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Poland Seeks SMRs for Process Heat Applications
Source: Neutron BytesPoland’s PKN Orlen Partners with Synthos to Build SMRs for Process Heat ant Electricity Generation Poland / Westinghouse And Bechtel To Begin Study For First Nuclear Project Under US Grant Funding Brazil Hires Tractebel Consortium…
Green Taxonomy / Two New Expert Reports Handed To European Commission On Role Of Nuclear
Source: NucNetThe two expert groups, which were assigned by the European Commission to assess the role of nuclear energy in the green finance taxonomy, published their reports last Friday, confirming previous conclusions, but also raising some…
Westinghouse, Energoatom Teaming Up
Source: NewsUkraiine's Energoatom announced a new cooperative agreement with re-focused Westinghouse Electric intending to advance the development of new nuclear units at existing Ukrainian power plant sites.
Egypt / Licensing Documentation Submitted To Regulator For El Dabaa Units 1 And 2
Source: NucNetThe Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority has submitted licensing documentation necessary to receive a permit for construction of the first two units at the El Dabaa nuclear station to the national Nuclear and Radiological Regulation…
Construction Starts On Kudankulam NPP 5
Source: NewsOn June 29, an official ceremony was held that was dedicated to the first concrete pouring into the foundation plate of the reactor building for Kudankulam NPP Unit 5 (Republic of India). The concrete pouring…
Ergoatom, OCNI (Canada) Formalize Cooperation
Source: NewsUkrainian nuclear power operator Energoatom and the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) on June 29 used the convenience of video conferencing to sign a letter of intent, formalizing prior agreements on the implementation of…
University Of Illinois Plans For Micro-Reactor
Source: NewsThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), in collaboration with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, has submitted a Letter of Intent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to apply for a license to construct a…
Poland / Westinghouse And Bechtel To Begin Study For First Nuclear Project Under US Grant Funding
Source: NucNetThe US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will release grant funding for Poland’s Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ, formerly PGE EJ1), the company charged with managing the country fist nuclear power project, for a front-end engineering…
UK / Parliament Group Urges Government To Support Nuclear Capacity Replacement In New Report
Source: NucNetAn all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on nuclear energy in the UK parliament has called on UK policy makers to “take decisions urgently in this parliament” to restore UK nuclear capacity to at least 10 GW…
NuScale / US SMR Company Announces Investment Agreement With South Korea Group
Source: NucNetNuScale Power announced today that it has signed an investment agreement with GS Energy North America Investments, the US-based branch of South Korea’s GS Energy Group, in a move which “will support future deployments” of…
‘Invest Urgently’ / GE Calls For Government Action On Nuclear
Source: NucNetGovernments need to “invest urgently” in a combination of nuclear, renewables, energy storage, combined cycle gas turbines with carbon capture, and hydrogen as part of the effort to transition to a carbon-free future and help…
Poland / Orlen And Synthos Sign Agreement To Cooperate On Modular Reactor Deployment
Source: NucNetPoland’s state-controlled fuels and energy company PKN Orlen has signed an agreement to cooperate with Polish chemicals company Synthos on the development and implementation of small and micro modular reactor projects (SMRs / MMRs), a…
Japan / Nuclear Power To Play Role In Meeting Climate Targets, Says IEA’s Birol
Source: NucNetNuclear power has to play a role in Japan’s efforts to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050, writes Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy…
Europe / More Effort Needed To Keep Existing Nuclear Plants Operating, Says Foratom Head
Source: NucNetMore effort should be made by European policymakers to help preserve existing commercial nuclear fleets for as long as technical and safety conditions can be met, according to Yves Desbazeille, director-general of Brussels-based nuclear industry…
MIT Public/Private Partnership Expands Effort to Develop a 10MWe ‘Plug-and-Play’ Nuclear Battery
Source: Neutron BytesMIT Public/Private Partnership Expands Effort to Develop a 10 MWe ‘Plug-and-Play’ Nuclear Battery Q&A On Nuclear Batteries – A Conversation with Jacopo Buongiorno, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT Oklo Awarded a DOE…
US / Democrats Introduce Bill To Allow Tax Credits For Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNetFive Democrats in the US senate introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow some existing nuclear power plants to receive a tax credit equal to an incentive already given to operators of wind power…
Poland / Warsaw Aiming For Long-Term Strategic Partner For Nuclear Programme
Source: NucNetPoland’s goal is to have one strategic partner for its ambitious nuclear programme “for decades”, not only for construction but for operation and decommissioning, according to Tomasz Nowacki, director of the nuclear energy department at Warsaw’s…
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion is Key Enabling Technology for DARPA Effort
Source: Neutron BytesDARPA project for nuclear thermal propulsion adds a second track for system integration of two previously awarded contracts NAS ~ For Humans to Reach Mars Advances Are Needed in Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies Especially in…
Fuel Tests / NRG To Begin Irradiation Programme For USNC’s Micro Reactor
Source: NucNetNetherlands-based NRG is to carry out a programme of irradiation tests on Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s (USNC) proprietary fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel at the high flux reactor in Petten. NRG said the aim of…
Kola NPP Plans For Hydrogen And Kola II
Source: NewsRosenergoatom, the operations division of Rosatom subsidiary Atomenergoprom, said that the Kola Nuclear Power Plant had been selected for hydrogen production and that construction of a new on-site reactor would begin in 2028.