Industry News

2021-05-13

June date set for Mihama restart

Kansai Electric Power Co has announced plans to restart Mihama unit 3 in June.
2021-05-12

Ukraine tests Zaporozhe for ENTSO-E synchronisation

Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom and the country's transmission system operator Ukrenergo completed tests last week at unit 1 of the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant.
2021-05-11

Cameco increases uranium purchases to meet contracts

Production at the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, resumed near the end of April following the second COVID-19 related shutdown.
2021-05-10

Exelon plants 'almost out of time', says CEO

Exelon is not giving up on its Illinois plants, but will go ahead with the closure of Byron and Dresden later this year if the state does not - before the end of its current session - pass policy reforms to support their continued operation.
2021-05-09

Work starts on first disposal tunnel at Finnish repository

Excavation of the first final disposal tunnel has started at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto, Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy announced on 7 May.
2021-05-07

TVA and Kairos Power to collaborate on demonstration reactor

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is to provide engineering, operations and licensing support to help Kairos Power deploy its Hermes low-power demonstration reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
2021-05-06

First fuel loaded into Brazilian dry storage facility

The first multi-purpose canister containing fuel has been loaded into a HI-STORM FW module and placed into the new on-site used fuel dry storage facility at Brazil's Angra nuclear power plant, Holtec International announced.
2021-04-30

Indian Point celebrates record run as closure approaches

Entergy Corporation's Indian Point unit 3 will be shut down on 30 April after nearly 60 years of nuclear power generation at the site in New York state.
2021-04-29

Fukui governor approves restart of three reactors

The governor of Japan's Fukui Prefecture on 28 April approved the restart of three reactors owned by Kansai Electric Power Company - Takahama units 1 and 2, and Mihama unit 3.
2021-04-28

Moving on from Chernobyl

Thirty-five years on from the Chernobyl accident, Ukraine and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have highlighted their commitment to cooperation in nuclear power.

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