IsoEnergy and DISA to create new US uranium company
The agreement is to combine IsoEnergy’s portfolio of past-producing conventional uranium mines in Utah – Tony M Mine, Daneros Mine, Rim Mine, Sage Plain Project, and Flatiron Project – and…
Entergy to consider deployment of Holtec’s SMR-300
The collaboration formalised through the non-binding agreement establishes a framework to jointly evaluate customer demand, candidate sites, and possible commercial structures for potential dual-unit SMR-300 projects. The objective is to…
KHNP, AboitizPower to cooperate on nuclear energy
The MoU was signed on 31 July at KHNP’s headquarters in Gyeongju, South Korea, by Choi Il-kyung, Head of Business Operations at KHNP, and Carlos Ramon Aboitiz, Head of AboitizPower.…
Fresh 10-year decommissioning licence issued for Kozloduy 3 and 4
The two VVER-440 units at Kozloduy – which were commissioned in 1975 and 1980 respectively – were shut down at the end 2006 as part of the agreement for Bulgaria…
Core catcher installed at Leningrad’s eighth unit
The core catcher, also known as a melt trap, is a key bit of safety equipment. It is a container in the form of a cone made of thermally resistant…
Tianwan 8 completes key commissioning tests
Such tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety are properly installed and ready to operate in a cold condition. The main purpose of cold…
Westinghouse and Amentum sign AP1000/AP300 collaboration agreements
The Westinghouse APX strategy aims to offer a single technology platform for its AP1000 reactors and for its SMR version, the AP300. The idea is for the smaller version to…
BWXT sells medical business for USD800 million
BWX Technologies (BWXT) says the sale will enable it “to concentrate resources and capital on accelerating growth in its core nuclear national security and commercial nuclear power markets, areas central…
Finnish regulator gives positive decision on used fuel repository
Radioactive waste management company Posiva submitted its application, together with related information, to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on 30 December 2021 for an operating licence for the…
Mid-year updates from major uranium producers
Kazakhstan’s national atomic company said its production on both a 100% basis (that is, the entirety of production of the entities in which the company has an interest) and attributable…
