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Rolls-Royce Consortium Expected Winner In British SMR Report
Source: NewsBritish media are reporting Monday that a government report expected to be released tomorrow will name a consortium lead by Rolls-Royce as purveyors of the most favored design for development of a small modular nuclear…
Swiss NPP Receives AREVA NP Cruise Control System
Source: NewsA fifth nuclear power plant in Europe has been installed with AREVA NP's Advanced Load Following Control (ALFC) technology that allows the nuclear reactor to adjust its power output automatically in response to the needs…
South Korea Panel Votes to Restart Nuclear Reactor Projects
Source: Neutron BytesShin Kori-5 and Shin Kori-6 reactors (NucNet): South Korea is expected to resume the stalled construction of two nuclear reactors after a state commission recommended doing so despite president Moon Jae-in’s campaign promise to scrap…
NRC Approves Two Steam Supply Upgrade Evaluation Systems
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Friday that it had received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for two new analysis methodologies that will be used to upgrade Westinghouse- and Combustion Engineering-based nuclear steam supply…
ABB Lands $130 Million Hinkley Point C Contract
Source: NewsThe contract for the power transmission infrastructure for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant has been awarded to ABB, the company said.
NRC Issues White Finding For Catawba NPP
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that it had determined that an inspection finding at Duke Energy’s Catawba nuclear power plant has low to moderate safety significance, which will place the plant under increased…
Lightbridge Signs Orders For Second Irradiation Test System At Halden
Source: NewsU.S. nuclear fuel development company Lightbridge Corporation said Monday that it had moved forward on plans to build a second irradiation testing rig for its fuel rods at the Halden research reactor in Norway operated…
Bechtel Selected For Savannah River Joint Venture
Source: NewsConstruction and engineering giant Bechtel said Tuesday it had been selected as part of a joint venture to provide liquid waste services at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the…
IAEA Team Completes JEEP II Review In Norway
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team leader commended the Institute for Energy Technology's (IFE) commitment to safety at the JEEP II 2000 kW reactor 20 miles north of Oslo, Norway, but also noted that…
EnBW Selects Areva Consortium For Reactor Dismantling
Source: NewsAreva, sometimes referred to as “New AREVA,” representing the companies ongoing concerns after restructuring, said Monday that its decommissioning consortium had been selected by German utility EnBW to dismantle the reactor pressure vessel of the…
Incentives needed to jump start the SMR industry in US
Source: Neutron BytesReforms Are Called for to Support Development of Small Modular Reactors The Nuclear Innovation Alliance recommends targeted incentives to accelerate technology development and deployment The Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) has released recommendations to support the…
Eskom Granted Permission For New Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe Department of Environmental Affairs in South Africa has granted permission for public utility Eskom to build a new nuclear power plant that would be built in close proximity to the existing nuclear plant at…
Second Vogtle Unit 3 Steam Generator Placed
Source: NewsGeorgia Power announced today that the second steam generator has been safely placed for Unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion near Waynesboro, Georgia.
EDF Says It Will Repair Pipes At 20 Reactors
Source: NewsUtility giant EDF told French nuclear power regulator ASN on Wednesday that repairs on pumping station pipes in 20 different reactors were in need of repairs, as “thinning of the metal in certain sections” had…
Saudi Arabia Aims for Signed Reactor Contracts In 2018
Source: NewsThe top nuclear energy officer in Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that contracts for the first nuclear power plant in the country would be signed sometime in 2018.
Second Court In Japan Holds Government Liable For Meltdowns
Source: NewsThe Fukushima Disctrict Court on Tuesday held the government of Japan and the Tokyo Electric Power Company liable for the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Generating Station, holding that the government should…
IAEA Says Nuclear Security In Germany Is Strong
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission said Friday that a team of experts has completed an advisory mission in Germany with the impression that the country's nuclear security framework "is well established and incorporates…
Milestones At Vogtle Includes 71-Hour Concrete Pour
Source: NewsGeorgia Power on Friday touted continued progress continues at the Vogtle nuclear expansion site near Waynesboro, Georgia with recent latest milestones achieved over the past week including a 71-hour continues concrete pour the company deemed…
Wake Forest Touts Molecular Trap To Scrub Fuel Rods
Source: NewsThe University of Wake Forest news department has announced a new method for scrubbing radioactive iodide from used nuclear fuel rods that has higher efficiency measures than current industrial practices.
SMR Supply Chains, Costs, are Focus of Key Developments
Source: Neutron BytesSmall modular reactors won’t be able to compete with natural gas plants combined with renewables unless and until they get enough orders to justify building factories to manufacture them in a mass production environment. Holtec…