Dominion keeps options open for North Anna new build
Virginia Electric and Power Company (doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia) submitted its request to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 14 July, seeking to renew the Early Site…
ARC partners with INL for SMR deployment
The agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance, the laboratory’s management and operating contractor, means Idaho National Laboratory (INL) “will bring its full spectrum of nuclear research expertise to bear on the design,…
In pictures: ITER tokamak core assembly progressing
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’s plasma chamber, or vacuum vessel, houses the fusion reactions and acts as a first safety containment barrier. With an interior volume of 1400 cubic metres,…
Podcast: Why is the World Nuclear Investment Guide needed?
The challenge posed is that, according to World Nuclear Association’s most recent World Nuclear Outlook Report, “when all operable, under construction, planned, proposed, and potential reactors are combined with government targets, the total…
Site preparations under way for planned Kola units
A ceremony to mark the beginning of the works was held on Wednesday, attended by the Governor of Murmansk Andrey Chibis, the management of the Kola plant, and representatives from…
IAEA, Canadian university collaborate on nuclear education
The three-year agreement – formally called Practical Arrangements – was signed at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on 24 July by University of Saskatchewan (USask) Vice-President Research Baljit Singh…
Cameco announces IPO plan for Westinghouse
Announcing the registration ahead of its quarterly results call, Cameco said the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed stock market offering have not…
Germany coordinates fusion R&D efforts
The fusion hubs are designed as central locations where companies, research institutions, and industry collaborate on-site and virtually on technological solutions for future fusion power plants. The federal and state…
Serbia signs fresh nuclear programme agreement with EDF
Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said: “It is very important for us that in this phase of our nuclear programme, in which we are laying the foundations…
Progress reported on Shirondukuyskoye deposit works
The breakthrough, by crews from Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Union, was targeted to be completed by 10 August. Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Union (PIMCU), which is part of Rosatom’s…
