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Estonia / Nuclear Company Issues Call For Tenders From Three Reactor Developers
Source: NucNetEstonian nuclear company Fermi Energia has issued a call for tenders that are due by December and will include comprehensive technical documentation needed to estimate construction costs for a small modular reactor in the European…
Netherlands / ULC-Energy And US-Based Constellation To Cooperate On SMR Deployment
Source: NucNetDutch nuclear startup ULC-Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based utility Constellation to accelerate plans to deploy Rolls-Royce small modular reactor plants in the Netherlands. Last Month, ULC-Energy chose UK-based reactor company Rolls-Royce…
IAEA Concludes First Review Of SMR Site Process
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded a safety review of Romania’s process for selecting the site of the country’s planned Small Modular Reactor (SMR), which could become the first SMR built in Europe,…
DOE Tags Coal Plants As Potential Nuclear Plant Locations
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday released a report showing that hundreds of U.S. coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear power plant sites, adding new jobs, increasing economic benefit, and significantly…
Signing Steps NuScale Closer To Central Europe Deployment
Source: NewsIn a meeting in Karpacz, Poland, officials from U.S. small reactor developer NuScale Power LLC and Poland’s KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. (KGHM) signed the first Task Order and a Statement of Commencement to begin work…
Sweden / Vattenfall Delays Ringhals-4 Reactor Restart By Two Months
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetSwedish utility Vattenfall has delayed the restart of the Ringhals-4 nuclear power plant by two months to 31 January. “The unforeseen required repairs are taking more time than expected, before starting up the unit after…
Clean Hydrogen / US Initiative Aims For Production With Nuclear Energy From Davis-Besse
Source: NucNetEnergy Harbor has joined forces with the University of Toledo and several industrial companies and US Department of Energy national laboratories to launch the Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen coalition, which aims to produce clean hydrogen…
Palisades / Michigan Nuclear Plant Could Become Sixth In US To Continue Operation
Source: NucNetHoltec International is asking for federal funds to restart the shuttered single-unit Palisades nuclear power station in Michigan, an effort state governor Gretchen Whitmer has described as a “top priority” for the state. “I will…
Ukraine / Zaporizhzhia-6 Enters Cold Shutdown As Backup Power Line Gets Restored
Source: NucNetUnit 6 of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine, which was shut down on 11 September, has now entered the so-called state of cold shutdown like the remaining five reactor units onsite, the International…
Slovakia / Fuel Loading Completed For New Mochovce-3 Reactor Unit
Source: NucNetThe first fuel loading has been completed for the Mochovce-3 nuclear power plant in western Slovakia, marking the actual beginning of the reactor startup process, a statement by operator Slovenske Elektrarne said. According to the…
Holtec in Pursuit of Re-Starting Palisades Nuclear Plant
Source: Neutron Bytes* Holtec in Pursuit of Re-Starting Palisades Nuclear Plant * Westinghouse Submits Bid to Poland to Build Three AP1000s * Ghana Takes Next Steps Toward Nuclear Energy * MOUs are Hot for Nuclear Deals Across…
Australia / Legislation Will Grant More Time For Rehabilitation Of Ranger Mine
Source: NucNetThe federal government of Australia has introduced a bill to allow a mining operator more time to clean up environmental damage left from a decommissioned uranium mine near Kakadu National Park, southeast of Darwin in…
Maritime / UK Startup Receives US Funding For Study On Floating Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNetUK-based maritime and technology innovation company Core Power announced it has been awarded funding by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in…
Romania / Nuclearelectrica And Polish Copper Giant KGHM To Collaborate On NuScale SMR Development
Source: NucNetRomanian state-owned nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica and Polish copper producer and industrial group KGHM Polska Miedź have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the development of small modular reactor technology for potential deployment in…
Rolls Royce To Team With Skoda On SMR Projects
Source: NewsBritish industrial Rolls-Royce SMR said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Czech nuclear engineering and manufacturing firm Škoda JS to work towards small modular reactor plants in both and beyond the Czech…
Steam Generators For Kudankulam NPP In Progress
Source: NewsAtommash, AEM-Technologies, JSC Branch in Volgodonsk (part of Rosatom Machine Building Division – Atomenergomash) has completed welding of the steam generator heads for Kudankulam NPP Power Unit No. 5, the company said.
Enrichment / Silex Completes ‘Rigorous’ Testing Of Technology For US Demonstration Project
Source: NucNetAustralia-based technology company Silex Systems has completed a “rigorous” eight-month test programme of the first module of full-scale laser enrichment technology required for US-based Global Laser Enrichment’s (GLE) commercial pilot demonstration project in Wilmington, North…
Poland / Government Presented With ‘Comprehensive’ US Offer On Building AP1000 Plants, Says Westinghouse Official
Source: NucNetThe Polish government has been presented with “a comprehensive offer” for the country’s nuclear new-build programme including proposals on financing by US institutions, Miroslaw Kowalik, president of Westinghouse Poland, told local media. According to Mr…
IAEA Ukraine Report / Agency Calls For ‘Immediate Establishment’ Of Security Protection Zone Around Zaporizhzhia
Source: NucNetInterim measures are urgently needed to prevent a nuclear accident arising from military damage to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine by the “immediate establishment” of a nuclear safety and security protection zone, International…
China / Inner Containment Dome Installed At Zhangzhou-2 Hualong Unit
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetInstallation has been completed of the inner containment dome at the Zhangzhou-2 nuclear power plant under construction in Fujian province, southeastern China, owner China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said. Zhangzhou-2 is a domestic 1,126-MW HPR1000,…