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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Public Consultation Opens for Bruce C Expansion

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are seeking public comments on Bruce Power’s Initial Proje…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

India-Russia Eye $1.2b Nuclear Deal

Kudankulam Nuclear Power PlantIndia and Russia are working to conclude a INR 105bn ($1.2b) deal for the supply by the Russian fuel company TVEL from 2025 to 203…

Germany

Grafenrheinfeld Cooling Towers Taken Down

The two 143-metre-tall cooling towers of the shut down single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in Germany have been demolished in a controlled explosion…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

China Approves Five Nuclear Power Projects, State Media Reports

China's cabinet has approved five nuclear power projects in a cabinet meeting hosted by Premier Li Qiang on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported.The ap…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Heysham 2 Nuclear Plant to Support Hydrogen Production for Zero-Emission Asphalt

Heysham 2 power station. (Credit: EDF Energy)Nuclear fuelled industry is coming a step closer to reality with a project that will supply hydrogen to an asphalt …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Tianwan 8 Installs First Steam Generator

Installation of the steam generator at Tianwan 8 (courtesy of CNNC)The first of four steam generators has been installed at unit 8 of China’s Tianwan NPP …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Updates Milestones Guidance for SMRs

A new version of the IAEA publication Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power has been revised to address issues related to…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu 3 Gets Fifth Tier of Inner Containment Building

The top section of the cylindrical part of the inner containment building for the third unit at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant has been installed in pl…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

South Africa Pauses Nuclear Procurement Process

A Ministerial Determination for the procurement of 2500 MWe of new nuclear capacity has been withdrawn to allow for further public consultation after legal chal…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Decision on Second Nuclear Plant on To-Do List for Belarus’s New Energy Minister

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has appointed a new energy minister, saying there is "plenty of work ... particularly ... regarding our plans to build or…

Nuclear Reactor

Sizewell a Demolition Work Approved

Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) has been given planning consent to demolish the turbine hall and electrical annexe at the decommissioned Sizewell A Magnox nu…

Nuclear Reactor

Major Components Installed at New Chinese Units

The reactor pressure vessel top cover has been hoisted into place at unit 1 of the San'ao nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, while the fi…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Fukushima nuclear plant detects 25 tonnes of radioactive water leak

Storage tanks for nuclear-contaminated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma of Fukushima Pref…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA updates SMR guidance for newcomer countries

The new version of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Milestones Approach has been revised to address the deployment of small modular reactors. The M…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

First public comment period opened for BruceC impact assessment

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are seeking public comments on Bruce Power's Initial Project Descri…