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In First, NRC Approves Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Enriched up to 8% for Commercial Power Generation

February 15, 2024 admin advanced reactors, ATF, Business, commercial power generation, Fuel, full coverage, gnf, haleu, leu+, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear technology, Technology, u-235 enrichment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:33:06 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas (GNF) its first-ever authorization to produce nuclear fuel with uranium-235 (U-235) enrichments up to 8% for commercial power generation. GNF, […]

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UK’s First SMR Nuclear Project to Showcase Four Westinghouse AP300 Reactors

February 8, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, ap300, civil nuclear roadmap., clean energy, community nuclear power, north teeside, Nuclear, nuclear technology, private sector funding, smr, uk, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:57:52 +0000

Community Nuclear Power (CNP), the UK’s only independent small modular reactor (SMR) development company, will spearhead a project to build four Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in North Teeside, […]

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UK Lays Out Fourfold Nuclear Power Expansion in Comprehensive Roadmap

January 14, 2024 admin advanced reactors, climate change, energy infrastructure, energy security, full coverage, International, low carbon energy, news, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear expansion, nuclear technology, renewable energy, Technology, uk energy policy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:47:57 +0000

A roadmap released by the UK government on Jan. 11 aimed at quadrupling the country’s nuclear power capacity by 2050 sets out a series of goals and actions that could […]

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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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UK Shortlists Six Nuclear Designs in SMR Competition, Intends to Award Contract by Summer 2024

October 3, 2023 admin EDF, Fuel, full coverage, ge hitachi nuclear energy, great british nuclear, holtec, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear designs, nuclear energy, nuclear technology, NuScale Power, power, rolls royce smr, smr, smr competition, supply chains, Technology, uk, westinghouse electric

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:53:25 +0000

Six nuclear designs will advance to the next phase of the UK’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition, a fast-track measure that could result in a government contract within the next […]

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Major Engineering Services Contract Launches Poland’s First Nuclear Power Project

September 27, 2023 admin AP1000, bechtel, Business, energy infrastructure, energy security, engineering, engineering services contract, environmental conditions, full coverage, international cooperation, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear expansion, nuclear power plant, nuclear technology, Poland, regulatory progress, Safety, technical specifications, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:32:21 +0000

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Poland’s designated entity tasked with developing the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, has signed an engineering services contract with a Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium, allowing site-specific work […]

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World’s First AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Reaches Full Power

August 16, 2018 admin AP1000, Business, China, Georgia Power, haiyang, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear technology, sanmen, SCANA, southern nuclear, supply chains, Technology, V.C. Summer, Vogtle, Westinghouse

The world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor—Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province—commenced 100% power operation for the first time on August 11, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) said. Sanmen 1 was connected to the grid on June 30. Earlier this year, China also put online Unit 5 of the Yangjiang Nuclear Plant on May 23, and Taishan 1, an EPR, on […]

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Fusion Power: Watching, Waiting, as Research Continues

August 1, 2018 admin aec, Business, DOE, fusion power, general, GERMANY, h-bomb, hans bethe, History, hydrogen, International, iter, lasers, lawrence livermore national laboratory, magnets, mit, news, Nuclear, nuclear fusion, nuclear technology, r&d, Research and Development, Technology

Cheap and abundant electric power from nuclear fusion—power “too cheap to meter”—has been a dream for more than a half-century. But as time passes, practical fusion appears to be moving further into

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