India’s Third 700 MW Nuclear Power Reactor Completes Hot Conditioning, Says NPCIL

“Unit-7 of Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) 7&8, the third reactor in the indigenous 700 MW series, achieved a major milestone of successful completion of Hot Conditioning of the Primary Heat Transport (PHT) system on Nov. 30,” the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said in a statement. India’s third home-built 700 MW nuclear …

OPG selects suppliers for first fuel contracts for its Small Modular Reactors

Represents a major step toward realizing the Continent’s first SMRs  Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it is partnering with companies from Canada, the U.S., and France to ensure a fuel supply for the first unit of its four-unit Darlington New Nuclear Project. The historic arrangements signal a strengthening nuclear fuel supply chain and the self-sufficiency …

EDF announces partnership with Canadian, Czech and Indian firms

 French nuclear operator EDF announced on Tuesday it was signing a series of cooperation agreements with Canadian, Czech, Indian and French partners to secure local supply chains and suppliers essential for future nuclear projects. EDF signed a letter of intent with Ontario Power Group (OPG) at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris to launch a …

AtkinsRéalis-led consortium signs $750M contract supporting Romanian CANDU reactor life extension

Candu Energy Inc., an AtkinsRéalis company [SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.] (TSX: ATRL) and the Canadian Commercial Corporation (“CCC”), a federal Crown corporation, have signed a contract with Nuclearelectrica S.A. (SNN) to provide engineering, technology and procurement of tooling and reactor components in support of the life extension of SNN’s Unit 1 CANDU® reactor at the Cernavoda …

Second large Polish nuclear plant gets approval

Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued a decision-in-principle for the country’s second large nuclear power plant. Two South Korean-supplied APR1400 reactors are planned in the Patnów-Konin region. PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa submitted an application for the plant to the ministry in August this year. The application included a description of project characteristics, indicating …

France to Decide on Eight More Nuclear Reactors by End of 2026

That’s in addition to six atomic plants France already plans Nuclear is part of country’s plan to shift from fossil fuels France will decide by the end of 2026 on whether to build another eight large nuclear reactors in addition to the six atomic plants it already plans to construct. President Emmanuel Macron has already said that France could build as …