Google agreement to support Georgia plant uprates
The uprates will be achieved through a process that increases the electrical output of a nuclear generating unit through targeted modifications and upgrades to key plant equipment, such as turbines, pumps,…
Power start-up for Mochovce 4
The unit reached critical status and minimum controlled power at the start of August. The Slovak Republic’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority performed inspections and assessed documentation before giving the go-ahead for…
Indian plants celebrate fuel loading milestones
Fuel loading began at 15:18 on 19 September, following the receipt of permission from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and “completion of all prescribed pre-requisites”, Nuclear Power Corporation of…
France prepares to start dismantling first UNGG reactor
Chinon A2 is one of six gas-cooled reactors (Uranium Naturel Graphite Gaz¸ or UNGG) at Bugey, Chinon and St Laurent-des-Eaux currently being decommissioned by EDF in France. The six UNGG…
Nuward targets 10 SMRs in five EU countries
In a standing-room-only side event at the IAEA’s General Conference in Vienna, a series of speakers gave an update on progress. A second call for projects to be supported under the…
Akkuyu 1 set for next stage of pre-commissioning activities
Alexei Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, said during a visit to the site that the aim was to obtain a licence and “begin launch operations by the end of the…
Containment tests completed at Lufeng unit 5
The two-part tests, which began on 29 August, confirm that the containment vessel meets design and construction quality requirements. The first part – the structural integrity test – involved the…
Natural draft cooling tower is preferred JEK2 option
The results of the feasibility study were released as part of the latest reports made public before the country prepares for a planned referendum on new nuclear. Bruno Glaser, Technical…
Antares, Centrus sign multi-year HALEU contract
Antares is developing modular, transportable reactors, fuelled using TRISO (tri-structural isotropic) HALEU fuel. The company’s Antares 0 achieved criticality in June, becoming the first reactor under the Department of Energy’s…
China sets out fusion progress, collaboration opportunities
The event, hosted by China Fusion Energy Co, which is part of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), began with the signing of cooperation agreements with the multinational ITER fusion project…
