| Construction work above ground - also known as vertical construction - has begun for TRISO-X's TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which will be the first plant of its kind in the USA. |
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| Unit 2 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant has begun supplying electricity to the grid, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The unit is the second of six Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors planned at the site in China's Fujian province. |
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| A series of "radical, root-cause solutions" is required to simplify the UK's nuclear regulatory system in order to speed up the construction of new nuclear projects at a lower cost and on time, an independent taskforce has concluded. |
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| Canada's Bruce Power has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Canada for new high-pressure steam turbines for its four Bruce A nuclear power plant units - which will increase their combined output by 125 MW. |
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| The first blast at the open pit mine in Malawi marks the resumption of mining operations at the restarted project and means that Lotus Resources can proceed with its plans to transition production from previously mined ore stockpiles to include new run-of-mine ore from Kayelekera. |
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| Regulatory approval has been granted for the first components of an RITM-200 small modular reactor plant to be produced using 3D printing in Russia. |
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| Terra Innovatum, developer of the SOLO micro-modular reactor, has signed a Letter of Intent with US technology firm Uvation to launch a 1 MWe pilot programme with a strategic option to scale up to 100 MWe supporting Uvation's rapidly-growing AI and data centre infrastructure needs. |
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| The governor of Japan's Niigata Prefecture has given his approval for the restart of units 6 and 7 at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Pending backing of his decision by the prefectural assembly next month, Hideyo Hanazumi will inform the central government of the approval, ending the process of obtaining local consent. |
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| Korea Electric Power Corporation and Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in advanced nuclear technologies, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation to support the UAE's and South Korea's civil nuclear fleets. The MoU will also facilitate cooperation for potential nuclear energy projects in third countries. |
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| More than 15,000 tonnes of crushed concrete generated from the demolition of the turbine hall at the shutdown Sizewell A nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England, is to be used in the construction of the new Sizewell C plant. |
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| The National Nuclear Energy Commission says that a preferred site has been selected and the aim is for the Centena radioactive waste repository to be completed by 2030. |
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the country has "unique solutions that can be utilised for powering data processing centres" and the plan is "to transition to the serial production of small floating and land-based nuclear stations". |
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| The company said its NOVA Core achieved zero-power criticality at LANL's National Criticality Experiments Research Center on 17 November. |
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| Samples of enriched uranium-zirconium alloy fuel material are being irradiated in the lab's Advanced Test Reactor, a significant step forward in the development and testing programme which is part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Lightbridge and INL. |
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| The US Department of the Army has selected nine sites for the potential deployment of microreactor power plants under the Janus Program. Meanwhile, the Defense Innovation Unit has released an Area of Interest to solicit commercial solutions for advanced nuclear power technologies. |
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| A GBP9.9 million (USD12.9 million) investment from Innovate UK, backed by a further GBP8.9 million from industry, will support a major project to develop cutting-edge new treatments for cancer using lead-212 derived from used nuclear fuel. |
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| Siemens Energy has signed a contract to design and deliver the power conversion system for Oklo's Aurora powerhouse reactors. |
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| A keel-laying ceremony has been held for what will be the seventh of Russia's Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers. |
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| The first concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 3 at the San'ao nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, marking the official start of construction of the third of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) reactors planned at the site. |
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| The Spanish government has forwarded Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo's request for an extension of the operating licence for the Almaraz nuclear power plant to the Nuclear Safety Council, which will advise on whether to grant the extension. |
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| US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced that the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office has closed a USD1 billion loan to Constellation Energy Generation to help finance the restart of Three Mile Island unit 1, now known as the Crane Clean Energy Centre. |
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| Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd says the agreement with Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited and the Maharashtra Institution for Transformation paves the way for future discussions on collaboration for setting up new nuclear power plants in the state. |
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| The first unit at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant has had its reactor pressure vessel installed, following a ceremony which included speeches from the Egyptian and Russian presidents. |
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| Argentina's Nucleoelectrica and Canada's Candu Energy Inc, part of AtkinsRéalis, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate globally on "providing engineering, technical assistance, and maintenance services for Candu-type nuclear power plants". |
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| The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the reactor building of unit 1 at the Zhaoyuan nuclear power plant in Shandong province. It is the first of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units planned for the site. |
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| A study conducted by strategic consultancy firm Roland Berger has confirmed that the small modular reactor proposed by Dutch offshore construction engineering contractor Allseas offers major strategic opportunities for the Netherlands. |
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| A ceremony has been held to mark the arrival of the first of the four test rigs at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor construction site in southern France. |
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| Aalo Atomics, developer of sodium-cooled small modular reactors, and Microsoft are collaborating on using artificial intelligence to "transform how complex energy systems are designed, approved, and built". |
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| The International Atomic Energy Agency has stressed the importance of electrical substations in ensuring off-site power supplies to nuclear power plants. |
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