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Westinghouse, EDF, Sign Cobalt-60 MOU
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Wednesday, it had signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French utility EDF paving the way for Cobalt-60 radioisotope production in…
BREST-OD-300 Concrete Pour Completed
Source: NewsConcrete pouring for the BREST-OD-300’s nuclear island’s foundation slab has been completed after a round-the-clock pour, Russian state-owned Rosatom Corp. has announced.
Candu Energy Picks Up Romanian Pre-Build Contract
Source: NewsSNC-Lavalin Group said subsidiary Candu Energy had signed a 12-month, $8.4 million contract from Romanian firm, EnergoNuclear S.A., to provide engineering services during the preparatory stage…
Westinghouse, Energoatom Sign AP-1000 Contract
Source: NewsU.S. nuclear power giant Westinghouse Electric Company said Monday that it had signed a contract with Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear utility Energoatom for procurement of “long-lead items…
Karachi Unit 3 Ahead Of Schedule In Pakistan
Source: NewsUnit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan completed hot functional testing on Nov 4 ahead of schedule, the China National Nuclear Corporation announced…
High-Temp, Gas-Cooled Reactor In China Reaches Criticality
Source: NewsChina National Nuclear Corporation said this week that the No. 2 reactor of Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant in East China's Shandong province reached its first criticality…
Coolant Pump At Akkuyu Unit 2 Clears "Fit Up" Check
Source: NewsPetrozavodsk Branch of JSC AEM-Technologies, a part of machine-building division of Rosatom State Corporation Atomenergomash, in conjunction with a Karelian regional branch of the Russian Engineering…
Framatome Takes Over Rolls-Royce Instrumentation Business
Source: NewsFramatome on Monday announced the completion of its purchase of Rolls Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control (I&C).
Rolls-Royce Launches SMR Business
Source: NewsBritish industrial Rolls-Royce said this week that announced today that following an equity funding drive it had raised enough to establish the Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor…
Construction Permit Issued For Akkuyu 4
Source: NewsTurkish nuclear power regulators, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority Board, said it had agreed to issue a construction license for Unit 4 of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power…
Framatome's Accident Tolerant Fuel At Maryland NPP
Source: NewsFrench nuclear services giant Framatome said Tuesday it had delivered industry’s first nuclear 100 percent accident tolerant fuel assembly (ATF) to Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear…
Tests On Rooppur NPP Coolant Pump Performed
Source: NewsThe Petrozavodsk Branch of AEM-Technologies has performed, along with Karelian Regional Branch of the Russian Engineering Union, a series of hydraulic tests on the first casing…
Rosatom Signs MOU With Central American Parliament
Source: NewsRussian state-owned nuclear power corporation Rosatom said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding that concerns cooperation in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes…
Bangladesh PM Calls For Second Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsTo avoid an energy crisis, Bangladesh is willing to build a second nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this week in conjunction with a…
Orano Launches Stable Isotopes Lab
Source: NewsOrano group announced the completion of the construction of the stable isotopes laboratory on the Orano Tricastin site.
Unit 2 Reactor Internals Shipped To Rooppur NPP
Source: NewsAtommash, AEM-Technologies, JSC Branch in Volgodonsk (a part of the machine-building division of the Rosatom state corporation, has shipped reactor internals for the Rooppur Nuclear Power…
Westinghouse To Buy Half Of Tecnatom
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Monday it had signed a definitive agreement with Spanish multinationals Iberdrola and Naturgy to acquire 50 percent of engineering companyTecnatom in a…
Zirconium Sponge Production Plant Launched In Russia
Source: NewsRussian nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced the development of a new process for the production of zirconium sponge material to be used in nuclear plant fuel…
NuScale Signs Coal Replacement MOU In Poland
Source: NewsU.S. small modular reactor developer NuScale Power said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. (KGHM) and Piela Business Engineering (PBE)…
Tokamak Energy Tries Out New Magnet Containment System
Source: NewsTokamak Energy said this week it had demonstrated a transformative magnet protection technology that improves the commercial viability of fusion power plants.