Fuel loading begins at Kakrapar 4

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd started loading the first fuel into the core of the pressurised heavy water reactor unit on 20 October, after receiving permission from India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. Kakrapar 4 – also referred to as KAPP-4 – is one of two Indian-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) being …

Bruce Power explores technology options for nuclear expansion

Bruce Power announced it is launching an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to “further understand nuclear technologies that could help meet growing demand for clean electricity and advance decarbonisation efforts in Ontario”. In July, the provincial government said it was starting pre-development work to build up to 4800 MWe of new nuclear capacity at Bruce …

Sheffield Forgemasters joins UK Xe-100 deployment effort

Sheffield Forgemasters, X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear have signed a memorandum of understanding on collaborating to explore opportunities around the deployment of a fleet of Xe-100 high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) in the UK. X-energy of the USA and Cavendish Nuclear – a UK subsidiary of Babcock International group – will tap into Sheffield Forgemasters’ decades …

Swedish Nationalists Mull New Nuclear Firm to Rival Vattenfall

The Swedish government’s key coalition partner is ratcheting up pressure on Vattenfall AB to expand nuclear power production and says a separate company could be formed for that purpose if the state-run utility doesn’t move fast enough. The strategy of the nationalist Sweden Democrats, whose support is crucial to the country’s three-party government, stems from …

China’s first nuclear power plant with super-large cooling towers being built in Guangdong

State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) announced on Sunday that phase one construction of its Lianjiang nuclear power plant started on September 29. As the country’s first nuclear power plant with super-large cooling towers, it is expected to reduce the amount of sea water used and to generate up to 70.2 billion kWh annually after its …

Türkiye to start generating power from Akkuyu nuclear plant next year

– Turkish energy minister says significant progress have been achieved in talks with China for construction of second nuclear power plant in Thrace region Türkiye will start operating the first reactor of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in southern Türkiye next year in time to mark the country’s 101st anniversary, the country’s energy minister …