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Solar Company

YuanTech Solar Gains MCS Certification For PV Modules

MCS certification gives customers assurances the PV modules are of a high quality. Image: Piqsels (NC).YuanTech Solar, a newly established solar PV manufacturer…

Nuclear waste

Borehole Disposal Projects Under Way n Malaysia and Ghana

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing technological and engineering support for the first-of-a-kind construction and implementation of bore…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Holtec Debuts Innovative Decommissioning Technology

The company said the HI-CUT technology used at Indian Point unit 3 has exceeded expectations and "revolutionises" segmentation of reactors undergoing decommissi…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Extra Time for Shelf Drilling Tenacious in Angola

Shelf Drilling reports that it has secured a further 12-month extension on the Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig in direct continuation of its current contra…

Energy Storage Project

Solar-Plus-Storage Project With 200MWH Battery System Proposed in Spain

　　A Madrid-headquartered developer has proposed a solar-plus-storage system in Spain with a 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).　　A request fo…

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…

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…

SMR

NuScale Marks SMR Progress in USA, Romania

NuScale Power Corporation has submitted an application for approval of its updated small modular reactor design to US nuclear regulators. The company has also s…

Nuclear Fuel

Poland / Annual Survey Shows Big Increase In Support For Nuclear Energy

Warsaw has already signed deal for first commercial reactorsCourtesy Lukas Plewnia/Creative Commons.Seventy five percent of residents of the municipalities of C…

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 Reactor

Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Molten Salt Reactor

Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (Nikiet - part of Rosatom) has completed the preliminary design of a res…