Fuel manufactured for Kudankulam 4’s initial loading
Under the contract agreed in 2024 with the Russian state nuclear corporation, TVEL will supply fuel for the lifetime of the VVER-1000 units, which comprise units 3 and 4 at…
Renewed Bruce 3 back in service
The Major Component Replacement (MCR) which the Candu unit has undergone saw robotic tools used on a reactor face to rebuild a Candu reactor for the first time. The project…
Orano starts construction at Mongolia uranium project
“Yesterday, in the presence of Mr Batjargal Ochirpurev, Governor of the Dornogobi province, Mr Ganburen Gansukh, Governor of the Ulaanbadrakh sum and Mr Manlaijav Gun-Aajav, Secretary of the Nuclear Energy…
NRC and FERC boosts for Crane Clean Energy Center project
Constellation announced in 2024 its plans to restart the pressurised water reactor, which closed down in 1999, and last year filed an interconnection request with regional transmission operator PJM to…
IAEA warning after drone hits Chernobyl used fuel facility
IAEA warning after drone hits Chernobyl used fuel facility
KHNP says EC has dropped foreign subsidy probe into Czech project
The Czech government selected Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) as its preferred bidder in July 2024 for two new units near the current Dukovany nuclear power plant, about 200…
IAEA warning after drone hits used fuel facility near Chernobyl
In a briefing to the IAEA’s Board of Governors, and in a subsequent press conference, Grossi said that in a separate incident on Friday a drone had injured Russian military personnel…
Ceremony to mark first concrete for Uzbekistan SMR
The presidents of Uzbekistan and Russia, meeting in St Petersburg, joined the event via video link, with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi among those attending in…
First criticality for US microreactor under DOE programme
The demonstration took place at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under US Department of Energy (DOE) authorisation, with Antares saying it is the first private company to bring an advanced reactor to criticality…
Japan proposes replacement of up to 14 nuclear reactors
Prior to the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan’s 54 reactors provided about 30% of the country’s electricity. However, within 14 months of the accident, the country’s…
