New Jersey launches procurement process for new nuclear
In April, Governor Sherrill signed legislation to remove the permitting hurdle that has created what has effectively been a 50-year moratorium on new nuclear development in New Jersey and announced…
ČEZ starts process to extend Temelín operation to 80 years
Significant investment and modernisation work will be required to enable the longer-than-originally planned operation of the two VVER-1000 units, whose capacity has increased from 1,000 MWe per unit to 1,086 MWe…
Reactor vessel installed at Lufeng unit 1
The vessel is the high strength steel cylinder that will house the reactor core and all associated components, including the reactor vessel internals which support and stabilise the core within…
Hyundai E&C, FANCO to collaborate on SMR project
First American Nuclear Co’s (FANCO’s) EAGL-1 is a lead-bismuth cooled fast-spectrum small modular reactor (SMR) which can operate in a closed-fuel cycle in which used fuel is continuously reprocessed and…
Fusion industry raised USD4.5 billion in past year, report says
The figure, which was included in the association’s report, saw 56 fusion companies surveyed and brings the total raised over the six years to USD14.24 billion. Major contributors to this…
Third reactor at Changjiang plant starts up
The 1,100 MWe pressurised water reactor (PWR), being constructed by CNNC Engineering, achieved first criticality at 18:00 (local time) on 10 July, CNNC said. “This marks the official attainment of…
Ukraine draft law on Chernobyl decommissioning to 2036 approved
The funding allocated for the programme to 2036 amounts to UAH50.8 billion (USD1.1 billion), of which UAH45.6 billion is to be financed via the state budget and UAH5.2 billion from…
