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Orano Launches Stable Isotopes Lab
Source: NewsOrano group announced the completion of the construction of the stable isotopes laboratory on the Orano Tricastin site.
Unit 2 Reactor Internals Shipped To Rooppur NPP
Source: NewsAtommash, AEM-Technologies, JSC Branch in Volgodonsk (a part of the machine-building division of the Rosatom state corporation, has shipped reactor internals for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant’s No. 2 unit, which is under construction in…
Are Big Nuclear Reactor Deals Right for Europe?
Source: Neutron BytesAre Big Nuclear Reactor Deals Right for Poland, Romania, and Czech Republic? A Modest Proposal to Fund Sizewell C – which is a very big deal UK’s Financial Times Weighs in on ESG for Nuclear…
Westinghouse To Buy Half Of Tecnatom
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company said Monday it had signed a definitive agreement with Spanish multinationals Iberdrola and Naturgy to acquire 50 percent of engineering companyTecnatom in a move the company says "advances the strategy to expand…
Zirconium Sponge Production Plant Launched In Russia
Source: NewsRussian nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced the development of a new process for the production of zirconium sponge material to be used in nuclear plant fuel assemblies. The process was developed at the Chepetsky Mechanical…
Terrestrial Energy Signs Molten Salt Fuel Deal with Orano
Source: Neutron BytesTerrestrial Energy Signs Molten Salt Fuel Deal with Orano Poland / GEH Boss Says First SMR Could Be In Operation By 2030 Czech Energy Plans Now Include Temelin Expansion that May Follow a New Dukovany…
New Hopes for New Nuclear and Fusion Projects in UK
Source: Neutron BytesUK’s Existential Energy Emergency Spurs Funding Fixes The UK Government is finally realizing that its once upon a time grand plan for 19.3GWe of new nuclear energy projects is in a shambles. The good news…
NuScale Signs Coal Replacement MOU In Poland
Source: NewsU.S. small modular reactor developer NuScale Power said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. (KGHM) and Piela Business Engineering (PBE) to explore together the deployment of NuScale’s small modular…
Tokamak Energy Tries Out New Magnet Containment System
Source: NewsTokamak Energy said this week it had demonstrated a transformative magnet protection technology that improves the commercial viability of fusion power plants.
DOD Plans Mobile Microreactor for Idaho Lab Site
Source: Neutron BytesDefense Dept Plans Mobile Microreactor for Idaho Lab Site South Africa to Release a Tender for 2500 MWe of Nuclear Reactors in 2022 US Spreads Pro-Nuclear Promises of Support in Europe MOUs are Flying as…
Kursk II Site Receives Reactor Pressure Vessel
Source: NewsIt was a long trip and a move-over load, but Russian nuclear power corporation Rosatom said this week the “atomic heart” of the future Kursk II Unit 1 reactor–the VVER-TOI reactor pressure vessel VVER-TOI–had arrived…
ATF Fuel Test Loaded At Rostov NPP
Source: NewsThe first Russian-made fuel bundles with experimental ATF fuel rods (Advanced Technology Fuel) have been loaded into VVER-1000 reactor core at the power unit 2 of the Rostov NPP in South-West Russia, which has resumed…
Cameco, X-energy To Collaborate on SMR
Source: NewsCanadian uranium producer Cameco and U.S. fuel and plant engineering firm X-energy announced they have entered a non-binding and non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding to explore possible areas of cooperation to support the potential future deployment,…
NRC Issues License to Interim Storage Partners for Spent Nuclear Fuel at Texas Site
Source: Neutron BytesNRC Issues License to Interim Storage Partners to Store Spent Nuclear Fuel in Texas China’s HTR-PM 1st Criticality at Shidao Bay Terrestrial Energy Upgrades IMSR400 Gen IV Nuclear Power Plant Cameco And X-energy Sign MOU…
Illinois Passes Energy Bill, Forestalls Closures
Source: NewsAn eleventh-hour vote in the Illinois capital kept Exelon Generation’s hand away from the off switch on two nuclear power plants Tuesday, as the state Senate approved a comprehensive energy bill that included credit to…
NRC Approves Interim Spent Fuel Site In Texas
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it had issued a license to Interim Storage Partners LLC to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Andrews, Texas.
Rosatom Training Egyptians On NPP Operations
Source: NewsRussian nuclear corporation Rosatom said this week that the first group of Egyptian technicians began training at the St. Petersburg branch of Rosatom’s Technical Academy in anticipation of operations work at the planned El Dabaa…
Fusion Start Up at MIT Hits Critical Milestone with a New Superconducting Magnet
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesFusion Start Up at MIT Hits Critical Technical Milestone with Superconducting Magnet House Science Committee Passes Legislation Making Significant Investments in Fusion Energy Chinese Fusion Energy Programs Are A Growing Competitor in the Global Race…
Energoatom Inspects V.C. Summer Parts
Source: NewsCall it the year’s most extraordinary yard sale. In a recent working trip to the United States, the head of Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (Energoatom) visited Westinghouse Electric’s equipment warehouses in South Carolina…
Metsamor Unit 2 Reactor Undergoes Annealing Process
Source: NewsFor the first time, unique work was carried out at the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant on the recovery annealing of the plant's Unit 2 PWR-440 reactor vessel. The goal is to extend the service…