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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Balakovo Steam Generators Prepared for Dismantling

Workers at Russia's Balakovo nuclear power plant have removed the first of four used steam generators from a storage facility and prepared it to be transpor…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kansai Gets More Approvals Relating to Takahama Units

Kansai Electric Power Company has been given prior consent by Fukui Prefecture and Takahama Town for the steam generator replacement plan for Takahama nuclear p…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Framatome Awarded Contract to Modernise Swiss Nuclear Plant

The Gösgen pressurised water reactor was initially connected to the grid in 1979 and has a net electric output of 1,010MW. Credit: gui jun peng/Shutterstoc…

SMR

Further Norwegian Town Signs up for Nuclear Studies

A second municipality in southern Norway's Agder county, Lyngdal, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Norsk Kjernekraft regarding the investigatio…

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome Awarded Further Contract at Swiss Plant

Framatome has been awarded a contract by Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG (KKG) to modernise the reactor protection system in the emergency control bui…

Nuclear Reactor

Norsk Kjernekraft Announces More Plans for Reactor Deployment

Nuclear power developer Norsk Kjernekraft has signed a cooperation agreement with Lund on establishing a nuclear power plant in the municipality in the southwes…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Turkey, US in Talks on Nuclear Plant Projects, Turkish Official Says

The Turkish flag flies at the Embassy of Turkey in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsTurkey is holding …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Exclusive: Constellation Talking To Pennsylvania on Three Mile Island Restart, Sources Say

The front entrance of the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grossi Puts Case at World Bank for Financing New Nuclear

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi urges the World Bank and other multinational development banks to start financing new …

SMR

France's EDF to Redraft Small Modular Reactor Design Amid Cost, Technology Concerns

The logo of Electricite de France (EDF) is seen in front of cooling towers at the entrance of the nuclear power plant site, in Civaux, France, March 19, 2024. R…

Nuclear Technology

Exclusive: Iran Installs Half of Planned New Centrifuges at Fordow, IAEA Report Says

The Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organisation's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Le…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

New Study Reveals Candu Monark Npp Could Boost Canada's Economy by $66BN

Visualisation of a Candu Monark nuclear power plant (Image courtesy of AtkinsRealis)Canada-based AtkinsRéalis (part of the SNC-Lavalin Group), says a stu…

SMR

Uzbekistan SMR Plant Construction Preparations Under Way

Infrastructure work for a six-unit small modular reactor nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan is expected to begin in the autumn, after the signing of a protocol o…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan's Nuclear Energy Referendum to Be Held This Year

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said that a referendum on plans for a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan will be held this autumn.(Image: President of the Re…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Containment Tests Completed at First Zhangzhou Unit

Tests to check the integrity of the containment structure have been completed at unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province. The…