Tepco restarts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 6
The 1356 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), which has been offline for almost 14 years, was restarted at 14:00 (local time) on Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said.…
Testing of fuel rods taking place for Brazil’s microreactor project
The BRL50 million (USD9.1 million) microreactor project brings together private and public sector bodies to develop a concept for a 5 MWt microreactor with core cooling by heat pipes. The…
Collaboration on Polish nuclear energy training centre
The collaboration between the Łukasiewicz Research Network and Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) is expected to be broad and encompass research, development, and commercialisation of technologies related to small modular…
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission launches reorganisation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created in 1974 to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while protecting people and the environment, and regulates…
Tepco prepares for restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit
“We are currently adjusting personnel and confirming prior arrangements, and plan to start up the reactor on 9 February,” Takeyuki Inagaki, head of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, told a press conference…
TRISO fuel progress for US reactor pilot programme
TRISO fuel comprises spherical kernels of enriched uranium oxycarbide (or uranium dioxide) surrounded by layers of carbon and silicon carbide, giving a containment for fission products which is stable up…
ČEZ outlines USD392 million plant modernisation plans
Investment projects at Temelin – which has two VVER-1000 units which came into operation in 2000 and 2002 – will reach CZK3.8 billion (USD182 million) and include continued modernisation of the control…
Sweden proposes steps to facilitate new nuclear projects
The proposals were announced in a press conference by Minister of Climate and Environment Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister of Energy and Enterprise Ebba Busch, Minister for Financial Markets Niklas Wykman, and…
Inner dome installed at Zhangzhou 3
The Hualong One reactor design features a double-layered containment building, the main function of which is to ensure the integrity and leak tightness of the reactor building, and it plays…
India extends existing tax waivers for nuclear to 2035
The Union Budget was tabled in India’s parliament on Monday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with the key goal “to accelerate and sustain economic growth, by enhancing productivity and competitiveness,…
