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SMR

South Yorkshire Chosen for Holtec’s Proposed UK SMR Factory

USA-based Holtec International has selected South Yorkshire in England as the preferred site for its proposed UK small modular reactor factory. It has also sign…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Rajasthan Unit Reaches First Criticality

Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant unit 7 - India's third indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor - achieved first criticality on 19 Septemb…

Energy Storage System

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $3 Billion to Support America’s Battery Manufacturing Sector, Create Over 12,000 Jobs, and Enhance National Security

Investing in America Agenda Will Generate $16 Billion in Total Investment to Onshore Critical Materials Like Lithium, Support Good-Paying Union Jobs Across the …

SMR

Rolls-Royce Named as Preferred Supplier for SMRs in Czechia

The next step in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Czechia has been marked with the naming of Rolls-Royce SMR as the preferred supplier.The na…

Nuclear Reactor

Molten Salt Reactor Gets NRC Go-Ahead

Representatives from Natura Resources, the Zachry Group, Abilene Christian University, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and the Georgia …

SMR

Czech Republic Selects Rolls-Royce SMR for Small Reactors Project

A concept image of how a Rolls-Royce SMR might look (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR)The Ministry of Trade said that the applicants were approached "on the basis of thei…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

India Approves NPCIL and NTPC’s JV to Build Nuclear Power Plants

ASHVINI is tasked with constructing, owning and operating nuclear power plants under the Atomic Energy Act’s guidelines. Credit: Nemo1963 / Shutterstock.T…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Regulator Says Michigan Nuclear Plant Needs Repairs Before Restart

The U.S. nuclear power regulator said on Wednesday that inspections found issues at the Palisades nuclear reactor in Michigan that owner Holtec wants to restart…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Cybertruck Deliveries Start in Mexico, in a Month in Canada

Tesla Cybertruck deliveries are starting in Mexico this week and the automaker says that Canada should follow in about a month.Drone flyovers of Gigafactory Tex…

Hydropower Plant

$190 Million in Contracts Awarded for Borumba Pumped Hydro Project

defaultThree major works packages totalling nearly $190 million have been awarded to Queensland-based companies as part of the next phase of the Borumba Pumped …

SMR

Argentina’s Carem-25 SMR Faces Setbacks

The CAREM-25 SMR construction site in August 2024 (Source: CNEA)Construction of Argentina’s CAREM-25 small modular reactor (SMR) has once again been stopp…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

South Korea Approves Shin Hanul Construction

Site preparation is currently in progress for the construction of Shin Hanul nuclear reactors 3 and 4, located adjacent to Shin Hanul 2 in Uljin County, North G…

SMR

Generator Stator in Place at Chinese SMR

The generator stator has been hoisted into place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island province…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Hot Testing Completed at Taipingling Unit 1

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 1 of the T…

Nuclear Reactor

Front-End Design Milestone for Westinghouse Micoreactor

The company has submitted the Preliminary Safety Design Report for its eVinci reactor to the US Department of Energy's National Reactor Innovation Center (N…