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As part of the work on establishing a unified water discharge system at the construction site of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1, construction workers connected the discharge channel and the siphon well at the Russian-Turkish project, the project company Akkuyu Nuclear said Wednesday.(read more)

China General Nuclear said the first criticality – a sustained nuclear reaction – had been achieved on April 21 at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant’s Unit 6, the second of two ACPR-1000 reactors built at the plant.(read more)

Finish utility Teollisuuden Voima Ovj (TVO) said Tuesday that the Olkiluoto NPP’s nascent Unit 3 was shut down as part of a test program, but that the boron pumps, part of the plant’s safety system, unexpectedly started.(read more)

Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, a U.S.-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, announced it had agreed to sell BHI Energy to U.S. nuclear service giant Westinghouse Electric Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.(read more)

The United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday that Ukraine had told them communication between the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Ukrainian national regulator had been restored after a month of disconnect associated with the Russian invasion.(read more)

Atommash, part of the machine-building division of Rosatom-Atomenergomash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies, said it had finished welding the circumferential welds on upper reactor semi-vessel designed for Unit No.3 of Xudabao NPP under construction in the Liaoning Province in China.(read more)

French nuclear services company Framatome said Tuesday it had been chosen to support the emergency diesel generator refit program at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Vattenfall in Sweden.(read more)

Westinghouse Electric Company said Thursday it had signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with nine additional companies in Europe designed to promote cooperation on AP1000 power plant projects in the Czech Republic.(read more)

The influential Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development, based in Paris, said April 12 that it had suspended Russia’s membership in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).(read more)

Westinghouse Electric Company on Tuesday signed memorandums of understanding with three companies in Slovenia that spells out cooperative efforts to pursue the potential AP1000 nuclear plant projects across Central and Eastern Europe.(read more)

French Utility EDF has recruited Westinghouse, Jacobs Engineering and General Electric to support the preliminary life extension work at the Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk, United Kingdom, Westinghouse said Thursday.(read more)

Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan has successfully reached full power operation, obtaining the milestone for the first time on March 31, the China National Nuclear Corporation said this week.(read more)

Four provincial Canadian governments – Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta – said Tuesday they had agreed to a joint strategic plan that would promote development of small modular reactors(SMR).(read more)

A major project to dispose of more than 1,000 stainless steel drums of waste at Nuclear Waste Services’ Low Level Waste Repository site from the Winfrith Magnox site, each weighing around one metric...(read more)

The Hualong One demonstration project at the Fuquing nuclear power plant in China has been completed, marked by Unit 6 of power plant stepping up to commercial operating status, the China National Nuclear Cooperation' (CNNC) said this week.(read more)

The Idaho National Laboratory said Monday that one of the country’s “centerpiece” research reactor, the Advanced Test Reactor, was ready for a restart after an 11-month core overhaul.(read more)

Westinghouse Electric Canada said this week that announced today, it had been awarded a $21.65 million award from the Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund that will be used to support development of the company's eVinci micro-reactor. (read more)

Belgium’s government on Friday announced a postponement of the nuclear power phase out that was officially sanctioned in 2003 despite objections from Engie, the owner and operator of the seven reactors in the country.(read more)

After more than a decade of setbacks, electricity production at Olkiluoto's third nuclear power plant unit began Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 12:01, Finland’s utility and plant owner Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced.(read more)

India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced major milestone Tuesday with the dispatch of its 42nd Nuclear Steam Generator to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). (read more)

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said Wednesday it would commit $48 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program that will support the deployment of Advanced Nuclear Reactor (AR) technology.(read more)

The United Kingdom’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are set to begin a three-step process for evaluation of Rolls-Royce’s 470MW small modular reactor (SMR).(read more)

Westinghouse Electric Company and nuclear waste services company Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc, said Monday they had signed a term sheet at the 2022 Waste Management Symposia, signaling plans to develop a state-of-the-art advanced materials treatment facility in the United Kingdom.(read more)

The China National Nuclear Corporation said Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan had been successfully connected to the gird on March 4, a major step in its path towards commercial operation.(read more)

Nuclear service giant BWX Technologies said it had landed a contract from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Project for delivery of naval nuclear components and fuel. The approximate value of the contract, the company said, was $1 billion.(read more)

Three powerful U.S. companies with a sizeable presence in the nuclear power industry, Westinghouse, GE Steam Power and Bechtel, said they had signed an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power projects in Poland.(read more)

