Commissioning has begun of China’s first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The project at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province will supply steam to a nearby petrochemical plant. The project is being jointly carried out by CNNC subsidiary Jiangsu Nuclear Power Company and the Lianyungang …
Australian mining giant BHP is exploring the prospect of onboard nuclear propulsion as a clean alternative energy to power commercial marine vessels on which it relies as a major bulk shipping customer. BHP recently hired Dutch nuclear energy consultancy ULC-Energy to research several nuclear technologies that could be used to fuel merchant shipping. The study …
The manufacturing firm is one of several participating in a Digital Catapult programme looking at industrial applications for quantum computing Rolls-Royce plans to use quantum computing to figure out how to run nuclear power plants remotely. Through the Quantum Technology Access Programme (QTAP), the manufacturer aims to build small, autonomous nuclear reactors that could operate safely …
A new bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate this week would create a group to support the development of nuclear energy in the state. Senate Bill 198 would formally establish the Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority, which would be administratively attached to the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research. Senate Joint Resolution 140, also …
A man with a shiny metal Concorde model on his desk, and old circuit boards on a shelf, is clearly in love with technology. Chris Sharp is the chief technology officer at Digital Realty, a US business at the intersection of construction and high-tech. It builds data centres, the anonymous warehouses full of computers that …
A feasibility study, as part of the US-funded Project Phoenix, is looking into the potential for small modular reactors (SMRs) in Slovakia with an indicative timeline to 2035. Project Phoenix was announced by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (pictured above) at the COP27 climate conference in 2022 and aims to support energy …
Czech nuclear power plant operator ČEZ says that its fuel diversification strategy will see the first Westinghouse VVER fuel delivered to its Dukovany nuclear power plant at the end of the year. Six test Westinghouse fuel assemblies were delivered for the first unit at the Temelin nuclear power plant in 2019. The results are being …
The company has formally submitted an application to the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero for approval to enter the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) for the AP300 small modular reactor. Westinghouse is one of six small modular reactor (SMR) suppliers shortlisted in October 2023 to bid for support from the UK government as …
A team led by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has concluded a series of large-scale demonstration tests for an innovative new floating seismic isolation system intended for pairing with small modular reactors to enable siting feasibility, including in areas of high seismicity. The series of tests – which ran from 29 January to 9 February …
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the external dome of the Linglong One, the world’s first onshore modular small reactor, was successfully hoisted into place at the nuclear power base in Changjiang, Hainan. After a series of high-precision movements, the 550-ton dome was positioned onto the outer containment shell of the reactor building. The …
