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Rolls-Royce has almost completed the feasibility stage in the development...
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£12 million UK-Japan robotics deal for fusion energy
Britain and Japan have signed a research and technology deployment collaboration to help automate nuclear decommissioning and other aspects of fusion energy production. Said to be...
Ringhals 1 NPP is retired
The Swedish nuclear power plant, Ringhals 1, was shut down as planned on 31 December after nearly 45 years of power operation.
Most of US capacity retirement in 2021 will be nuclear and coal
According to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electrical generation, 9.1 GW of capacity is scheduled to retire during 2021. Nuclear generating...
Costain to partner with U-Battery Developments on modular nuke design
Infrastructure solutions company Costain is collaborating with U-Battery Developments to develop an advanced modular reactor (AMR). The development is being funded by the UK Department...
First Light Fusion raises $25 million
First Light Fusion, a UK-based company prominent in researching energy generation via inertial fusion, has raised $25 million from both existing and new investors. The funding round...
EDF invites interest in DAC and H2 pilots
EDF Energy subsidiary Nuclear New Build Generation Co, which owns the proposed Sizewell C project in Suffolk, UK, is looking for commercial partners to help develop hydrogen ...
Ultra safe micro-nuclear ‘one step closer’
The Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp reports that it continues to make progress towards deployment of its first micro modular reactor with the signing of the Project Host Agreement for...
Hitachi abandons Anglesey NPP project
Hitachi will confirm today, 16 September, that it has finally abandoned its plans to build a nuclear power station in Anglesey, Wales at a projected cost of £20 billion. Hitachi had...
Hot testing starts at Chernobyl spent-fuel storage
‘Hot testing’ has started at the Interim Storage Facility 2 (ISF-2) at Chernobyl where the spent nuclear fuels from reactors 1, 2 and 3 will be processed and stored in the world’s...
Natrium fast reactor claimed to offer cost savings
On 2 September TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) launched its ‘Natrium’ reactor and energy system architecture. This nuclear technology features a cost-competitive...
Fortum initiates an EIA for Loviisa NPP
Fortum has initiated an Environmental Impact Assessment procedure for the Loviisa nuclear power plant. The procedure will assess the environmental impacts of a potential extension of...
Hinkley Point C second reactor base completed
Work on the 49 000 tonne base for the second reactor at EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK has been completed, in less than a year, and on schedule.
Assystem awarded ITER contract
Assystem, the world’s second largest nuclear engineering organisation, has been awarded the contract for the final design phase 1 and prototype testing of the divertor remote...
EDF delays restart of Cruas NPP over safety fears
French energy major EDF has delayed the restart of unit 2 at its Cruas nuclear plant while ASN continues a safety investigation following the 11 November earthquake.
Russia is developing a molten salt reactor
Rosatom has the start of the construction of a molten salt research reactor at Zheleznogorsk MCC.
EDF to sell its stake in US nuclear JV
French utility EDF is exercising the ‘put option’ to sell its 49.99% stake in Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, which owns the R.E. Ginna, Nine Mile Point and Calvert Cliffs...
UK government considers investment in SMR
The UK government is considering investing up to £18 million to help develop what would be the first SMR based nuclear power station in the UK.
Nuclear power decline “threatens energy security and climate goals” - IEA report
The world risks a steep decline in the deployment of nuclear power in advanced economies that could result in billions of tonnes of additional carbon emissions, according to a new...
Exelon to close Three Mile Island NPP
Exelon is planning to shut down the last reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant on 30 September.
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