IAEA mission sees Rooppur 1 safety commitment
The Pre-Operational Safety Review Team (Pre-OSART) consisted of 14 experts from Bulgaria, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, the UK and the USA plus International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff members and…
Palisades re-enters operational status
Palisades, a single-unit pressurised water reactor, ceased operations in May 2022 and was defuelled the following month, although it was licensed to operate until March 2031. The unit’s licence was…
Westinghouse welcomes NRC’s licensing extension
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission noted that the change means “companies applying to build and operate reactors will have more time to reference already-certified designs by GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy,…
General Atomics invests in UNITY-2
Fusion Fuel Cycles (FFC) – based in Chalk River, Ontario – was established as a joint venture between Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Kyoto Fusioneering to develop and deploy deuterium-tritium (D-T)…
Zimbabwe to evaluate deployment of Korean SMR
According to the memorandum of understanding, the two organisations agreed to actively cooperate in a preliminary feasibility study for introducing the Innovative SMR (i-SMR) in Zimbabwe; support for training nuclear…
Proposal submitted for SMR power plant in Lund
The proposal was submitted by Dalane Kjernekraft AS – jointly owned by Dalane Energi, Norsk Kjernekraft and Lund Municipality. The notification is the first formal step towards establishing a nuclear…
Taiwan’s pro-nuclear vote fails to hit turnout threshold
As Taiwan’s last operating reactor, Maanshan 2 had been providing about 3% of its electricity. On 17 May this year, it was disconnected from the grid and is set to…
Alberta launches public consultation on nuclear energy
The five-member Nuclear Energy Engagement and Advisory Panel will lead the engagement activities and deliver a report with recommendations on what role Alberta’s government should have in potential nuclear development.…
South Korean companies in US agreements
X-energy Reactor Company, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility have teamed up to accelerate the deployment of X-energy’s advanced small modular reactors and fuel in…
Lianjiang unit 1 auxiliary building topped off
The construction of the first two 1250 MWe CAP1000 reactors – the Chinese version of the Westinghouse AP1000 – at the Lianjiang site was approved by China’s State Council in…
