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Nuclear Decommissioning

Permit Issued for Final Grafenrheinfeld Dismantling Work

Germany's PreussenElektra has received the second and final permit for the dismantling of the single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant (KKG) from the…

SMR

NuScale Marks SMR Progress in USA, Romania

NuScale Power Corporation has submitted an application for approval of its updated small modular reactor design to US nuclear regulators. The company has also s…

Nuclear Technology

Argonne Researchers Win Defense Programs Award for Nuclear Safety Work

stock image only - Argonne National LaboratoryAward recognizes work carried out in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers to secu…

Nuclear Fuel

Poland / Annual Survey Shows Big Increase In Support For Nuclear Energy

Warsaw has already signed deal for first commercial reactorsCourtesy Lukas Plewnia/Creative Commons.Seventy five percent of residents of the municipalities of C…

Nuclear waste

Lithuania / Consortium Chosen To Plan Dismantling And Waste Management At Ignalina

Project could offer important lessons for UK nuclear power station cleanupIgnalina has two Soviet-era RBMK units that were shut down permanently in 2004 and 200…

SMR

Nuclear In Space / Work Begins On Design Of ‘Made In Italy’ Mini Reactor

Agreement paves way for cooperation on development and roadmap towards productionUS space agency Nasa haas chosen three companies to provide an initial design c…

Nuclear Power Plant

Outer Containment Dome Completed at Russia’s Kursk-Ii Unit 1

Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the outer containment of the reactor building at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. First, the …

SMR

Nuscale Completes Standard Plant Design Project

US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. Th…

Nuclear Power Plant

OL3 Resumes Operation in Test Mode

Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has started generating power in test mode. The launch of the …

Nuclear Technology

Russia’s Nuclear Industry Looks to Robots

Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in S…

Nuclear Reactor

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor

OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of t…

Floating Solar Project

Floating Solar Tech for Aquaculture

Norway’s Inseanergy has developed floating solar tech for aquaculture projects. It recently commissioned its first commercial array – a 290 kW float…

Energy Storage Technology

US Grid-Scale Storage Capacity Breaks Market Record at 4.7GWH

According to a research report released by Wood Mackenzie, the US energy storage market grid-scale segment installed a record 4,733MWh in the third quarter of 2…

Carbon Emissions

SSEN Advances 12 Low Carbon Tech Projects Worth £41MN

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached an important stage in delivering 12 low carbon tech projects, worth a total £41…

Energy Storage Battery

Companies Already Pivoting From Europe to Us for New Lithium Battery Gigafactory Projects

Some companies which were previously considering Europe for lithium-ion gigafactory projects are now looking to the US instead, executives working in site selec…