Bruce Power signs long-term Master Services Agreement
Thursday, 5 December 2024 The Bruce nuclear power plant (Image: Bruce Power) The extension to the Master Service Agreement between Kinectrics and Bruce Power supports engineering project management, project controls,…
Tractebel to help develop Steady Energy’s heating SMR
Thursday, 5 December 2024 How the LDR-50, which will be built underground, could look (Image: Steady Energy) Steady Energy was spun out of Finland’s state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre in…
Uzbekistan signs agreements on nuclear cooperation
Thursday, 5 December 2024 Grossi and Mirziyoyev met on 4 December (Image: President of Uzbekistan) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Mirziyoyev met ahead of the one-day Prospects for…
Serbia plans for future with nuclear energy
Thursday, 5 December 2024 A group of ministers, academics and other experts was formed earlier this year to examine a possible future nuclear energy programme (Image: Emilija Jovanovic/Serbia’s Ministry of…
Licensing of Finnish repository further delayed
Thursday, 5 December 2024 A rendering of the underground used fuel repository at Olkiluoto (Image: Posiva) Radioactive waste management company Posiva submitted its application, together with related information, to the…
EnergySolutions, Terrestrial sign MoU on IMSR deployment
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 Terrestrial Energy’s vision of its IMSR as a cogeneration plant (Image: Terrestrial Energy) EnergySolutions CEO Kenneth Roebuck said the IMSR is uniquely positioned to meet the…
In pictures: First reactor vessel in place at Hinkley Point C
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 (Image: EDF Energy) The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) – measuring 13 metres in height and weighing 500 tonnes – will hold nuclear fuel used to make…
Life extensions announced for four UK plants
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 The Torness plant (Image: EDF Energy) EDF manages the UK’s eight nuclear power plant sites, five that are operating (Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham 2, Heysham 1…
Nigerien authorities in control of SOMAÏR operations – Orano
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 A view of the desert near Arlit, Niger (Image: NigerTZai/Wikimedia) The French company, said it has “for several months” been warning of “interference” that the group…
Facebook owner Meta seeks up to 4 GW nuclear capacity
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 Data centre operators are seeking clear, and 24/7 power sources (Image: Generic data centre representation) The company, which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp among its brands, is…
