Industry News

2021-12-30

TVEL starts PWR fuel fabrication at Novosibirsk

TVEL has launched a new fabrication facility for pressurised water reactor (PWR) fuel at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant site in Russia.
2021-12-29

First batch of REMIX fuel begins trial

The first full assemblies of a new kind of nuclear fuel have been loaded into Russia's Balakovo 1 for a five-year trial.
2021-12-28

Poland narrows down nuclear sites

The seaside towns of Lubiatowo and Kopalino in Poland's Choczewo municipality have been named as the preferred location for the country's first large nuclear power plant.
2021-12-27

Dismantling of Marcoule reprocessing cell approaching

CEA and Onet Technologies expect early next year to begin dismantling the C419 cell of the APM pilot used fuel reprocessing plant facility at CEA's Marcoule site.
2021-12-24

Czech support for nuclear rises in energy crisis

Support for nuclear energy has jumped to 65% in the Czech Republic with some 93% of people in the country wanting it to remain self-sufficient in electricity generation.
2021-12-23

Fuel loading begins at Ostrovets 2

Nuclear fuel is being loaded into the second reactor at Belarus's Ostrovets nuclear power plant.
2021-12-22

Europe's first EPR reaches criticality

Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3 (OL3), has reached first criticality.
2021-12-17

TVO cleared to start up OL3 reactor

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has received permission from the country's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to bring the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR to first criticality and conduct low-power tests.
2021-12-16

Nuclear makes a comeback in the Netherlands

The Netherlands' new coalition government has placed nuclear power at the heart of its climate and energy policy.
2021-12-15

NuScale merger to accelerate SMR commercialisation

NuScale Power has announced plans to merge with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp to create a new "first of its kind" energy company to accelerate the commercialisation of NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR).

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