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IAEA Reviews Pre-operational Safety at Belarusian NNP

The operator of Belarus's first nuclear power plant has shown a commitment to strengthening safety, an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (…

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Rosatom Insists 2-Reactor Unit is Safe as Tests are Planned in the Arctic

On Friday, three tugs will tow the Akademik Lomonosov barge out of Murmansk to begin a 5,000km voyage to a remote port on the other side of Russia’s Arctic coa…

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EDF Energy is Expected to Restart the Hunterston B Nuclear Reactor

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) will allow the 40-year-old generator in North Ayrshire to run for four months, 17 months after it was shut down to inves…

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US Company Jacobs To Buy British John Wood Group's Nuclear Business For $300m

American engineering company Jacobs has agreed to buy British multinational company John Wood Group’s (JWG) nuclear business for approximately $300m (£250m).

Nuclear Equipment

A Power Station in Oxfordshire Were Demolished on 18 August

The last cooling towers of Didcot A power station in Oxfordshire were demolished on 18 August, six years after the station was decommissioned. The detonation wa…

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Rosatom has Formally Submitted a Bid to Take Part in the Construction of NPP

Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, has formally submitted a bid to take part in the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in …

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Rosatom Delivers Equipment for Unit 3 of Kudankulam Nuclear Plant in India

The delivered equipment comprises the molten core catcher, embedded parts of the reactor pit, dry protection, heat-insulation of the cylindrical shell/barrel, t…

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The European Bank Consider the Commercial Financing of Nuclear Safety and Decommissioning

"Longer term I think we need to move away from dealing with legacies and work with countries interested in financing safety improvements and waste management pr…

Atommash has Completed Hydraulic Tests of the Reactor Vessel

Atommash, part of the Volgodonsk branch of AEM Technology, has completed hydraulic tests of the reactor vessel of the MBIR multipurpose sodium-cooled fast neutr…

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Batan to Cooperate with Indonesian Power Company

Indonesia's National Atomic Energy Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with utility PT Indonesia Power to cooperate in the use of nuclear tech…

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Regulators formalise technical collaboration on SMR regulation

The US Department of Energy has awarded funds to build SMR simulators at three US universities.

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Three Mile Island Turned the Nation Against Nuclear Energy

Three Mile Island turned the nation against nuclear energy. Now the notorious complex is closing just as some say it still has a role to play.

Is Thorium the Fuel of the Future to Revitalize Nuclear?

This trend could continue until market forces make nuclear technology obsolete. Into this dynamic comes a resurgence in nuclear technology: liquid fluoride thor…

Rosatom

Rosatom Postpones Fast Neutron Reactor Programme

Rosenergoatom is expected to receive about RUB280 billion (USD4 billion) less in state funding for the construction of new nuclear reactors in Russia owing to t…

Research Center for Nuclear Physics

Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) of Osaka University is a joint research center with the largest accelerator facility on a university campus in Japan.…