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First-Ever Additively Manufactured Debris-Filtering Bottom Nozzles Installed at Farley Nuclear Plant

June 27, 2024 admin accident tolerant fuel, ATF, Business, debris, engineering, Fuel, fuel cladding, full coverage, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, power, Research and Development, Safety, southern nuclear, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:52:34 +0000

Southern Nuclear, a subsidiary of Southern Company and operator of more than 8.2 GW of nuclear power capacity, said it has completed the installation of lead test assemblies with additively […]

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UK Eyes Domestic HALEU Nuclear Fuel Production as Global Interest Ramps Up

January 13, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, energy policy, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, global nuclear market, haleu, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear reactor, power, Russia, supply chains, Technology, tenex, trends, uk, uranium enrichment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:17:02 +0000

The UK may be poised to become the first European country to launch domestic production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU). New funding announced by the country’s government this week signifies […]

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Nuclear’s Glimmer Ushers in Spate of Lifetime Extensions

December 2, 2023 admin Argentina, Finland, full coverage, iaea, Japan, Legal & Regulatory, lifetime extensions, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, nuclear technology, power, Technology, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:18:00 +0000

Despite its ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine in early November gave state nuclear operator Energoatom the green light to operate Unit 1 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for 10 more years. The approval

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Floating Nuclear Power Buoyant on New Prospects

February 1, 2023 admin ammonia, Business, floating nuclear, Fuel, full coverage, History, hydrogen, International, marine power, molten salt reactors, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, ocean/marine, Plant Design, power, Russia, Safety, seaborg, Technology, thorium, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000

In July 1968, the U.S. Army sent the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Sturgis, to the Panama Canal to help overcome a regional hydroelectric power plant shortage, which was driven by a severe

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Floating Nuclear Power Buoyant on New Prospects

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000

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Canada’s National Nuclear Lab Backs Fuel Development for ARC Fast Reactor

July 27, 2022 admin advanced smr, arc-100, Business, Canada, cnl, fast reactor, full coverage, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, Research and Development, smr, sodium-cooled

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:08:07 +0000

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and ARC Clean Energy Canada have agreed to collaborate on a two-year joint project to “deliver a technology demonstration for the fuel fabrication process” customized for ARC Canada’s ARC-100, a 100-MWe/286-MWth, sodium-cooled “advanced small modular reactor” (aSMR), the parties announced on July 26. The development marks a pivotal boost for ARC […]

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SaskPower Picks SMR Technology for First Two Potential Nuclear Units

June 28, 2022 admin Business, bwrx-300, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, ge hitachi, geh, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, opg, Safety, Saskatchewan, saskpower, smr, supply chains, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:23:47 +0000

SaskPower has chosen GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) technology for Saskatchewan’s first two nuclear units, which the provincial utility plans to deploy by the mid-2030s. The announcement on June 27 wraps up a four-year process to evaluate specific SMR designs and furthers planning for SaskPower, a Crown corporation, which has […]

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Headway for Potential Deployment of BWRX-300 Nuclear Reactor in Saskatchewan

May 29, 2022 admin arc, Business, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, ge hitachi, geh, moltex, New Brunswick, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, opg, Research and Development, sasketchewan, saskpower, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 19:07:54 +0000

The potential deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan gained a boost with a cooperation agreement between GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) Canadian subsidiary GEH SMR Technologies Canada and the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Supplier’s Association (SIMSA). GEH SMR Canada on May 26 said a memorandum of understanding […]

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