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NASA Schedules Kilopower Media Event
Source: NewsU.S. space agency NASA said that it had scheduled a major media event to discuss “demonstration of new space exploration power system,” in what is known…
Canadian Nuclear Lab Steps Up SMR Process
Source: NewsCanadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization on Thursday invited “small modular reactor (SMR) project proponents” to join in the evaluation process…
IAEA Praises Safety Culture At Ghana's Research Reactor
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the team of experts sent to review safety and security at Ghana’s research reactor gave the operator high marks,…
Exelon States Its Case: Pro-Nuclear With Caveat
Source: NewsExelon on Friday responded to the media coverage from earlier this week concerning remarks a company official made at the U.S. Energy Association's annual meeting in…
Perry Affirms U.S. And Westinghouse Commitment In India
Source: NewsU.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry in a trip to India this week said that Westinghouse Electric Company was preparing to emerge from bankruptcy and that its…
NASA To Test Radiation Protection Vests
Source: NewsIsraeli-American radiation shielding company StemRad said Wednesday that the last test flight around the moon prior to NASA's first manned deep space missions would include the…
NRG, LeadCold Begin SEALER Analysis Collaboration
Source: NewsNuclear service company NRG, based in the Netherlands, said that beginning this year it would initiate a collaboration with Swedish company LeadCold on a multi-year arrangement…
Barrel Of Sludge Bursts At Idaho Site
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy confirmed an emergency incident at the Idaho National Laboratory site on Wednesday April 11 that involved a ruptured 55-gallon barrel of…
AWE Corrects Documentation Issues, Says ONR
Source: NewsThe Office for Nuclear Regulation in Britain said that AWE pic, which operates the country's Atomic Weapons Establishment program had met the standards set out in…
UK Sniffing Around For SMR Site
Source: NewsBritish Minister Stuart Andrew, a Conservative Party politician from Wales, is visiting a potential Small Modular Reactor development site in Trawsfynydd this week to voice support…
Korean Regulator OKs Kori 4 Restart
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Safety and Security Commission in South Korea has granted approval for the restart of the Kori 4 reactor after a coolant leak shut the…
CGN Begins EPR Fuel Loading, A First
Source: NewsChina General Nuclear said that it has begun to load fuel into the reactor core at the Taishan nuclear power plant, which keeps the first unit…
From New Mexico To Qatar: Waste Storage Issues
Source: NewsFrom the United States to Uganda, the issue of storage of radioactive waste surfaced this week, focused on proposals for storage sites in Southeastern, New Mexico,…
Dome Placed For Unit 4 At Barakah NPP
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced Tuesday that the Reactor Containment Building dome for Unit 4 at the yet-to-go-commercial Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant had been…
Rolls-Royce Signs Rod Control Contract With CGN
Source: NewsRolls-Royce said Friday it had signed a contract to update rod control system equipment in 14 of Chine General Nuclear’s CPR1000 nuclear power units in China.
Hanford Site Investigation Confirmed
Source: NewsRadiation contamination involving 42 workers at the Hanford cleanup site near Richland, Washington, about 200 miles southeast of Seattle, has halted demolition of a plutonium processing…
Nuclear Rescue Bill In New Jersey Moves Forward
Source: NewsA month after the Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) in New Jersey said it would cancel capital projects at the Salem nuclear power plant in southern…
Decommissioning Market On Track To Reach $8.9B By 2025
Source: NewsAn independent research group, Grand View Research, reported Wednesday that the global nuclear decommissioning services market size is expected to be valued at USD 8.90 billion…
One Loose Bolt At San Onofre Prompts Work Stoppage
Source: NewsOne loose bolt inside a fuel storage canister at Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear station near San Clemente, Calif., prompted a work stoppage that lasted…
IAEA Team Completes Olkiluoto Review
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-Operational Safety Review Team (Pre-OSART) has concluded an 18-day mission to review preparedness at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in…