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Financing New Nuclear: Is RAB Model The Right Way Forward?
Source: NucNet21 Nov (NucNet): The UK government has confirmed it is exploring the “right ways” to finance new nuclear, including through potential government investment in the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on the isle of Anglesey…
Citing "Social Decision," Spain To Phase Out Nuclear
Source: NewsThe Spanish government is closing in on a policy that would phase out nuclear power by not granting license extensions beyond the original 40-year commitment, as the country focuses on a strict diet of renewable…
ENEC Celebrates Concrete Completion At Barakah
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has celebrated the achievement of a historic milestone in the development of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, with the completion of all main concrete works and heavy equipment lifting…
Nuclear Can Help Poland Reduce Emissions And Create Jobs, Minister Tells Warsaw Conference
Source: NucNet20 Nov (NucNet): Poland must invest in a new low-carbon energy source if it is to reduce its CO2 emissions with nuclear energy a potential solution to the challenges facing the Polish economy and the…
Hot Testing Of Flamanville-3 EPR Scheduled By End Of Year As Construction Enters Final Stretch, Says EDF
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet19 Nov (NucNet): Hot testing of the Flamanville-3 EPR unit under construction in northern France is scheduled to begin by the end of the year, EDF executive director Xavier Ursat said in an interview with…
Framatome Completes Evaporator Repair At Savannah River
Source: NewsFramatome and Savannah River Remediation (SRR) successfully completed repair work on a high-level waste evaporator (3H) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina.
NRC To Inspect Brown's Ferry After Dose Rate Incident
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said last week it had launched a special inspection at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant to determine how and why a diver received a dose rate alarm during underwater work…
Canada’s SMR Development Plan Leaves the Station
Source: Neutron BytesRoadmap shows Canada can lead in development of SMRs Significant challenges face vendors and utilities to open these markets The Canadian Nuclear Association said (CNA) that a roadmap released this week for the deployment of…
Study Warns That EU Could Miss Paris Climate Targets
Source: NucNet16 Nov (NucNet): The EU is on course to more than double the 1.5 degrees Celsius that scientists say is a moderately safe level of warming, according to a study that ranks the climate goals…
Orano Signs Nuclear Material Shipping Service Contract
Source: NewsNuclear power service and engineering firm Orano said Thursday it had signed a contract for an important volume of business with the JAEA1 (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) regarding the preparation of shipments to France of…
Genusa To Supply Fuel For Olkiluoto Units 1 And 2
Source: NewsGlobal Nuclear Fuel (GNF) said this week that it had been selected to supply fuel assemblies to Finland’s utility company Teollisuuden Voima Ojy from 2020 until 2038 – a long commitment for a fuel supply…
GE Hitatchi Nuclear To Support Versatile Test Reactor Program
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and its PRISM technology have been selected by Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) program which seeks to utilize fast neutron…
UK Regulators Announce Completion Of Initial ‘High-Level’ Hualong One Review
Source: NucNet15 Nov (NucNet): Nuclear regulators have completed their initial “high-level” scrutiny of the UK HPR1000 reactor design and have not identified any fundamental safety, security or environmental issues that would prevent it being approved. …
Bulgaria Signs Contract With Russia For Storage And Maintenance Of Belene Components
Source: NucNet15 Nov (NucNet): Bulgaria’s state-owned National Electric Company has signed a contract with Russia’s nuclear equipment supplier Atomstroyexport for the storage and maintenance of the main reactor components for the two-unit Belene nuclear power station…
Cyclife Signs Contracts In Spain, Finland And UK
Source: NewsCyclife has signed work orders with Nuclenor, the operator of the Santa Maria de Garona nuclear plant in the Burgos region of Spain. It has also signed a contract to handle metal waste from the…
Doel Units 1 and 2 Remain Set For December Restarts
Source: NewsRestarts of the Doel Unit 1 and 2 pressurized water reactors on track for December, although repairs and inspections on cooling water circuit pipes continues, according to the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc).
GE Hitachi Tapped for Design Work on Advanced Test Reactor
Source: Neutron BytesThe Idaho National Laboratory has awarded a subcontract to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to support the conceptual design, cost/schedule estimate and safety framework activities for a proposed fast spectrum Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). The test…
IAEA Team Calls Fukushima Daiichi Site Stable
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday that the agency had completed the fourth review mission of Japan's efforts towards the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) in Japan, noting several…
World Energy Outlook Sees ‘Geographical Shift’ In Nuclear Growth
Source: NucNet13 Nov (NucNet): Strong government policies to electrify the energy sector could see nuclear capacity increase moderately until 2040, but with a significant geographical shift towards China, India and Russia, the International Energy Agency’s World…
IAEA Calls On Japan To Make Urgent Decision On Fukushima Waste Water Disposal
Source: NucNet13 Nov (NucNet): An International Atomic Energy Agency team has called on Japan’s government to urgently decide on how to dispose of treated water containing tritium and other residual radionuclides from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power…