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IAEA Report / Global Nuclear Power Capacity Set To Continue Growth By 2050
Source: NucNetThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) forecasts a significant increase in global nuclear power capacity by 2050, with capacity potentially growing by 2.5 times current levels, according to its Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates…
China / Hot Functional Testing Completed For Unit 1 At Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetHot functional testing has been completed at t China’s Taipingling-1 nuclear power unit under construction in the southern province of Guangdong, the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) said. Hot testing usually takes place over several…
South Korea to Complete Two Reactors at Shin-Hanul
Source: Neutron BytesSouth Korea to Complete Two Reactors at Shin-Hanul Centrus And KHNP Sign Sign Major Uranium Fuel Contract Prague to decide on SMR reactors by the end of 2024 Finnish Energy Firm Helen Launches SMR Effort…
Will Saudi Nuclear Reactors Power Its AI Ambitions
Source: Neutron BytesWill Saudi Nuclear Reactors Power Its AI Ambitions SMRs Planned to Power Oracle Data Center Microsoft Does Not Want to Invest in Nuclear Reactors ~ It Just Wants to Buy Power from Them. Will Saudi…
China / Welding Of Main Circulation Pipeline Begins At Sanaocun-2 Nuclear Plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe welding of the main circulation pipeline has started for Unit 2 of the Sanaocun nuclear power station in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, according to the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA). Sanaocun, also…
UK / First Hinkley Point B Reactor Successfully Defueled As Decommissioning Gathers Pace
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetEDF Energy has completed fuel removal from Unit 1 of the shut down Hinkley Point B power station in southwest England, the first in the UK’s fleet of 14 advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power…
Sweden / Gov’t Announces Major Investments As Plans For New Nuclear Gather Pace
Source: NucNetThe Swedish government has announced it intends to invest over SEK1bn (€88m, $97m) in 2025 to expand fossil-free electricity production including plans for an investment of more than $9m in pilot and demonstration nuclear power…
Sanmen-3 / Steel Dome Installed For China’s First CAP1000 Reactor Unit
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe inner steel containment dome has been hoisted into place for at Unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power station in Zhejiang province, eastern China. Developer China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the move means…
PIME 2024 / Nuclear Communications Conference Returns In October In South Of France
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNetThe PIME 2024 (Public Materials Information Exchange) nuclear communications conference is returning on 14 and 15 October 2024 after a five-year hiatus, organisers the European Nuclear Society (ENS) have announced. The conference will take place…
Fukushima-Daiichi / Operation Begins To Remove Radioactive Debris From Unit 2
Source: NucNetAn operation to remove a small amount of radioactive debris from Unit 2 at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear station has begun, after technical issues led to the cancellation of an earlier attempt. Tokyo Electric Power Company…
Nuclear Jobs / UK Industry Employment Highest Ever As ‘Major New Projects’ Bring Big Increase
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNetThe number of people working in the civil nuclear industry in the UK is at its highest level ever with major new projects helping to drive a 60% increase in the number of jobs in…
South Africa / IAEA Highlights Need For Further Work On Koeberg Nuclear Station LTO
Source: NucNetThe operator of South Africa’s Koberg nuclear power station needs to continue its work to ensure that programmes supporting long-term operation (LTO) are fully implemented for the LTO period and that the containment monitoring system…
Westinghouse Launches Nuclear AI System in UK
Source: Neutron BytesWestinghouse Launches Nuclear AI System in UK NRC, CNSC, and ONR Look for Boundaries in Using AI DHS Report Weighs Threats AI Poses to Nuclear Safety INL Scientists Excited About Uses of AI in Nuclear…
Advanced Reactors / Newcleo And Saipem To Explore Potential Of LFR Technology For Offshore Application
Source: NucNetItalian multinational Saipem and advanced reactor developer Newcleo have signed an agreement to explore the possible offshore applications of Newcleo’s technology. Newcleo is developing a lead-cooled fast neutron demonstration nuclear technology which according to earlier…
Ukraine / Situation At Zaporizhzhia Remains ‘Precarious And Very Fragile’, Warns IAEA Report
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetThe International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia…
US / France’s Orano Chooses Oak Ridge As Preferred Site For Uranium Enrichment Plant
Source: NucNetFrance’s state-owned nuclear fuel company Orano has chosen Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a preferred site to build a multi-billion-dollar US uranium enrichment plant – with the facility potentially up and running in the early 2030s.…
Orano to Locate Uranium Enrichment Plant in Oak Ridge TN
Source: Neutron BytesOak Ridge selected as the preferred site for a new enrichment facility, company’s multi-billion-dollar project represents single largest investment in Tennessee history On 09/04/24 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner…
Russia / Plans Published For 34 New Reactors That Could More Than Double Nuclear Capacity
Source: NucNetDraft plans published by a government agency have proposed the construction of 28 GW of new nuclear power generation in Russia by 2042 – potentially more than doubling the country’s current installed nuclear capacity of…
Advanced Reactors / Dutch And French Regulators To Collaborate On Thorizon Preparatory Review
Source: NucNetDutch and French nuclear safety authorities ANVS and ASN are collaborating on a preparatory review of Thorizon’s molten salt reactor (MSR), Thorizon One, in an effort to streamline the pre-licence applications expected in 2025. Dutch-French…
China / Installation Of Reactor Core Internals Begins At SMR Demonstration Project
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetWorkers have started the installation of reactor core internals for China’s ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project, the China Nuclear Energy Association said. Reactor internals are structures inside a nuclear reactor’s pressure vessel that…