Reactor vessel installed at Xudabao 4
Wednesday, 18 December 2024 (Image: Rosatom) In June 2018, Russia and China signed agreements, including for the construction of two VVER-1200 reactors at the new Xudabao (also known as Xudapu)…
Tata, BWXT to explore microreactor use at Wyoming site
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 The Green River facility (Image: Tata Chemicals) Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners LLC (TCSAP) and BWXT have been collaborating since September 2023 on the feasibility of…
Licensing of Newcleo’s fuel facility progresses
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 A rendering of the LFR AS-30 (Image: Newcleo) The Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire’s (ASN’s) official opinion on the submitted safety options will contribute to securing the…
Japan sees greater future role for nuclear energy
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 (Image: (DavidRockDesign / Pixabay) The revised policy calls for the use of as much renewable and nuclear energy as possible in order to achieve decarbonisation. It…
Turbine installed at Turkey’s Akkuyu unit 1
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 (Image: Akkuyu NPP) The past year has seen all the main equipment installed in the reactor and preparations for pre-launch tests with dummy nuclear fuel are…
Covra takes over Dodewaard for decommissioning
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 Dodewaard (Image: Covra) Dodewaard – a 55 MWe (net) boiling water reactor – was the Netherlands’ first nuclear power plant. It was connected to the grid…
Canadian nuclear supply chain ready for new build, company says
Monday, 16 December 2024 A rendering of the Monark concept (Image: AtkinsRéalis) Some 97% of the investment the company had made over the year to 12 December was issued to…
Preferred site identified for new INL experimental reactor facility
Monday, 16 December 2024 (Image: Aalo Atomics) The announcement comes after Aalo announced on 3 December that it had received official approval from the Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office…
Partnership to develop UK fusion power plant designs
Monday, 16 December 2024 The signing of the cooperation agreement (Image: STFC’s Hartree Centre) The partnership aims to unite fusion scientists and Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts from the three organisations…
Last used nuclear fuel removed from Gremikha naval base
Monday, 16 December 2024 (Image: Rosatom) The 11th and final consignment, of the used removable parts of the OK-550KM liquid metal-cooled reactor, was disassembled and sent for reprocessing last month.…
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again and Says its Negotiating Team With U.S. is Heading to Switzerland
