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2021-11-18
Rolls-Royce submits SMR design for UK assessment
Rolls-Royce SMR Limited has submitted its 470 MWe small modular reactor (SMR) design for entry to the UK's Generic Design Assessment (GDA) regulatory process.
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2021-11-17
Nuclear-supporting infrastructure bill becomes US law
US President Joe Biden on Nov 15 signed into law the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal).
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2021-11-08
Isotope-producing legacy waste disposition project moves to next phase
A two-year effort to process and dispose of a low-dose inventory of uranium-233 stored at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee has been completed.
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2021-11-05
Third unit completed at Barakah
Construction of the third unit at the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant has been completed.
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2021-11-04
First 'complete' Framatome ATF assembly loaded in PWR
Framatome announced its first 100% accident tolerant fuel (ATF) assembly has been delivered to Exelon Generation's Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland, USA.
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2021-11-03
India sets target for net-zero
India has set a target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.
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2021-11-02
Construction licence issued for Akkuyu 4
Construction of Turkey's fourth nuclear power reactor will start at the beginning of 2022, after the project was granted a construction licence by the country's Nuclear Regulatory Authority.
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2021-11-01
International team notes improvements at Ostravets
An expert team assembled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "observed significant improvements" in operational practices at Belarus' Ostravets nuclear power plant.
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2021-10-29
Chernobyl waste facility nears operation
Final testing is underway at the facility which will receive, process and dispose of solid radioactive waste from the decommissioning of Chernobyl.
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2021-10-27
UK government adopts new financing model for nuclear projects
The Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill, which will use the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model to fund future nuclear power stations in the UK, has been set out by the country's Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.