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WEBSep 5, 2024 · Homepage - World Nuclear News. The generator stator has been hoisted into place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. New Nuclear · Monday, 16 September 2024.
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WEBThe nuclear supply chain will need to expand and innovate in order to facilitate the tripling of nuclear capacity by 2050, panellists agreed during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. However, they said an environment needs to be created where companies are confident about investing in the sector. New Nuclear · Tuesday, 10 September 2024.
U-Battery unveils full-scale SMR mock-up - World Nuclear News
WEBSep 9, 2024 · A full-scale first-of-its kind mock-up of the main vessels of the U-Battery advanced modular reactor, revealed yesterday by U-Battery and Cavendish Nuclear, has demonstrated how the reactor can be built using modular techniques. The project was made possible with funding from the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under its Advanced Manufacturing and ...
France sets out long-term nuclear recycling plans
WEBMinister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire announced the decision to continue with France's treatment-recycling strategy for used nuclear fuel beyond 2040, with plans to extend the life of existing recycling plants and to launch studies for a new MOX fuel fabrication plant and a new used fuel processing plant.
Podcast: How are the USA's historic new Vogtle nuclear units doing?
WEBPodcast: How are the USA's historic new Vogtle nuclear units doing? Southern Nuclear's Senior Vice President at Vogtle 3 and 4, John Williams, on the achievement of completing the first new US nuclear power units in more than 30 years - and the lessons which can be shared. Williams talks about the "tremendous pride" felt by everyone involved in ...
DOE seeks domestic LEU supply contracts - World Nuclear News
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Friday, 28 June 2024. The US Department of Energy has issued a request for proposals to purchase low-enriched uranium from domestic sources. The request is supported by USD2.7 billion from President Joe Biden's Investing in America agenda to boost the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain. (Image: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
IAEA releases 2023 nuclear power data - World Nuclear News
WEB(Image: IAEA) The reports - Nuclear Power Reactors in the World and Operating Experience with Nuclear Power Stations in Member States - are, respectively, the 44th and 55th in their series. They are based on data submitted to the IAEA by officially designated national data providers and maintained in the agency's Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) database.
CNEA and Nucleoeléctrica sign CAREM SMR agreement
WEBAn aerial view of the pilot plant, in November 2022 (Image: CNEA) The technical assistance framework agreement was signed by CNEA president Adriana Serquis and Nucleoeléctrica President José Luis Antúnez and will have a two-year duration, extendable by mutual agreement, and provides a general framework for contracts for …
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
WEBIt follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power. The HTR-PM features two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a single 210 MWe steam turbine.
Philippines relaunches nuclear energy programme
WEBDuterte signed Executive Order No.164, dated 28 February, following the recommendation of the Nuclear Energy Programme Inter-Agency Committee (NEP-IAC), which conducted a pre-feasibility study and public consultation on the matter. The NEP-IAC, created in 2020, is composed of 17 agencies studying the potential of nuclear power in the country.