Industry News

2021-01-05

Hot functional testing of HTR-PM reactors starts

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have started at the demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled reactor plant (HTR-PM) at Shidaowan, in China's Shandong province.
2021-01-04

The barrier to nuclear is perception, says panel

The industry still has some way to go in addressing perceptions of its alleged drawbacks with cost, safety and radioactive waste.
2020-12-31

IAEA supports Morocco's alignment with civil liability convention

"Morocco has shown a clear interest in participating in the modernised nuclear liability instruments."
2020-12-30

Krško reactor closed as precaution after earthquake

The Krško nuclear power plant has been shut down as a precaution after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the town of Petrinja, which is 50 km south-east of the Croatian capital of Zagreb.
2020-12-29

Mochovce new-build project receives loan boost

Italy's Enel has announced that its subsidiary Enel Produzione and the Czech company Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) have agreed to a provide additional loans for the completion of Mochovce 3 and 4 in the Slovak Republic.
2020-12-28

US uranium miners ready to support nuclear power, says AAPG

"The US uranium mining industry has the personnel and yellowcake processing plants on standby, and is ready to expand into new areas with discoveries that will provide hundreds of years of available uranium resources from a variety of secure sources," says Michael D. Campbell.
2020-12-25

Lessons from transport for reactor design harmonisation

The nuclear plant licensing system should be rationalised to promote the extensive deployment at competitive cost of new reactors, according to a report issued this month by the Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL) Working Group of World Nuclear Association.
2020-12-24

Rosatom launches Russian additive manufacturing

Rusatom - Additive Technologies (RusAT) has opened its first Additive Technologies Centre (ATC) as the only such facility in Russia using domestic equipment.
2020-12-22

Westinghouse to dismantle Ågesta reactor

Westinghouse will segment the reactor at the Ågesta nuclear power plant near Stockholm, Sweden, under a contract signed with Vattenfall.
2020-12-21

Swedish reactors meet new emergency cooling requirements

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has on 18 December approved the independent core cooling systems implemented by the operators of the country's nuclear power plants.

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