Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, achieved a major licensing milestone with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval of a license amendment request (LAR) enabling the site to manufacture fuel with uranium enrichment levels up to 10%. This approval expands domestic capacity for advanced reactor fuel and supports the acceleration of deployment …
U.S. Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced legislation that provides a roadmap for the Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Act, a US State Department’s program. “Nuclear energy is a source of clean and abundant power, and its growth in the U.S. and around the world will lower costs for consumers …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) startup authorization allows Oklo to load nuclear fuel, conduct startup testing, and proceed toward first criticality. In just over 10 months, Oklo progressed from groundbreaking to receiving DOE startup authorization for its first reactor at the Groves site. During that period, Oklo built the reactor facility, established the operating …
Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian nuclear programme Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear programme, according to news reports citing people familiar with the matter. Trump is expected to announce that he will …
Russia’s regulator authority Rostekhnadzor has granted nuclear power company Rosatom a licence to begin construction of the first two reactor units at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant-2. However, the region will continue to rely on ageing reactors—whose operating lives have already been extended twice—for at least another decade before the replacement units come online. …
U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and U.S. Representative Mike Simpson (all R-Idaho) celebrated the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) announcement to award approximately $31 million to the Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Corridor (INEC) Tech Hub, a regional initiative of more than 45 organizations across Idaho and Wyoming, led by the Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium …
Boccard UK will deliver Pools, Tanks, and Sumps (PTS) scope elements for Sizewell C Tanks will be manufactured at fully-digitised Deeside facility in North Wales, which supports over 200 jobs Sizewell C has awarded a major contract to Boccard UK to deliver its critical Pools, Tanks, and Sumps (PTS) scope elements – with manufacturing to …
The Trump administration has tentatively agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without enacting international safeguards intended to prevent nuclear weapons development, according to sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by CNN. The draft nuclear accord that outlines US support for Riyadh’s civilian nuclear program is awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature despite …
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review Constellation’s application to extend the operating license of the R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant in Ontario, New York, by 20 years, from 60 to 80 years total. What: NRC staff determined the application has sufficient technical and environmental information to begin a full safety and environmental review, …
World-leading expertise of three organisations come together to deliver geotechnical works for Sizewell C Geotechnical sub-alliance thought to be the first of its kind in the UK – bringing combined expertise into one integrated team Organisations have supported some of the world’s most significant infrastructure projects Three world-leading organisations have joined forces to deliver the …
