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2021-08-13
Cinema opens at Dukovany
The Dukovany nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic has opened its annual drive-in cinema in the shadow of the plant's cooling towers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.