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Norway’s IFE To Permanently Shut Down Country’s Last Operating Reactor
Source: NucNet29 Apr (NucNet): Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology has decided to permanently shut down the Jeep-II research reactor – the country’s last operating reactor. …
DOE Plans $7.5M For Nuclear Data Research
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy has announced plans to provide $7.5 million for new research on nuclear data. The aim, the department said, is to expand and improve the quality of data needed for a…
South Korea’s Shin-Kori-4 Connected To Grid
Source: NucNet26 Apr (NucNet): Unit 4 of the Shin-Kori nuclear power station has been connected to the electricity grid, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power announced. …
Final Commissioning Test Complete At €2 Billion Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
Source: NucNet26 Apr (NucNet): The final commissioning test has been completed at the €2bn structure built to encase the destroyed reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and…
Floating NPP Completes Pre-Licensing Tests
Source: NewsRosatom operations subsidiary Rosenergoatom said that the twin KLT-40 icebreaker reactors on the floating power station Akademik Lomonosov had passed comprehensive pre-licensing tests and would be issued operating license in July.
Study Shows ‘Widespread Economic Benefits’ Of European Nuclear Energy Industry
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet25 Apr (NucNet): The European nuclear industry sustains more than 1.1 million jobs in the EU and generates more than half a trillion euros in GDP, according to a study released today by Deloitte and…
CNNC Completes Qinshan NPP Uprate
Source: NewsThe China National Nuclear Corporation said this week that it had completed a 50 MWe net upgrade of the country's oldest domestic nuclear power plant to 350 MWe, calling the engineering work an "important reference…
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd Awards Framework Contracts
Source: NewsThe company in charge of decommissioning at the fast breeder research and development site in Scotland, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) said it had awarded six framework contracts that involve 28 companies and their supply…
Russia Completes Reactor Trials On First Floating Nuclear Station
Source: NucNet24 Apr (NucNet): Russia’s Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power station is one step closer to becoming fully operational after successful trials of its twin reactors, state nuclear operator Rosenergoatom announced today. …
Minerals Council Calls For End To ‘Discriminatory Treatment’ Of Nuclear In Australia
Source: NucNet23 Apr (NucNet): The Minerals Council of Australia has said the time has come to end the discriminatory treatment of nuclear energy by repealing the ban on new plants. …
Test Installation Begins Of RPV Internals At Russia’s Leningrad 2-2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet23 Apr (NucNet): Test installation has begun of the reactor pressure vessel internals of the Leningrad 2-2 nuclear power unit under construction in Sosnovy Bor, western Russia, state nuclear operator Rosenergoatom said. …
Concrete Pour Milestone At Kursk II Unit 2
Source: NewsRussia’s state-owned nuclear power corporation Rosatom said last week that that workers had poured the first concrete for the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II unit 2.
South Korea’s Shin-Kori-4 Reaches First Criticality
Source: NucNet19 Apr (NucNet): Unit 4 at South Korea’s Shin-Kori nuclear power station in Busan has reached first criticality with grid connection scheduled for the end of April, operator Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power said. …
Rosatom Ready To Provide ‘Necessary Support’ For Bulgaria’s Belene Project
Source: NucNet19 Apr (NucNet): Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is ready to provide Bulgaria with any “necessary support” for the project to resume the construction of the Belene nuclear power station. …
UK Needs To Replace All The Nuclear Plants It Plans To Close, Lords Committee Told
Source: NucNet18 Apr (NucNet): If the UK wants to meet its carbon budgets it will need to ensure that it gets at least one nuclear station online in the coming years and replace the nuclear plants…
Mochovce Unit 3 Completes Hot Hydro Testing
Source: NewsSlovakian utility Slovenske Elektrame said that unit 3 of the Machovce nuclear plant had completed all of the hot hydro testing and had moved to the next commissioning phase with the final major inspection of…
Commercial Operation Of Slovakia’s Mochovce-3 Depends On Licensing Process, Says Slovenské Elektrárne
Source: NucNet17 Apr (NucNet): Hot testing has been completed at the Mochovce-3 nuclear power plant under construction in Slovakia but the exact date of commissioning will depend on the licensing process, owner Slovenské Elektrárne said. …
NUHOMS Storage Unit Granted Expanded License
Source: NewsNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved of a licensing Orano USA's NUHOMS dry storage systems, that will permit "significantly shorter cooling times—as short as two years—and higher decay heat" the company announced.
TVO Announces Fuel Loading Delay At Olkiluoto 3
Source: NewsFinnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced that fuel loading at the near-completed Olkiluoto 3 reactor, long delayed during construction, will be postponed for about two months.
Australia Must Address Energy Policy And Role of Nuclear, Says Association Vice-President
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNet16 Apr (NucNet): Australia can have a clean, low-carbon, low-cost future using nuclear energy, but political parties are not addressing the issue because they see it as being too contentious, Australian Nuclear Association vice-president Rob…