Reactor

South Africa and Russia Sign Nuclear Power MOU, Plan to Build Africa's First VVER Nuclear Reactor

Recently, South Africa's Nuclear Energy Corporation and Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on nuclear…

Griffin Nuclear Reactor Simulator Facilitates R&D in Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies

Scientists in the United States have recently developed a new digital test platform named Griffin for nuclear reactor physics modeling and simulation. This tool…

Russia Develops High-Temperature Austenitic Steel for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors

Russian scientists have developed a new type of heat-resistant austenitic steel specifically designed for lead-cooled fast-neutron reactor equipment. This mater…

France Launches Construction of ELISE High-Temperature Sodium-Cooled Small Modular Reactor Test Facility

Recently, French small modular reactor developer Blue Capsule Technology announced a collaboration with French CSTI Groupe to build the full-scale high-temperat…

US Ward250 Microreactor Completes First Air Transport Test, Ground Evaluation to Follow

The Ward250 microreactor (without fuel), a collaboration between the US Department of Defense, the Department of Energy (DOE), and Valar Atomics, has completed …

China Huaneng Group's Xiapu Nuclear Power Project Makes New Progress, Phase I Land Engineering Bidders Announced

Recently, the successful bidder candidates for Package 1 of the Land Reclamation Project for the Phase I Pressurized Water Reactor of China Huaneng's Xiapu …

TEPCO May Restart World's Largest Nuclear Plant Reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) may restart a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, this Wednesday after co…

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility to Build Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing Plant

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility plans to construct a dedicated manufacturing plant for small modular reactors (SMRs). According to Korea's Business Kore…

Nuclear Reactor

Sweden’s Vattenfall Applies for State Aid for New Nuclear Reactors

Swedish utility Vattenfall has submitted an application for state financing to construct new nuclear reactors at its Ringhals facility, marking the first such r…

SMR

Samsung Wins Approval for Floating SMR

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed a conceptual design for a floating offshore nuclear power platform that can accommodate various small modular react…

Nuclear Reactor

France’s EDF Raises Cost Estimate for Six Reactors to 72.8 Billion Euros

France's state-owned utility EDF has announced that it will limit the construction costs for six new nuclear reactors to 72.8 billion euros ($85.29 billion)…

SMR

Holtec Signs MoU for SMRs in Hungary

Holtec International, a U.S.-based company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hungary's MVM to assess the potential implementation of Holtec'…

SMR

GE Vernova Hitachi SMR Design Cleared for Use in UK

Regulators in Great Britain have concluded that GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) design is suitable for potential construction in t…

Nuclear Reactor

US to Provide up to $800 Million to Support Small Reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday that it will provide up to $800 million in funding to advance the development of small modular reactors (SMRs…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Modular Construction Completed at Xudabao VVER-1200s

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has completed installation of the final module of the passive water tank inside the reactor building of Xudabao unit 4…