Industry News

2020-08-21

First-of-a-kind US waste treatment facility authorised for operations

The US Department of Energy has authorised the start of 'hot' or radioactive operations at the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at its Savannah River Site (SRS).
2020-08-20

Uprate project under way at Slovak units

The generating capacity of units 1 and 2 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant in the Slovak Republic will each be increased from 471 MWe to 500 MWe through efficiency projects.
2020-08-18

TVO submits EIA programme on very low-level waste disposal

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has today submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on very low-level radioactive waste disposal at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant.
2020-08-17

Fortum looks to extend operation of Loviisa plant

Finnish utility Fortum has begun the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure for the operation of the two Loviisa nuclear units beyond their current licences. The two-stage process will take about 18 months to complete.
2020-08-14

Leningrad II-2 passes WANO pre-start peer review

Experts from the Moscow Centre of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) have completed a pre-start-up peer review of unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in Western Russia.
2020-08-13

New detection technology to help decommissioning

Jacobs and IS Instruments have designed a new type of Raman spectroscopy technology to detect radioactive contamination or other hazardous substances in waste stores and nuclear facilities undergoing decommissioning.
2020-08-07

Fuel loading starts at Belarusian reactor

Fuel loading began today at unit 1 of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced.
2020-08-06

UK National Grid prepares for first T-pylon at Hinkley Point C

The first T-pylon on National Grid's Hinkley Connection is scheduled to be constructed at the end of July 2021. It will be one of 116 T-pylons along the 57km route, which will connect low-carbon energy from EDF Energy's Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant to six million UK homes and businesses. It will also allow for more capacity on the network for renewable energy from the South West peninsular.
2020-08-05

Canadian uranium production set for September restart

ameco and Orano Canada have announced plans to restart operations at the Cigar Lake uranium mine and the McClean Lake mill. Cameco will restart mine operations at the beginning of September, and Orano expects to be processing uranium by the middle of the month.
2020-08-04

Nuclear-powered rover takes off for Mars

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rover, which will be powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) developed at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), will land on Mars to begin exploration in February 2021.

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