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Poland Selects Location for Three AP1000s
Source: Neutron BytesPoland Selects Location for Three AP1000s Success in building them depends on control of financial risks (NucNet contributed to this report) Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) has submitted an application to the government of the northern…
Saudi Arabia Says It Might Select China for Nuclear Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesIn what should have come to few as a surprise for those who follow the nuclear industry, Saudi Arabia went on the record, as reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) (firewall) on August 25th,…
Sweden / Nuclear Company Chooses Studsvik Site For ‘Small Modular Reactor Campus’
Source: NucNetSwedish small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next has announced plans for its first nuclear new build site in Nykoping, southeast Sweden – a site it wants to turn into an “SMR campus” by…
Slovakia / Westinghouse Signs Another Nuclear Fuel Deal As EU Countries Move Away From Russia
Source: NucNetUS-based Westinghouse has signed a long-term agreement with utility Slovenske Elektrarne to licence and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies the Bohunice and Mochovce nuclear power plants in Slovakia. The agreement supports Slovakia’s efforts to move away…
Going Bananas Over Release of Fukushima Wastewater
Source: Neutron BytesGoing Bananas Over Release of Fukushima Wastewater into the Ocean Today (08/24/23) Japan is starting the controlled release of wastewater that is slightly radioactive from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific ocean. Given the…
Fukushima / Japan Begins Discharge Of Treated Radioactive Water From Nuclear Power Station
Source: NucNetJapan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) on Thursday (24 August) started discharging treated water stored at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station into the sea, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at the site confirmed. The…
Ukraine / Groundwater Wells To Provide Alternative Water Supply To Zaporizhzhia As Security Situation Remains ‘Precarious’
Source: NucNetA new groundwater well has become operational at Ukraine’s occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as parts of efforts to secure sufficient cooling water for the six reactor units at the site after the destruction of…
Poland / PEJ Submits Location Decision Application For First Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NucNetPolskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has submitted an application to the government of the northern Pomerania province seeking a location decision for Poland's first nuclear power plant. The company said the move is “one of the…
Fukushima-Daiichi / Water Discharge Into Sea Will Begin This Week, Says Japan’s Prime Minister
Source: NucNetJapan is to begin releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station from Thursday (24 August) with prime minister Fumio Kishida saying on Tuesday he had asked the facility’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco),…
Canada / Ottawa Approves CAD74 Million Funding For Deployment Of First SMR In Mid-2030s
Source: NucNetCanada has approved up to CAD74m (€50m, $54m) in federal funding for small modular reactor development in Saskatchewan with potential deployment of a first plant in the mid-2030s and more units to follow. The funding…
Poland / Warsaw Announces Search For New Surface Radwaste Repository Site
Source: NucNetPoland has begun a search for municipalities interested hosting a new surface repository for low and intermediate-level short-lived radioactive waste. The new facility will be for the storage radioactive waste and radioactive sources from nuclear…
Japan / Town Hoping For Nuclear Plant Puts Itself Forward For Spent Fuel Facility Study
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetA Japanese town that was hoping to be the site of a new nuclear power plant has agreed to a geological study to determine its suitability as an interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel.…
Duke Energy Plans Replacement of Coal Plant with SMR
Source: Neutron BytesDuke Energy Plans Replacement of Coal Plant with SMR Virginia Data Centers to be Powered by SMRs Saskatchewan to Get $74M from Ottawa for SMRs NRC Suspends Selected US Nuclear Exports to China DOE Funds…
Should the NRC Revise the Aircraft Rule for SMRs?
Source: Neutron BytesIn a cordial email exchange this week with Rod Adams, long time blogger at Atomic Insights, and more recently the Managing Partner at Nucleation Capital, we discussed whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should revise the…
Poland / Joint Venture Submits Application For Decision-In-Principle On New Nuclear At Patnow Coal Site
Source: NucNetA Polish joint venture company has submitted an application for a decision-in-principle on the construction of a nuclear power plant consisting of at least two South Korean-supplied APR1400 reactors with a target date for commercial…
TerraPower Secures Land in Kemmerer, Wyoming for Natrium™ Reactor Demonstration Project
Source: NewsTerraPower revealed today that it has finalized the acquisition of a parcel of land in Kemmerer, Wyoming, which will serve as the site for the Natrium™ Reactor Demonstration Project.
US / New Rule Will Help Licensing Of Advanced Reactors, Says Regulator
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is to issue a final rule and regulatory guide for emergency preparedness requirements for small modular reactors and other new nuclear technologies. The regulator said in a statement the new…
IP3 and Green Energy Partners' Vision for Surry Energy Center
Source: NewsIn a partnership announcement, IP3 Corporation and Green Energy Partners, LLC (GEP) have declared their collective intentions to lead Virginia into a greener future. The two companies are coming together to inaugurate the Surry Green…
Sellafield / Work Begins To Remove Historic Radioactive Waste From Ageing Silo
Source: NucNetWork has started to remove historic waste from the pile fuel cladding silo – one of the oldest and most hazardous storage facilities at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, northwest England. The start of…
Utility to Study Reopening of Gentilly Unit 2 Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsQuebec's Energy Minister, Pierre Fitzgibbon, expressed his support on Monday for Hydro-Québec's recent decision to explore the possibility of reactivating the province's sole nuclear power facility.