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2021-07-15
Fuel loading under way at Korean APR-1400
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has today begun loading fuel assemblies into the core of unit 1 at its Shin Hanul nuclear power plant, days after being granted an operating licence for the reactor.
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2021-07-13
Operating permit granted for Shin Hanul 1
South Korea's nuclear safety regulator has given its conditional approval for the start-up of unit 1 at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's (KHNP) Shin Hanul nuclear power plant.
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2021-07-12
India's BHEL awarded steam generator contract for domestic PHWRs
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been awarded a contract by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to supply 12 steam generators for indigenously developed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs).
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2021-07-09
Rolls-Royce, Cavendish Nuclear sign SMR partnership agreement
Rolls-Royce and Cavendish Nuclear have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the potential for their cooperation in the Rolls-Royce SMR programme.
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2021-07-08
BWRX-300 deployment and commercialisation MoU signed
Cameco Corporation, GEH and GNF-A have announced a MoU to explore potential collaboration to advance the commercialisation and deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Canada and around the world.
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2021-07-07
IAEA warns of further nuclear deal violations by Iran
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has informed the agency's Board of Governors that Iran intends to use indigenously-produced uranium enriched up to 20% U-235 in the manufacture of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR).
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2021-07-06
Cigar Lake to resume operation as wildfire risk passes
Workers are returning to the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, ahead of its planned restart later this week, Cameco has announced.
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2021-07-05
Nuclear energy faces hurdles to be included in clean energy investments
Nuclear energy has been excluded from the UK government's Green Financing Framework, while several EU Member States have written to the European Commission to oppose nuclear's inclusion in the bloc's green taxonomy.
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2021-07-02
Study highlights Bruce plant's emergency preparedness
Measures put in place at Canada's Bruce nuclear plant in the 10 years since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan have made the site safer, stronger and better prepared to deal with even the most unlikely emergency.
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2021-07-01
ENEC, EDF announce nuclear R&D cooperation plans
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and EDF have announced their plans to cooperate on nuclear energy R&D under a new Memorandum of Understanding.