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Framatome, TerraPower announce plans for HALEU metallisation plant

Framatome, TerraPower announce plans for HALEU metallisation plant

Uranium & Fuel

31 May 2024

Framatome and TerraPower have agreed to design and develop a high-assay low enriched uranium metallisation pilot plant at Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington.

Perspectives

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Deputy CEO for Shipbuilding, Floating Power Units and Marine Engineering at Rosatom’s Machine Engineering Division, Vladimir Aptekarev, on the potential for floating power units.

Contract for refurbishment of Loviisa turbines

Contract for refurbishment of Loviisa turbines

Finnish utility Fortum has awarded a contract to Doosan Škoda Power to modernise the low-pressure turbines at its Loviisa nuclear power plant as part of lifetime extension-related investments. The modernisation of the turbines will also increase the total capacity of the Loviisa power plant by about 38 MWe.

Corporate 31 May 2024

RWE permitted to dismantle Gundremmingen plant

RWE permitted to dismantle Gundremmingen plant

German utility RWE announced it has received the third and final licence from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection to decommission and dismantle the former Gundremmingen nuclear power plant.

Waste & Recycling 31 May 2024

US companies join up to lower nuclear investment costs

US companies join up to lower nuclear investment costs

Duke Energy, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor have signed agreements on proposed tariffs that would lower the costs of investing in clean energy technologies like new nuclear as they explore new and innovative approaches to support carbon-free energy generation and help utilities serve the future energy needs of large businesses in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Corporate 30 May 2024

Perspectives

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Deputy CEO for Shipbuilding, Floating Power Units and Marine Engineering at Rosatom’s Machine Engineering Division, Vladimir Aptekarev, on the potential for floating power units.

KEPCO, ENEC to jointly promote overseas nuclear projects

KEPCO, ENEC to jointly promote overseas nuclear projects

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation of the UAE and Korea Electric Power Cooperation have signed a memorandum of understanding to bolster research and investment opportunities in nuclear energy in third countries.

Corporate 30 May 2024

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Polish ministry approves plans for Rolls-Royce SMRs

Facility to demonstrate Rolls-Royce SMR module production

UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031

US Senate passes act banning Russian uranium imports

Nuclear site licence issued for UK's Sizewell C

Nuclear's role in reaching climate targets recognised by G7

Authorisation issued for Flamanville EPR commissioning

First tier of El Dabaa unit 1's inner containment completed

EDF secures 'green' financing for extended operation of reactors

White House holds summit on US nuclear energy deployment

White House holds summit on US nuclear energy deployment

The US Administration announced the formation of a new working group to look at ways to reduce nuclear construction project risks, a programme to deploy advanced reactors to power multiple military sites in the USA and the release of a new primer on the enhanced safety of advanced nuclear reactors.

Nuclear Policies 30 May 2024

KAERI and Seaborg sign MoU on cooperation

KAERI and Seaborg sign MoU on cooperation

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and Danish floating nuclear power plant developer Seaborg are to collaborate on advancing nuclear technologies, notably molten salt reactors.

New Nuclear 30 May 2024

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Polish ministry approves plans for Rolls-Royce SMRs

Facility to demonstrate Rolls-Royce SMR module production

UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031

US Senate passes act banning Russian uranium imports

Nuclear site licence issued for UK's Sizewell C

Nuclear's role in reaching climate targets recognised by G7

Authorisation issued for Flamanville EPR commissioning

First tier of El Dabaa unit 1's inner containment completed

EDF secures 'green' financing for extended operation of reactors

Toshiba teams up with local firms for Polish plant

Toshiba teams up with local firms for Polish plant

Japan's Toshiba has signed a memorandum of understanding with two Polish companies to explore collaboration in equipment supply and maintenance services for Poland's first nuclear power plant.

New Nuclear 30 May 2024

Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024

Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024

The challenges and opportunities arising from the goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity feature in a special report on discussions at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 event in Kazakhstan.

Uranium & Fuel 01 May 2024

Takahama units cleared for extended operation

Takahama units cleared for extended operation

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved the operation of units 3 and 4 at Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture for a further 20 years. Both reactors are currently in operation and will reach their 40th anniversaries in January and June of 2025, respectively.

Regulation & Safety 29 May 2024

SMR developers enlist French nuclear expertise

SMR developers enlist French nuclear expertise

Thorizon of the Netherlands has signed a cooperation agreement with France's EDF R&D to advance the Thorizon One molten salt reactor design. Meanwhile, Blue Capsule has signed a partnership agreement with the French Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission, from which it was spun off, for the development of its small modular reactor.

New Nuclear 29 May 2024