Rosatom signs EPC contract for Kazakhstan nuclear plant
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom was selected last year to lead an international consortium to build the proposed 2,400 MW capacity plant in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region.…
Industrial zone plan to boost localisation for Uzbek nuclear project
Excavation work began in October last year for the pit for the first of the small modular reactors at the site. About 1.5 million cubic metres of soil were excavated during the…
Helical selected for Japanese fusion demonstration project
Founded in October 2021, Helical is building on research conducted by the National Institute for Fusion Science on the Helical Stellarator design. It aims to achieve “the world’s first practical…
Blykalla seeks state aid for second SMR plant
On 25 August, Blykalla submitted a proposal to the Swedish government for a nuclear power plant at Untra which would feature up to eight lead-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs) with…
Rosatom considers Murmansk site focused on floating power plant construction
According to a report by the Strana Rosatom in-house publication, Director General Alexei Likhachev said the idea for a site to complete construction – which might cost “tens of billions of…
Decommissioning of Chernobyl units progressing
The accident in 1986 destroyed the plant’s unit 4, but three other units were undamaged and continued to operate afterwards – the last one was only shut down 14 years…
TerraPower selects more suppliers for Natrium components
The awards include work for Merrick & Company (two contracts), Mirion Technologies Inc, BWXT Canada Ltd, Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc, Marmen Inc, Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc, Jensen Hughes, Boston…
Proposal for Canadian marine-based SMR plant
Under an agreement with Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation, the Prodigy Transportable Nuclear Power Plant (TNPP) Pilot Project will be First Nations-owned and validate plant logistics…
Tennessee issues licence for fusion plant
In 2023, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it would base its regulatory framework for fusion energy systems on its existing process for licensing the use of byproduct…
IAEA concern over diesel supply for Zaporizhzhia generators
The plant, which has been under Russian military control since early March 2022, lost connection to its last operating external power line on 20 August. Since then it has been…
