Commissioning milestone for WIPP ventilation facility
Friday, 7 March 2025 The exterior of the SSCVS facility (Image: DOE EM) The Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) is part of the US Department of Energy Office of…
Chernobyl: Emergency work completed after drone strike on shelter
Friday, 7 March 2025 Workers on the roof of the New Safe Confinement two days after the February 14 drone strike (Image: State Emergency Service of Ukraine) According to the…
Orano and Energoatom sign enrichment services agreement
Friday, 7 March 2025 (Image: Orano) The agreement, which guarantees a diversified supply of enrichment services for fuel for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, was signed by Nicolas Maes, CEO of Orano,…
UKAEA, Eni partner for tritium fuel cycle facility
Friday, 7 March 2025 A rendering of the H3AT Tritium Loop Facility (Image: UKAEA) Tritium recovery and re-use will play a fundamental role in the supply and generation of the…
Canadian government announces nuclear investments
Thursday, 6 March 2025 A rendering of the Monark concept (Image: AtkinsRéalis) Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson announced that the government had entered into a preliminary agreement with…
Europe completes manufacture of second ITER vessel sector
Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Image: Walter Tosto) The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’s (ITER’s) plasma chamber, or vacuum vessel, houses the fusion reactions and acts as a first safety containment barrier.…
Lloyd’s Register to use AI to aid maritime nuclear licensing
Thursday, 6 March 2025 The projected future design of nuclear power barges (Image: Lucid Catalyst) Lloyd’s Register will become one of the first maritime organisations to use generative AI for…
Passive safety modules installed at Chinese units
Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Image: CNPEC) In the event of leakage in the primary circuit the passive heat removal system assures the transition of steam generators to operation in the…
Third unit at Kursk II gets approval from Rostekhnadzor
Thursday, 6 March 2025 Kursk II will more than replace Kursk NPP’s output (Image: Rosatom) Kursk II is a new nuclear power plant in western Russia, about 60 kilometres (37.5…
Stratek Global and Groupe Albatros sign strategic partnership
Thursday, 6 March 2025 How an HTMR-100 unit could look (Image: Stratek Global) Stratek says that the partnership is aimed at deploying its small modular reactors (SMRs) across Africa and the…
