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Chernobyl Shelter To Begin Full Operation In December, Says Ukraine President
Source: NucNet27 Apr (NucNet): Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (NSC) shelter, designed to enclose a previous makeshift shelter that was hastily assembled immediately after the 1986 accident, will begin full operation in December, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko…
IAEA Team Reviews South Ukraine's Unit 3
Source: NewsA review team from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency completed an operational safety review of Unit 3 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant on April 25, concluding that management was committed to safety…
As Phaseout Looms, Nuclear Power Produced 60% Of Belgian Electricity In First Quarter Of 2018
Source: NucNet26 Apr (NucNet): Belgium’s fleet of seven commercial reactor units generated 60% of the country’s electricity in the first quarter of 2018, the Brussels-based Belgian Nuclear Forum said, quoting figures from the country’s grid operator…
Fuel Loading Begins At World’s First AP1000 Reactor in Sanmen, China
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet26 Apr (NucNet): The loading of nuclear fuel has begun at the Sanmen-1 Generation III+ Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor unit under construction in eastern China, technology provider Westinghouse said on 25 April 2018. …
Carnegie Mellon Develops Pipe Inspecting Robot
Source: NewsRobotics experts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have developed an autonomous uranium detector that is expected to greatly speed up inspection of the pipes in plants or processing facilities in their decommissioning phases. The…
AP1000 Fuel Loading Begins At Sanmen NPP
Source: NewsChina State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) announced Wednesday that the world’s first unit of AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, has received…
Canada’s Bruce Power Signs CAD 914 Million In Refurbishment Contracts
Source: NucNet25 Apr (NucNet): Canada’s Bruce Power has signed CAD 914m (€582m, $708m) in advanced manufacturing contracts for a major component replacement project which gets underway in 2020 and will allow the Bruce nuclear site in…
State Backing Means China Can Absorb Risks Of New Nuclear, Says Report
Source: NucNet24 Apr (NucNet): China is fast-tracking the development of Generation III and III+ nuclear power plants, a situation that reflects the “sheer size” of state players that have abundant capital and the ability to absorb…
NASA Schedules Kilopower Media Event
Source: NewsU.S. space agency NASA said that it had scheduled a major media event to discuss “demonstration of new space exploration power system,” in what is known as the Kilopower project, which involves the use of…
Bulgaria And Belene: A Question Of Financing On Long Road To New Nuclear
Source: NucNet23 Apr (NucNet): Bulgaria’s energy ministry has been asked by parliament to present concrete options for the realisation of the two-unit Belene nuclear power station – a project that dates back almost 40 years and…
Annual Outages Begin At Finland’s Olkiluoto Nuclear Station
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet23 Apr (NucNet): Annual outages have begun at Teollisuuden Voima Oyj’s two-unit Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland, the company said on 23 April 2018. …
Egypt’s $60 Billion Bet on Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesIt is one of the largest nuclear energy deals (4800 MW) inked so far this century and is similar in scale as a project in terms of electricity generation capacity to the four 1400 MW…
Canadian Nuclear Lab Steps Up SMR Process
Source: NewsCanadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization on Thursday invited “small modular reactor (SMR) project proponents” to join in the evaluation process for the eventual construction of a SMR at an…
IAEA Praises Safety Culture At Ghana's Research Reactor
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the team of experts sent to review safety and security at Ghana’s research reactor gave the operator high marks, noting "a high commitment to safety following the conversion…
Exelon States Its Case: Pro-Nuclear With Caveat
Source: NewsExelon on Friday responded to the media coverage from earlier this week concerning remarks a company official made at the U.S. Energy Association's annual meeting in Washington about the future of nuclear power in the…
Russia To Begin Moving Floating Nuclear Plant In About One Week, Says Rosatom Boss
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet20 Apr (NucNet): Russia will start towing its first commercial floating nuclear power station, the Akademik Lomonosov, to the port city of Murmansk in the far northwest of Russia in “approximately one week”, the director-general…
Denmark’s Seaborg Attracts Investment For Molten Salt Reactor Project
Source: NucNet19 Apr (NucNet): The company behind a Denmark-based project to develop and commercialise a molten salt reactor (MSR) has closed its first round of pre-seed investment, attracting “several millions” of Danish kroner. …
U.S. and Canadian Nuclear Labs Announce Programs to Support Developers and Supply Chains for Small Modular and Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesAdvanced Nuclear Supply Chain Meeting to be held at Idaho National Laboratory 5/16-16 NuScale, which will build its first SMR unit for its customer UAMPS at the site, is a key sponsor and participant in…
Perry Affirms U.S. And Westinghouse Commitment In India
Source: NewsU.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry in a trip to India this week said that Westinghouse Electric Company was preparing to emerge from bankruptcy and that its financial restructuring would not interfere with the company's ability…
NASA To Test Radiation Protection Vests
Source: NewsIsraeli-American radiation shielding company StemRad said Wednesday that the last test flight around the moon prior to NASA's first manned deep space missions would include the launching of the company's AstroRad radiation protection vests.