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Published: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:18:23 GMT
Egypt's nuclear regulator has issued a construction licence for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant, which will eventually house four Russian-supplied reactors. Construction of unit 3 is scheduled to begin in the coming months.
Published: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:34:26 GMT
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese company Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd to partner on the delivery of technical services to support the growing international fusion reactor market, with a key focus on testing related to tritium.
Published: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:11:50 GMT
Finland's State Council has granted a new operating licence to Fortum for its low and intermediate-level waste disposal facility at the Loviisa nuclear power plant. The new licence allows the repository to be operated until 2090, instead of 2055 under the previous licence, and now includes waste from the decommissioning of the Loviisa plant.
Published: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:43:53 GMT
Slovenské elektrárne says that Mochovce 3's energy start-up has now seen its output increased to 55% - with the final trial run at 100% power for six days and nights expected to take place in May and June.
Published: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:35:49 GMT
The University of Missouri has launched an initiative to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR. The university's existing MU Research Reactor - in operation for more than half a century - is the highest-powered university research reactor in the USA and is currently the country's only producer of certain medical radioisotopes.
Published: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:24:05 GMT
Grupa Azoty Police, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporationand the West Pomeranian University of Technology have signed an agreement to build a nuclear energy research facility based on Ultra Safe Nuclear's Micro-Modular Reactor technology. Meanwhile, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe, Westinghouse and Bechtel expect to soon sign a contract for the design of Poland's first large-scale reactor.
Published: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:47:05 GMT
The UK government is committed to a programme of new nuclear projects beyond Sizewell C, giving industry and investors the confidence they need to deliver projects at speed, according to a new policy paper. It describes nuclear as "the critical baseload of the future energy system".
Published: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:33:08 GMT
How has the Russia-Ukraine war changed the world's uranium and wider nuclear energy industry? Bannerman Energy's CEO Brandon Munro considers what effect it has had so far and the likely longer term consequences.
Published: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:41:36 GMT
France's EDF says that creating a wholly-owned subsidiary will enable the Nuward small modular reactor to meet its "next key milestones" en route to achieving first nuclear concrete in 2030.
Published: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:40:59 GMT
Inclusion of nuclear in the clean energy investment tax credit and making it eligible for a range of other tax incentives show the Government of Canada's "clear and strong" support for nuclear's indispensable role in the clean energy transition, according to the Canadian Nuclear Association.