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Canada’s ARC Completes Key Design Review In Bid To Licence SMR
Source: NucNetCanada-based nuclear power plant developer ARC Clean Technology announced on 9 July that it has achieved a major milestone with the successful completion of Phase 2…
First Segment Of Inner Steel Containment Installed At China’s Shidaowan-2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetChina has installed the first segment of the inner steel containment for Unit 2 of the Shidaowan nuclear power station in the northeastern province of Shandong.…
Poland Preparing To Tap International Markets For Additional Nuclear Project Funding
Source: NucNetPoland is preparing to tap international markets for additional debt funding to support financing its first nuclear power station project, while the country also awaits critical…
Concreting of Containment Dome Complete At China’s Changjiang-3 Nuclear Plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetWorkers have finished concreting the containment building dome for Unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power station in Hainan province, southern China, the China Nuclear Energy…
Reactor Internals Lifted Into Place At China’s Haiyang-4 Nuclear Plant
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe reactor internals set has been lifted into place for Unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power station under construction in Shandong province, eastern China. The…
UK Nuclear Body Identifies New Sites For Nuclear Power Plants
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetA UK nuclear body has taken a significant step towards integrating nuclear power into the country’s low-carbon energy mix by examining and assessing potential sites for…
Fortum Advances Nuclear Plans With Early Works Agreement For Small Modular Reactor Deployment
Source: NucNetNordic power company Fortum and US-based reactor developer GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) and have entered into an early works agreement to advance potential deployment…
US Has Lifted Sanctions On Hungary’s Paks II Nuclear Project, Says Foreign Minister
Source: NucNetThe US government has lifted sanctions that had held up Hungary’s planned expansion of its Paks nuclear power station, foreign minister Peter Szijjártó said on 29…
Russia And Uzbekistan Agree To Study Project For Large-Scale Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNetRussia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom and Uzbekistan’s nuclear energy agency (Uzatom) have signed an agreement to study the possibility of building a nuclear power station the…
Norwegian Nuclear Developer Forms New Company For Possible SMR Deployment
Source: NucNetNorwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft and Austrheim Municipality have established a new company to look at the potential deployment of a nuclear power plant consisting…
GVH Announces Plans For ‘Cutting Edge’ SMR Engineering And Service Centre In Canada
Source: NucNetGE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) is to establish a cutting-edge engineering and service centre for BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) near Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG)…
DOE’s Wishful Thinking About Expedited Testing of Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesThe Department of Energy wants to “expedite” the testing of advanced reactors at sites other than at national labs like the INL where a number of…
TerraPower Lands $650 Million Investment
Source: Neutron BytesTerraPower Lands $650 Million in New Investment Funding TerraPower, which is developing a first-of-a-kind sodium cooled advanced 345 MW small modular reactor, announced this week it…
Slovakia Preparing To Sign Agreement For Westinghouse To Build New Bohunice Nuclear Plant, Says PM
Source: NucNetSlovakia is preparing to sign an intergovernmental agreement with the US that would pave the way for Westinghouse Electric Company to build a new nuclear reactor…
ARC Clean Technology And Deep Atomic Sign Deal To Explore Nuclear For Data Centres
Source: NucNetARC Clean Technology and Deep Atomic have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the deployment of ARC-100 small modular reactors (SMRs) to power next-generation data…
Kazakhstan Chooses Rosatom To Lead First Nuclear Power Plant Project
Source: NucNetKazakhstan has selected Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom to lead an international consortium for the deployment of the Central Asian country’s first nuclear power station. The…
OKLO Microreactor Set for Alaskan Air Force Base
Source: Neutron BytesOKLO Micro Reactor Selected for Alaskan Air Force Base The Department of the Air Force (DAF), in coordination with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Office,…
UK Accepts Newcleo’s Lead-Cooled Reactor Technology For Generic Design Assessment
Source: NucNetEuropean nuclear technology company Newcleo said its advanced lead-cooled LFR-AS-200 reactor design has been accepted for the UK’s generic design assessment (GDA) regulatory process. The GDA…
UK Picks Rolls-Royce For Domestic Small Modular Reactor Rollout
Source: NucNetRolls-Royce SMR has been chosen as the preferred technology provider in the UK’s small modular reactor (SMR) competition, “marking a new golden age of nuclear in…
UK Government Announces £14.2Bn Funding Boost For Sizewell C Nuclear Project
Source: NucNetThe UK government has announced a £14.2bn (€16.85bn, $19.26bn) investment in the Sizewell C nuclear power station on Tuesday (10 June), in a major move to…