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Hydropower Plant

Colombian Agency Probing Enel for Alleged Price Breaches at Hydroelectric Plant

(photo courtesy Enel)Colombian public services watchdog Superservicios is investigating Enel for alleged pricing irregularities in the country’s wholesale…

Hydropower Plant

Lihi Recertifies Upper Raquette Hydroelectric Project in New York

(photo courtesy Low Impact Hydropower Institute)The Low Impact Hydropower Institute has issued a final decision to recertify the 102.3 MW Upper Raquette River P…

Hydropower Plant

Calls for UK to Increase Tidal and Marine Energy Generation

A recent report produced by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has suggested that ‘Tidal energy projects should be a vital component of the [UK] Governmen…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Permit Issued for Final Grafenrheinfeld Dismantling Work

Germany's PreussenElektra has received the second and final permit for the dismantling of the single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant (KKG) from the…

Nuclear waste

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Completion Delayed Again

The Rokkasho reprocessing plant (Image: JNFL)JNFL said it decided to revise the completion date of plant due to the ongoing conformity review for Design and Con…

SMR

Copenhagen Atomics Puts Forward SMR Design for UK Appraisal

UK Atomics - a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics - has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its small and modular thor…

Nuclear Technology

Argonne Researchers Win Defense Programs Award for Nuclear Safety Work

stock image only - Argonne National LaboratoryAward recognizes work carried out in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers to secu…

Nuclear waste

Lithuania / Consortium Chosen To Plan Dismantling And Waste Management At Ignalina

Project could offer important lessons for UK nuclear power station cleanupIgnalina has two Soviet-era RBMK units that were shut down permanently in 2004 and 200…

SMR

Nuclear In Space / Work Begins On Design Of ‘Made In Italy’ Mini Reactor

Agreement paves way for cooperation on development and roadmap towards productionUS space agency Nasa haas chosen three companies to provide an initial design c…

Nuclear Power Plant

Samsung completes design of CMSR Power Barge

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on c…

Nuclear Power Plant

Outer Containment Dome Completed at Russia’s Kursk-Ii Unit 1

Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the outer containment of the reactor building at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. First, the …

SMR

Nuscale Completes Standard Plant Design Project

US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. Th…

Nuclear Power Plant

OL3 Resumes Operation in Test Mode

Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has started generating power in test mode. The launch of the …

Nuclear Technology

Russia’s Nuclear Industry Looks to Robots

Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in S…

Nuclear Reactor

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor

OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of t…