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UK Regulator Ends Extra Security Checks At Sellafield
Source: NucNetThe UK’s nuclear regulator has dropped the requirement for extra security checks at the UK’s largest nuclear site. Guarding arrangements at the vast nuclear site in Cumbria, northwest England, have improved enough to allow for…
New Landmark For Nuclear Fusion As France Tokamak Sets Plasma Record
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetA nuclear fusion machine in southern France has set a new record for plasma duration, beating a record set in China earlier this year. On 12 February, the “West” machine, at the Alternative Energies and…
IAEA’s Grossi Sees Additional Testing Measures For Fukushima Treated Water Disposal
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has joined scientists from the China, South Korea and Switzerland as they collected seawater samples near the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station as part of additional measures to…
Sweden’s Kärnfull Next Secures Land Rights For SMR Nuclear Park
Source: NucNetSweden-based small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull Next is moving ahead with plans to develop an SMR park with four to six nuclear plants in the southeast of the country. The company said…
Blykalla Gets €15 Million European Investment For Sealer Reactor Project
Source: NucNetSweden-based small modular reactor (SMR) developer Blykalla has been selected for funding under a European Union programme which will give the company €15m ($15.6m) equity investment and a €2.5m grant. The funding has been awarded…
Core Power Announces Programme To Bring Floating Nuclear Power To Market By Mid-2030s
Source: NucNetUK-based maritime nuclear innovation company Core Power has launched a US-anchored maritime civil nuclear programme, titled Liberty, that aims to bring floating nuclear power to market by the mid-2030s. The programme will lay the foundation…
Belgium Down To Four Nuclear Reactors After Shutdown Of Doel-1
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetUnit 1 of the Doel nuclear power station to the north of Antwerp in Belgium has been permanently shut down, bringing the number of commercial reactors in operation in the country to four. Doel-1 operator…
Firefighters Working To Completely Extinguish Fires At Chernobyl Shelter
Source: NucNetUkrainian firefighters worked around the clock in freezing weather to completely extinguish small fires that still smouldered after Friday’s drone strike on the building containing the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl…
Hyundai to Offer Container Ships Powered by SMRs
Source: Neutron BytesHD KSOE to Offer Nuclear-powered Container Ship Based on SMRs India’s Railroads Wants SMRs to Power its Trains French Cloud Computer Giant to Spend $10B on Nuclear Powered Data Center Type One Fusion Inks Two…
IAEA Told Drone Struck Roof Of New Safe Confinement At Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NucNetAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine said they had been told a drone caused a fire after striking the roof of the New Safe Confinement (NSC),…
Niger ‘Strongly Supports’ Dasa Uranium Project, But Talks Continue On Financing
Source: NucNetNiger’s mines minister Ousmane Abarchi has said the government of Niger strongly supports Canada-based Global Atomic and has no intention of nationalising the company’s Dasa uranium project. Global Atomic said in a statement that it…
South Korean Shipbuilder Unveils Design For Nuclear-Powered Vessel
Source: NucNetA South Korean shipbuilding company has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model using small modular reactor (SMR) technology, potentially accelerating the development of nuclear-powered vessels. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), an intermediary…
Q&A with Type One Energy on its Plan to Build a Stellarator Fusion Prototype at a TVA Site
Source: Neutron BytesType One Energy to Build a Fusion Prototype at TVA’s Bull Run Site Q&A with Type One Energy (Neutron Byes exclusive) Type One Energy to Support Five of the Six Projects Selected for DOE’s FIRE…
Ukraine’s Parliament Backs Purchase Of Russian Nuclear Reactor Equipment From Bulgaria
Source: NucNetUkraine’s parliament has voted to support a draft bill allowing Kyiv to buy Russian-made reactor equipment from Bulgaria for the completion of Units 3 and 4 at the Khmelnitski nuclear power station. The bill was…
South Korea Backs Nuclear Industry With $100 Million Of Financial Support For 2025
Source: NucNetSouth Korea will provide more than $100m (€96m) worth of financial support this year to businesses in the nuclear power plant industry to encourage development of the sector, the industry ministry said on 10 February.…
South Korea’s KHNP Withdraws From Competition For New Slovenia Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has decided to withdraw from the bidding competition for a planned new nuclear power station project in Slovenia, BusinessKorea reported. The report follows an announcement last month that Slovenia’s…
Military Activities Near Ukraine Substations Could Lead To Nuclear Accident, Says Grossi
Source: NucNetSubstations on which Ukraine’s nuclear power plants depend for the offsite power needed to cool their reactors have been affected by widespread military activities, compromising nuclear safety and potentially leading to an accident, International Atomic…
Texas A&M System Goes Nuclear
Source: Neutron BytesTexas A&M System Goes Nuclear X-Energy Raises $700 Million to Develop its HTGR India Pushes Ahead With Plans To Open Up Nuclear Sector, Deploy More Reactors Vietnam Opens Talks With Potential Partners for Nuclear Plants…
Tepco To Begin Water Tank Dismantling At Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Station
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetThe operator of the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station will start dismantling treated water tanks next week to clear space needed to store nuclear fuel debris to be extracted from the reactors. The step is…
Nukem And Uniper Complete RPV Dismantling At Oskarshamn, Bringing Four-Year Project To End
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetGermany-based Nukem Technologies Engineering Services has completed the dismantling of the second and final reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at Sweden’s Oskarshamn nuclear power station, marking a major milestone in nuclear waste management and decommissioning, a…