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UK SMR selection contest: Six companies into next stage

Published: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:59:16 GMT

EDF, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy International LLC, Holtec Britain Limited, NuScale Power, Rolls Royce SMR and Westinghouse Electric Company UK Limited are now to be invited to bid for UK government contracts in the next stage of the process.


Framatome to commercialise digital twin-based diagnostics

Published: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:39:55 GMT

Framatome has been awarded a USD1 million contract for the second phase of the digital twin-based Diagnostics for Nuclear Auxiliary Systems project to commercialise automated diagnostic technology for nuclear plant auxiliary systems, which it says will lead to savings in operation and maintenance costs for the current light-water reactor fleet.


Industry groups and governments pledge to back new nuclear

Published: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:22:07 GMT

Representatives of the nuclear industry in OECD nations, and representatives of the governments of 20 countries, have issued communiqués committing to work together to expand nuclear energy capacity, after the inaugural Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the French government.


Canadian and Romanian firms collaborate on medical isotopes

Published: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:07:46 GMT

Laurentis Energy Partners and Nuclearelectrica are to collaborate on the production of medical isotopes at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant and explore the possibility of heavy water production in Romania.


Kazatomprom plans 2025 uranium production increase

Published: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:56:46 GMT

The board of the Kazakh uranium producer has approved a strategy to increase production volumes in 2025, returning to a 100% level relative to its subsoil use agreements for the first time since 2018 and adding up to 6,000 tU to anticipated global primary supply.


Cumbrian community exits repository site search

Published: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:45:28 GMT

Allerdale - one of four locations being evaluated - has been removed from the UK geological disposal facility siting process due to limited suitable geology, Nuclear Waste Services announced. It is expected that a final site selection could be a process which takes 10-15 years.


Saudi Arabia reiterates plans for nuclear energy

Published: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:46:17 GMT

Saudi Arabia has announced it intends to move towards implementing full International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear safeguards as it works towards building its first nuclear power plant.


Argentina and France extend nuclear collaboration

Published: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:27:56 GMT

Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission and the French Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission have signed a cooperation agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear technology and new energy technologies that expands on one signed in 2010.


Completion of Finnish repository review delayed

Published: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:56:59 GMT

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority said its review of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used fuel disposal facility is taking longer than expected and will not be completed by the end of this year as planned.


Contract signed for design of Polish nuclear power plant

Published: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:07:57 GMT

Polish power company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe has signed an engineering services contract with US firms Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel for the country's first nuclear power plant, to be constructed at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in the Choczewo municipality in Pomerania.