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X-Energy Gets $149M Tax Credit for TRISO Fuel Plant
Source: Neutron BytesX-Energy Gets $149M Investment Tax Credit for TRISO Fuel Plant Centrus Makes First HALEU Delivery to DOE Terrestrial Energy IMSR Offered to Power Schneider Electric Data Centers EU Approves €300M Aid for Nuward’s Small Nuclear…
Canada / BWXT Plans Multi-Million Investment In Ontario Nuclear Manufacturing Site
Source: NucNetThe Canadian branch of US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has announced plans for an expansion of its Cambridge manufacturing plant aimed at supporting growing demand for small modular reactors (SMRs), traditional large-scale nuclear reactors and advanced…
Canada / Existing Environmental Assessment ‘Applicable To BWRX-300 Reactor’
Source: NucNetCanada’s nuclear regulator has said the existing environmental assessment for new nuclear at the Darlington station in Ontario is applicable to the General Electric Hitachi BWRX‑300 reactor technology chosen by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) for…
Advanced Reactors / Terrestrial Energy Signs IMSR Agreement With Schneider Electric
Source: NucNetCanada-based Generation IV nuclear power plant developer Terrestrial Energy and Schneider Electric, a French multinational supplier of digital control systems for energy management, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop commercial opportunities and…
Finland / Climate And Energy Concerns See Support For Nuclear Hit More Than 60%
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNetClimate awareness and the energy crisis have consolidated support for nuclear power in Finland with 61% of respondents in favour and only 9% against, according to a survey by Verian for Finnish Energy industry group.…
Research Reactors / Substantial Efforts Needed In Bid To Support New Nuclear Deployment
Source: NucNetAn ambitious deployment of Generation III reactors in Europe coupled with the expected development and demonstration of small and advanced reactor technologies will require “substantial efforts” in research, development, and innovation and associated infrastructures, including…
Poland / Geological Studies At Site Of First Nuclear Power Station To Begin In May
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetGeological studies will begin in May 2024 at the proposed site of Poland’s first nuclear power station near the villages of Lubiatowo and Kopalino in the Baltic province of Pomerania. Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), the…
Bulgaria / Kozloduy-5 To Use First Westinghouse Fuel In May As Lead Assemblies Delivered To Nuclear Plant Site
Source: NucNetThe Bulgarian Agency for Nuclear Regulation (ANR) has issued a permit to Unit 5 of the Kozloduy nuclear power station to start using Westinghouse-made nuclear fuel type RWFA as lead assemblies arrive onsite, a statement…
Billions in Contract Awards to Build New Nuclear Power Plants
Source: Neutron BytesWhile the COP 28 commitment to triple nuclear power by 2050 has been questioned as whether it is an attainable goal, progress is taking place in building new nuclear plans, as well as standing up…
Framatome / Company Signs Nuclear Fuel Agreement For Germany’s FRM II Research Reactor
Source: NucNetFrench nuclear company Framatome and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have signed a cooperation agreement to establish the industrial production of molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) monolithic fuel for the TUM-operated Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) research…
China / Upper Section Of Inner Containment Dome Installed At Tianwan-8
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe upper section of the inner containment dome has been installed in the reactor building of the Tianwan-8 nuclear power plant under construction in Jiangsu province, eastern China. Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, which is…
Bulgaria / Westinghouse Signs Key Agreements For New Kozloduy Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNetUS-based Westinghouse has signed memorandums of understanding with 17 Bulgarian suppliers to support forthcoming AP1000 nuclear projects at the Kozloduy nuclear power station site in northern Bulgaria, and other projects throughout the region. The company…
Sizewell C / Framatome Signs ‘Multi-Billion’ Contracts For Planned Nuclear Station
Source: NucNetFrench nuclear fuel cycle company Framatome has signed “contracts worth multi-billion euros” with Sizewell C Ltd, laying out the scope of its involvement in the Sizewell C nuclear new build project in the UK, the…
Poland / Green Light For Start Of Geological Works At Site Of First Nuclear Station
Source: NucNetPoland will begin geological works next month at the site of the country’s first nuclear power station in the northern province of Pomerania. Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), the state-owned company responsible for the construction project…
Europe / Two New Nuclear Plants Needed Every Year For 15 Years, Says Commission Vice-President
Source: NucNetAnnual construction of two new commercial nuclear power reactors a year is needed over the next 15 years in Europe with the need for an alliance of industrial partners and efforts to improve the supply…
Canada / CNSC’s Ramzi Jammal To Head IAEA Efforts On Spent Fuel And Radwaste Management
Source: NucNetRamzi Jammal, head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), has been elected as president of the eighth review meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management…
Ukraine / Ceremony Marks Start Of Construction At Two New Khmelnitski Nuclear Plants
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe first section of concrete has been laid as part of a ceremony to mark the official start of construction of Units 5 and 6 at the Khmelnitski nuclear power station in northwest Ukraine. State…
Oklo Offers 50 MW SMR to Power Shale Oil Operations
Source: Neutron BytesOklo Offers 50 MW SMR to Power Shale Oil Operations Newcleo Signs LFR Agreement With France’s CEA Partnership to Offer HTMR-100 SMR in South Africa UK Space Agency Awards Space Reactor Project to BWXT and…
NRC is Missing the Boat on Climate Change – GAO
Source: Neutron BytesNRC is Missing the Boat on Climate Change – GAO Food for Thought for Reforming the NRC Breakthrough Institute Has Five Questions for the NRC Current Legislation to Reform the NRC Risch, Warner Launch Advanced…
Coal-To-Nuclear / New Reactors Would Create High-Paying Jobs And Spur Millions In Host Community Investment, Says DOE
Source: NucNetBuilding new nuclear power plants on coal sites would create additional higher paying jobs at the plant, hundreds of additional jobs locally and spur millions of dollars in increased revenues and economic activity in the…