SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC), a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has been appointed as engineering supplier by Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor Ltd (SMR) as it enters a new phase of its pioneering program. Building on its role as a Phase One partner in the original UK SMR consortium, …
The first of two units at China’s much-watched high-temperature gas-cooled modular pebble bed (HTR-PM) demonstration project was successfully connected to the grid on Dec. 20. The achievement marks a major milestone for fourth-generation advanced nuclear technology. Decades of Development Grid-connection of Unit 1 at the “national project” at the Shidao Bay site (Figure 2) in …
Last summer’s bombshell announcement that Wyoming will be home to a first-of-its-kind nuclear demonstration project has energized the Cowboy State’s efforts to wean itself from dependence on fossil fuels. Best known for its abundant, high-quality and affordable coal reserves, Wyoming has been almost desperately seeking other economic drivers to diversify an economy that’s shrinking faster …
A logo of Mitsubishi Corporation, the parent company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is displayed on a sign outside its headquarters in Tokyo, Nov. 26, 2021. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to participate in a next-generation nuclear energy project with TerraPower, a company started by Bill Gates. Mitsubishi …
Atommash performed a test assembly of elements for the multi-purpose sodium-cooled fast neutron research reactor (MBIR) being built in Dimitrovgrad. The six pieces of equipment involved in the test at the Volgodonsk branch of AEM technologies had a combined weight of 164 tonnes. The MBIR is a 150 MWt, sodium-cooled fast reactor with a design …
Bruce Power and Isogen (a partnership between Kinectrics and Framatome) have completed the installation of a groundbreaking Isotope Production System (IPS), making Unit 7 the first power reactor in the world with installed capability to produce Lutetium-177 (Lu-177). Lu-177 is a medical isotope used in the treatment of various cancers, such as neuroendocrine tumours and …
In a small Wyoming town that has relied on coal for over a century, a company founded by the man who revolutionized personal computing is launching an ambitious project to counter climate change: A nationwide reboot of nuclear energy technology. Until recently, Kemmerer was little-known for anything except J.C. Penney’s first store and some 55-million-year-old …
The minister was joined by EDF’s chief executive at the plant in Somerset Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that Hinkley Point C will help protect the UK from “volatile” wholesale gas prices during a visit to the nuclear power plant in Somerset. Mr Kwarteng praised the progress made during construction of the plant as …
An FPSO-style production plant might be able to pump out green ammonia at a bargain price The Palo Alto-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a novel proposal to manufacture green fuels using electricity from a small nuclear power plant – at sea. EPRI’s researchers suggest that the shipbuilding industry’s know-how could be combined with next-generation …
Japan will bolster the development of next-generation nuclear power technology in cooperation with the United States and other partners, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Thursday during talks with his U.S. counterpart. Hagiuda told U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during video talks that the Japanese government will urge more local energy companies to join an international …
