US plant cleared for extended operation in record time
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed the operating licence for HB Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 – a single-unit pressurised water reactor plant – for 20 years.…
US Air Force announces selections for microreactor deployments
The three companies have been selected by the Department of the Air Force (DAF), in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, under the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI) programme,…
Operating licence issued for Bangladesh’s first nuclear power unit
The checks included verifying “system design characteristics after the reactor unit had been run at nominal parameters. Dummy fuel assemblies were unloaded from the reactor core, and commissioning work on…
Chernobyl at 40: The decommissioning challenge
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Uzbek uranium mine enters commercial production
“Pilot industrial operations at the deposit began in December 2024, and over two years of active work, the Company has reached the stage of commercial production,” said Djamal Sabakhonovich Fayzullayev,…
TerraPower starts construction of ‘first US utility-scale advanced nuclear plant’
The technology Terrapower’s Natrium 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor has a molten-salt-based energy storage system which allows it to temporarily boost output to 500 MWe when needed, enabling the plant…
Korean financing to be considered for Vietnam projects
“This memorandum of understanding was prepared to translate the commitment to nuclear power cooperation agreed upon at the Korea-Vietnam summit held last August into tangible results,” the Export-Import Bank of…
Chernobyl at 40: Wildlife and science in the exclusion zone
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Reactor vessel installed at third Zhangzhou unit
The vessel – weighing about 316 tonnes – is the high strength steel cylinder that will house the reactor core and all associated components, including the reactor vessel internals which…
Regulator extends Hermes 1 reactor construction deadline
Kairos Power was granted a construction permit by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December 2023 for the Hermes 1 molten salt-cooled demonstration reactor at the Heritage Center Industrial Park…
