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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...
Kakhovka reservoir – the position remains uncertain
Following the explosion at the Kakhovka dam and hydro plant in southern Ukraine – which flooded a huge area and displaced thousands of people amid the beginning of the...
Kakhovka dam situation stable – for now
Following the explosion at the Kakhovka dam and hydro plant in southern Ukraine, which flooded a huge area and displaced thousands of people, and what seems to be the beginning of...
IAEA briefs UN Security Council on ZNPP situation
The International Atomic Energy Agency was on 30 May due to brief the UN Security Council on its proposals for safeguarding Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP). “IAEA director...
Site agreed for Oklo modular reactor
US-based Oklo and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) have signed an agreement over the land necessary to host two of Oklo’s ‘Aurora’ design fast neutron...
Location selected for advanced SMR nuclear project
Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company have announced that Dow has selected its UCC1 Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor...
New study reports strong public support for nuclear
A new report published on 11 May has found that there is widespread public support for using advanced nuclear energy technologies for the generation of electricity. Based on a survey...
Olkiluoto 3 EPR finally goes commercial
Fourteen years behind schedule, commercial operation of the 1600 MW Olkiluoto EPR finally got under way on 1 May, the owner/operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) having submitted...
Panic evacuation from towns near the Zaporizhzhia NPP
The BBC reports that a ‘mad panic’ has ensued as Russia attempts to evacuate the inhabitants of 18 towns and settlements near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The information...
Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor
Westinghouse Electric Company on 4 May launched its AP300 small nuclear reactor. The Westinghouse design is scaled from its AP1000 reactor and is based on what the company calls...
EDF to boost NMR development
EDF has created a new subsidiary, NUWARD, to boost the development of its small modular reactor, which is now entering the basic design phase.
Hungary agrees deal for Russian reactors
According to a report in the Budapest Business Journal (BBJ) via Globaldata, Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó and Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev struck a deal on 11 April to...
Fluor signs laser fusion MOU
Fluor Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Longview Fusion Energy Systems to serve as its engineering and construction partner in designing and planning laser...
Germany's nuclear power era comes to an end
The age of nuclear power in Germany ended on Saturday 15 April after more than 60 years with the decommissioning of the country’s three remaining reactors, RWE Emsland, EnBW Unit...
Zaporizhzhya is ‘living on borrowed time…’– IAEA
The dependence of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on a single still functioning power line for the external electricity it needs poses a major risk to nuclear safety...
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