Industry News

2022-09-30

MHI develops reactor with enhanced safety features

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the SRZ-1200 advanced pressurised water reactor (PWR) design.
2022-09-29

Accord reached on keeping two German reactors in reserve

The German government has reached an agreement with the operators of Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 on keeping the nuclear power plants on standby to supply power over the coming winter if needed.
2022-09-28

First Belgian power reactor shut down

Unit 3 of the Doel nuclear power plant was disconnected from the grid at 9.31pm on 23 September, in accordance with Belgium's legislation on the gradual phase-out of nuclear energy.
2022-09-27

Dome hoisted into place at Taipingling 2

China General Nuclear (CGN) has successfully completed the hoisting of the 225-tonne dome into place on the second unit at Taipingling nuclear power plant, in Huizhou in south China's Guangdong province.
2022-09-26

Base plate for BREST reactor delivered to site

The steel base plate for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor has been delivered to the construction site at the Siberian Chemical Combine's Seversk facility in Russia's Tomsk Region.
2022-09-22

3D-printed fuel component installed at Swedish reactor

Framatome has completed the installation of the first 3D-printed, stainless steel fuel component at Vattenfall's Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden.
2022-09-21

Initial funding in place for Pallas construction

Funding has been allocated in the coming years for the construction of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers announced.
2022-09-19

IAEA assesses Romania's SMR site selection process

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted its first ever Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to look into site selection for a small modular reactor (SMR).
2022-09-16

Approval for four new reactors in south China

China's State Council approved the construction of two CAP1000 units as Phase I of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in Guangdong province and two Hualong One units as Phase II of the Zhangzhou plant in Fujian province.
2022-09-15

Fuel fabrication plant relicensed for another 40 years

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a renewed licence for Westinghouse's Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, South Carolina.

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