KHNP takes stake in TerraPower
In May 2022, SK Group signed a memorandum of understanding with TerraPower to jointly develop “next-generational technologies” needed for small modular reactors (SMRs). In the August of that year, SK…
Bruce C project ‘would boost GDP by CAD238 billion’
The figures come in the summary of findings of the study by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce for Bruce Power and the Nuclear Innovation Institute. It says that during the proposed plant’s 80-year…
International safety assessments of Finnish, French SMRs
The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) conducted a preliminary safety assessment of the LDR-50 last year. In June, STUK said the draft concept assessment for Steady Energy’s LDR-50…
Cooling system tests at RA-10 multipurpose reactor
Argentina’s National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) said the commissioning “allowed, for the first time, the observation of coolant circulation through the reactor’s primary circuit. This milestone enables the comprehensive verification…
Dioxitek celebrates record UO2 production
Dioxitek was founded in 1996 to guarantee the secure and sustainable supply of uranium dioxide and strategic radioisotopes – notably cobalt-60 – for Argentina’s energy, industrial, and medical development. The…
Joint study validates SMR use for chemical plants
The study, funded through the US Department of Energy’s Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative, saw a composite engineering team drawn from NuScale and Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
Government funding for Saskatchewan SMR test facility
The facility – the SMR-SLT – will be located at the Innovation Saskatchewan Research and Technology Park. It will house two test loops that simulate a part of a small…
Amentum to be delivery partner for Rolls-Royce SMR
The companies said Amentum, which is US-headquartered but with more than 6,000 employees in the UK, “will enable programme delivery, provide integration, oversight and governance, and deliver the construction management…
National targets for new nuclear ‘far exceed a tripling of global capacity’
There are currently about 440 nuclear power reactors with a combined capacity of almost 397 GWe (net) operating in 31 countries, with at least 70 power reactors under construction, which…
Slovakia and USA sign nuclear energy agreement
Under the Intergovernmental Agreement the two countries will cooperate across a broad range of nuclear energy activities “including reactor technology, supply chains, safety and security best practices, workforce development, and…
