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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), the agency announced.
Savannah River / DOE Completes Key Testing Phase At Salt Waste Processing Facility
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetThe “hot”, or radioactive commissioning testing phase, has been completed of operations at the salt waste processing facility (SWPF) at the Savanna River Site in South Carolina, the US Department of Energy announced. The DOE said its…
Darlington Refurbishment / Unit 3 Reactor Separated From Other Units
Source: NucNetThe Darlington-3 reactor and its systems have been “separated” from the three remaining operating units at the Canadian nuclear station as work continues on the refurbishment project. Ontario Power Generation said workers installed the last…
Bulgaria / Uncertainty Over Belene Project As Sofia Approves Ministry Report On New Kozloduy Unit
Source: NucNetThe Bulgarian cabinet has approved a report on the possibility of building a new nuclear power unit at the existing Kozloduy nuclear power station in the northwest of the country, with completion possible within 10…
Bangladesh / Russia Ships RPV Internals For Rooppur-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetAEM Technologies, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom's engineering division Atomenergomash, has manufactured and shipped the reactor pressure vessel internals for Unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power station under construction in Bangladesh. Reactor…
Finland / Agency Issues Chemicals Permit For Hanhikivi-1 Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetThe Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) has issued a chemical permit for the handling and storage of large amounts of hazardous chemicals required at the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant under construction in northern Finland.…
US / EPRI Names Rita Baranwal As New VP Of Nuclear, Chief Nuclear Officer
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNetRita Baranwal, the US Department of Energy’s former assistant secretary for its Office of Nuclear Energy, has been appointed vice-president of nuclear energy and chief nuclear officer of the Electric Power Research Institute. Ms Baranwal,…
NuScale / UAMAPS Set Course for NRC COLA by 2023
Source: Neutron BytesNuScale/UAMPS To Submit COLA to NRC for Idaho Site in Three Years NuScale in UK Partners with Wind Farm Developer for a Hybrid Power Plant at Wylfa Romania / US Awards $1.2 Million Grant For…
Romania / US Awards $1.2 Million Grant For SMR Development
Source: NucNetThe US Trade and Development Agency has awarded a $1.2m grant to Romania’s national nuclear energy company Societatea National Nuclearelectrica, to support the development of small modular reactor solutions in Romania. USTDA said its technical…
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 the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP), which will deploy…
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 Department of Atomic Energy said.
UK To Study Nuclear Propulsion To Reach Planets
Source: NewsThe UK Space Agency said it had signed a research contract with Rolls Royce to study nuclear power as a more plentiful source of energy, capable of making possible deeper space exploration in the decades…
Vogtle / Georgia Power Likely To Revise Schedule For Hot Testing And Fuel Load At Unit 3
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetGeorgia Power is likely to adjust the dates for the start of hot functional testing and fuel load for the Vogtle-3 nuclear power plant under construction in the US, but still expects to achieve the…
UK / Costain Announces SMR Collaboration With U-Battery
Source: NucNetBritish construction and engineering group Costain is collaborating with U-Battery Developments Ltd to develop an advanced modular reactor which is being funded by the UK Department of Business. The company said the work is in…
US / NRC Considers Hearing For North Anna Licence Renewals
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has established an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to consider whether a hearing is needed on Dominion Energy's licence renewal application for the North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia,…
Holtec Plans 160 MWe SMR at Oyster Creek Nuclear Site in NJ
Source: Neutron BytesHoltec Airs Plans for 160 MWe SMR at Oyster Creek, NJ, Site Holtec Submits a Key Topical Report on SMR-160 to the NRC China Starts Building a Second CFR-600 Fast Reactor Call For Nuclear Coalition…
Tihange-2 / Belgian Regulator Approves Restart After Latest RPV Checks
Source: NucNetBelgium’s nuclear regulator has approved the restart of Tihange-2 nuclear power plant following a maintenance outage after concluding no new hydrogen flakes have appeared and the existing flakes had not increased in size. The Federal…
Finish Lines Closer At Vogtle Expansion
Source: NewsFrom the placement of the two-million-pound roof of the Vogtle 4 shield building to receipt of the first nuclear fuel assemblies for Unit 3, Georgia Power touted a list of construction accomplishments at the Plant…
Ship With Two Equipment Batches Heads For India
Source: NewsA new power plant equipment tranche departed Russia on December 29, 2020 with equipment headed for the Kudankulam NPP,. Rosatom announced.
Rosatom To Use Ice-breaker Power Technology Inland
Source: NewsRosatom director general Alexei Likhachev in late December announced the nuclear power giant had signed an agreement with the Autonomous Republic of Sakha-Yakutia that opens the door for a small nuclear power plant developed for…