South Korean companies in US agreements
X-energy Reactor Company, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility have teamed up to accelerate the deployment of X-energy’s advanced small modular reactors and fuel in…
Lianjiang unit 1 auxiliary building topped off
The construction of the first two 1250 MWe CAP1000 reactors – the Chinese version of the Westinghouse AP1000 – at the Lianjiang site was approved by China’s State Council in…
Final assembly under way for Akkuyu 4’s reactor vessel
Maxim Zhidkov, the head of the Atommash plant, said engineers will “ensure that every component and element of the reactor is precisely positioned to a thousandth of a millimetre. This work…
Kazatomprom to lower uranium production in 2026
“As the world’s largest producer and seller of natural uranium, Kazatomprom fully recognises the critical role the Company has in supporting the global energy transition. We remain committed to delivering…
Key phase completed of impact assessment for Bruce C project
There are five stages to the Impact Assessment process. The planning phase “defines the scope of the project and provides opportunities for Indigenous people and the public to identify area…
Vattenfall to select between BWRX-300 and Rolls-Royce SMR
The aim is to have new nuclear capacity up and running on the Värö Peninsula, where the Ringhals nuclear power plant is located, in the early 2030s. Vattenfall says the project…
BWXT launches advanced nuclear fuel subsidiary
“BWXT Advanced Fuels focuses on ensuring the availability of BWXT-manufactured nuclear fuel on a commercial scale by leveraging its more than 20 years of experience manufacturing TRISO fuel at its…
Podcast Interviews: Amentum’s Andy White, plus GLE’s Nima Ashkeboussi
Topics covered by White, senior vice president of Energy and Environment International at Amentum, include: * The change of attitudes which means that the future decommissioning process is included in the…
First female captain for a nuclear-powered icebreaker
Starovoitova’s career change came after friends told her there were jobs on a ship at the Mumansk Shipping Company, where she started as an orderly on the nuclear container ship Sevmorput.…
Bruce 6 to get new isotope production system
Federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (pictured above fourth from right) visited the site to announce the installation of an Isotope Production System in unit 6, which…
