Industry News

2021-05-31

Lawmakers urged to pass Illinois bill

Groups representing academics, activists, engineers, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, unionists, and concerned citizens have written to Illinois lawmakers urging them to pass a bill that would create carbon mitigation credits for four nuclear plants.
2021-05-28

NuScale signs agreements at home and abroad

IHI Corporation is to invest in small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and become a strategic supplier for NuScale plants under a new commercial agreement between the two companies.
2021-05-27

Moltex SMR clears first phase of regulatory review

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has completed the first phase of the pre-licensing vendor design review (VDR) for Moltex Energy’s 300 MWe Stable Salt Reactor - Wasteburner (SSR-W 300) small modular reactor.
2021-05-26

US uranium purchases slightly up for 2020: EIA

The vast majority of uranium delivered in 2020 to the owners and operators of US civilian nuclear power reactors was of foreign origin.
2021-05-24

IAEA launches study of nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems

The IAEA is launching a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) aimed at increasing understanding of the role, performance, and impact of nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems in meeting current and future energy demand.
2021-05-21

Formal licence review begins for Canadian SMR

GFP's application for a licence to prepare a site for a small modular reactor (SMR) at Chalk River in Ontario has moved to the technical review phase of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's (CNSC) licensing process.
2021-05-19

Terms for Olkiluoto EPR completion agreed

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced on 18 May it has reached a consensus with the Areva−Siemens consortium regarding the terms of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR project completion.
2021-05-18

COP26 President calls for end to coal power

The UN climate summit in November "must be the COP that consigns coal power to history" if the world is serious about achieving the 1.5 degree limit set by the Paris Agreement, COP26 President Alok Sharma said last week.
2021-05-17

KHNP applies to dismantle Kori 1

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has applied to the Nuclear Safety & Security Commission (NSSC) for approval to dismantle unit 1 of the Kori nuclear power plant near Busan.
2021-05-14

Canadian trio collaborates on Candu decommissioning

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability (CCNS), Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and SNC-Lavalin have signed an agreement to work together on the decommissioning of Candu reactors around the world.

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