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Belgium / New Government Stands By Phaseout Plans, But Calls For Report On Security Of Supply
Source: NucNetBelgium’s new governing coalition will stand by its predecessors’ plans to shut down the country’s nuclear fleet in 2025 on condition that security of the country’ power supply will not be affected. Plans to shut…
Slovakia / PM Calls For European Alliance Of Nuclear Energy Countries
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNetSlovakia’s prime minister Igor Matovič intends to set up an alliance of countries using nuclear energy in the European Union, the Slovak newspaper Pravda reported. “I would like to form an alliance of countries that…
Floating Nuclear Plants / South Korea Companies Sign MoU On Development
Source: NucNetSouth Korea’s Kepco Engineering & Construction Company and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the development of floating nuclear power plants. The two companies said they will…
Europe / Parliament Votes To Increase Emissions Reduction Target To 60%
Source: NucNetThe European Parliament has voted to raise the EU’s emissions reduction target for 2030 from 40% to 60%, higher than the European Commission’s proposed 55%. “This is a huge success for the climate,” said Dutch…
Canada / OPG Announces Collaboration On Three SMR Designs
Source: NucNetOntario Power Generation is advancing engineering and design work with three developers of grid-scale small modular rectors as it seeks to become a world leader in the SMR sector. The company, which owns and operates…
Brazil / Westinghouse Signs Engineering Analysis Contract For Angra-1
Source: NucNetWestinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Brazil’s state-run power company Eletronuclear to conduct engineering analysis critical to the safety, reliability and long-term life of the Angra-1 nuclear power plant. The company said the…
Fortum / Finnish Company To Collaborate With MIT On SMR Modelling
Source: NucNetFinnish utility Fortum and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are cooperating on a project to create an open source tool for the techno-economic modelling of small modular reactor (SMR) projects. Fortum, which owns and…
Crystal River / Duke Energy Confirms Decommissioning To Begin 50 Years Sooner Than Planned
Source: NucNetAccelerated Decommissioning Partners and Duke Energy completed a transaction on 1 October to start decontamination and dismantlement of the single-unit Crystal River nuclear power station in 2020 instead of 2067 – nearly 50 years sooner…
Is There New Hope for UK’s Wylfa Nuclear Project?
Source: Neutron BytesIs There New Hope for UK Wylfa Nuclear Project? The BBC reports that there are “fresh talks” underway to save £20bn Wylfa nuclear plant from oblivion. The fat lady may not have sung her last…
Poland / State In Line To Take Over Nuclear Project Company
Source: NucNetThe shareholders of Poland’s PGE EJ1, the company charged with managing the country’s planned first nuclear power station, have signed a letter of intent outlining the potential takeover of the company by the Polish state.…
Akkuyu / Russia Delivers Steam Generator Set For First Turkey Reactor
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetRussia’s Atomenergomash has delivered all four steam generators for Unit 1 of the Akkuyu nuclear power station under construction in southwest Turkey, according to project owner Akkuyu Nuclear JSC. Akkuyu Nuclear said in a statement…
Russia / Go-Ahead For Project To Modernise And Complete PIK Research Reactor
Source: NucNetRussia has approved a project to modernise and complete the PIK high-flux research reactor at the BP Konstantinov St Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), part of the country’s Kurchatov Institute national research centre. Regulatory body…
China / CNNC Announces Progress On Domestic Proton Therapy System
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetChina has made progress on the development of a domestic-designed proton therapy system, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said in a statement. According to the statement, a superconducting cyclotron developed by CNNC accelerated a beam…
Ukraine / Westinghouse Signs Contract To Provide Fuel For Rovno Nuclear Station
Source: NucNetWestinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Ukraine’s state nuclear operator Energoatom for the supply of VVER-440 nuclear fuel for the Rovno nuclear power station. The company said the agreement is another step in…
Replacement Generator Arrives At Koeberg
Source: NewsThe first of Koeberg nuclear power station’s long-awaited six new replacement steam generators arrived at the plant yesterday, Eskom said Wednesday.
Rivne NPP Nuclear Fuel Supply Tracks Diversification
Source: NewsU.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Company said Wednesday it had signed a contract with theNational Nuclear Energy Generating Company (NNEGC Energoatom) concerning VVER-440 nuclear fuel for the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant.
Pandemic-Delayed Project At Cernavoda NPP Is Done
Source: NewsGE Steam Power said Tuesday that it had completed a major steam turbine and generator outage at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant in Romania in only 30 days. The work was completed despite a scheduling…
Generation IV / L3Harris Wins Contract For IMSR Simulator
Source: NucNetCanada-based Terrestrial Energy has awarded US technology company L3Harris Technologies a contract to develop an engineering and operator training simulator for the integral molten salt reactor (IMSR), a Generation IV nuclear power plant. The IMSR power…
Bangladesh / Russia Ships Steam Generators For Rooppur Nuclear Station
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetRussia has shipped two steam generators from a set of four for the first unit at the Rooppur nuclear power station under construction in Bangladesh, equipment manufacturer Atomenergomash said. The company said the two steam…
Akkuyu / Russia Ships RPV For First Turkey Reactor
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetRussia’s nuclear equipment manufacturer Atommash has shipped the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power station under construction in Turkey, parent company Atomenergomash said in a statement. According to the…