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Cavendish Nuclear To Complete Dounreay Decommissioning
Source: NewsBritish nuclear power services company Cavendish Nuclear, said it had won the contract to dismantling and demolition Scotland’s oldest nuclear reactor, the Dounreay Materials Test Reactor.…
Cold Tests Completed For Barakah Unit 3
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Sunday that Cold Hydrostatic Testing (CHT) had been completed for Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in…
IAEA Reviews Philippine Readiness For Nuclear Power
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said a team of experts has concluded an eight-day mission to the Republic of the Philippines having completed an Integrated…
WIPP To Suspend Incoming Shipments For Three Weeks
Source: NewsOfficials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, said the plant would suspend incoming shipments for three weeks beginning January 7, so…
30-hour Concrete Pour Completed At Hinkley Point C
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power giant EDF has announced the first major concrete pour for the Hinkley Point C construction project in Somerset, England, that is expected to…
First Light Fusion To Collaborate With UK Atomic Energy Authority
Source: NewsOxford University spin-out company First Light Fusion said this week it would collaborate with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in a project designed to create…
NRC Accepts Application For Surry License Renewals
Source: NewsThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that it had accepted the application for a subsequent license renewal for the Surry Power Station reactors located near…
Bulgaria To Issue Tender For Reviving Belene Project
Source: NewsBulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said last week that the country would issue a tender in January seeking a financial partner that would help revive the…
Taipower To Decommission Chinshan Unit 1
Source: NewsThe Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said that it would begin decommissioning of Unit 1 at the Chinshan nuclear power plant directly following the expiration of its…
BHEL Ships 40th Steam Generator For NPCIL
Source: NewsBharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said this week it had achieved a component milestone by dispatching its 40th steam generator (SG) to the Nuclear Power Corporation…
Floating Nuclear Plant's Unit 1 Is Started
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power corporation Rosatom said Thursday that the No. 1 reactor on the world's only floating nuclear power plant had been turned on and was…
Framatome, Bruce Power Sign MOU Outlining New Contract
Source: NewsFramatome said it had reached an agreement with Bruce Power underscoring an $18.7 million contract "covering a range of innovations and new activities."
TVO Announces Four-Month OL3 Pushback
Source: NewsThe long-delayed start up for Unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP, an Areva-Siemens Consortium project, has been pushed back for another four months, the companies announced…
CNNC Marks Launch Of Nuclear Fuels And Materials Center
Source: NewsChina National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) held a ceremony to mark the founding of the Research Center for Nuclear Fuels and Materials, in Beijing, on Nov 27,…
Centrus Energy Signs Contract To Design Fuel Facility
Source: NewsCentrus Energy Corp. said Thursday it had signed a new services contract with X Energy, LLC to proceed with the preliminary design of a facility to…
With Weatherproof Cladding, Bradwell Site Hits Cleanup Milestone
Source: NewsThe British government said Thursday that the Magnox reactors at the Bradwell Site, in Essex, England, had entered a state known as ‘care and maintenance," which…
SNC-Lavalin Lands Bruce Power Tooling Contract
Source: NewsSNC-Lavalin and its joint venture partner Eclipse Automation Inc. have landed a $33 million production tooling contract to support Bruce Power’s fuel channel and feeder replacement…
Two RITM-200 Reactors Loaded Onto Russian IceBreaker
Source: NewsTwo RITM-200 reactors have been loaded onto the nuclear powered icebreaker Ural at the Baltic Shipyard, Rosatom announced in November. Employees of the shipyard and of…
Russian-designed Core Catcher In Place At Kursk-II, Unit 1
Source: NewsRussian nuclear build corporation Rosatom has said the 168 metric ton core catcher body has installed in its permanent position under the reactor pit of Kursk-II…
Bruce Power Joins NuScale Power's Canadian Team
Source: NewsNuScale Power said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bruce Power L.P., Canada’s first private nuclear generator, to develop a business…