Cameco, Kazatomprom release 2025 production figures
Cameco had revised its 2025 production downwards at the end of August, anticipating knock-on effects from delays in developing new mining areas at McArthur River in the earlier part of…
Construction of Steady Energy pilot plant begins
The first concrete for the pilot was poured on 12 February in the Salmisaari B turbine hall in a ceremony attended by Finland’s Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari…
US regulator issues licence for TRISO-X fuel facility
The Special Nuclear Material Licence issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) enables TRISO-X LLC to commercially manufacture fuel using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) at its first two commercial facilities…
First unit at San’ao plant starts up
“At 12.21pm [local time] on 13 February, the first criticality control point of unit 1 of the San’ao nuclear power plant was officially released, and the unit began the reactor…
Defuelling of German plant completed
The 1410 MWe pressurised water reactor was shut down on 31 December 2021. PreussenElektra – a subsidiary of EOn Group – applied for approval to decommission and dismantle the plant…
Tarapur 1 returns to service after refurbishment
“After successful refurbishment and life-extension, Tarapur Atomic Power Station Unit-1 (TAPS-1) has been synchronised to the National Grid for the first time in its second innings and has achieved its rated…
Taipingling 1 connected to the grid
Taipingling 1 received an operating licence from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on 24 December last year. The loading of the first fuel assemblies began at the unit later…
Nuclear central in France’s latest energy strategy
The Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE) is not a piece of legislation, but presents the trajectory to be followed over the next decade in terms of energy policy. It has two…
Final Investment Decision taken for Romanian SMR project
Romania’s small modular reactor (SMR) project is aiming for 462 MWe installed capacity, using NuScale technology with six modules at the former coal plant site at Doicești – about 90…
OPG and Port Hope to collaborate on 10 GW new nuclear plan
Representatives of Port Hope and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) “to advance collaboration on the potential for large-scale new nuclear generation” at OPG’s 1,300-acre Wesleyville site,…
