HALEU Demonstration Project Preps to Start First Domestic Production in U.S.

American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), a subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp, is moving closer to operating an advanced centrifuge cascade in Piketon, OH to produce the nation’s first amount of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)—a crucial material needed to develop and deploy advanced reactors in the United States. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently cleared the facility to start …

Subsequent License Renewal: Extending Nuclear Power Reactors to 80 Years of Operation (and Maybe More)

1. Browns Ferry is the second-largest nuclear plant in the nation and TVA’s largest single source of carbon-free energy. Its three boiling water reactors produce about 10% of TVA’s total generation capacity. Source: POWER The Atomic Energy Act authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue licenses for commercial power reactors to operate for up …

FEED contract signed for Bulgarian AP1000

Westinghouse has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for the construction of an AP1000 reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant site in Bulgaria. In January, Bulgaria’s parliament asked ministers to negotiate with the US government for a new AP1000 unit at Kozloduy. The vote urged action to be taken …

Egypt’s massive nuclear plant at Dabaa on schedule for completion

Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant is on track to meet its original schedule, according to a senior government official. Progress is being made on the plant, which has a capacity of 4,800 megawatts, and it is expected to be completed between 2028 and 2031. Mohamed Shaker, Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, said that the nuclear …

Slovenia aims to attract foreign investors to Krsko NPP project – report

Slovenia hopes to attract foreign investors to the project for the construction of a second unit at Krsko nuclear power plant (NPP), Austrian media reported. The government aims to attract multiple foreign investors, including Austrian companies, despite the opposition of Vienna to the project, Austrian news agency APA quoted Slovenia’s prime minister Robert Golob as …