Westinghouse and McMaster deepen eVinci collaboration
Thursday, 17 April 2025 McMaster’s John Preston and Westinghouse’s Leah Crider sign the MoU (Image: Westinghouse) Under the agreements Westinghouse and McMaster University, which is based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,…
In Quotes: Bruce Power’s James Scongack
Thursday, 17 April 2025 (Image: Canadian Nuclear Isotopes Council) What is the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council? We have a very proud history of medical isotope development in Canada and have…
First main pump installed in Chinese SMR
Thursday, 17 April 2025 (Image: CNNC) The shielded main pump of the ACP100 – also referred to as the Linglong One – is a single-speed vertical fully-sealed pump, which must…
TerraPower begins UK design assessment process
Thursday, 17 April 2025 (Image: TerraPower/X) The nuclear innovation company said it has submitted a letter to the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) that formally establishes…
TVA to submit SMR construction permit application
Thursday, 17 April 2025 TVA has picked out the location for the first SMR at Clinch River (Image: TVA/X) “The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) intends to submit a CPA to…
Third tender submitted in UK SMR selection process
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 Holtec’s image of a two-unit SMR-300 plant (Image: Holtec) There were initially six companies shortlisted by Great British Nuclear (GBN), the arms-length body set up to…
Uzbekistan SMR project sees start of auxiliary buildings construction
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 Preparatory work begins in Uzbekistan (Image: Rosatom) The construction and assembly facilities will include administrative and industrial buildings for the entire period of the project, and…
Public comments invited on proposed Alberta nuclear project
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 A rendering of the proposed Peace River plant (Image: Energy Alberta) Energy Alberta is proposing to build a nuclear power plant on a site covering 1424…
Successful testing of GEH composite block
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 (Image: INL) In 2021, the US Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) awarded a cost-shared, multi-year project to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and…
BWXT acquires land for US defence-focused enrichment plant
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 The Horizon Center Industrial Park is near Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Image: BWXT/X) In August 2024, the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration awarded BWX…
