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Published: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:27:59 GMT
Barakah's operations team has begun the final operational readiness testing needed before the fourth unit at the site near Ruwais in Abu Dhabi can receive an operating licence from the UAE's nuclear regulator.
Published: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:28:36 GMT
Seven companies and universities have been selected for GBP6.8 million (USD8.5 million) of contracts to take their work on digital engineering and fusion fuel requirements to 'proof of concept' stage by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
Published: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:23:57 GMT
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is to lead the latest rotation of its experts at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant next week. It comes as the IAEA and nuclear experts in Ukraine and in Russia say there is no short-term risk to its safety and security as a result of the damaged Nova Kakhovka dam.
Published: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:31:19 GMT
Sixteen falcon chicks have been successfully hatched from across Czech energy group ČEZs power plants this year, bringing the total to 163 since the programme began in 2011.
Published: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:07:10 GMT
Anfield Energy has agreed to acquire the Marquez-Juan Tafoya uranium project in New Mexico through the acquisition of enCore Energy Corp's wholly-owned Neutron Energy Inc subsidiary for 185 million common shares of Anfield and CAD5 million (USD3.7 million) in cash.
Published: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:58:30 GMT
Finnish utility Fortum and Westinghouse Electric Company of the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore prerequisites for the development and deployment of new nuclear in Finland and Sweden. The agreement is related to Fortum's nuclear feasibility study launched in November 2022.
Published: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:07:24 GMT
Hungary's Foreign and Trade Minister Peter Szijjártó said preparatory works would start for the Paks II nuclear power plant project in Hungary next month. It followed talks with Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev.
Published: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:57:16 GMT
The International Atomic Energy Agency says the impact of the damage to the dam on cooling water supplies to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is being monitored but alternative sources of water on-site should provide sufficient water for cooling "for some months" and means "our current assessment is that there is no immediate risk to the safety of the plant".
Published: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:44:41 GMT
The CA03 module - weighing about 230 tonnes - has been hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province. Together with the CA02 module, the CA03 makes up the in-containment refuelling water storage tank.
Published: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:35:55 GMT
The US Department of Energy has formally begun the Environmental Impact Statement scoping process for its proposed programme to support the commercial production of high-assay low-enriched uranium - or HALEU - fuel. The DOE is also seeking feedback on two draft requests for proposals to acquire HALEU.