Industry News

2021-01-21

Darlington unit 3 ready for disassembly

Darlington unit 3 is ready to begin the next stage of its refurbishment - disassembly - after successful separation of the reactor and its systems from the three remaining operating units at the station.
2021-01-20

US government approves GLE restructure

A proposed restructuring of GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment LLC (GLE) has received the final key approval from the US government.
2021-01-19

Leningrad II-2 achieves 1 TWh milestone

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia passed 1 terawatt hours of electricity production on 15 January, a milestone in its four months of pilot operation that started in November last year.
2021-01-18

UK firm plans wind-SMR hybrid system with NuScale

Shearwater Energy, which describes itself as a UK-based hybrid clean energy company, is developing a wind-small modular reactor and hydrogen production hybrid energy project in North Wales.
2021-01-15

Belarusian unit brought to 100% capacity

Unit 1 of the nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus reached 100% of its capacity on 12 January, Russia's Rosatom said on 13 January.
2021-01-14

US order promotes SMRs for space exploration and defence

The US Administration has issued an Executive Order on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration, which it says will further revitalise the US nuclear energy sector and reinvigorate its space exploration programme.
2021-01-11

Nuclear stands out as clean, dispatchable firm power, says Kwarteng

In an interview with Chris Lambert, Kwarteng explained some of the ministerial thinking behind the White Paper and provided further background on the government’s strategy for reaching net-zero by 2050.
2021-01-08

FDA approves novel non-uranium Mo-99 production process

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC's process to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) from concentrated Mo-98 (cMo-98) and related software upgrades for its RadioGenix System technetium-99m (Tc-99m) generator.
2021-01-07

Ukraine's Zaporozhe 5 clear to operate until 2030

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRC) has approved a 10-year extension to the operating licence of unit 5 at the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant.
2021-01-06

NGOs urge EU Commission to value nuclear energy

A Brussels-based alliance of NGOs, weCARE, has written to the European Commission, Parliament and Council to urge "a more favourable evaluation at EU level" of nuclear energy for a larger projected share in the future very low-carbon energy mix, in combination with renewable sources.

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