With the outbreak of war in Europe, there is an immediate and critical chance that up to 15 commercial nuclear power reactors could be subjected to a sudden change in operational jurisdiction and, indeed, Russians have already seized control of six Ukrainian reactors, the International Atomic Energy Agency has announced.(read more)

Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) signed a contract for the design, delivery and installation of a cybersecurity system at the plant.(read more)

The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said this week that nuclear power and related technologies “promise to make interplanetary missions faster, more efficient and economical.” (read more)

Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan achieved criticality for the first time at midnight on Feb 21, meaning it is now able to operate with power and laying a solid foundation for future connection to the grid and power generation, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.(read more)

Ontario Power Generation said this week that work had begun on Darlington Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 1, the third of four reactors to undergo mid-life refurbishment.(read more)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management said this week it was ready to demolish the prototype reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory that was used for development of nuclear-powered submarines.(read more)

A month after announcing Angra 2 had gone three years without an unplanned reactor shutdown, Brazil’s nuclear utility Electronuclear said the plant was disconnected from the grid Wednesday due failure of the steam inlet valve control system.(read more)

Researchers at the Joint European Torus project said this week the fusion energy consortium EUROfusion had reached a record output with a sustained power output of 59MJ, more than doubling JET’s previous record.(read more)

The U.K.’s Office for Nuclear Regulation said, along with the U.K. Environment Agency, that it had approved the design of the Chinese-developed Hualong Pressurized Water Reactor customized for Britain.(read more)

French utility EDF and U.S. power industry staple GE said Thursday they had signed an exclusive agreement for EDF to acquire part of GE Steam Power’s nuclear power activities.(read more)

The image of a firefighter wearing an embarrassingly heavy uniform to confront the scorching heat of a fire may soon be a thing of the past, thanks a new fire-retardant material developed by Australia’s Nuclear Science And Technology Organization (ANSTO).(read more)

The Beloyarsk Unit 4 BN-800 fast neutron reactor in Russia will complete the transition to mixed plutonium-uranium oxide fuel this summer, the plant’s director said at a press conference.(read more)

Argentina’s nuclear power operator Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A. said Tuesday that it had signed contracts with the China National Nuclear Corporation for the engineering, procurement and construction of Atrucha III, which would be the country’s fourth nuclear plant.(read more)

Bruce Power said Monday that it had completed the installation of a groundbreaking Isotope Production System (IPS), making the power plant's Unit 7 the first power reactor in the world with installed capability to produce Lutetium-177 (Lu-177).(read more)

Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc., offspring of the Canadian company, has extended its testing program at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) for measurements of fuel salt properties used in the Integral Molten Salt Reactor.(read more)

Spain’s nuclear industry service firm Tecnatom said it had been contracted to supply a customized simulation system for the Norwegian Institute of Energy Technology (IFE) for training monitoring and operations of multi-unit small modular reactors (SMR).(read more)

As part of the Small Modular Reactors (SMR) Day at the World Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai, Rostatom and the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Republic of the Philippines presented a joint action plan to elaborate nuclear power plants (NPP) using the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology through a Pre-Feasibility study.(read more)

Paris-based engineering giant Assystem, said this week it had joined the new Hinkley Point C Commissioning Alliance with the aim of building the first nuclear power plant in Britain to be built in the past three decades.(read more)

Canadian project management giant SNC-Lavalin said Tuesday it had been awarded three new contracts by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to continue work on Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), the project that aims to build a commercial-scale fusion energy plant.(read more)

Canada's Bruce Power said this week it had completed another harvest of Cobalt-60, a vital resource in supporting the global fight against the omicron variant by sterilizing billions of pieces of medical equipment used by frontline health care workers.(read more)

Blaming the global pandemic, French utility EDF has pushed back start up of the Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant by at least six months. EDF said Wednesday that fuel loading for the nearly completed unit would not be until the second quarter of 2023, a push back from the previous schedule of late this year.(read more)

On December 30, 2021, ahead of schedule, Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) handed over the package of documents to the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) which are required for receipt of license for construction of El Dabaa NPP power units 3 and 4 (general designer and general contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division).(read more)

The highest Center of Nuclear Technology Research and Development in the world by altitude, currently under construction by the Rosatom State Corporation in El Alto, Bolivia, has seen successful testing of its radiopharmaceuticals production line, Rosatom said this week.(read more)

Germany shuttered three nuclear reactors on December 31, closing down a combined 4254 MWe of capacity, leaving the country with three remaining nuclear plants, a move that challenges the country’s commitment to climate control goals in the name of national safety.(read more)