EIL to assist in development of Indian SMR design

The MoU was signed at Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL’s) office in Mumbai on 12 August in the presence of Engineers India Limited (EIL) Chairman and Managing Director…

Plans for SMR plant on Svalbard progress

In June this year, Swedish lead-cooled SMR technology developer Blykalla and Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft announced the launched of a joint project company, Svalbard Kjernekraft AS. Longyearbyen –…

NextEra updates NRC on Duane Arnold plans

The company presented an overview of the current status and its plans for the proposed restart of the shuttered plant in submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ahead…

Norwegian collaboration on floating nuclear power plants

A memorandum of understanding signed between the partners “lays the foundation for a collaboration in which the parties will investigate, develop and mature solutions that combine reliable, emission-free nuclear power…

Entergy seeks approval for Waterford 3 uprate

Waterford 3 is a pressurised water reactor that began commercial operation in 1985 and currently has a net electrical output of about 1,150 MWe. It has a licence from the…

DOE announces first selections for pilot reactor programme

The pilot programme, announced in June, aims to expedite the testing of advanced reactor designs that will be authorised by the Department at sites located outside of the national laboratories.…

UK project aims to boost domestic supply of nuclear graphite

Graphite has been used in nuclear reactor cores as a moderator, slowing down the neutrons released from nuclear fission so that the nuclear chain reaction can be maintained. Most of…

Taskforce calls for reforms to UK nuclear regulation

The taskforce was announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 6 February. Led by John Fingleton, former CEO of the Office of Fair Trading, the taskforce’s objective is to speed…

Oklo, Lightbridge extend collaboration to include legacy materials

The collaboration is under a memorandum of understanding signed earlier this year to jointly assess the feasibility of commercial-scale fuel fabrication within Oklo’s planned fuel manufacturing infrastructure. The new initiative…

NAC system deployed in Canadian decommissioning milestone

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced in June that the transfer of used fuel from the Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility site in Québec to the Chalk River Laboratories site in Ontario…