Industry News

2023-02-27

Third Barakah unit begins commercial operation

The third unit at the UAE's nuclear power plant has been declared in commercial operation, less than a year after Barakah 2 reached the same milestone.
2023-02-24

Posiva crew gets to grips with drilling machine

Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy has completed the drilling of the first two deposition holes at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto.
2023-02-23

Russia urges Bangladesh to resist sanctions pressure

Bangladesh's ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry after "several dozen" Russian vessels were banned from calling at ports in Bangladesh.
2023-02-20

China starts building long-distance nuclear heating pipeline

Construction has begun of a 23-kilometre-long pipe that will transport nuclear-generated heat from the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province to a wider area.
2023-02-17

Reactor internals delivered to Kursk II-1

The reactor internals - including a 10-metre internal shaft, a baffle and a block of protective pipes - have been delivered to the construction site of the first power unit at Kursk II in western Russia.
2023-02-15

Holtec supplies key component for US fusion reactor

Holtec International has completed the fabrication and delivery of the Centre Stack Casing (CSC) for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's (PPPL's) National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U).
2023-02-14

NRA approves use of Japanese reactors beyond 60 years

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved draft legislation to extend the operating life of the country's nuclear power reactors beyond 60 years.
2023-02-13

Centrus on track for HALEU demonstration by year-end

The US company has completed construction of a cascade of advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges as well as most of the associated support systems.
2023-02-10

Poland's Industria selects Rolls-Royce SMR for green energy plans

Rolls-Royce SMR and Polish group Industria have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to collaborate on deploying small modular reactors (SMRs) in the country.
2023-02-09

IAEA sees enhanced safety at Czech research reactor

Safety programmes and procedures at the Czech Republic's LVR-15 research reactor have been enhanced through implementation of the recommendations of a previous mission conducted in 2020, according to a follow-up IAEA mission.

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