Hinkley Point C is getting ready for another spectacular engineering feat with the precision placement of 5,000 tonne cooling-water intakes on the seabed. Four times longer and twice as high as a double-decker bus, each intake head will be connected to five miles of tunnels used to circulate cooling-water for the new power station. The …
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and X-energy have signed a framework agreement to pursue opportunities to deploy Xe-100 small modular reactors (SMRs) for industrial applications in Canada. Under the agreement, OPG and X-energy will pursue opportunities to deploy Xe-100 advanced reactors in Ontario at industrial sites and identify further potential end users and sites throughout Canada. …
The upper containment cylinder of the world’s first commercial onshore small modular reactor (SMR), the Linglong One, was successfully installed on July 6 at Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in South China’s Hainan province. The upper cylinder is an important component in ensuring the safety of the reactor building, and its installation lays a solid foundation for advancing …
The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has begun the process to initiate the USA’s strategic uranium reserve, issuing a solicitation to purchase up to an estimated one million pounds of domestically-produced U3O8. The solicitation – which is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) – is for purchase of uranium “provided by a vendor that has …
Hungary plans to extend the lifetime of the Paks nuclear power plant and will make assessments about costs and feasibility next month, Technology and Industry Minister Laszlo Palkovics told Inforadio late on Wednesday. Palkovics said the nuclear plant “could have up to 20 additional years” of service and he said his ministry would draft a …
The first concrete was poured for unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant on June 28 in East China’s Zhejiang province, marking the start of the plant’s second phase project. The China National Nuclear Power under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has built and put into operation 11 nuclear power units at the Qinshan and Sanmen plants. The …
FILE – Construction site of Al Dabaa Power Plant The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority announced Wednesday the issuance of the permit to build the first reactor at Al Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. The request to establish the first two reactors, out of four, was submitted to the authority on January 1, 2019. Since …
Inner containment dome metal structures were installed in the reactor building of Power Unit 2 at the Rooppur NPP construction site in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (the NPP’s General Designer and General Contractor is the ROSATOM’s Engineering Division). The upper portion of the dome weighing 194 tonnes and being 35.7 m in diameter was …
Prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, 54 nuclear reactors were in operation in Japan, supplying approximately 30% of the country’s electric power. However, the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was a drastic blow to nuclear power’s reputation, leading to increased distrust and unease toward the energy source. As of …
This isn’t the country’s first attempt at an atomic renaissance. Will the Dutch actually make it work this time? The Netherlands ― On this windswept peninsula near the Belgian border, the trees grow shrubby and the dune grasses bow horizontally before the North Sea’s gusts. But along the coast, industrial spires rise vertically, defying nature …
