Nuclear power plant

Nuclear Power Plant

Akkuyu 1 Construction and Components

The control rod arrangement of a pressurised water reactor has an important role in operation and in safety through instigating power generation, controlling po…

Nuclear Power Plant

China’s Second Nuclear Unit with Hualong One Reactor Reaches Criticality

China National Nuclear Corp's Fuqing nuclear power plant in East China's Fujian Province, the country's second nuclear unit using Hualong One technology

Nuclear Power Plant

Darlington Nuclear Plant Set to Support Quantum Computing

Helium-3 as a by-product from Canada’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is to be delivered for quantum computing and other applications.

Nuclear Power Plant

Shikoku Electric Restarts Ikata 3

Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Co restarted unit 3 at the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture on 2 December.

Nuclear Power Plant

TVO Applies to Start up Olkiluoto EPR

The Finnish utility noted the start up of the unit may be brought forward from the previously announced date of January 2022.

Nuclear Power Plant

Nesma Signs Deal for 'Potential' Saudi Nuclear Power Plant

Leading Saudi builder Nesma & Partners has announced that it has signed a MoU with French group Bouygues Travaux Publics to implement all civil and construction…

Nuclear Reactor

First Reactor Pressure Vessel Dismantled in Sweden

The in-situ part of the dismantling of the first reactor pressure vessel of a commercially operated nuclear power plant in Sweden was successfully completed at …

Nuclear Power Plant

NuScale Power’s SMR Plants Named VOYGR

US-based NuScale Power has unveiled the official name of its SMR power plants as VOYGR.

Nuclear Power Plant

Sizewell C could Use Recycled Uranium

She added that the company is working to fuel the reactors with recycled uranium.

Nuclear Power Plant

Exelon Illinois Plants get New Nuclear Incentives

Illinois regulators have awarded three Exelon generating stations new incentives deigned to support the state's nuclear power plants.

Nuclear Power Plant

Initial Phase of Qinshan District Heating Project Commissioned

With a total investment of about CNY940 million, the project entered its trial operation phase on 15 November.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Reactor Restarted Following Prolonged Outage

Shikoku Electric Power Company restarted unit 3 of its Ikata nuclear power plant in Japan's Ehime Prefecture yesterday.

Nuclear Power Plant

OPG Chooses BWRX-300 SMR for Darlington New Build

Ontario Power Generation has selected the BWRX-300 small modular reactor for the Darlington new nuclear site, and will work with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to de…

Nuclear Fuel

USA Relaunches Used Fuel Management Programme

The move represents a re-start of the federal programme after plans for a repository at Yucca Mountain were dropped in 2009.

Nuclear Fuel

KHNP Revises Agreement on Decommissioning with France’s Orano

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has revised its agreement on nuclear power plant decommissioning with Orano SA, a multinational nuclear fuel cycle company headquart…