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ONR Says OK To UK HPR1000 Design
Source: NewsThe U.K.’s Office for Nuclear Regulation said, along with the U.K. Environment Agency, that it had approved the design of the Chinese-developed Hualong Pressurized Water Reactor customized for Britain.
EDF To Buy Share Of GE Steam Power
Source: NewsFrench utility EDF and U.S. power industry staple GE said Thursday they had signed an exclusive agreement for EDF to acquire part of GE Steam Power’s nuclear power activities.
CNNC To Build Argentina's Atucha III
Source: NewsArgentina’s nuclear power operator Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. said Tuesday that it had signed contracts with the China National Nuclear Corporation for the engineering, procurement and construction of Atrucha III, which would be the country’s fourth…
Bruce Power Ready For Lu-177 Production
Source: NewsBruce Power said Monday that it had completed the installation of a groundbreaking Isotope Production System (IPS), making the power plant's Unit 7 the first power reactor in the world with installed capability to produce…
Terrestrial Energy USA Extends Fuel Testing
Source: NewsTerrestrial Energy USA, Inc., offspring of the Canadian company, has extended its testing program at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) for measurements of fuel salt properties used in the Integral Molten Salt Reactor.
Tecnatom To Supply SMR Simulator To IFE
Source: NewsSpain’s nuclear industry service firm Tecnatom said it had been contracted to supply a customized simulation system for the Norwegian Institute of Energy Technology (IFE) for training monitoring and operations of multi-unit small modular reactors…
Rosatom Studies SMR Option For Philippines
Source: NewsAs part of the Small Modular Reactors (SMR) Day at the World Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai, Rostatom and the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Republic of the Philippines presented a joint action plan…
Asststem Joins Hinkley Point C Alliance
Source: NewsParis-based engineering giant Assystem, said this week it had joined the new Hinkley Point C Commissioning Alliance with the aim of building the first nuclear power plant in Britain to be built in the past…
SNC-Lavalin Retains STEP Fusion Contracts
Source: NewsCanadian project management giant SNC-Lavalin said Tuesday it had been awarded three new contracts by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to continue work on Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), the project that aims…
Construction Paperwork For Dabaa NPP 3 And 4 Handed In
Source: NewsOn December 30, 2021, ahead of schedule, Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) handed over the package of documents to the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) which are required for receipt of license…
Bolivian Nuclear Research Center Tests Production Line
Source: NewsThe highest Center of Nuclear Technology Research and Development in the world by altitude, currently under construction by the Rosatom State Corporation in El Alto, Bolivia, has seen successful testing of its radiopharmaceuticals production line,…
Germany Closes Three Of Six Remaining Reactors
Source: NewsGermany shuttered three nuclear reactors on December 31, closing down a combined 4254 MWe of capacity, leaving the country with three remaining nuclear plants, a move that challenges the country’s commitment to climate control goals…
First Fuel Loading Completed At Karachi 3
Source: NewsThe K-3 Unit of Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan, the second overseas nuclear power unit adopting HPR1000 technology, finished first fuel loading on the last day of 2021, China National Nuclear Corporation said.
First Criticality Reached In Finland
Source: NewsThe first criticality of the EPR reactor installed at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland was achieved on 21 December, power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced.
Tier 5 Concrete Work At Rooppur Unit 2 Finished
Source: NewsThe concreting of the fifth tier of the inner containment of Unit 2 reactor building of Rooppur NPP (Bangladesh) was completed on December 24, Russian nuclear powerhouse Rosatom said this week.
Rosatom Launches PWR Fuel Fabrication Plant
Source: NewsRosatom's fuel component TVEL Fuel Company has launched the new fabrication facility for manufacturing of TVS-K nuclear fuel for PWR reactors at the site of Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, one of the world’s major nuclear…
Concrete Pour Underway For Kudankulam 6
Source: NewsRussia’s state-owned nuclear giant said December 20 that construction of Kudankulam Unit 6 began with the first foundational concrete pour for the reactor building in Tamil Nadu, India.
Foreign Waste At Sellafield Ready To Ship
Source: NewsBritain’s nuclear industry processing and technology center Sellafield said that preparation work for returning high-level waste back to overseas customers has been completed.
Framatome To Upgrade Surry NPP Controls
Source: NewsFrench reactor business Framatome said this week it had been awarded the contract to upgrade the incore instrumentation systems for units 1 and 2 at Dominion Energy’s Surry Nuclear Power Station as part of its…
Unit 1 Pump Station At Akkuyu NPP Underway
Source: NewsConstruction teams in Turkey have begun constructing the foundation slab for the pump station of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1., a Rosatom-led project with four nuclear plants planned.