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18/04/2024

🇷🇺 ’s State Holding Company Atomenergoprom Reports ‘60% Increase In Profits’

Bulk of revenue came from domestic market, say reports

Bulk of revenue came from domestic market, say reports

18/04/2024

🇫🇷🇰🇷 Radioisotopes: Framatome And KHNP Sign MOU On Lutetium-177 Production At Wolsong Power Station In South Korea.

Technology has already been used at Bruce station in Canada

Technology has already been used at Bruce station in Canada

18/04/2024

🇺🇸 US Utility Constellation Applies To Operate Station Until 2051.

Extension plans follow those already announced for reactor, also in Illinois

Extension plans follow those already announced for Clinton reactor

17/04/2024

🇺🇸 US Congress Reaches ‘Verbal Compromise’ On Reform Legislation.

Proposed package must still find legislative vehicle, or ‘rider’, to reach president ’s desk

Proposed package must still find legislative vehicle, or ‘rider’, to reach president Biden’s desk

17/04/2024

🇨🇳 : Upper Section Of Inner Containment Dome Installed At -8 Power Plant.

Russia supplying Generation III+ VVER technology for plant

Russia supplying Generation III+ VVER technology for plant

17/04/2024

🇧🇬 : Signs Key Agreements For New Plants.

Localisation a key objective as plans progress for two AP1000 reactors

Localisation a key objective as plans progress for two AP1000 reactors

17/04/2024

🇸🇪 Advanced Reactors: Sweden’s Blykalla Closes Latest Funding Round As It Seeks To Advance Lead-Cooled Reactor.

Test ‘Sealer’ plant under development at Oskarshamn

Test ‘Sealer’ plant under development at Oskarshamn

16/04/2024

🇵🇱 : Green Light For Start Of Geological Works At Site Of First Station

Warsaw has chosen Westinghouse to supply three AP1000 reactor units

Warsaw has chosen Westinghouse to supply three AP1000 reactor units

16/04/2024

🇬🇧 C: Framatome Signs ‘Multi-Billion’ Contracts For Planned Station

Move follows UK decision in 2022 to approve construction of two EPR plants

Move follows UK decision in 2022 to approve construction of two EPR plants

16/04/2024

: At UN Security Council, IAEA’s Grossi Urges Timely Access To Station

‘Latest attacks represent a flagrant violation of crucial [safety] principles and must stop

https://www.nucnet.org/news/at-un-security-council-iaea-s-grossi-urges-timely-access-to-ukraine-nuclear-station-4-2-2024

16/04/2024

🇪🇺 : Two New Plants Needed Every Year For 15 Years, Says Commission Vice-President.

Bloc needs to support investment in reactors and streamline construction process

Bloc needs to support investment in reactors and streamline construction process

16/04/2024

🇪🇺 European Industry Calls On Commission For More Support And Fair Access To Financing.

Sector puts forward recommendations and says ‘all net-zero technologies must have fair access to funds’

Sector puts forward recommendations and says ‘all net-zero technologies must have fair access to funds’

15/04/2024

🇨🇦 Canada’s Ramzi Jammal International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Efforts On Spent Fuel And Radwaste Management

industry ‘facing period of growth and innovation’

Nuclear industry ‘facing period of growth and innovation’

15/04/2024

🇺🇦 : Ceremony Marks Start Of Construction At Two New Plants.

Reactors will be first in country to use US-based AP1000 technology

Reactors will be first in country to use US-based Westinghouse AP1000 technology

15/04/2024

🇺🇦 : All Six Units At Station In Cold Shutdown, But Situation Still ‘Precarious’. ️

Both sides have accused each other of attacking facility with drones

Both sides have accused each other of attacking facility with drones

15/04/2024

🇯🇵 Japan Regulator Approves Fuel Loading At Unit 7 Of Kariwa Station.

Facility has been offline since disaster in 2011, but government is backing restart plans

Facility has been offline since Fukushima disaster in 2011, but government is backing restart plans

12/04/2024

🇵🇱 : Site For Second Power Plant To Depend On Grid Requirements, Says Official

Warsaw has only chosen site and technology for first nuclear station on Baltic coast

Warsaw has only chosen site and technology for first nuclear station on Baltic coast

12/04/2024

Nuclear : Washington And Tokyo Sign Agreement To Deepen Cooperation Towards Commercialisation

Technology has promised to revolutionise global energy sector

12/04/2024

: China Calls For ‘Restraint’ In Wake Of Drone Stikes On Nuclear Plant

Beijing tells emergency meeting war parties are to abide by international safety rules

Beijing tells IAEA emergency meeting war parties are to abide by international safety rules

12/04/2024

Coal-To-Nuclear: New Would Create High-Paying Jobs And Spur Millions In Host Community Investment, Says

Hundreds of US sites could be converted to

Hundreds of US sites could be converted to nuclear

12/04/2024

Drone Strikes: IAEA’s Warns Against Violating Principles Preventing Accidents

‘Attacking a nuclear power plant is an absolute no go’, agency’s director-general tells emergency meeting

‘Attacking a nuclear power plant is an absolute no go’, agency’s director-general tells emergency meeting

11/04/2024

🇷🇴 : Grossi Promises Deeper Collaboration As Says Doicesti Site Selection Meets Safety Standards.

Bucharest planning NuScale SMR plant at coal site and two new large-scale reactors at Cernavodă

Bucharest planning NuScale SMR plant at coal site and two new large-scale units at Cernavodă

11/04/2024

Advanced Reactors: newcleo Signs LFR Agreement With France’s CEA.

Collaboration ‘a major step forward’ for deployment plans

Collaboration ‘a major step forward’ for reactor deployment plans

11/04/2024

🇩🇪 : Germany’s Proxima Raises €20 Million For QI Stellerator Reactor.

Company is spin-out from Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

Company is spin-out from Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

11/04/2024

🇺🇸 Climate Change: US Regulator Does Not Fully Account For Risks When Assessing Plants, Says GAO.

Report notes that NRC primarily uses historical rather than projections data

Report notes that NRC primarily uses historical rather than projections data

10/04/2024

🇨🇳 Announces First Criticality At Fangchenggang-4 Power Plant.

Indigenous Hualong one reactor unit is second at site

Indigenous Hualong one reactor unit is second at site

10/04/2024

: Report Outlines Economic Benefits Of AP1000 Deployment.

US company supplying three reactors for first power station

US company supplying three reactors for first nuclear power station

10/04/2024

🇪🇺 Advanced Reactors: ‘Clear Opportunities’ For International Collaboration On Fuel, European Parliament Panel Told.

Russia only supplier of Haleu and EU will need facilities within ‘within 10 years’

Russia only supplier of Haleu and EU will need facilities within ‘within 10 years’

10/04/2024

🇬🇧 Great British Official Says Gov’t Should Consider Range Of Technologies.

Reactors from US, Canada and South Korea ‘worth considering’ for new-build programme

Reactors from US, Canada and South Korea ‘worth considering’ for new-build programme

09/04/2024

🇹🇷 -1 Plant In Begins ‘Full-Scale’ Commissioning Stage, Says Rosatom.

Reactor, one of four under construction, expected to be fully operational in 2028

Reactor, one of four under construction, expected to be fully operational in 2028