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Test Assemblies Loaded Into Belarus Unit 2
Source: NewsCall it a dress rehearsal. On March 7, technicians began loading dummy fuel assemblies (DFA) into the reactor of power unit No.2 of Belarus NPP, said…
Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 Construction Starts
Source: NewsA ceremony in Buyukeceli, Turkey on March 10 commemorated the construction start of Unit 3 construction at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant…
U.S. Lab Develops Off-Gas Monitoring Tools
Source: NewsResearchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories announced this week the development of a real-time off-gas monitoring system designed for nuclear plant operators that can inform…
Bruce Power Celebrates Refurbishing Record
Source: NewsIt was just over a year ago, Bruce Power said Wednesday, that the curtain was raised on its Major Component Replacement Project with the start of…
Beloyarsk Refueling Shows MOX Commitment
Source: NewsUnit 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP with the BN-800 reactor has resumed operations after its recent refueling, which was the first time the reactor has been…
U.S. Patent Granted For Czech Fuel Rod Coating
Source: NewsA U.S. patent was awarded to Czech research teams that developed a polycrystalline-diamond coating that is intended to reduce corrosion and, by doing so, extend the…
Bulgaria To Study NuScale SMR Option
Source: NewsU.S. modular power plant developer NuScale Power said this week it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant – New…
R&D For Nuclear Propulsion In Space Called Urgent
Source: NewsUsing nuclear propulsion technologies to support a human mission to Mars in 2039 will require NASA to pursue an "aggressive and urgent technology development program," according…
License Granted For BREST Lead-Cooled Reactor Build
Source: NewsRussian’s nuclear supervisor Rostechnadzor announced that its chairman, Alexey Aleshin, on February 10, signed a license for Siberian Chemical Combine to construct the world’s first experimental…
Kozloduy NPP Hires Westinghouse For Fuel Licensing
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant signed a VVER-1000 nuclear fuel licensing contract for the Kozloduy power plant in Bulgaria, the U.S. company announced.
NRC Approves Uprate At Oconee NPP
Source: NewsThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given a green light to a 1.6 percent reactor capacity increase for Duke Energy Carolinas' three Oconee reactors located…
Energy Northwest and WizNucleus to Build Next-Generation Cyber Security Assessment Application
Source: News–Press Release– WizNucleus and Energy Northwest (EN) are bringing together years of technology and development expertise to create a cyber security software application to yield regulatory…
IAEA Sees Future In Drone Site Monitoring
Source: NewsWith confirmation from the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan – site of the 2011, post-earthquake nuclear power plant disaster – the International Atomic Energy Agency of the…
EATF Fuel Completes 18-Month Cycle
Source: NewsFrench nuclear service business Framatome said in early February that its GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology recently completed its first 18-month fuel cycle at…
NRC To Review Westinghouse Doped Pellet Report
Source: NewsAfter deliveries to more than 25 regions across Europe, our Advanced Doped Pellet Technology doped pellets are one step closer to U.S. commercialization, Westinghouse announced this…
Costs Up, Schedule Revised At Hinkley Point C
Source: NewsFrench utility EDF announced Wednesday that the price tag for Hinkley Point C under construction in Somerset, England, had risen by about $605 million and the…
Darlington Unit 3 Set For Disassembly
Source: NewsThe Darlington Refurbishment Project has completed a significant milestone with the successful separation of the Unit 3 reactor and its systems from the three remaining operating…
Hot Testing For Savannah River Site SWPF Completed
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management has successfully completed the hot commissioning testing phase of operations at the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF),…
NuScale Moves Into New Phase For UAMPS Project
Source: NewsPortland, Oregon-based, small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) said they had executed agreements to facilitate the development of…
Kakrapar Unit 3 Connected To Grid
Source: NewsTen years following the first concrete pour for Kakrapar Unit 3, the reactor approved in April 2007 has been connected to the grid in India, the…