India’s Rajasthan unit 7 reaches full power
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) announced on LinkedIn: “Rajasthan Atomic Power Project – Unit-7 (RAPP-7) successfully achieved rated power operation of 700 MW for the first time on…
Cold testing of third Sanmen unit completed
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…
EDF to seek approval for new acoustic fish deterrent system
The original plan The company building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in southwest England had originally been given planning permission in 2013 for a scheme with low velocity…
Solstice plans expansion of US conversion facility
Solstice – which was spun-off from Honeywell in October last year – said it has invested in de-bottlenecking projects at Metropolis Works following its 2023 restart in response to strong…
Domes hoisted at Chinese CAP1000 units
State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) said the outer steel dome of the nuclear island of unit 4 of the Haiyang plant in Shandong province was hoisted into place on 9…
Podcast: What should be the target time to build a nuclear plant?
In an interview for the World Nuclear News podcast Aubarbier, Deputy CEO of French multinational engineering giant Assystem, also covered the progress of the French EPR2 programme, how regulation differs…
Copenhagen Atomics reaches pump testing milestone
Molten salt reactors (MSRs) rely on pumps to circulate liquid fuel or coolant at temperatures exceeding 600°C for years at a time. Demonstrating long-term, stable pump operation is therefore a…
US, Armenia sign agreement on nuclear energy
Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and US Vice President JD Vance signed a joint statement on the completion of negotiations on the Agreement on Cooperation between…
US funding for research into recycling used nuclear fuel
The Department of Energy (DOE) noted that less than 5% of the potential energy in the USA’s nuclear fuel is extracted after five years of operation in a commercial reactor.…
Tepco restarts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 6
The 1356 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), which has been offline for almost 14 years, was restarted at 14:00 (local time) on Monday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said.…
