UK to cooperate with Singapore on nuclear regulation
The MoU was signed at the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s (ONR’s) office in London by Paul Dicks, its Director of Regulation – New Reactors, and Li-Na Koh, Deputy Chief Executive…
New York issues solicitations for nuclear new-build
The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) follows on from Requests for Information issued by the authority last year, to which more than 30 entities – including 23 potential developers or partners…
Milestones reached at Xudabao construction site
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that hot functional tests – which simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation – were…
Fuel transfer work begins at Fukushima Daiichi unit 2
A total of 615 fuel assemblies (587 used and 28 unused) are currently stored in unit 2’s storage pool. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) completed an initial survey of Fukushima…
Containment dome installed at Lianjiang 1
The steel dome module is an important component of the shielded building, situated on top of a steel-concrete composite structure, and supporting the passive containment cooling water storage tank. The…
In pictures: Second Hinkley Point C reactor vessel installed
Following a two-day lifting and installation operation that began on Thursday morning, the reactor vessel was installed in position within unit 2’s reactor building on Friday afternoon. Unlike the reactor…
IAEA says turbine building damage ‘consistent with impact of a drone’
The agency (IAEA) has had experts stationed at the Zaporizhzhia plant since September 2022. The six-unit nuclear power station has been under Russian military control since March 2022, and it…
Cameco, Orano take full ownership of Cigar Lake
The agreement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ subsidiary Tepco Resources Inc will see Cameco’s ownership in the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan increase by 2.871 percentage points to…
ABS introduces shipping’s first nuclear-ready notation
The US-based classification society said the notation is featured in the latest American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) document, the . It has been developed “to assist vessel owners, designers, and…
Nineteen years on, companies team up for US new-build project
Fulcrum Point is an affiliate of Utah nuclear services company Hi Tech Solutions. Last year, Hi Tech Solutions signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Holtec International and the State of Utah…
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again and Says its Negotiating Team With U.S. is Heading to Switzerland
