Poland begins ordering long-lead components for first AP1000
Long-lead items are typically thought of as heavy forgings and castings for pressure vessels, steam turbines and generators. With a limited number of heavy engineering plants able to make to…
Swiss citizens may get to vote on construction of new reactors
Earlier this year, the ‘No to New Nuclear Power Stations’ coalition – comprising the Greens, the Socialist Democrats, the Green Liberal Party and various other organisations – launched an initiative to…
German uranium oxide storage facility commissioned
The storage facility forms part of the Gronau plant’s expansion licence which was granted in 2005 by the nuclear licensing authority of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The licence allows an…
Fusion firm Xcimer announces fresh DOE milestones award
In June the Department of Energy (DOE) formally approved Xcimer Energy’s preconceptual design and technology development roadmap milestone for Athena, the company’s architecture for fusion power plants. Designed for continuous…
Deployable Energy to test its Unity nuclear battery in DOME
The company plans to complete a full-power test of its Nuclear Unity Battery – a light-water moderated, helium-cooled transportable microreactor designed to generate 1 MWe. The test builds on its…
Key equipment installed in BREST-OD-300 turbine hall
Concrete pouring began in May for the foundation of the turbine and generator for the reactor in Seversk in Russia’s Tomsk region, and Rosatom says that construction of the turbine…
Concreting milestones at Chinese Hualong One units
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the last batch of concrete was poured for the inner dome of Zhangzhou unit 3 on 30 September. “This key milestone marks the completion…
DOE offers Vistra loan for reactor upgrades and uprates
Vistra’s planned investments at Beaver Valley in Pennsylvania and Davis-Besse and Perry in Ohio will produce more electricity from existing nuclear plants without requiring new transmission corridors or equivalent new…
BWXT’s BANR microreactor selected for Canadian project
The BANR – BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor – is a 22 MWe/75 MWt high-temperature gas-cooled reactor designed to use TRISO (TRIstructural-ISOtropic) fuel. Prodigy’s planned project of a Transportable Nuclear Power Plant…
Google and Oracle deals support long-term US plant operations
The 20-year power purchase agreement announced by Google and Constellation Energy will enable investments in new equipment and technology at 11 Constellation-owned nuclear units in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey,…
