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ZNPP risks diminish, but not military tensions
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) has completed the drilling of ten groundwater wells, bringing the plant close to having a longer-term solution for the provision...
Cooling system at Zaporizhzhya stabilised – but attacks in the area continue
In its Update 183 on the Ukraine situation International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi announced that Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has been drilling more...
FLEX reactor development ‘reaches a watershed’
Nuclear energy developer MoltexFLEX has reached what it calls a watershed in the development of its small modular FLEX reactor that is expected to see the UK-based company move to...
Vattenfall is looking to new nuclear power
Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg is currently leading a delegation of Group managers in visits to various countries developing new nuclear power sites, starting with Canada, to talk...
UK loan for Ukrainian nuclear sector
The UK has announced a £192 million loan guarantee to allow Ukraine to buy enriched uranium from Urenco, which is headquartered in the UK and 33.3 % owned by the UK government.
Canadian federal support for SMR development
Canada's government believes that small modular reactors can play a significant part in meeting its net-zero emissions aims and climate goals, and will help to spread the...
US uranium production up from record low in 2021
The 2022 production of uranium concentrate (U3O8) production in the USA was almost ten times higher than the previous year, partly as a result of higher uranium prices....
ZNPP external power supply falters: perimeter mines remain
On 10 August Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was reconnected to its only remaining main 750 kV supply, Dniprovska power line, at approximately 19:00 local time after...
ZNPP perimeter has been sown with mines
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi reported on 29 July (Update 176) that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) had completed the...
SHINE achieves visible proof of fusion
On 3 August fusion specialists SHINE Technologies announced that it has demonstrated clearly visible Cherenkov radiation produced by fusion, for what is believed to be the first time...
All T-pylons now erected on Hinkley connection project
National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has reached a second milestone with the completion of all 116 of its iconic new T-pylons, which will connect six million homes and businesses...
New micro-modular reactor for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp
Jacobs has been selected by Ultra-safe Nuclear Corporation UK (USNC) to support the design and development of a new micro modular power reactor. The UK’s Department for Energy...
UK launches nuclear revival
Great British Nuclear (GBN) an ‘executive non-departmental public body’, sponsored by the UK government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is to drive rapid expansion...
Development of 12 SMRs in Washington state
Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company, a developer of advanced small modular nuclear reactors, have signed a joint development agreement for up to 12 Xe-100 advanced small...
Bilfinger completes core meltdown stabilisation system for Hinkley Point C
Bilfinger has completed and delivered the Core Melt Stabilisation System at Hinkley Point C, a key safety-relevant component for the nuclear power plant currently under construction...
ZNPP situation is improving – IAEA
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in its Ukraine Update 172 on 7 July that IAEA experts have been granted additional access to the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya...
Ontario to deploy additional GE Hitachi SMRs
The Province of Ontario announced on 7 July that it is working with Ontario Power Generation to begin planning and licensing for the deployment of three additional GE Hitachi...
IAEA approves Japan’s Fukushima plans to release treated water
An International Atomic Energy Agency safety review has concluded that Japan’s plans to release treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) into the...
Further delay at Vogtle Unit 3
Commercial operation of the new Unit 3 reactor at the Georgia Power Vogtle NPP has been delayed for at least another month. Georgia Power company officials announced on 16 June that...
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