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Published: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:54:34 GMT
A consortium of German companies has been awarded a contract to dismantle and package the reactor pressure vessel, including the vessel head and insulation, at the Mühleberg nuclear power plant in Switzerland.
Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:10:48 GMT
The study evaluates two future-phase options for a higher throughput and operating life post ramp-up at the project in Namibia.
Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:22:27 GMT
The walls of the containment building of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province are now in place following the installation of the third cylinder ring, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced.
Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:54:08 GMT
The extrusion of samples of an alloy of depleted uranium and zirconium at Idaho National Laboratory is a critical step in the process to qualify Lightbridge Corporation's advanced nuclear fuel technology.
Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:29:04 GMT
EnergySolutions of the USA and Germany's GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH have signed a memorandum of understanding on the transport and disposal of large components from the future dismantling of Asian nuclear power plants.
Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:03:04 GMT
TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which are expected to have a design life of at least 60 years.
Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:09:45 GMT
In an interview for the World Nuclear News podcast NexGen Energy CEO and President Leigh Curyer set out the path ahead for what he calls their world-leading project in Canada, and gave his overview of the uranium sector's prospects.
Published: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:20:31 GMT
Kazatomprom is "fully capable" of maintaining its position as a reliable supplier of natural uranium, with an action plan that enables it to react to evolving geopolitical events, the company said in its yearly financial results statement.
Published: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:10:55 GMT
The centre includes a full-scale plant control room simulator, Reactor Protection System prototype, and virtual reality experience as well as offices and classrooms, and will be used to train future operators of X-energy's Xe-100 advanced small modular reactors.
Published: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:27:02 GMT
Argentina's nuclear regulator has issued a renewed licence to Nucleoeléctrica Argentina for the operation of the second unit of the Atucha nuclear power plant until 26 May 2026.