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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…

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 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 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…

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

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…

Nuclear Fuel

More Delays for Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant

The completion of Japan’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture will be delayed by two years, according to senior officials with Japan Nucl…

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 Technology

Rosatom Develops New Technology for Decontamination of NPP Equipment Using Ozone

A technology unique to the Russian nuclear industry has been developed by order of Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel at the Troitsk Institute for Innovation & F…

Wind Power Company

Arcvera Renewables Launches Recruitment Drive to Support Accelerating Growth in Key Market Segments

ArcVera Renewables, a leading global provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and energy storage projects, has revised its strategic growth…