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Finland / Fortum Loads Westinghouse Fuel At Loviisa In Move Away from Russia
Source: NucNetFinnish utility Fortum has loaded the first batch of VVER-440 fuel assemblies supplied by Westinghouse into Unit 2 of the Loviisa nuclear power station as it seeks to replace Russian supply. Loviisa, which has two…
Temelín Goes 5G / Czech Nuclear Station Gets ‘First Of Kind’ Mobile Private Network
Source: NucNetBritish multinational telecommunications company Vodafone has launched a 5G mobile private network (MPN) at the Temelín nuclear power station in the Czech Republic in what it says is the first deployment of its kind in…
Last Energy Books $40 Million Series B Funding
Source: Neutron BytesLast Energy Books $40 Million Series B Funding Data Center Demand Expected to Grow in Asia, Nuclear Reactors Will Follow Ghana Plans to Build a 77 MWe NuScale SMR Switzerland Announces Plans To Overturn Ban…
Ghana / African Nation Signs Agreement For NuScale 12-Module Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NucNetGhana nuclear power plant company Nuclear Power Ghana and US nuclear technology project developer Regnum Technology Group have reached an agreement to deploy a single NuScale Voygr-12 small modular reactor plant in the West African…
Advanced Reactors / US Startup Last Energy Raises $40 Million For Ambitious Microreactor Project
Source: NucNetUS nuclear company Last Energy has raised $40m (€36m) in Series B funding, bringing total capital raised to $64m since the company’s founding in 2019. The Washington based company, which is developing a 20 MW…
Russia / Pilot Fuel Elements For MBIR Research Reactor Pass Acceptance Tests
Source: NucNetPilot fuel elements for the Generation IV MBIR multipurpose fast neutron research reactor under construction in Russia have passed acceptance tests, allowing state nuclear corporation Rosatom researchers to move on to production of fuel for…
US / NRC Grants Second 20-Year Licence Renewal For North Anna Nuclear Station
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded a 20-year licence renewal for the two commercial nuclear reactor units operating at the North Anna site in Virginia. There are two Westinghouse-made 948-MW and 944-MW pressurised…
Ukraine / Energoatom Pushes Ahead With Plans For Four Reactors At Former Soviet Site
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetLocal authorities have transferred land to state nuclear operator Energoatom as the company begins preparations to build a new four-unit nuclear power station at the Chyhyryn site in central Ukraine. Energoatom said in a statement…
Kursk / IAEA’s Grossi Warns Of Accident Risk At Russian Nuclear Station
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi said after visiting Russia's Kursk nuclear power station on Tuesday (27 August) that there was a risk of a nuclear accident and the situation was serious. “The danger…
Czech Republic / Anti-Monopoly Office Confirms Appeals From Westinghouse And EDF Over Dukovany Nuclear Tender
Source: NucNetThe Czech anti-monopoly office UOHS has received appeals from France’s EDF and US group Westinghouse over a multibillion-dollar tender for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Dukovany nuclear power station, a spokesperson…
Czech Republic / Westinghouse Files Appeal Over Decision To Award Nuclear Contract To South Korea
Source: NucNetUS-based Westinghouse Electric Company has filed an appeal with the Czech anti-monopoly office to protest the decision by state power company ČEZ to choose Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the preferred bidder for…
Kursk / IAEA’s Grossi Confirms Plans To ‘Personally Lead Visit’ To Russian Nuclear Station
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi has said he will personally lead a visit to Russia’s Kursk nuclear power station on Tuesday (27 August). In a statement on 26 August Grossi said: “I…
Kazatomprom / World’s Largest Uranium Producer Cuts 2025 Production Target
Source: NucNetKazatomprom, the world’s largest uranium producer, has cut its production target for 2025 due to project delays and sulphuric acid shortages, potentially threatening supplies. The Kazakh company, which generates a fifth of global uranium supply,…
South Korea in Talks with US Govt to Resolve WEC IP Dispute
Source: Neutron BytesAccording to a South Korean English language news media report for 08/24/24, the government of South Korea is in talks with unnamed US government officials to resolve the intellectual property dispute between Westinghouse (WEC) and…
TVA Board Doubles Down on SMR Funding
Source: Neutron BytesTVA Board Doubles Down on SMR Funding US in Talks with Turkey for SMRs and Large Reactors UK Plans For Nuclear ‘Super Cluster’ for SMRs and Mico Reactors Deep Fission Emerges from Stealth Mode with…
China Approves 11 New Reactors at Five Sites
Source: Neutron BytesChina Approves 11 New Reactors at Five Sites Total cost estimated to be $31 billion China leads the world in new construction of new nuclear reactors (Nucnet) (WNN) China approved 11 nuclear reactors across five…
Turkey / Lower Section Of Outer Containment Dome Installed At Akkuyu-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe installation of the lower section of the outer containment dome has been completed at Unit 1 of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power station. Akkuyu NPP said the steel component measures almost 51 metres in diameter…
Uranium / Brazil Sees ‘Avenue Of Opportunities’ As Plans Announced To Resume Exploration
Source: NucNetBrazil has announced it is to resume exploration for uranium in the country after a 40-year hiatus as it eyes “an avenue of opportunities” following the tripling of the uranium price in recent years. State-owned…
Nuclear Fusion / Industry Association Calls For One-Time Supplemental Funding Of $3 Billion
Source: NucNetThe deployment of fusion energy will require robust federal support including a one-time $3bn (€2.7bn) supplemental appropriation to catch up on funding and get a start on building the infrastructure necessary to support commercialisation, the…
UK / Plans For Nuclear ‘Super Cluster’ Move Forward After Berkeley Site Sold For £6.5 Million
Source: NucNetA UK site that was formerly one of the first civil nuclear power stations in the world has been sold for £6.5m (€7.6m, $8.4m) with the new owners planning to redevelop it as a “super…