X-energy, Talen to assess deployment of multiple SMR plants
The companies will explore opportunities to deploy three or more four-unit XE-100 plants “to add clean baseload capacity to help support reliability and meet growing energy demand from onshoring of…
Framatome to supply low-enriched fuel for Belgium’s BR2 research reactor
The French-based fuel specialist will supply high-density silicide low-enriched uranium (HD LEU) fuel elements for the 100 MWt reactor, which is a key global producer of medical radioisotopes. Framatome delivered three Lead…
Early construction landmarks for Chinese units
The construction of Phase I (units 1 and 2) of the Bailong plant in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was among approvals for 11 new reactors granted by China’s State Council…
IAEA warning of risks of losing off-site power
In its latest update on the situation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the six-unit Zaporizhzhia plant, which has been under Russian military control since early March 2022,…
Planning for Swedish SMR plant proceeds
The proposed small modular reactor (SMR) plant is envisioned to consist of six of Blykalla’s SEALER reactors, with a total generating capacity of about 300 MW. This corresponds to the…
Work begins on solar power supply at Chernobyl
The international tender for the 2 MW capacity solar power plant, run under the United Nations Development Programme, was won by Ukrainian company Solar Steel Construction LLC (SOLARsk). Preparatory work began…
Finland looks to reform nuclear energy legislation
Under the – submitted on 12 March – the current Nuclear Energy Act, which was enacted in 1987, would be repealed and 14 other acts, including the Radiation Act and…
Kazakhstan updates on nuclear energy, uranium plans
In an update outlining its first year of operation, the agency highlighted its development of a strategy for the nuclear industry to 2050 and the selection of Russia’s Rosatom as…
Hunterston B site relicensed for decommissioning
The plant site is due to transfer to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the body tasked with decommissioning the UK’s former nuclear sites, on 1 April. NDA subsidiary Nuclear Restoration…
NANO outlines progress on HALEU transport package
The US company says the High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium fuel (HALEU) transportation package being developed is designed to support the transport of multiple advanced nuclear fuel types, including: uranium oxide fuels;…
