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Nuclear News Roundup for June 26, 2017
Source: Neutron BytesTerrestrial Energy to Evaluate Canadian Lab Site for its Molten Salt Reactor Terrestrial Energy has commenced a feasibility study to explore siting the world’s first commercial…
Turkey’s Akkuyu Nuclear Project to break ground in early 2018
Source: Neutron BytesTurkey has issued a power generation license to Rosatom’s Akkuyu Project But to use it Rosatom has to get a construction permit and build the reactors.…
ANS President Announces Nuclear Grand Challenges
Source: Neutron BytesAmerican Nuclear Society (ANS) President Andy Klein announced nine ANS Nuclear Grand Challenges (PDF file) that need to be resolved by 2030 at the society’s Annual…
Japan’s METI Divided About Future of Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesOver the course of two days the Japanese government’s powerful Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) endorsed development of new nuclear power stations and then…
NRC license to be sought for GEH PRISM Advanced Reactor
Source: Neutron BytesFour U.S. nuclear energy firms have teamed to develop the basis for seeking an NRC design certification under 10CFR50 for the GE-Hitachi (GEH) PRISM advanced nuclear…
Nuclear Technology Innovation Panel Lights Up NEI Conference
Source: Neutron BytesAdvanced Reactor Pioneers at NEA Sound Bright Notes Holtec’s Singh: Future of industry depends on “relentless innovation” TerraPower: China and Russia are not standing still and…
India Inks Twin Reactor Deal with Rosatom for Kudankulam
Source: Neutron BytesUnits 5 & 6 will be built as part of the same power station as the first four Units 1 & 2 are commissioned and generating…
NEI’s Korsnick Rolls Out a New Nuclear Advocacy Effort
Source: Neutron BytesCEO Maria Korsnick calls for recognition of nuclear as strategic national imperative. To succeed she will need to do more than just turn up the gain…
All Good Ideas to Expand Nuclear Energy Deserve Attention
Source: Neutron BytesGetting the policy commitments from government and money from investors to make them a reality is an entirely different matter. There is no shortage of good…
Idaho Lab Plans New Uses for NuScale SMR
Source: Neutron BytesThe Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has a plan to conduct nuclear energy R&D using NuScale’s light water reactor technology. In doing so it will create a…
UK Nuclear Industry Wigged Out Over BREXIT
Source: Neutron BytesThere’s not enough time to get all the pieces of a new relationship with Euratom in place to meet the needs of the UK nuclear industry.…
South Africa’s Tough Road to a Nuclear Tender
Source: Neutron BytesSouth Africa’s High Court Sets Aside Nuclear Deal With Russia (NucNet)(WNN): The High Court in South Africa has set aside a nuclear agreement between South Africa…
NRC, DOE to Hold Third Advanced Reactor Workshop
Source: Neutron BytesThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy are continuing their joint workshop series on innovative reactor technologies, April 25-26, in Bethesda, Md. “We are encouraging…
TRISO Fuel Drives Global Development of Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesThe development of an advanced fuel is enabling the design and deployment of new high temperature gas cooled reactors worldwide. China is a technology leader in…
Vogtle and VC Summer at Risk as Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy
Source: Neutron BytesThe firm filed for Chapter 11 protection and secured an $800 million bridge loan to fund operations Southern’s CEO is furious saying firm’s parent, Toshiba, is…
An Up & Down Week for Developers of Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesIn Washington, DC, the Third Way, a think tank, hosted a meeting of some of the country’s best thinkers, leaders, funders, and doers in the field…
US Industry Consortium Calls For SMR Investments
Source: Neutron Bytes(NucNet) Private companies have invested over $1bn in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), but more investment through public-private partnerships is needed to assure that…
Third Way Advanced Nuclear Showcase Feb 21
Source: Neutron BytesThird Way is hosting the second annual Advanced Nuclear Summit on February 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. The entire event will be live streamed and feature…
Campaigning for Clean Air & Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesYour voice in the energy debates: Learn how to support nuclear power. Award-winning author Meredith Joan Angwin guides you in your pro-nuclear advocacy, from a day…
India Goes Large in Plans to Build Next Round of Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesAll future foreign nuclear reactors to be 1200 MW or more (Press Trust India) The government has decided that all future foreign atomic reactors in India…