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Canada / OPG Applies For Licence To Build First SMR At Darlington Site
Source: NucNetCanadian utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has submitted a construction licence application to the national nuclear regulator which could pave the way to the deployment of a small modular reactor (SMR) at the site of…
IAEA Ministerial / Grossi Urges Leaders To Commit To Nuclear Energy Advancement In Tackling Climate Change
Source: NucNetThe IAEA International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century concluded on Friday with an appeal by its director-general Rafael Grossi to global leaders to “advance the benefits” of nuclear power and commit…
Poland / Westinghouse To Build First Nuclear Power Plant, Says Prime-Minister
Source: NucNetPoland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has been selected to build the country’s first nuclear power station, a decision pending since 2020 when Warsaw last updated its nuclear energy…
TerraPower and Pacific Corp Lay in Plans for Five New Natrium Reactors to Replace Fossil Fuel Power Plants
Source: Neutron BytesTerraPower and Pacific Corp Set Plans for Five New Natrium Reactors to Replace Fossil Fuel Power Plants. Canada Commits CAD $970M for First SMR at Darlington Holtec Project Delivery Plan for SMR-160 in Czech Republic…
Global Award / International Nuclear Societies Council Announces 2022 Winner
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNetThe 2022 International Nuclear Societies Council (INSC) global award has been won by William Donald Magwood, director-general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), a spokesperson for the INSC…
Kursk-2 Welding Milestone Reached
Source: NewsWelding of the pearlitic part of the reactor coolant pipeline has been completed at the Kursk NPP-2 construction project, Russian nuclear powerhouse Rosatom said Tuesday.
NRC Confirms NuScale Emergency Zone Process
Source: NewsModular nuclear plant developer NuScale said this week that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards had issued a letter supporting an NRC staff decision on the company’s methodology for Emergency…
Canada / OPG Gets CAD970 Million For First Phase Of Darlington SMR Project
Source: NucNetThe Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has finalised an agreement with nuclear utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG) that includes CAD970m ($714m, €713m) towards Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR). The CIB, a federal organisation that finances…
Nuclear Fusion / General Atomics Unveils Concept Design For Pilot Reactor
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetUS-based General Atomics has revealed a concept design for a nuclear fusion pilot plant featuring a steady-state, compact advanced tokamak capable of holding fusion plasma for extended periods of time and a liquid metal breeding…
US / DOE Awards $38 Million For Used Nuclear Fuel Projects
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $38m (€38.5m) for a dozen projects that will work to reduce the impact of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel disposal. The projects, led by universities, private companies…
Slovakia / Mochovce-3 Reactor Reaches First Criticality, Set For Commercial Operation In 2023
Source: NucNetUnit 3 of the Mochovce nuclear power station in southwest Slovakia reached minimum controlled output on 22 October, marking first criticality for the Russia-supplied 440 MW unit. Utility Slovenske Elektrarne, which owns and operates Slovakia’s…
Japan / Fuel Removal Completed On Schedule At Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetAll the fuel assemblies at the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR), which is being decommissioned, have been transferred to a water-filled storage facility, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) said. Fuel removal was planned…
Contentious Competition for Poland’s Nuclear New Build
Source: Neutron BytesSouth Korea’s KHNP and Westinghouse are the two leading bidders for Poland’s new nuclear build. France’s EDF is a lagging bidder reportedly having submitted the most expensive of the three bids. The competition for Poland’s…
Sweden / Vattenfall Gets Approval For Forsmark-1 Test Operation At Increased Power Level
Source: NucNetPower company Vattenfall has been given approval by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and grid operator Svenska Kraftnät for test operation of Unit 1 of the Forsmark nuclear power station at an increased power…
TRISO-X Fuel Fabrication Plant Has Groundbreaking
Source: NewsX-Energy subsidiary TRISO-X LLC, this week broke ground and began construction activities on North America’s first commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility at a site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
UKEA Completes Doubling Of Materials Lab
Source: NewsThe UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has completed a £10m ($11,2 million) extension of its Materials Research Facility (MRF) at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire.
Ukraine / Last Remaining 750 kV Power Line Restored At Zaporizhzhia
Source: NucNetUkraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has restored the connection to its last remaining operating 750 kilovolt (kV) power line after it was lost for the third time in 10 days, International Atomic Energy Agency director-general…
Advanced Reactors / Work Begins On Triso Fabrication Plant For X-energy’s HTGR
Source: NucNetWork has begun on the construction of a $300m nuclear fuel fabrication plant for next-generation nuclear reactors in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. X-energy’s Triso-X facility is being funded initially as part of a $3.2bn federal programme…
Versatile Test Reactor is Focus of Entire Issue of Nuclear Science and Engineering Peer Reviewed Journal
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesAmerican Nuclear Society publishes a special issue of Nuclear Science and Engineering on Versatile Test Reactor The Idaho National Lab’s VTR project will accelerate U.S. advanced nuclear R&D LA GRANGE PARK, IL, October 17, 2022…
DOE Wants to Fund Fusion to Get Up a Heat of Steam
Source: Neutron BytesDOE Wants to Fund Fusion to Get Up a Heat of Steam X-Energy to Build $300M Nuclear Fuel Plant in Oak Ridge Sweden Announces Plans To Build Nuclear Power Plants Poland’s Synthos Green Energy in…