Pressure vessel in place at Indian plant

The reactor vessel for Kudankulam unit 4 has been lifted into its design position at the construction site in Tamil Nadu, Rosatom announced. The company said the installation was carried out on 24 January using the “open top” method, first used at Kudankulam 3. This involves installing the component while the reactor dome is still …

Five show interest to build new reactors at Kozloduy NPP

Five companies have expressed interest in constructing two new reactors using Westinghouse Electric’s AP1000 technology at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP), special project company Kozloduy NPP-New Build said. The application deadline was February 2, with a commission set to review the submitted documentation starting February 5, Kozloduy NPP-New Build said in a statement on …

T.FCU Announces $75 Million Bought Deal Financing

FISSION URANIUM CORP. (” Fission ” or the ” Company “) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. and SCP Resource Finance LP (the ” Co-Lead Underwriters “), on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters (collectively with the Co-Lead Underwriters, the ” Underwriters “), pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase, on a “bought deal” …

Border package contains $2 billion for uranium enrichment

The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy exports. The text of the bill, released Sunday night, includes $2.72 billion in unspent grant funding for domestic uranium enrichment, with the goal of bolstering nuclear fuel …

New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

  Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors. This technology is also being used below sea level. Dozens of …

Kazatomprom confirms 2024 production plans as acid woes continue

The Kazakh national atomic company said it expects to see a “modest” growth in 2024 production despite adjustments to its previously announced production plans related to the availability of sulphuric acid and construction delays at newly developed deposits. Kazatomprom’s 2023 production was 21,112 tU on a 100% basis (11,169 tU attributable), which the company said …

Holtec Announces a Novel Combined Nuclear/Solar Power Plant Design To Stem the Rise of Carbon in the Environment

We are pleased to announce a new innovative power plant design which melds the benefits of nuclear (high energy density, non-polluting, base load) with those of solar (zero fuel cost, minor regulatory barriers) that is entirely carbon-free and is adaptable for deployment in any country. Called CNSP, an acronym for Combined Nuclear/Solar Plant, this design employs Holtec’s SMR-300 small …

‘Historic opportunity’: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant owner discusses steps to reopen

 The Biden Administration could loan $1.5 billion to Holtec International as soon as February to restart Van Buren County’s Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. If Holtec receives approval from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Palisades plant in Covert would be the first shuttered nuclear reactor in American history to be reactivated. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission …