Chinese reactor connected to the grid
“At 9.32am on 22 November, the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 … successfully connected to the grid for the first time, officially transmitting its first kilowatt-hour of electricity,” China…
Uvation considers SOLO microreactors for data centres
The company says it anticipates that its SOLO reactor design – which was conceptualised in 2018 and engineered over the last seven years – will be available globally within the…
Rosatom to 3D-print equipment elements for SMR
The first item produced in this way by the Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, part of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, is a terminal box. The RITM-200 reactors are…
Blast marks restart of mining operations at Kayelekera
Kayelekera first produced uranium in 2009, but when Australian-based Lotus Resources acquired the project from Paladin Energy in 2020 it had been under care-and-maintenance since 2014. Lotus announced plans for…
Bruce A set for power boost from Siemens Energy steam turbines
The upgrades, part of the Project 2030 and life extension asset management projects, will increase each unit’s output by about 30 MW and will be completed between 2028 and 2031.…
Radical reforms needed to UK nuclear regulation, says taskforce
The Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce was announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in February. Led by John Fingleton, former CEO of the Office of Fair Trading, the taskforce’s objective is to…


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