Hungary Adding New VVER-1200 Nuclear Reactors in First for EU

Hungary’s nuclear energy agency has issued a license for construction of two reactors for Paks II, a power generation project first launched in early 2014 as part of an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia. Officials said Paks II would be the first nuclear plant in the European Union to use Rosatom’s Generation III+ VVER-1200 …

Slovakia’s delayed new nuclear power unit to begin fueling in weeks

Slovenske Elektrarne’s new nuclear power unit at Mochovce will begin fuelling in the next two weeks and start production by early 2023 after a watchdog’s ruling cleared the way, the Slovak utility’s chairman said on Thursday. Slovenske Elektrarne’s new nuclear power unit at Mochovce will begin fuelling in the next two weeks and start production …

Fermi Energia to evaluate NuScale SMR for Estonia

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two companies will see NuScale Power support Fermi Energia in evaluating the deployment of a NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) plant in Estonia by 2031. Fermi’s plans for SMR deployment are growing in popularity in Estonia, according to the company’s latest survey.\ NuScale’s technology was one of …

Collaboration for Rolls-Royce SMR deployment in the Netherlands

Share Rolls-Royce SMR has signed an exclusive agreement with Dutch nuclear energy development company ULC-Energy BV to collaborate on the deployment of Rolls-Royce small modular reactor (SMR) power plants in the Netherlands. ULC-Energy – established in 2021 and based in Amsterdam – aims to accelerate decarbonisation in the Netherlands by developing nuclear energy projects that …

X-energy completes design step for next-gen nuclear reactor

X-energy said it completed the basic design of its high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, a milestone development announced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear office. Maryland-based X-energy has received funding from DOE to further develop its Xe-100 advanced reactor design and TRISO-X particle fuel. The six-year project resulted in X-energy completing the Xe-100’s basic design and fabricating its first …

V.SYH Closes $3.50 Million Private Placement of Flow-Through Units

Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) announces that it has closed a non-brokered private placement financing for total gross proceeds of CAD $3,500,319.84 (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement was subscribed for by two strategic institutional investors. Skyharbour has allotted and issued 7,292,333 units (the “Units”) at a price of CAD $0.48 per Unit. Each Unit is …

The CHIPS and Science Act Offers Support to Advanced Nuclear and Fusion Industries

The Act includes significant funding to ensure long-term U.S. competitiveness in the advanced nuclear sector. Investment in existing and new university nuclear infrastructure will support next-generation nuclear technologies and professionals. Funding isotope production will promote the long-term availability of medical and other isotopes. Funding for a variety of entities will support research, development and demonstration …