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The European Union: out of the race for civil nuclear geopolitics?
- 2020-07-01 12:24:52
- Junior Isles
While many regions were trying to shape up their R&D investments, the European Union was removing itself from the race for civil nuclear. Now, with the challenge of achieving an sustainable energy future, it is looking to get a seat at the table.
By Benita Dreesen
Rosatom starts installation work at nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Russia
- 2020-06-16 06:20:16.547677
- David Flin
Rosatom has started work on installation of the main equipment for the nuclear fuel fabrication facility (FRU) at the pilot energy complex (ODEK) in the Siberian Chemical Combine at Seversk, Tomsk, in Russia.
Puerto Rico considers nuclear power
- 2020-05-28 06:47:35.112861
- David Flin
The Nuclear Alternative Project (NAP) has published a report, a Preliminary Feasibility Study for Small Modular Reactors and Microreactors for Puerto Rico.
US Department of Energy awards two advanced reactor projects for BWRX-300 SMR
- 2020-05-15 06:58:07.059648
- David Flin
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced awards to two teams to develop tools to transform the O&M of advanced nuclear reactors through the use of artificial intelligence-enabled digital twins using the GE Hitachi (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor as a reference design.
Beaver Valley nuclear power plant to remain open past 2021
- 2020-03-16 05:52:12.513436
- David Flin
Energy Harbor Corp., the owner of the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, USA, has announced that the plant will no longer be shut down in 2021, as originally scheduled.
Fault at Koeberg nuclear plant exacerbates South Africa’s power crisis
- 2020-03-11 06:12:13.788008
- David Flin
South Africa’s power utility Eskom has disconnected Koeberg Unit One from the national grid due to a fault on the turbine side, exacerbating South Africa’s power crisis.
TVA and ORNL to jointly study SMR project at Oak Ridge
- 2020-02-21 07:19:41.862130
- David Flin
The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have signed an MOU to jointly evaluate how to develop, build, and operate small modular reactors, which TVA is considering building near ORNL in Oak Ridge.
Licence to operate granted to UAE nuclear power plant
- 2020-02-18 06:08:30.462999
- David Flin
The United Arab Emirates has announced that the country’s first nuclear power plant, the Barakah plant in Abu Dhabi, has been given approval to operate, making it the first such facility to deploy in the Arab world.
SNC-Lavalin wins Bruce Power contracts
- 2020-01-31 06:12:32.991515
- David Flin
SNC-Lavalin has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Candu Energy, has been awarded three contracts with a combined value of $34 million from Bruce Power in Ontario, Canada, for projects in support of the Major Component Replacement (MCR) programme.
Canadian nuclear power plant sends emergency alert in error
- 2020-01-14 06:09:40.634820
- David Flin
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada sent out an emergency alert about an “incident” at around 07:30 local time on 12 January to people living within six miles of the facility.
