The first fuel assemblies from the new supplier are due to be loaded into the reactor during the current shutdown. At the same time, the South Bohemian nuclear power plant is completing its transition to longer operating cycles. Final preparations for the use of fuel from Westinghouse are under way at the Temelín nuclear power …
Kazakhstan is considering the creation of a state strategic uranium reserve to secure fuel supplies for its future nuclear power plants, Qazinform News Agency quotes Chairman of the Atomic Energy Agency Almassadam Satkaliyev as saying. According to Satkaliyev, the agency is reassessing its approach to uranium resource management, viewing uranium not only as a raw material …
The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) confirms its backing for the government’s assessment of restarting nuclear plants, subject to safety conditions, as the regulatory process advances and a referendum approaches. The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) has reaffirmed its support for the government’s programme to assess restarting nuclear power plants. It did so at its …
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency signed an agreement with Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.Ş. (TÜPRAŞ), Türkiye’s largest crude oil refiner, to fund technical assistance to assess the potential of small modular reactors to supply electricity, heat and steam for its refining processes. The study will develop a roadmap for TÜPRAŞ’s evaluation of whether and how …
Both loan packages could be used to finance uprates at existing generation facilities, which Energy Secretary Chris Wright called “commonsense” energy policy. The U.S. Department of Energy announced $10.1 billion in loans and loan guarantees to Constellation Energy and Alliant Energy this week, aiming to support 3.7 GW of new capacity from nuclear and other …
The federal government wants to move advanced nuclear reactors out of the demonstration phase and into commercial power generation — without making developers repeat work already done. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission finalized a rule allowing reactor developers to use safety evaluations and testing previously completed under Department of Energy or Department of Defense authorization …
Rosatom plans to launch construction of the large-scale nuclear units at the planned power plant in Uzbekistan in 2027, CEO Alexey Likhachev has said during a visit to the construction site. Two small modular reactors (SMRs) are already under construction at the site in the Jizzakh region, where the first concrete for the foundation slab …
In a remarkable demonstration of technical ingenuity and precision manufacturing, Holtec has successfully recovered the tilted fuel assembly at its Palisades Nuclear Power Plant using a purpose-built Fuel Movement Device conceived, engineered, manufactured, and delivered by the company in just two weeks. Accomplished safely and error-free, the technically demanding recovery removed a significant obstacle to …
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom expects the first reactor at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant to achieve its first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction before the end of this year, Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev said on Friday. “We remain on track for the planned physical start-up in the second half of December… We hope that before …
(Busan=News1) Reporter Yoon Il-ji = The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission holds a meeting on the 15th and deliberates and approves the accident management plan and operational change permit for Kori Nuclear Power Plant units 3 and 4 in Gijang County, Busan. The NSSC also holds the first review for the continued operation permit for …