New US company plans uranium conversion facility
Headquartered in Houston, Texas and McLean, Virginia, FluxPoint Energy was officially launched last week at the CERAWeek international energy event in Houston, Texas. The company said its mission is to…
Containment tests completed at Sanmen 3
The two-part tests confirm that the containment vessel meets design and construction quality requirements. The first part – the structural integrity test (SIT) – involved the vessel being pressurised and…
Bulgarian repository moves closer to commissioning
Executive Director of the State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SE RAW) Dilyan Petrov said: “We are happy that with today’s decision we can report the finalisation of a long and difficult project.”…
In Pictures: Akkuyu 2’s polar crane installed
The 282-tonne bridge is part of the polar crane, a circular overhead crane which is mounted under the reactor building’s inner containment dome. Its circular design means that it can transport…
New Hampshire to assess deployment of advanced reactors
The order initiates a comprehensive review of regulatory, financial, and market factors affecting nuclear deployment, while engaging stakeholders across government and industry. It also calls for the creation of a…
First 10 years of Russian final waste repository reviewed
The repository received its first waste shipment – 13 packages of waste totalling 47 cubic metres – in November 2016. It takes class 3 waste and class 4 waste such as,…
Microsoft, Nvidia team up for AI for nuclear
“The world is racing to meet a historic surge in power demand with an infrastructure pipeline built for the analogue age,” Darryl Willis, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Energy and Resources…
Study outlines Finnish options for new nuclear capacity
AFRY was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in November to examine the use of nuclear energy in both electricity and heat production. The analysis covers traditional…
Excavation work approved for India’s Mahi Banswara units
The permission, announced on Thursday, has been issued to Anushakti Vidyut Nigam Limited (Ashvini) for the 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors planned at the plant, in the Banswara district of…
Kentucky incentives support laser enrichment plant
North Carolina-based Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) completed its full licence application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) in July last year. It intends…
