Industry News

2021-08-12

Policies must allow nuclear to play its vital role, says UNECE

Nuclear power can be part of a broader portfolio alongside deploying other sustainable low- or zero-carbon technologies to decarbonise the global energy system and energy intensive industries.
2021-08-11

3D-printed components in service at TVA reactor

Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly channel fasteners have been installed at unit 2 of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama.
2021-08-10

Arctic SMR plans make progress

Rusatom Overseas has been licensed as competent to construct Russia's first SMR power plant on land.
2021-08-09

New drone for mapping radiation in nuclear plants

Swiss drone developer Flyability has launched an indoor drone equipped with a radiation sensor specifically for conducting inspections at nuclear facilities.
2021-08-06

ISL development of Russian uranium deposit given regulatory approval

VNIPIpromtechnologii, JSC has received a "positive opinion" on design work and engineering surveys for in-situ leach (ISL) development.
2021-08-05

USA-Romania cooperation gets to work

Romania and the USA have started cooperation work towards the expansion and modernisation of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.
2021-08-04

Japanese gas-cooled reactor restarts

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has resumed operation of the High-Temperature Test Reactor (HTTR) in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
2021-08-03

Fifth Hongyanhe unit enters commercial operation

Unit 5 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province has completed commissioning tests and met the conditions for entering commercial operation.
2021-08-02

US regulator issues FEIS for Texas interim storage facility

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Interim Storage Partners.
2021-07-30

Vogtle in-service dates and cost forecast revised

Georgia Power on July 29 said it now projects an in-service date in the second quarter of 2022 for Vogtle unit 3 and in the first quarter of 2023 for Vogtle unit 4.

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