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US Nuclear Fuel Progress is a Mix Bag of Milestones
Source: Neutron BytesGE Verona Gets NRC OK for 8% U235 Fuel Production Fuel Fabrication Efforts Show Progress for HALEU Cylinder Shortages Delay Centrus HALEU Production BWXT Awarded $122 Million for Uranium Downblending Services Westinghouse Submits AP300 to…
More Criminal Charges in Ohio Nuclear Bribery Case
Source: Neutron BytesMore Criminal Charges in Ohio Nuclear Bribery Case Ohio Attorney General David Yost has filed a total of 27 criminal (felony) charges against two former executives of First Energy and the former chairman of the…
Sellafield / Spending Watchdog Launches Investigation Into ‘Risks and Costs’
Source: NucNetBritain’s public spending watchdog has launched an investigation into risks and costs at Sellafield, the UK’s largest and most challenging nuclear site. The National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises the use of public funds, has…
EDF / Higher Nuclear Output Helps Company Return To Profit
Source: NucNetElectricite de France returned to profit last year after a record loss in 2022 as the state-owned company benefited from rebounding nuclear output and higher power prices. The company said it recorded a 2023 net…
Vogtle-4 / New US Nuclear Plant Reaches First Criticality, Commercial Operation Scheduled For Second Quarter
Source: NucNetThe Vogtle-4 nuclear power plant in the US state of Georgia has reached first criticality, a key step during the startup testing sequence that paves the way for planned commercial operation during the second quarter…
UK / Regulator Says Heysham Steam Leak Could Have Caused Serious Injury
Source: NucNetA steam leak at the Heysham A nuclear power station in the UK could have seriously injured staff, an investigation by the UK regulator has found. The incident was caused when a valve controlling steam…
Poland / Finland Companies Sign Agreement On New Nuclear Programme
Source: NucNetFinland-based TVO Nuclear Services (TVONS) and Fortum have signed a two-year framework agreement with Polish Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), a state-owned company responsible for the construction project of the first nuclear power plant in Poland.…
UK / Government ‘In Talks’ With Hitachi Over Nuclear Power Station Site In Wales
Source: NucNetThe UK government is in talks to take control of a key site in Wales earmarked for a nuclear power station as part of wider plans to roll out new reactors as part of the…
Microreactors / Fuel Fabrication Begins For Marvel With Plant Scheduled To Be Online In 2027
Source: NucNetFuel for the Marvel microreactor, which Idaho National Laboratory plans to host at its transient reactor test (Treat) facility, is now being fabricated by Triga International, with the first fuel delivery expected in spring 2025,…
Westinghouse Wins a Deal to Build Four AP300s in UK
Source: Neutron BytesWestinghouse Wins an SMR Project in the UK Westinghouse Eliminated from Czech Nuclear Project Five Companies Shortlisted to Build Bulgaria’s Kozloduy-7 AP1000 Nuclear Plant Korean Shipbuilder Joins Maritime SMR Project Fuel Fabrication Starts for MARVEL…
UK / Westinghouse Signs Agreement To Deploy First Private AP300 SMR Fleet
Source: NucNetWestinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement with Community Nuclear Power (CNP) that could lead to the deployment of the UK’s first privately financed small modular reactor (SMR) fleet using Westinghouse’s AP300 reactor technology. Commercial…
Ukraine / ‘Very Real Dangers’ Persist At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi has warned against any complacency towards “the very real dangers” that continue to face Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine. Grossi said after his fourth visit to…
Europe / Commission Launches Industrial Alliance On SMRs, Calls For More Emission Cuts By 2040
Source: NucNetThe European Commission (EC) has given formal start of a European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) along with non-binding recommendations to further cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 with the ultimate goal of…
OpenAI CEO Altman Says Future of AI Depends on an Energy Breakthrough
Source: Neutron BytesOpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman said at a forum held at the Davos conference in Switzerland that an energy breakthrough is necessary for future artificial intelligence. It is needed, he said, because the semiconductors that process…
Holtec Optimistic on DOE $1.5 Billion Loan to Reopen Palisades
Source: Neutron BytesHoltec Optimistic on DOE $1.5 Billion Loan to Reopen Palisades DOE Awards PG&E’s Diablo Canyon $1.1 billion Czech Republic Seeks Bids for Four Nuclear Reactors From EDF And KHNP SaskPower Deal with GE Hitachi for…
Canada / SaskPower And GEH Agree To Cooperate On BWRX-300 Advancement In Saskatchewan
Source: NucNetCanadian utility SaskPower has signed an agreement with GE Vernova’s nuclear wing for the possible deployment of small modular (SMR) reactor technology in Canada’s Saskatchewan province. SaskPower said cooperation will involve project planning and expertise-sharing…
Czech Republic / Government Seeks Binding Tenders For Four Nuclear Reactors From EDF And KHNP
Source: NucNetThe Czech government announced on Wednesday (31 January) that it will be seeking binding bids from two technology vendors, France’s EDF and South Korea’s KHNP, for the construction of up to four new reactor units…
Canada / Ontario Announces Support For 30-Year Extension Of Pickering Nuclear Plant Life
Source: NucNetThe Ontario provincial government in Canada has pledged support for the long-term operation of four units at the Pickering nuclear power station, owned and operated by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), for an additional 30 years.…
Poland / Government Considering Contracts For Difference Financing For First Nuclear Plant, Reports Say
Source: NucNetPoland is working towards developing a contracts for difference (CfD) scheme to finance its first nuclear power station in the northern Pomerania province, a ministerial spokesperson told local energy portal BiznesAlert. The ministry of climate…
GEH BWRX300 Gaining Traction in UK SMR Market
Source: Neutron BytesUK ONR Starts GDA for BWRX300 GEH Wins £33 Million Grant For BWRX-300 SMR X-Energy Completes CNSC Vendor Design Review Westinghouse Plans Deploying a Transportable Nuclear Reactor in Canada By 2030 Bulgaria Opens Procurement Process…