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Power Start-up Stage Has Begun at Unit 2 of Belarus NPP

The Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (Gosatomnadzor of the Republic of Belarus) ha…

Nuclear Power Plant

U.K. Policy Paper Declares Nuclear “Critical Baseload” of Future Energy System

With the release last week of the policy paper Powering Up Britain, the U.K. government unveiled its plan to enhance the nation’s energy security and deli…

Nuclear Power Plant

Bruce Power Completes Unit 3 Defuelling Ahead of Schedule

Crews at Bruce Power have completed the defuelling of unit 3, 18 days ahead of schedule. The unit was shut down in early March in order to begin its Major Compo…

Nuclear Reactor

China Opens Advanced Nuclear Research Reactor to World

The China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR) at the China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC’s) China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) in Beijing i…

Nuclear Equipment

Rosatom Ships Pressure Compensator for Kudankulam 5

The Izhora branch of AEM-technologies (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Rosatom machine-building division Atomenergomash) has shipped a p…

Nuclear Power Plant

Mutation Risks Due to Residual Radiation From Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Residual low-dose radiations from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster is not a threat to the tree species growing in the affected areas, finds a new stud…

Nuclear Power Plant

Thorcon to Carry Out a Pre-licensing Consultation for a 500 MW Demonstration Plant in Indonesia

US-based nuclear company ThorCon has signed an agreement with the Indonesia’s Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) to officially start a safety, sec…

Nuclear Power Plant

Grossi Talks With Russian Leaders in Kaliningrad

Rosatom and International Atomic Energy (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, have held consultations in Kaliningrad on the situation at the Zaporozhi…

Nuclear Reactor

IAEA Sees Progress in Safety-Related Aspects of Fukushima Water Release Plan

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) task force reviewing the safety of Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi n…

Solar Power Plant

US Tests Functional VPP With Solar, Nuclear, Hydrogen and Storage

The ARIES platform is based on NREL's Colorado campus. Credit: NREL/Josh Bauer / Bryan BechtoldFor an hour in January, a solar array, lithium-ion battery, h…

Nuclear Power Plant

Contaminated Oklahoma Site to Be Made an EPA Priority

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the Fansteel Metals Superfund site in Muskogee, Okla., to the National Priorities List (NPL), the roster…

Nuclear Fuel

Bruce Power Issues C$600 Million in Green Bonds

The Bruce nuclear power plant. (Photo: Bruce Power)Canada’s Bruce Power, operator of Ontario’s eight-unit Bruce nuclear power plant, has announced t…

Nuclear Technology

IAEA Says Vietnam Is Committed to Nuclear Security

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Security Advisory Mission (INSServ) following a 10-day visit to Vietnam said the country has made pro…

Nuclear Technology

Bruce and Cameco Partner for Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply

The extension of the long-term exclusive nuclear fuel supply arrangements between Bruce Power and Cameco for an additional 10 years through to 2040 secures deca…

Nuclear Power Plant

Dive Team Enters Sellafield Pond

For the first time in over 60 years divers have entered Sellafield's Pile Fuel Storage Pond. As they clear some of the most challenging spots to clean up, d…