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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

The Head of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev Met with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi

The meeting was held in Beijing. The Rosatom Director General visited China as a part of the delegation of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and IAE…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Micoreactor Prototype Prepares for Testing

The full-scale replica of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) MARVEL microreactor has been moved from Idaho to a facility in Pennsylvania where it will be u…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Strengthens Cooperation With China

Several agreements were signed between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Chinese entities during the opening day of IAEA Director General Rafael…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Romania’s Nuscale SMR Plan Gets USD275 Million Boost

Funding of up to USD275 million to advance the deployment of a NuScale Power Corporation VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) plant in Romania was announced at the…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

SMRs Considered for Indonesian Fertiliser Plant

A collaboration between Danish and Indonesian companies will study the operational and regulatory conditions for constructing an ammonia production facility in …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Unit 2 of Belarus NPP Starts Reaching the Design Capacity

On May 19 at 10:50, Roman Golovchenko, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, and Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, start…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Dominion Ink Deal for Surry Steam Generator Replacement

Westinghouse chief executive officer Patrick Fragman meets with Dominion Energy CEO Bob Blue on May 15 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Westinghouse)Westinghouse Ele…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Costs of New Nuclear Need Addressing, Says Wood Mackenzie

With nuclear generating capacity set to increase by 280 GWe by 2050, the biggest economic hurdle to the uptake of the latest large reactors and small modular re…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Year-Round Navigation of Eastern Part of Northern Sea Route Planned for 2024

Russia's plans to rapidly expand the Northern Sea Route will ultimately need up to 100 Arctic-class vessels and 15 floating power units, and a "truly histor…

Nuclear Reactor

Private Sector Investment Essential for SMR Deployment, Indian Think-Tank Says

Successful deployment of small modular reactor (SMR) technology must leverage private sector investment, a new report by the Indian government's NITI Aayog …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Doosan Begins Production of Key Components for Shin Hanul

Doosan Enerbility's factory in Changwon in South Korea has marked the start of production of key components for units 3&4 of the Shin Hanul NPP. Constructio…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Supports Opening of Nuscale’s Energy Exploration Centre in Romania

Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB) have launched a NuScale Power Energy Exploration Centre (E2…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

SMR Proposed for Former Welsh NPP Site

Cwmni Egino, the company proposing to develop the former nuclear power station in Trawsfynydd in Wales, says it has completed its first phase of development wor…

SMR

Steel Maker Considers Use of Nuscale SMRs at Its Mills

NuScale Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with North American steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation to explore the deployment of NuScale's…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Purdue Boilermakers Eye Nuclear Power for Cleaner Campus Boilers

Purdue University and Duke Energy released an interim report on May 10 that documents the first year of an ongoing feasibility study, first announced in April 2…