Rosatom says projects for 18 nuclear units being implemented
Outlining financial results for the first half of the year, Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said the aim was to increase revenues to RUB4 trillion (USD51.3 billion) by 2028, Tass reported,…
Spanish regulator supports Almaraz licence extension
In June 2020, the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) approved the operation of Almaraz until June 2030, as licence renewals are for 10 years. However, given the agreed-upon closure schedule as…
Podcast: The US’s historic Hanford site, and accelerated decommissioning
In this episode, Karthik Subramanian, Chief Engineer and Innovation Director for Hanford Tank Waste Operations Closure, discusses the progress of the work taking place at Hanford – which is a…
Bruce Power completes on-site hot cell
The facility was delivered through a Canadian collaboration of Bruce Power, Kinectrics and Bird Construction, alongside a broad cross-functional team from across Bruce Power’s operations, engineering, licensing, radiation protection, safety…
Siting licence granted for new Kola nuclear power plant units
The decision means that the site selected, about 10 kilometres south of the existing plant on the shores of Lake Imandra in Russia’s Murmansk Region, meets requirements. The general contractor, TITAN-2, was said…
IAEA condemns reported killing of chief engineer at Zaporizhzhia NPP
In a post on X on Wednesday evening, the agency said: “The IAEA has been informed by the Russian Federation that the ZNPP (Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant) chief engineer was…
Serbia preparing for next steps towards new nuclear
There was a need for at least 18 more studies to cover topics such as regulatory and legislative frameworks, environmental protection, human resource capacity building, and supply chains, the Energy…
In pictures: Final core catcher shipped to Leningrad units
The journey took 16 days, with it passing through the River Volga, Lake Beloye, Lake Onega, and Lake Ladoga, the River Neva, and the Gulf of Finland. (Image: Rosatom) After…
Newcleo sets out plan for US licensing of reactor
The company said the Regulatory Engagement Plan (REP) sets out the proposed framework for its pre-application engagement with NRC staff in support of the future licensing of the LFR-AS-200. It…
Tender set to be launched for Mahi Banswara plant
“Estimated at over INR28,000 crore (USD2.9 billion), this is the largest Nuclear Island EPC packages ever floated for India’s indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) programme,” Nuclear Power Corporation of…
