Three SMRs selected for evaluation in ship propulsion study
Tuesday, 7 January 2025 A concept of a nuclear-propelled ship (Image: VARD) The NuProShip project is being funded by the Research Council of Norway. Alongside Norwegian shipbuilder VARD, the project…
Dismantling of Brunsbüttel vessel progresses
Monday, 6 January 2025 (Image: Vattenfall) Weighing almost 70 tonnes and with a diameter of more than 6 metres, the lid of the reactor pressure vessel was heavier than any…
Site identified for proposed Halden SMR power plant
Monday, 6 January 2025 A rendering of the proposed plant for Halden (Image: Halden Kjernekraft) Halden Kjernekraft – 20% owned by Halden municipality with Norsk Kjernekraft and Østfold Energi owning…
Zaporizhzhia NPP: IAEA’s concerns over ‘increased intensity’ of military activities
Monday, 6 January 2025 The Zaporizhzhia plant (Image: IAEA) In the agency’s 5 January update it says blasts, from outside the site perimeter, were heard at 12:45 and 15:45 local…
Keel laid for service ship for nuclear-powered icebreakers
Monday, 6 January 2025 The target is to commission the vessel in 2029 (Image: Rosatom) When completed, the vessel will facilitate the refueling of nuclear reactors on the Project 22220…
Nuclear becomes eligible for hydrogen tax credits under updated US rules
Monday, 6 January 2025 The LaSalle Clean Energy Center in Illinois has been earmarked for a clean hydrogen project (Image: Constellation) The Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit, established…
BREST-OD-300 fuel fabrication facility begins pilot operation
Friday, 3 January 2025 (Image: Siberian Chemical Combine) The facility, in Seversk, Tomsk Region, in Siberia, has already manufactured prototype fuel assemblies with depleted uranium nitride fuel pellets. It will…
Groundworks begin for new Chinese plant
Friday, 3 January 2025 (Image: Guangxi Nuclear Power) The construction of Phase I (units 1 and 2) of the Bailong plant was among approvals for 11 new reactors granted by…
Second Koeberg unit returns to service
Friday, 3 January 2025 Koeberg (Image: Eskom) The maintenance programme included the replacement of three steam generators, comprehensive inspections, and refuelling activities to ensure the reactor’s continued safe and efficient…
Minnesota plant set for operations to 2050 after licence renewal
Friday, 3 January 2025 Monticello (NRC/Xcel Energy) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it had issued Subsequent Renewed Facility Operating License No DPR-22 to the licensee, Xcel subsidiary Northern…
