Licensing of Finnish repository further delayed
Thursday, 5 December 2024 A rendering of the underground used fuel repository at Olkiluoto (Image: Posiva) Radioactive waste management company Posiva submitted its application, together with related information, to the…
EnergySolutions, Terrestrial sign MoU on IMSR deployment
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 Terrestrial Energy’s vision of its IMSR as a cogeneration plant (Image: Terrestrial Energy) EnergySolutions CEO Kenneth Roebuck said the IMSR is uniquely positioned to meet the…
In pictures: First reactor vessel in place at Hinkley Point C
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 (Image: EDF Energy) The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) – measuring 13 metres in height and weighing 500 tonnes – will hold nuclear fuel used to make…
Life extensions announced for four UK plants
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 The Torness plant (Image: EDF Energy) EDF manages the UK’s eight nuclear power plant sites, five that are operating (Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham 2, Heysham 1…
Nigerien authorities in control of SOMAÏR operations – Orano
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 A view of the desert near Arlit, Niger (Image: NigerTZai/Wikimedia) The French company, said it has “for several months” been warning of “interference” that the group…
Facebook owner Meta seeks up to 4 GW nuclear capacity
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 Data centre operators are seeking clear, and 24/7 power sources (Image: Generic data centre representation) The company, which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp among its brands, is…
Orano contracted to make MOX fuel for Japanese reactors
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 A MOX fuel assembly (Image: MHI) On 18 November, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced it had received an order from Kyushu Electric Power Company to supply…
South Africa ‘committed to new nuclear and PBMR’
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 The 29 November event was themed Advancing Nuclear Technology’s Contribution for Just Energy Transition, Energy Security and Provincial Economic Development (Image: Africa4Nuclear) Zizamele Mbambo was speaking…
Long-term safety at Dutch plant assessed
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 The Borssele plant (Image: EPZ) The 485 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor at Borssele – operated by EPZ – has been in operation since 1973 and…
Final cycle of REMIX nuclear fuel trial under way
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 (Image: Rosatom) Instead of standard enriched natural uranium, the REMIX fuel assemblies contain pellets of a mixture of enriched uranium with recycled uranium and plutonium obtained from…
