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Nuclear Fusion / China Commissions HL-2M Reactor
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetThe HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor in central China has been commissioned and has achieved its first plasma discharge, according to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion…
Barakah / Unit 1 Reaches 100% Of Rated Power, Commercial Operation Scheduled For ‘Early 2021’
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe Barakah-1 nuclear power plant has reached 100% of its rated power, a milestone that brings the Arab world’s first nuclear unit one step closer to commercial operation, scheduled in early 2021. Emirates Nuclear Energy…
3D Printing / Components To Be Loaded Into Commercial Reactor For First Time
Source: NucNetFramatome announced that 3D-printed fuel assembly channel fasteners manufactured at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a joint project with power company Tennessee Valley Authority are to be loaded into a…
Japan / MHI Calls For Cooperation On HTGRs To Produce Hydrogen
Source: NucNetThe Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has suggested cooperating with industries overseas to use high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) to produce hydrogen “on a massive scale” and supplying it to the steel manufacturing industry. The…
Japan / Court Revokes Operating Permits For Ohi-3 And -4
Source: NucNetThe Osaka district court has revoked the operating permits for two nuclear power reactors at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Ohi nuclear power station in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, the utility said. The permits had been…
US / Advanced Fuel Assemblies To Be Evaluated At Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Source: NucNetGlobal Nuclear Fuel announced that lead test assemblies of its accident tolerant fuel (ATF) solutions have been delivered to the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for examination after commercial operation. GNF, a…
Three Mile Island / US NRC Approves Unit 2 Licence Transfer
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the transfer of the licence for Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power station from FirstEnergy Companies to TMI-2 Solutions. FirstEnergy Companies, comprising Metropolitan Edison Co,…
Lithuania / IAEA’s First Virtual Peer Review Welcomes Improved Regulatory Framework
Source: NucNetIn the first such mission held virtually, an International Atomic Energy Agency team said Lithuania had strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in recent years, but warned that work needs to be…
Britain Seeking Site For Fusion Power
Source: NewsThe British government this week began the first significant step towards a nuclear fusion power plant by initiating the search for local communities willing to become the home of such a plant, media reports indicate.
NRC OKs Three Mile Island Unit 2 Custody Transfer
Source: NewsThe U.S. National Regulator Commission said Wednesday it had approved a license transfer for Three Mile Island, Unit 2 from FirstEnergy Companies to TMI-2 Solutions.
Akkuyu / France’s Assystem Wins Contract To Supervise Construction
Source: NucNetAssystem has been chosen to supervise the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power station in Turkey after winning a six-year contract from a Turkish subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom. France-based Assystem said the…
Pakistan / Fuel Loading Begins At China-Supplied Kanupp-2 Reactor
Source: NucNetFuel loading has begun at the China-supplied Kanupp-2 nuclear power plant under construction in southern Pakistan with commercial operation scheduled for April 2021, local press reports said. The reports quoted a spokesperson for the Pakistan…
US / GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 SMR Achieves Licensing Milestone
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a final safety evaluation report for the first of several licensing topical reports (LTRs) that have been submitted by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy for the BWRX-300 small modular…
China / Hot Functional Testing Begins At Tianwan-6
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetHot functional testing has begun of the reactor systems at Unit 6 of the Tianwan nuclear power station in Jiangsu province, eastern China, according to a statement by developer China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation…
Czech Republic / Regulator Grants Siting Licence For VR-2 Research Reactor
Source: NucNetThe Czech Republic’s State Office for Nuclear Safety has issued a siting licence for a new training reactor to be built by the Czech Technical University in Prague. The VR-2 subcritical pool reactor, scheduled for…
New Technologies / Denmark’s Seaborg Attracts Private Funding For Molten Salt Reactor Project
Source: NucNetSeaborg Technologies, a Danish company behind a project to develop and commercialise a molten salt reactor (MSR) has announced it has secured funding of an “eight-digit” sum in euros from private investors. Seaborg said in…
UK to Invest $700M in SMRs as Part of 10 Point Plan
Source: Neutron BytesBoris Johnson’s 10 Point Plan is Missing a Few Points Idaho Site Selected for DOE Virtual Test Reactor Bipartisan Legislation Offered To Revitalize Nuclear Energy Industry Danish Nuclear Lands $24 million for First Asian Reactor…
UK Infrastructure Strategy / Government Plans Recognise Role Of Nuclear In Reaching Climate Goals
Source: NucNetThe UK government has released a national infrastructure strategy paper which confirms earlier plans to invest in nuclear power as a way to put the UK on the path to meeting its net zero emissions…
BWXT Studies 3D Alloy Capacities
Source: NewsTeamed with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BWXT Technologies Inc. engineers and designers have developed new 3-D printing technologies for the design and manufacture of reactor components made from high-temperature alloys and refractory metals.
Rolls Royce To Supply Pressure Transmitters For Hinkley C
Source: NewsBritish corporation Rolls-Royce said Wednesday it had signed a contract with Hinkley Point C for the delivery of safety-critical Bibloc pressure transmitters for the two EPR nuclear reactors currently under construction in Somerset, UK.