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TVO Requests Permission To Fire Up Olkiluoto 3
Source: NewsFinland’s power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyi (TVO) said Wednesday it had sent its application in to the country’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority asking permission to start up the Olkiluoto 3 EPR power plant and…
CNNC Turns On Heat For 4,000 In Southern China
Source: NewsAbout 4,000 households in Haiyan county in Zhejiang province in Southern China, had the heat turned on this week (December 3) thanks to a demonstration project developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation.
Rosatom Establishes Ties With Nicaragua
Source: NewsRussia's state-owned nuclear power Rosatom said Tuesday that corporation delegates and Nicaraguan officials on December 7 signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for cooperation on an array of nuclear technologies.
Rosatom, CEA, EDF Sign Fuel R&D Pact
Source: NewsROSATOM, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and French utility EDF signed a joint declaration of intent in Paris Wednesday to develop their long-term R&D collaboration in the field of civil nuclear power.
Westinghouse, EDF, Sign Cobalt-60 MOU
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Wednesday, it had signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French utility EDF paving the way for Cobalt-60 radioisotope production in select Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) owned and operated by…
BREST-OD-300 Concrete Pour Completed
Source: NewsConcrete pouring for the BREST-OD-300’s nuclear island’s foundation slab has been completed after a round-the-clock pour, Russian state-owned Rosatom Corp. has announced.
Candu Energy Picks Up Romanian Pre-Build Contract
Source: NewsSNC-Lavalin Group said subsidiary Candu Energy had signed a 12-month, $8.4 million contract from Romanian firm, EnergoNuclear S.A., to provide engineering services during the preparatory stage of a precursor project to complete CANDU Units 3…
Westinghouse, Energoatom Sign AP-1000 Contract
Source: NewsU.S. nuclear power giant Westinghouse Electric Company said Monday that it had signed a contract with Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear utility Energoatom for procurement of “long-lead items for [Ukraine’s] first Westinghouse AP1000” reactor.
Karachi Unit 3 Ahead Of Schedule In Pakistan
Source: NewsUnit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan completed hot functional testing on Nov 4 ahead of schedule, the China National Nuclear Corporation announced last week.
High-Temp, Gas-Cooled Reactor In China Reaches Criticality
Source: NewsChina National Nuclear Corporation said this week that the No. 2 reactor of Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant in East China's Shandong province reached its first criticality on Nov 11.
Coolant Pump At Akkuyu Unit 2 Clears "Fit Up" Check
Source: NewsPetrozavodsk Branch of JSC AEM-Technologies, a part of machine-building division of Rosatom State Corporation Atomenergomash, in conjunction with a Karelian regional branch of the Russian Engineering Union, has brought off the check fit-up of the…
Framatome Takes Over Rolls-Royce Instrumentation Business
Source: NewsFramatome on Monday announced the completion of its purchase of Rolls Royce Civil Nuclear Instrumentation and Control (I&C).
Rolls-Royce Launches SMR Business
Source: NewsBritish industrial Rolls-Royce said this week that announced today that following an equity funding drive it had raised enough to establish the Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) business designed to "bring forward and deliver at…
Construction Permit Issued For Akkuyu 4
Source: NewsTurkish nuclear power regulators, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority Board, said it had agreed to issue a construction license for Unit 4 of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. The license was awarded to Akkuyu Nuclear JSC…
Framatome's Accident Tolerant Fuel At Maryland NPP
Source: NewsFrench nuclear services giant Framatome said Tuesday it had delivered industry’s first nuclear 100 percent accident tolerant fuel assembly (ATF) to Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Maryland., building on its PROtect…
Tests On Rooppur NPP Coolant Pump Performed
Source: NewsThe Petrozavodsk Branch of AEM-Technologies has performed, along with Karelian Regional Branch of the Russian Engineering Union, a series of hydraulic tests on the first casing of the reactor coolant pump set (RCPS) intended for…
Rosatom Signs MOU With Central American Parliament
Source: NewsRussian state-owned nuclear power corporation Rosatom said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding that concerns cooperation in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes with the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN).
What’s Needed to Save Funding for the Versatile Test Reactor?
Source: Neutron BytesIt is time for the major developers of advanced nuclear reactors, and small modular light water reactors, in the U.S. to support funding for the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). The reason is that these firms…
IAEA Report on Nuclear Energy for a Net Zero World
Source: Neutron BytesThe report is released ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the IAEA has released Nuclear Energy for a Net Zero World. The special report (Full Text 73 page PDF)…
Bangladesh PM Calls For Second Nuclear Plant
Source: NewsTo avoid an energy crisis, Bangladesh is willing to build a second nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this week in conjunction with a construction milestone reached at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant…