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Diablo Canyon is Saved For Now
Source: Neutron BytesDiablo Canyon Saved For Now Swiss Politicians Form Lobby Group To Call End Nuclear Plant Phaseout Boris Johnson Writes $809M Check for Sizewell C UK Government Grants $4M in Funding For Advanced Reactor Development Hyundai,…
Mexico / Second Laguna Verde Nuclear Plant Gets Lifetime Extension
Source: NucNetUnit 2 at Mexico's Laguna Verde nuclear power station has been granted an extension to its operating licence, taking the lifetime of the plant into the mid-2050s, state-owned operator the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)…
Ukraine / IAEA Will Be ‘Staying Put’ At Zaporizhzhia, Says Grossi
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency experts are “staying put” after they crossed on Thursday (1 September) into Russian-held territory in Ukraine and reached Europe’s biggest nuclear power station, the agency’s director-general Rafael Grossi said. An IAEA…
Russia / Construction Begins In China Of First Floating Reactor Hull For Baimskaya Minerals Deposit
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetConstruction has begun in China of the hull of the first of four floating nuclear power plants that will be used to power a huge mining development in the Russian Arctic. The hull of the…
Construction License Issued For Pak II
Source: NewsThe Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) has issued the license for the construction of two power Russian-designed Generation III+ VVER-1200 reactors at the Paks II nuclear power plant site.
In China: Keel-Laying Ceremony For Arctic Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsThe keel-laying ceremony for the first Arctic-type Nuclear Floating Power Unit (NFPU) with RITM transport reactor vessels has taken place at the shipyard in China, Russian state-owned nuclear power Rosatom said Tuesday.
Egypt / South Korea’s KHNP Wins $2.25 Billion El Dabaa Contract From Russia
Source: NucNetSouth Korea has won a major $2.25bn contract with Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom to provide buildings and components for Egypt’s first commercial nuclear power station. The contract between state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power…
Ukraine / IAEA’s Grossi To Lead Support Mission To Occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send a support and assistance mission later this week to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station occupied by Russian troops since 4 March, according to an official tweet by…
Japan’s PM Kishida Launches a Major Push for Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesJapan’s PM Kishida Launches Major Push for Nuclear Energy South Korea Signs $2.25 billion Deal for Egyptian Nuclear Project India Continues Its Commitment to Build 700 MWe PHWRs with Two More X-energy Completes $40 Million…
Slovakia / Nuclear Share To Hit 65% As Regulator Approves Commissioning Of Mochovce-3
Source: NucNetThe Mochovce-3 nuclear power plant in western Slovakia should finally enter full commercial operation at the beginning of 2023 after the country’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (UJD) gave its approval, Slovenske Elektrarne chief executive officer Branislav…
Philippines / ‘Milestone’ With Startup Of First Nuclear Facility In More Than 30 Years
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetAfter more than three decades, the Philippines is again operating a nuclear facility after commissioning began of the Philippines Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education and Research (PRR-1 Sater), which will become the country’s…
Advanced Reactors / X-energy Completes Six-Year Project To Finalise Plant Design, Fabricate First Triso Fuel Pellets
Source: NucNetUS-based nuclear company X-energy has completed a six-year project that resulted in it finalising the basic design of its Xe-100 high-temperature gas reactor technology and fabricating its first Triso fuel pebbles using natural uranium at…
Huge Crane In Place At Akkuyu Site
Source: NewsA polar crane was mounted in design position at Akkuyu NPP Power Unit No. 1, said Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear power corporation of Russia.
US / Ultra Safe Nuclear Opens Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Plant For Microreactor
Source: NucNetUltra Safe Nuclear Corporation, the Seattle-based developer of microreactors, has opened its pilot fuel manufacturing facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The facility will produce the first fuel for testing and qualification for use in Ultra…
Netherlands / Thorizon Announces €12.5 Million Capital Raise For Thorium Reactor Development
Source: NucNetNetherlands-based nuclear firm Thorizon has raised €12.5m ($12.5m) for development of a new generation thorium molten salt reactor which will be designed to use long-lived radioactive waste in combination with thorium as fuel. Thorizon is…
Ukraine / Kyiv And UN Agree On Possible Zaporizhzhia Mission As Grossi Renews Appeal For Military Restraint
Source: NucNetUkraine and the UN have settled on a framework for a possible International Atomic Energy Agency mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station “via territory free from occupiers”, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced after talks…
Effort to Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Hits Headwinds
Source: Neutron BytesEffort to Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Hits Headwinds TerraPower Raises $750 Million in Equity Funding Ultra Safe Nuclear Opens Pilot Nuclear Fuel Plant HALEU Fuel Funding in Biden Energy Climate Legislation Survey – Utilities…
Japan / Public Support For Nuclear At Highest Level Since Before Fukushima
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNetIn a first for Japan since the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident in 2011, public support for a nuclear restart is now at more than 60%, said a former executive director of the International Energy Agency. CNBC…
US / Biden Signs Into Law New Legislation That Could Help Nuclear
Source: NucNetUS president Joe Biden has signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. The $433bn (€427bn) Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has…
Concreting Inner Containment Dome Rooppur 2 Begins
Source: NewsAt the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People's Republic of Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor being ROSATOM’s Engineering Division) the concreting work started at the inner containment dome of the reactor building…