Fuel loading completed at two new Chinese units
On 30 April, China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) issued a 40-year operating licence for unit 2 of the Taipingling plant in Guangdong province. The first nuclear fuel loading operation…
Blykalla and ABB enhance cooperation
In October 2024, Blykalla and ABB signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which ABB would explore how its automation, electrification and digitalisation solutions could support Blykalla’s small modular reactor (SMR)…
Key AERB approval issued for Kudankulam 5 and 6
The Major Equipment Erection permission was issued on 1 May to Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) “after satisfactory completion of multi-tier safety review of design of the units against…
Brookfield and The Nuclear Company target VC Summer project
The partnership will specialise in the development of Westinghouse nuclear reactor technology, with the ambition of establishing a world-leading nuclear project execution company, the partners said. It will offer execution…
Norwegian municipalities initiate investigation work
Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to the ministry in November 2023 for an assessment of the construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) power plant in the…
US companies come together for ‘gas-plus-nuclear’ solution
Bringing together Blue Energy’s project financing and nuclear construction techniques with GE Vernova’s reactor technology and turbines, the companies plan to design and develop a nuclear power plant using GE…
Ship modified for transport of used MOX fuel
French nuclear fuel company Orano’s TN Eagle flask design – 5 metres long, 3 metres in diameter, weighing 150 tonnes – was approved by the French Nuclear Safety Authority in…
Second Indian fuel cycle complex gets operating licence
The Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is an industrial unit of India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) which manufactures fuel for India’s pressurised heavy water reactors in its safeguarded facilities at…
Fusion industry leaders call for EU long-term plan
“For too long, Europe has relied on external dependencies for energy, critical technologies, and strategic raw materials,” they say in to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Energy…
Fuel loading begins at Changjiang 3
The first of 177 nuclear fuel assemblies was loaded into the reactor on 30 April, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. “This marks the official entry of unit 3 of…
