement was broadcast by Bulgarian National Television.
Containment shell installed at China’s ACP100 SMR
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) says the steel containment dome has been installed at the ACP-100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project at the Changjiang NPP...
Transport portal installed at Kursk-II 2
Specialists have completed installation of the transport portal at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. The transport portal is necessary for the delivery of fresh fuel for the...
IAEA reviews Estonia’s nuclear power infrastructure development
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) has concluded in Estonia. The eight-day mission was conducted at the request of...
Melt trap delivered for El Dabaa 2
A melt localisation device (melt trap or core catcher) has been delivered for unit 2 of El Dabaa NPP under construction in Egypt, Rosatom’s Engineering Division said. A...
Japan and US expand cooperation on fast reactors
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi FBR Systems (MFBR), and US-based TerraPower have expanded their January 2022 Memorandum...
Iran begins construction of Karoun NPP and new uranium mine
Iran has started construction of its indigenously-designed Karoun NPP in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, according to Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation...
Belarus NPP unit 2 formally commissioned
Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP has been put into commercial operation after the acceptance committee signed an act of acceptance for operation of the start-up complex according to the...
Final bids submitted for new Dukovany NPP units
Czech power utility ČEZ Group's Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a wholly owned subsidiary has received three final bids for the construction of a new unit at the Dukovany NPP....
