Largest load transported along ITER itinerary
The cryostat – into which some of the D-shaped toroidal field coils as well as PF1, the smallest of the ring-shaped poloidal field coils, will be inserted – is shaped “like…
IAEA reviews Romanian research reactor ahead of potential extension
The six-person Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR) mission took place in the first week of October. It was requested by Romania’s National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control and the Institute for…
Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted Disa’s application for a licence to use its technology to remediate abandoned mine waste at inactive mine sites in April, when the regulator…
IAEA completes modernisation of its laboratories
The IAEA Seibersdorf facility, which opened in 1962, houses eight nuclear applications laboratories working in food and agriculture, human health, environmental monitoring and assessment, as well as two safeguards analytical…
Paks II equipment supply approved, Rosatom says
Rosatom said that the issued document following the “routine supervisory audit” means “the company can supply nuclear power plant equipment as part of the Paks II NPP project, which is manufactured…
Deadline extended to allow wider participation in Indian small reactor RFP
Bharat Small Reactors – or BSRs – are described as compact 220 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors that are tailored for “captive use”. Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman announced in…
Construction set to start at Velvet-Wood project
The project is the first to be approved under a new accelerated review process launched as part of a strategic response to the national energy emergency declared by President Donald…
Philippines prepares for nuclear new-build
In a circular signed on 2 October by Energy Secretary Sharon Garin, the Department of Energy (DOE) formally established the policy foundations for the Philippines’ first commercially developed and operated…
Arabelle and Framatome sign Cernavoda agreements
Arabelle Solutions, which like Framatome is a subsidiary of France’s EDF, will provide equipment and services for the refurbishment of Cernavoda 1’s turbine-generator, as part of the 30-year life extension…
NANO to build Illinois MMR facility
The company announced its plans for the new facility alongside Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). The facility will enable the company…
