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Zaporizhzhia Power Outage Continues As Drone Downed Close To South Ukraine Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetUkraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP) has been without external electricity for more than 48 hours, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said, in what has…
Romania's Nuclearelectrica Secures €620 Million Financing For Cernavoda Nuclear Projects
Source: NucNetRomania’s state-owned nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica has signed two financing agreements worth a combined €620m ($725m) with a banking syndicate* led by J.P. Morgan SE to advance…
Zaporizhzhia Plant Suffers Fresh Blackout, Emergency Generators Activated
Source: NucNetUkraine’s Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station lost all off-site power yesterday, the tenth such incident since the start of the conflict in February 2022, the International…
Olkiluoto-2 To Continue At Reduced Power Over Generator Rotor Problem
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetElectricity production at the Olkiluoto-2 nuclear power plant in Finland is expected to continue at a reduced power level of 735 MW until a completely new…
Consortium Begins Work On €1.9 Billion Lifetime Extension For Romania Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetAn international consortium has begun a major overhaul that will extend the operational lifetime of the Cernavodă-1 nuclear plant by 30 years. Romania’ state-owned nuclear power…
Tepco To Remove Nuclear Fuel After Delay To Kashiwazaki Kariwa Unit 7 Restart
Source: NucNetJapanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said it plans to remove fuel from Unit 7 at its Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture…
Japan Court Backs Operation Of Two Reactors At Sendai Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetA court in Japan has upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a request to overturn the government’s approval of the restart of two reactors at Kyushu…
Palisades Nuclear Plant Returns To Operational Status And Ready To Receive Fuel
Source: NucNetThe Palisades nuclear plant in the US state of Michigan has officially returned to operational status after being in decommissioning for three years – marking the…
Majority Vote For Restart Of Taiwan Reactor, But Referendum Fails To Meet Threshold
Source: NucNetA referendum to push for the restart of Taiwan’s last commercial nuclear plant has failed to reach the legal threshold to be valid, leaving the island…
New System At Canada’s Bruce Nuclear Station Will Help Ensure Supply Of Lu-177
Source: NucNetA new isotope production system in Unit 6 of the Bruce nuclear power station in Ontario province, Canada, will increase production capacity of the cancer-fighting medical…
DOE Releases Additional $83 Million For Palisades Restart
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has released an $83.2m (€71m) loan disbursement to Holtec International, bringing total federal funding to $335.1m as the company moves…
Japan’s Regulator Approves Safety Report For Tomari-3 Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetJapan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved a safety screening report that says Hokkaido Electric’s Tomari-3 nuclear power plant – the newest in the country –…
NRC Approves Restart of Palisades NPP
Source: Neutron BytesNRC Approves Restart of Palisades NPP The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will pave the way for…
NRC Approval Paves Way For Historic Restart Of Palisades Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetThe Palisades nuclear station in the US stat of Michigan has made history after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved a licensing package that paves the…
US NRC Approves Vistra’s Application To Operate Perry-1 Nuclear Plant For 60 Years
Source: NucNetTexas-based power utility Vistra has received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to extend the operation of its Perry-1 nuclear power plant in Ohio…
Framatome Wins Key Contracts As Belgium Prepares For Nuclear Extensions
Source: NucNetFrench nuclear company Framatome has been selected by Electrabel for two major projects at nuclear power plants whose operational lifetimes are being extended in Belgium. The…
NRC Renews Summer-1 Nuclear Plant Operating Licence For Another 20 Years
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed the operating licence for the Summer-1 nuclear power plant in South Carolina for an additional 20 years, a…
Tepco Completes Unit 6 Fuel Loading As Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Station Approaches Restart
Source: NucNetTokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has completed loading all 872 fuel assemblies into the core of Unit 6 at its Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station in…
Bulgaria’s Kozloduy-5 Completes First Fuel Cycle With Westinghouse RWFA Assemblies
Source: NucNetUnit 5 of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station has completed its first fuel cycle using 43 Westinghouse-made RWFA (Robust Westinghouse Fuel Assembly) fuel assemblies, the country’s…
US DOE Releases More Funding To Restart Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Source: NucNetUS Department of Energy has released the fourth loan disbursement to Holtec International to help with the company’s plan to restart the shuttered single-unit Palisades nuclear…