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Terrestrial Energy USA Extends Fuel Testing
Source: NewsTerrestrial Energy USA, Inc., offspring of the Canadian company, has extended its testing program at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) for measurements of fuel salt properties used…
Tecnatom To Supply SMR Simulator To IFE
Source: NewsSpain’s nuclear industry service firm Tecnatom said it had been contracted to supply a customized simulation system for the Norwegian Institute of Energy Technology (IFE) for…
Rosatom Studies SMR Option For Philippines
Source: NewsAs part of the Small Modular Reactors (SMR) Day at the World Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai, Rostatom and the Department of Energy (DOE) of the…
Asststem Joins Hinkley Point C Alliance
Source: NewsParis-based engineering giant Assystem, said this week it had joined the new Hinkley Point C Commissioning Alliance with the aim of building the first nuclear power…
SNC-Lavalin Retains STEP Fusion Contracts
Source: NewsCanadian project management giant SNC-Lavalin said Tuesday it had been awarded three new contracts by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to continue work on Spherical…
Construction Paperwork For Dabaa NPP 3 And 4 Handed In
Source: NewsOn December 30, 2021, ahead of schedule, Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) handed over the package of documents to the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory…
Bolivian Nuclear Research Center Tests Production Line
Source: NewsThe highest Center of Nuclear Technology Research and Development in the world by altitude, currently under construction by the Rosatom State Corporation in El Alto, Bolivia,…
Germany Closes Three Of Six Remaining Reactors
Source: NewsGermany shuttered three nuclear reactors on December 31, closing down a combined 4254 MWe of capacity, leaving the country with three remaining nuclear plants, a move…
First Fuel Loading Completed At Karachi 3
Source: NewsThe K-3 Unit of Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan, the second overseas nuclear power unit adopting HPR1000 technology, finished first fuel loading on the last…
First Criticality Reached In Finland
Source: NewsThe first criticality of the EPR reactor installed at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland was achieved on 21 December, power utility…
Tier 5 Concrete Work At Rooppur Unit 2 Finished
Source: NewsThe concreting of the fifth tier of the inner containment of Unit 2 reactor building of Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh) was completed on December 24, Russian nuclear…
Rosatom Launches PWR Fuel Fabrication Plant
Source: NewsRosatom's fuel component TVEL Fuel Company has launched the new fabrication facility for manufacturing of TVS-K nuclear fuel for PWR reactors at the site of Novosibirsk…
Concrete Pour Underway For Kudankulam 6
Source: NewsRussia’s state-owned nuclear giant said December 20 that construction of Kudankulam Unit 6 began with the first foundational concrete pour for the reactor building in Tamil…
Foreign Waste At Sellafield Ready To Ship
Source: NewsBritain’s nuclear industry processing and technology center Sellafield said that preparation work for returning high-level waste back to overseas customers has been completed.
Framatome To Upgrade Surry NPP Controls
Source: NewsFrench reactor business Framatome said this week it had been awarded the contract to upgrade the incore instrumentation systems for units 1 and 2 at Dominion…
Unit 1 Pump Station At Akkuyu NPP Underway
Source: NewsConstruction teams in Turkey have begun constructing the foundation slab for the pump station of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1., a Rosatom-led project with four nuclear plants…
TVO Requests Permission To Fire Up Olkiluoto 3
Source: NewsFinland’s power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyi (TVO) said Wednesday it had sent its application in to the country’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority asking permission to…
CNNC Turns On Heat For 4,000 In Southern China
Source: NewsAbout 4,000 households in Haiyan county in Zhejiang province in Southern China, had the heat turned on this week (December 3) thanks to a demonstration project…
Rosatom Establishes Ties With Nicaragua
Source: NewsRussia's state-owned nuclear power Rosatom said Tuesday that corporation delegates and Nicaraguan officials on December 7 signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for…
Rosatom, CEA, EDF Sign Fuel R&D Pact
Source: NewsROSATOM, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and French utility EDF signed a joint declaration of intent in Paris Wednesday to develop their long-term…