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Nuclear Technology

Application Submitted to Extend Swedish Repository

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has submitted an application to the Radiation Safety Authority,…

Energy Technology

UK Assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR Design Progresses

Rolls-Royce SMR Limited's 470 MWe small modular reactor (SMR) design has successfully completed Step 1 of the UK's Generic Design Assessment (GDA) proce…

Nuclear Power Plant

The Future Looks Bright for Nuclear Power—Dare We Use the ‘R’ Word Again?

The term nuclear renaissance was very popular in the early 2000s. Nuclear power plant operators had substantially improved existing plant performance, and many …

Nuclear Power Plant

India Eyes Major Expansion of Nuclear Power

India’s government is pushing for construction of more nuclear power plants as the country looks to increase its supply of cleaner energy. Officials have …

Nuclear Power Plant

Vogtle Unit 3 Generates Electricity, Connects to Power Grid

Georgia Power has announced another milestone for the two-unit reactor expansion at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power site, as Unit 3 on April 1 successfully gener…

Energy Technology

Kronos Fusion Energy Unleashes Groundbreaking S.M.A.R.T. 40 Approach: Ushering in a New Era of Clean, Boundless Energy

Kronos Fusion Energy

Nuclear Reactor

EDF CREATES NUWARD TO STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SMR

EDF (Electricité de France) announced the creation of its subsidiary NUWARD to boost the development of its small modular reactor (SMR) now entering the …

Nuclear Technology

Innovative Filtration System Shortens Schedule and Delivers Radwaste Savings

BWR spent fuel pool dual SCF system with shields.The return of low natural gas prices combined with the advent of high efficiency renewables has placed more pre…

Nuclear Power Plant

Watch for It—Advanced Nuclear “Liftoff” Needs 5–10 Reactor Contracts by 2025

These graphs illustrate how rapidly scaling the nuclear industrial base would enable nearer-term decarbonization and increase capital efficiency, versus a five-…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Plans Development of Pilot Nuclear Thermal Power Plant

Rosatom is considering construction of a pilot nuclear thermal power plant (ATST) Elena-AM, designed for use in small remote villages. According to documents po…

Nuclear Power Plant

Used Fuel From US EBR-II Reactor Transferred to Dry Storage

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has transferred all of the used nuclear fuel from the closed Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry storage.…

Energy Security

Xcel Says Leak Is Fixed at Monticello NPP

US Xcel Energy says workers have repaired the leak at the Monticello NPP, which will resume power production shortly. The company temporarily shut down the plan…

SMR

Polish-US Nuclear Cooperation Expands to USNC Microreactors

Grupa Azoty Police, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and the West Pomeranian University of Technology have signed an agreement to build a nuclear energy research …

Nuclear Power Plant

New Isotope-Producing Research Reactor for Missouri

The University of Missouri has launched an initiative to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR. The university's existing MU Research Reactor (…

Nuclear Power Plant

Mochovce 3 Output Increased to 55%

Slovenské elektrárne says that Mochovce 3's energy start-up has now seen its output increased to 55% - with the final trial run at 100% power …