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Nuward / French SMR Developer Plans To Start Demonstrator Construction ‘As Early As 2030’
Source: NucNetFrench small modular reactor (SMR) developer Nuward is hoping to start construction of a demonstrator plant as early as 2030, according to Renaud Crassous, the company’s executive director. Crassous told NucNet that Nuward is considering…
CENTRUS Starts HALEU Enrichment Operations
Source: Neutron BytesCentrus Starts HALEU Enrichment Operations Rolls-Royce Inks SMR Fuel Deal with Westinghouse UK Sheffield Forgemasters Joins X-Energy Deployment Effort General Fusion and Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering Team Up Construction Begins Of $700 Million Fusion Materials Test…
US / Centrus Begins Enrichment Operations As Washington Aims To End Russian Monopoly On Haleu For Advanced Reactors
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetCentrus Energy has begun enrichment operations at its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio as it approaches production of nuclear fuel that will break an existing Russian monopoly and be crucial to the deployment and…
Advanced Reactors / Experiment Begins That Aims To Boost Development Of MCFR Technology
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetUS-based nuclear technology companies Southern Nuclear and TerraPower and UK-based Core Power have begun a hot salt pumping experiment which is expected to further the development of TerraPower’s demonstrator molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) technology.…
Vogtle / Unit 4 In-Service Date Pushed Back Due To Fault In Reactor Coolant Pump
Source: NucNetThe in-service date for the Vogtle-4 nuclear power plant under construction in the US state of Georgia is being pushed back to 2024 due to a motor fault in one of four reactor coolant pumps,…
China / Construction Starts With First Concrete Pour At Lianjiang-1
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetFirst safety related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island at Phase I of the Lianjiang nuclear power station in Guangdong province, southern China, reports have said. State Power Investment Corporation, one of the…
Palisades / Holtec Sets August 2025 Target Date For Restarting Michigan Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetFlorida-based energy company Holtec International has formally begun the process of seeking federal reauthorisation to restart the single-unit Palisades nuclear power station in Michigan with a planned date for repowering set in 2025. The company…
UK Selects Six SMR Developers for Contract Competition
Source: Neutron BytesUK Selects Six SMR Developers for Contract Competition Test Stand Started for Terra Power Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor NuScale Deal to Energize Data Centers in OH & PA Holtec Seeks NRC OK to Re-License…
Australia / Minister Announces Funding For Crucial New Nuclear Medicine Facility
Source: NucNetThe Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) has welcomed what it called a “significant” federal government funding allocation to safeguard the production of life-saving nuclear medicines in Australia by building a new facility at…
Bangladesh / Russia Delivers First Batch Of Nuclear Fuel For Rooppur
Source: NucNetRussia has delivered the first batch of nuclear fuel to the Rooppur nuclear power station construction site in Bangladesh. Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is general designer and general contractor for the two-unit station, on…
US / Regulator Approves Use Of Advanced Fuel With Enrichments Exceeding 5% At Vogtle-2
Source: NucNetThe Vogtle-2 nuclear power plant in Georgia has become the first US commercial reactor to be authorised by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to use accident tolerant fuel exceeding 5% uranium-235 enrichment. The company said the…
Analysis / New Techniques ‘Undermining Common Argument’ That Nuclear Plants Take Too Long To Build
Source: NucNetNew industrial techniques are driving down construction times and undermining the common argument against nuclear power stations that they take too long to build, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. According to the agency, three…
Kazakhstan / State Company Kazatomprom Ready To End Production Cuts In 2025
Source: NucNetKazakhstan’s state uranium company Kazatomprom, which for the last few years has restricted its own output in order to stabilise prices, will end such cuts in 2025 and thus significantly increase production. “Kazatomprom remains committed…
UK / Nuclear Waste Services Eliminates Allerdale From Waste Repository Process
Source: NucNetUK government body Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has decided not to take Allerdale in Cumbria, northwest England, further in the UK’s geological disposal facility (GDF) siting process due to limited suitable geology. NWS said it…
Turkey / Russia Ships RPV For Akkuyu-3 Nuclear Plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetRussia’s nuclear equipment manufacturer Atommash has shipped the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for Unit 3 of the Akkuyu nuclear power station under construction in southern Turkey. The $20bn (€18.8bn) Akkuyu, the first commercial nuclear power…
Nuclear Fusion / US Aims For Pilot Commercial Plant Within A Decade, Says Granholm
Source: NucNetUS energy secretary Jennifer Granholm has announced the Biden administration's ambitious goal of establishing a commercial nuclear fusion facility within the next decade as part of the nation's shift towards clean energy. Granholm described nuclear…
Poland / PEJ Signs Engineering Contract With Westinghouse And Bechtel For First Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetPolskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) signed an engineering services contract on Wednesday (27 September) with a consortium between US-based companies Westinghouse Electric and Bechtel for the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power station in Pomerania. State-owned…
China / Country to Double Share Of Nuclear In Power Generation By 2035, Says Official
Source: NucNetChina wants to have 10% of its electricity generation sourced from nuclear power by 2035, a double increase from 5% today, according to a China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) quoted by state news agency Xinhua.…
Slovakia / Mochovce-3 Reaches 100% Output As Final Commissioning Tests Begin
Source: NucNetThe power output level of the Mochovce-3 nuclear power plant in southwest Slovakia has been increased to 100%, Slovak utility Slovenske Elektrarne said on Monday (25 September). The company said all power escalation testing at…
Ukraine / Engineers Complete Drilling Of 10 Groundwater Wells At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Station
Source: NucNetEngineers at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station have completed drilling of 10 groundwater wells, bringing the facility close to having a longer-term solution for the provision of cooling water to the shutdown reactors after the…