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Kazakhstan / France Ready To Compete For New Build Project With EPR1200 Reactor Technology
Source: NucNetFrance’s state nuclear power company EDF is ready to support Kazakhstan as the central Asian country prepares for the construction of its first commercial nuclear power station, but faces competition from other reactor suppliers including…
Advanced Fuels / Framatome-USNC Joint Venture Aims To Begin Manufacturing In 2025
Source: NucNetFrance-based nuclear company Framatome and US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear have signed a non-binding agreement to form a joint venture to bring commercially viable, fourth-generation nuclear fuel to market for USNC’s micro-modular reactor (MMR) and other…
Belgium / As Tihange-2 Approaches Closure, Industry Group Calls For Repeal Of 2003 Nuclear Exit Law
Source: NucNetBelgium should repeal its 2003 nuclear exit law as it looks for ways to deal with the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting gas and electricity price increases, the Brussels-based Belgian…
GEH Inks Contract to Build BWRX300 at OPG’s Darlington Site
Source: Neutron BytesGEH Inks Contract to Build BWRX300 at Darlington Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear in Joint Venture to Manufacture Fuel Radiant Industries Partners with Centrus Energy for HALEU Fuel Oklo Submits Plans For Licensing Of Nuclear…
IAEA Restates Need For Zaporizhzhia Safety Zone
Source: NewsExperts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) present at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) inform that powerful explosions have been occurring outside the facility in recent attacks, the UN watchdog agency said.
Ultra Safe, Framatome Plan Joint Venture
Source: NewsFrench nuclear service giant Framatome and Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced Thursday they intended to form a joint venture to manufacture commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) particles and Ultra Safe Nuclear’s proprietary…
New Technology To Improve Used Fuel Monitoring
Source: NewsRobotic technology developed by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) could soon play a significant role in safeguarding spent nuclear fuel across the globe, the agency said.
Finland / Regulator Gives Green Light To Loviisa Operation Until 2050
Source: NucNetThe Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) has given a positive safety review for a proposed operating lifetime extension of the two-unit Loviisa nuclear power station until 2050. Stuk said it has given the…
Advanced Reactors / Oklo Submits Plans For Licensing Of Nuclear Fuel Recycling Plant
Source: NucNetUS-based advanced nuclear technology company Oklo has submitted a licensing project plan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a recycling facility that would produce commercial material from used light water reactor fuel. Oklo has won…
France / Senate Passes ‘Nuclear Bureaucracy’ Bill As Country Gears Up For Nuclear Renaissance
Source: NucNetThe French Senate has adopted an amended bill that aims to reduce bureaucracy around the construction of new nuclear reactors and includes a provision for the removal of a 50% cap on the share of…
Diablo Canyon / NRC Rejects Review Of 2009 Nuclear Station Operating Extension
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has turned down a request from operator Pacific Gas & Electric to reopen its 2009 application to extend the operating licences of the Diablo Canyon nuclear station’s two reactors, which…
US / Think Tank Calls For ‘Overarching’ Plan On Deployment Of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Source: NucNetA US-based think tank has produced a report that proposes ways for the Department of Energy to convert advanced nuclear technologies into commercial realities. According to the Nuclear Innovation Alliance report, some of the key…
NuScale’s SMR Costs Hit Hard by Inflation
Source: Neutron BytesNuScale Small Modular Reactor Costs Hit Hard by Inflation The cost of building the nation’s first small modular reactor (SMR) is rapidly escalating due to the impact of as yet uncontrolled inflation in key commodity…
Netherlands / As Government Plans For New Nuclear, EPZ Releases Borssele Figures
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetThe single-unit Borssele nuclear power station in the southwest Netherlands was available at full capacity 94% of the time in 2022 and delivered 3.9 TWh of electricity to the grid, operator EPZ said. It said…
NRC Certifies NuScale 50 MW SMR
Source: Neutron BytesNRC Certifies NuScale 50 MWe SMR Michael Goff, Ph.D., Named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy DOE Increases Consent-Based Siting Funding Opportunity to $26 Million NIA Report Offers Vision of a ‘Whole Government Effort’…
Cumulus Data Center Hits Milestone
Source: NewsTalen Energy subsidiary Cumulus Data ("Cumulus") announced today that it has completed key milestones in the construction of Phase 1 of its flagship 475-megawatt zero-carbon Susquehanna data center campus located in northeast Pennsylvania.
IAEA Flags Hoisted In Ukraine
Source: NewsTeams of nuclear safety and security experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are being stationed at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants (NPPs) and the Chornobyl site this week, the U.N.'s atomic industry watchdog said.
Saudi Arabia Plans Domestic Uranium Utilization
Source: NewsSaudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman said Thursday that the Kingdom was exploring options for harvesting and utilizing its own uranium for nuclear fuel, stating a variety of domestic supplies were available.
Slovakia / Mochovce-3 Enters Power Commissioning Phase After Successful Startup
Source: NucNetSlovak utility Slovenske Elektrarne is to begin power commissioning procedures at the Mochovce-3 pressurised water reactor unit after a successful physical startup earlier this month. The company said in a statement that the power level…
Advanced Reactors / US Research Centre Warns Of Delays Over Lack Of Haleu
Source: NucNetIf the US does not work out how to prepare uranium fuel for advanced reactors, the startup of first-of-a-kind plants on which spent billions of dollars have been spent will be delayed, the Breakthrough Institute…