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German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

Nuclear Technology
26-04-2023

IAEA and Kazakhstan Agree to Strengthen Nuclear Cooperation
The Republic of Kazakhstan and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to strengthen collaboration in the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology, following a visit by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to Astana.Gro
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
26-04-2023

Russia Upgrades Fuel Processing at Mining & Chemical Combine
Specialists at Russia’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC – part of Rosatom) in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, are installing and commissioning a plant for mechanical grinding of use fuel assemblies from VVER-1000 reactors. The
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
26-04-2023

TVO Confirms Warranty Period for Olkiluoto 3
Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has handed over an acknowledgment of receipt to the Areva-Siemens consortium for the EPR at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3). The trial operation of OL3 ended on 16 April 16, when the regular electricity produ
SMR
26-04-2023

Siting Licence Issued for Russia’s First Ground-Based SMR
Russia’s Federal Service for Environmental Technological & Nuclear Supervision (Rostechnadzor) has issued a siting licence for the low-power NPP planned for Ust-Yansky ulusa of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The project of a low-power nucl
SMR
26-04-2023

Finance Agreed for Polish SMR Plans
Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has won bank support to finance its SMR construction plans. BGK, Pekao, PKO BP and Santander Bank Polska have signed a cooperation agreement with OSGE, which aims to ensure finance for plans to construc
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
26-04-2023

Emergency-Use Robot Trialled at Sellafield
A remotely-operated rescue robot capable of withstanding hazardous environments has been evaluated at the UK's Sellafield nuclear site. Designed and manufactured by British engineering firm Forth, the Rescue Robot will make emergency jobs across U
Nuclear Reactor
26-04-2023

Key Equipment Shipped Together to India and China
Russia's Rosatom says two reactor vessels and eight steam generators are being shipped to Kudankulam unit 5 in India and Tianwan unit 7 in China, calling it the first time two sets of such equipment have been shipped at the same time from one prod
Nuclear waste
26-04-2023

UK Launches Nuclear Waste Services Strategy
The Nuclear Waste Services strategy for the UK aims to "make nuclear waste permanently safe, sooner".The strategy is focused on goals to hit by 2030 (Image: NWS corporate strategy report 2023)The strategy sets out key dates, such as capping star
Nuclear Technology
26-04-2023

New Facility Streamlines Isotope Production at US Lab
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has announced the shipment of the first actinium-225 (Ac-255) to be produced in a newly refurbished hot cell laboratory at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) lab. The new facilities will streamline production
Nuclear Reactor
26-04-2023

Construction Begins of Fourth Haiyang Unit
First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province. It marks the official start of construction of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase I
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
25-04-2023

Maintenance Impacted at Zaporizhzhia, Says IAEA
The current situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is having a significant impact on the plant's maintenance capability, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.Plant management informed the IAEA experts present at plant that
Uranium Project
25-04-2023

Kazatomprom Plans New Acid Plant
Kazatomprom plans to increase its production of sulfuric acid - the main reagent used in its in-situ leach (ISL) uranium operations - with the construction of a new 800,000 tonnes per year plant in the Sozak district of Kazakhstan's Turkestan regi
Nuclear Technology
25-04-2023

Mass Deployment of Holtec SMRs in Ukraine Is Part of Accord’s Aims
Up to 20 Holtec SMR-160 plants will be built in Ukraine under a cooperation agreement signed between Holtec International and Ukrainian national nuclear operator Energoatom. The agreement calls for the first plant to begin supplying power by March 2029.En
Nuclear waste
24-04-2023

Hanford Cites Progress in Retrieving Tank Waste, Preps for Future Transfers
Photos taken inside Hanford’s Tank AX-101 before workers started removing radioactive and chemical waste from it in January. As of April 18, crews have removed 35 percent of the tank waste. (Photos: DOE)The Department of Energy’s Offic
Nuclear Technology
24-04-2023

Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Development for NASA Missions
The multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is tested at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2020. The choice of an MMRTG as the rover’s power system gave mission planners signifi
Nuclear Technology
24-04-2023

US Warns Russia Not to Touch Us Technology at Zaporizhia NPP
The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department of Energy (DOE) sent to Rosatom, CNN reported. The letter, from the director of DOE’s
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
24-04-2023

Bangladesh Pays Russia in Yuan for NPP to Avoid Sanctions
Bangladesh has recently approved payment of $318m for payment to Russia in the Chinese currency of yuan for construction of the Rooppur NPP. At a recent meeting between the Bangladesh Finance Ministry’s Economic Relations Division and Russian of
Nuclear waste
24-04-2023

US DOE Contract Awarded for Hanford Site Work
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C) of Lynchburg, Virginia, for wor
Nuclear Technology
24-04-2023

Japan Adopts National Strategy on Nuclear Fusion
Japan has adopted its first-ever national strategy on nuclear fusion reflecting the need to create a domestic fusion industry. The strategy calls for the wider participation of the private sector in fusion energy research & development. We will list a
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
24-04-2023

Construction Begins at Unit 2 of China’s Lianjiang NPP
Drilling of the foundation pit has begun for unit 2 of China’s Lianjiang NPP in Guangdong, marking the first phase of the Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project, which is in the pre-construction phase. Foundation work at unit 1 began in September 2022
Nuclear Fuel
24-04-2023

Urenco, Cameco Sign Supply Deals for Bulgaria’s Kozloduy
Urenco and Cameco are joining Westinghouse in the supply chain for one of the Kozloduy units in Bulgaria as the country diversifies its nuclear fuel supplies.Kozloduy supplies about one-third of Bulgaria's electricity (Image: Kozloduy NPP)The long
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
24-04-2023

Partnership Formed to Deploy Seaborg’s Power Barge
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Seaborg Technologies have established a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants featuring Seaborg's compact molten salt reactor (CMSR) technology.The signing ce
SMR
24-04-2023

US-Korean Partners to Build SMR-Powered Hydrogen Production Facility
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) of the USA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C to conduct joint research and development for the commercialisation of Hydrogen Micro Hubs over t
Nuclear Technology
23-04-2023

Video Game Tech Could Be a Game-Changer for the Nuclear Workforce
Nuclear experts like Virginia Tech professor Alireza Haghighat have noted the biggest challenge to building new nuclear in the U.S. is workforce training at all levels.Most nuclear reactors in the U.S. were built decades ago by a workforce that has retire
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
23-04-2023

Rosatom Is Shipping Key Equipment For Tianwan NPS in China
On 21 April 2023, Atommash – a production site of AEM-Technologies, JSC (a part of the machine-building division of Rosatom — Atomenergomash) shipped a reactor pressure vessel and four steam generators for Tianwan NPS Power Unit 7 (China), which

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