Ukraine has claimed that Russian forces fired rockets on 6 August at a spent fuel storage area at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, risking what Energoatom, the country’s nuclear power company, called a “nuclear disaster”.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has agreed to certify the first SMR, from NuScale.
Following Russia’s cutting of gas supplies to Europe, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has called for a halt to electricity production using gas and delaying the phaseout of nuclear power.
The Russian state-owned company Rosatom has announced that the main construction for the fourth and final unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey has started.
The UK Government has approved a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the planned Sizewell C plant, based on EDF’s EPR design being used at Hinkley Point C.
France’s EDF may be forced to reduce nuclear output because of expected prolonged high temperatures over the summer months.
South Korea will build four additional nuclear reactors by 2030 and extend the life of 10 older units.
Vattenfall is undertaking a pilot study to examine construction of SMRs in Sweden to meet increased demand for electricity.
Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), operator of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant, has announced that the start of commercial operations has been delayed by three months to the end of December.
Toshiba and Bechtel have announced they will collaborate on delivery of equipment for Poland’s first nuclear power plant.