Reactor

China

First Taipingling unit enters commercial operation

On 19 April, unit 1 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of six Hualo…

United States

Nuclear reactor developer X‑Energy targets $7.5 billion valuation in US IPO

Amazon-backed X-Energy is targeting a valuation of up to $7.51 billion in its initial public offering ​in the United States, the nuclear reactor developer said…

China

Rosatom provides first nuclear fuel shipment to China’s Xudapu NPP

The Fuel Division of Rosatom (managed by TVEL JSC) has successfully supplied the initial nuclear fuel loading for the VVER-1200 reactor at Unit 3 of the Xudapu …

South Korea

Four Regions Vie to Host South Korea's New Nuclear Reactors

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on the 30th that Ulju-gun, Ulsan; Yeongdeok-gun, North Gyeongsang Province; Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province; an…

Russian

Rosatom completes pilot operation of REMIX fuel

This is a key milestone in the qualification of uranium-plutonium fuel for VVER reactors

Japan

QST and NTT Achieve World's First Ultra-Fast Real-Time Plasma Control Communication

National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (hereinafter QST) and NTT, Inc. (hereinafter NTT) have successfully realized fast frequent, real‑time co…

SMR

DL E&C, X-energy First SMR Design Contract

DL E&C announced on the 25th that it has signed a contract with U.S. small modular reactor (SMR) company X-energy for an "SMR standardized design." The contract…

Russian

Vietnam, Russia sign agreement on new nuclear plant

An intergovernmental agreement has been signed on cooperation in the construction of the Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant in Vietnam, to feature two VVER‑1200 …

Sweden

Application submitted for Swedish SMR plant

Kärnfull Next has submitted an application to build a power plant based on small modular reactors in the municipality of Valdemarsvik in Östergöt…

Nuclear Reactor

Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

India

Power Grid board approves Rs 705 crore investment for procurement of transformers and reactors

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has approved an investment of Rs 705.30 crore for the procurement of cold spare transformers and reactors, as pa…

SMR

X-energy, Talen to assess deployment of multiple SMR plants

US advanced nuclear technology developer X-energy Reactor Company has signed a Letter of Intent with Talen Energy Corporation to assess deploying X-energy's…

Nuclear Reactor

Aalo completes assembly of experimental reactor

Aalo Atomics has held a ceremony to unveil its completed Critical Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The company said it expects the reactor to achi…

Japan

US, Japan announce $40B nuclear power project

The United States and Japan announced Thursday a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, after a meeting of the two countries’ …

Cambridge Atomworks, Mott MacDonald sign microreactor MoU

The UK's Cambridge Atomworks has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald to work on the…