Industry News

2023-05-09

Fuelling to begin as first refurbished Bruce unit prepares for restart

Bruce Power has reached the major milestone of "substantial completion" of the construction phase of Major Component Replacement portion of refurbishment of Bruce unit 6.
2023-05-08

Preparatory construction begins for Pallas research reactor

Work has begun to build the foundations for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, which will replace the existing High Flux Reactor (HFR).
2023-05-04

NuScale in talks with the Philippines on SMR deployment

US small modular reactor (SMR) developer NuScale Power is interested in investing in the Philippines, the country's President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos said during a five-day visit to the USA.
2023-04-27

NRC approves use of Framatome codes in advanced nuclear fuel development

Framatome received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to apply the company's suite of Advanced Codes and Methods to operating conditions with uranium-235 enrichments above the industry standard of 5%.
2023-04-26

Emergency-use robot trialled at Sellafield

A remotely-operated rescue robot capable of withstanding hazardous environments has been evaluated at the UK's Sellafield nuclear site.
2023-04-25

Licence issued for Russia's first land-based SMR

Nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has granted a licence to build the country's first land-based small modular reactor (SMR), in the Republic of Sakha (also known as Yakutia) in Russia's Arctic north.
2023-04-24

Urenco, Cameco sign supply deals for Bulgaria's Kozloduy

Urenco and Cameco are joining Westinghouse in the supply chain for one of the Kozloduy units in Bulgaria as the country diversifies its nuclear fuel supplies.
2023-04-21

TVO accepts Olkiluoto EPR ahead of commercial operation

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has issued an acceptance certificate to the Areva-Siemens consortium for the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR, which began regular electricity production on 16 April.
2023-04-20

Terrestrial SMR completes Canadian pre-licensing review

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has completed Phase 2 of the vendor design review (VDR) of Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).
2023-04-19

New Brunswick, Saskatchewan enhance collaboration on SMRs

The governments of Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation on the development of small modular reactor (SMR) technologies in both Canadian provinces.

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