Framatome selected to modernise Tihange 3 control rod system
It is part of measures to extend the operating life of the 1 GW pressurised water reactor. Framatome said: “The modernisation of the rod control system, which will extend over…
EDF gets go-ahead for Hinkley Point B decommissioning
Hinkley Point B – comprising two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) – was first synchronised to the electricity grid in February 1976. The plant generated more than 311 terawatt-hours of electricity…
X-energy sister company contracted for in-space nuclear technology
Intuitive Machines said it is using the funding – which builds on USD9.5 million awarded under a previous Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) programme – to accelerate readiness of compact…
Fresh efforts made to facilitate repair of Zaporizhzhia backup power line
The six-unit plant has been under Russian military control since March 2022. It had 10 external power lines before the war began, but there is currently one line working, and…
Sellafield awards multi-year ‘high hazard risk reduction’ contracts
Four separate lots went to competitive tenders and form part of the Decommissioning and Nuclear Waste Partnership which lasts for an initial nine years with an option to extend for…
Official request made to extend Spain’s Almaraz nuclear units
The decision, taken at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday of the board of directors and the general assembly of shareholders, seeks to extend the life of the two units to…
Constellation, Xpansiv team up to launch emission-free energy certificate trading
The utility – which lays claim to being the USA’s largest producer of emissions-free energy, with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet – will offer emission-free energy certificates from its clean…
NANO progresses North American projects
NANO completed its acquisition of Global First Power on 22 October. This followed NANO’s acquisition in January of intellectual property and other rights in the USA and Canada of Ultra…
Automated control system for first Turkish unit delivered
The automated process control system (APCS) was manufactured by Rosatom Automated Control Systems Joint-Stock Company, Rosatom’s APCS and Electrical Engineering Division. The delivery consisted of 42,000 pieces of equipment weighing…
First decontaminated steel from Chernobyl released for reuse
Before being cleared for release the materials “were fragmented, decontaminated, and then thoroughly checked at the Free Release Facility FRM-03 using gamma-spectrometric monitoring”, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) said. The power…
