Passive safety modules installed at Chinese units
Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Image: CNPEC) In the event of leakage in the primary circuit the passive heat removal system assures the transition of steam generators to operation in the…
Third unit at Kursk II gets approval from Rostekhnadzor
Thursday, 6 March 2025 Kursk II will more than replace Kursk NPP’s output (Image: Rosatom) Kursk II is a new nuclear power plant in western Russia, about 60 kilometres (37.5…
Stratek Global and Groupe Albatros sign strategic partnership
Thursday, 6 March 2025 How an HTMR-100 unit could look (Image: Stratek Global) Stratek says that the partnership is aimed at deploying its small modular reactors (SMRs) across Africa and the…
Trial run at Finnish encapsulation plant completed
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 (Image: Posiva) The encapsulation plant is part of Posiva’s final disposal facility complex. Once the final disposal operation starts, used nuclear fuel will be transported from…
Amentum awarded Sizewell C project management contract
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 The signing of the contract by (from left) Jon Fowler, Amentum Vice President for Nuclear Power; Nigel Cann, Sizewell C Joint Managing Director; and James Bull,…
Thorcon applies to build Indonesia’s first nuclear power plant
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 A rendering of one of the reactor modules Cans (Image: Thorcon) PT Thorcon Power Indonesia (PT TPI) – a subsidiary of Thorcon International, a Singapore-based company…
Norwegian regulator approves transfer of Halden licence
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 (Image: NND) Established as an agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries in February 2018, Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) is responsible for decommissioning the…
Myanmar and Russia sign SMR cooperation agreement
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 (Image: Rosatom) The agreement sets out the terms and main areas of interaction between the parties and the possibility of a further expansion of capacity to…
Penn State applies to build Westinghouse microreactor
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 eVinci (Image: Westinghouse) Westinghouse and Penn State signed a memorandum of understanding in May 2022 to partner on research and development efforts focused on exploring and…
Court rules Oyster Creek fuel storage casks are permanent
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 A canister being transferred to the storage system at Oyster Creek in 2022: the facility is used to store both used fuel and highly radioactive reactor…
