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Watts Bar / NRC Approves 1.4% Generating Capacity Increase For Unit 2
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority to increase the generating capacity of Watts Bar-2 nuclear power plant in Tennessee by 1.4%. The NRC staff determined that TVA…
Germany / Despite Phaseout, Berlin Is Continuing ‘Strong Support’ For IAEA, Says Grossi
Source: NucNetThe International Atomic Energy Agency is ready to provide its assistance and to help disseminate the knowledge gained by Germany as it winds down its nuclear power programme, the agency’s director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said after meeting…
Belarus / Regulator Grants Licence For Operation Of Country’s First Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetBelarusian nuclear regulator Gosatomnadzor has granted a licence for commercial operation of the country’s first commercial power plant, Belarusian-1, near Ostrovets in western Belarus. “On 23 October the Board of the Emergencies Ministry [Gosatomnadzor] decided…
Vogtle / Hot Functional Testing For Unit 3 Could Begin In January
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetHot functional testing at the Vogtle-3 nuclear power plant under construction in the US state of Georgia could begin in January 2021 followed by fuel loading in April 2021 and commercial operation in the third…
China / Indigenous Hualong One Reactor At Fuqing-5 Reaches First Criticality
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetUnit 5 at the Fuqing nuclear power station in Fujian province, southeastern China, has attained a sustained chain reaction, known as criticality, for the first time, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. Fuqing-5 is the…
US / NRC Approves Power Uprates For Farley-1 And -2
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by Southern Nuclear Operating Company to increase the reactor capacity of Units 1 and 2 at the Farley nuclear power station by approximately 1.7%. The NRC…
DOE Invests $160M In Nuclear's Future
Source: NewsWith $160 million appropriated to two matching grant nuclear projects, the time for dreaming and talking is over, the Department of Energy announced this week.
Italy / Sogin Completes Dismantling Of Latina Steam Generator Shields
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetItaly’s state-owned nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management company Sogin has completed the demolition of the steam generator shields at the Latina nuclear power plant reactor building. The shields were the six reinforced concrete structures…
Poland / Country Concludes ‘Historic’ Agreement With US For Developing Nuclear Energy
Source: NucNetPoland and the US concluded on Monday an “historic” cooperation agreement on the development of Warsaw’s nuclear energy programme, which could pave the way for using US technology and financing for the country’s first commercial…
Vogtle / Cold Hydro Testing Completed At Unit 3, Says Georgia Power
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetGeorgia Power has announced the completion of cold hydro testing for Unit 3 at the company’s Vogtle nuclear power station nuclear expansion project in the US state of Georgia. The company said the project to…
Lithuania / Nuclear Station Signs Agreement On Radwaste Management Project
Source: NucNetLithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power station has signed an agreement to cooperate with national nuclear power safety inspectorate Vatesi and the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority on a project to improve the safety of radioactive…
Berkeley Energia / Proposed Amendment To Spanish Law ‘Contrary To Constitution’
Source: NucNetA proposed amendment to Spain’s draft climate change and energy transition bill that would prohibit the investigation and exploitation of radioactive minerals has no justified reason and is contrary to the Spanish constitution, uranium mining…
Microreactors / Ultra Safe Seeks Funding For Two Demonstration Plants In US by 2026
Source: NucNetUltra Safe Nuclear Corporation in Seattle is pursuing funding from the US Department of Energy’s advanced reactor demonstration programme to host its 15-MW micro modular reactors (MMR) at the University of Illinois and the Idaho…
NuScale gets Letter of Intent for 2500MW Project in South Africa from US Development Finance Agency
Source: Neutron BytesThe United States International Development Finance Corp. (DFC) has signed a letter of intent to support NuScale Power LLC, a U.S. nuclear energy technology firm, to develop 2,500 megawatts of power in South Africa. The…
DOE Awards UAMPS $1.355 Billion for NuScale SMR in Idaho
Source: Neutron BytesDOE Cost-share Award of $1.355 billion Approved for UAMPS NuScale SMR in Idaho Framatome and General Atomics In Joint Effort to Build Fast SMR Canadian Government Invests in SMR Commercialization Plan Terrestrial Energy USA and…
EDF / Company Says It Will Unveil EPR 2 Reactor Technology In 2021
Source: NucNetFrance’s state-controlled utility and nuclear plant operator EDF aims to unveil a new, cheaper-to-build version of its EPR reactor technology by mid-2021, the company said on Thursday. EDF said that the next generation EPR, known…
Canada / Government Moves Forward With Reactor Commercialisation Plan
Source: NucNetThe Canadian government took a step forward on its national small modular reactor plan on Thursday, with an investment to help an Ontario company move closer to commercialising its Generation IV reactor technology. The CAD20m…
Oak Ridge / Decades-Long Cleanup Complete At Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Source: NucNetA decades-long effort to clean and transform the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant in the US state of Tennessee is complete, resulting in the first-ever removal and remediation of a uranium enrichment complex. Since…
Generation IV / Economic Modelling Compares Costs Of SMR To Conventional PWR
Source: NucNetThe total cost per kW of electricity generated by a 114-MW small modular reactor unit is $2,653 compared to $4,764 per kW for a conventional pressurised water reactor unit of 1,144 MW, economic modelling data…
Flamanville-3 / France’s Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Fuel At EPR Site
Source: NucNetFrance’s nuclear regulator ASN has authorised state utility and nuclear operator EDF to receive and store fuel for the EPR power reactor under construction at the Flamanville site in northern France. ASN said in a…