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Dec 23, 2024 · News, features and analysis covering the global nuclear energy sector, supported by World Nuclear Association
Key Cernavoda 3 and 4 engineering contract signed
The partially constructed units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda (Image: Nuclearelectrica) Romania's nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica said that the estimated value of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract, which was signed at the COP29 climate conference, was about EUR3.2 billion (USD3.4 billion).
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
Oct 25, 2024 · The nuclear island of HTR-PM Demo (Image: Tsinghua University) It follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power.
IEA forecasts continued nuclear capacity growth to 2050
Global nuclear generating capacity is expected to increase from 416 GWe in 2023 to 647 GWe in 2050 in a scenario based on existing energy policies, according to the latest World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency.
UK aims for Urenco-built HALEU facility by 2031
Oct 9, 2024 · The Capenhurst site (Image: Urenco) The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says the new facility will be built at Urenco's Capenhurst site in northwest England, will support around 400 jobs and "will put an end to Russia's reign as the only commercial producer" of HALEU fuel in Europe.
New Nuclear - World Nuclear News
4 days ago · What are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear capacity in 2025? Here's an edited transcript of World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León's World Nuclear News podcast interview.
Explosives speed Sizewell A turbine hall decommissioning
More than 1200 holes were drilled and 700 kilogrammes of explosive used for the demolition of large concrete plinths in the turbine hall of Sizewell A nuclear power plant in the UK.
Final GAIN vouchers for 2024 announced - World Nuclear News
NANO Nuclear Energy's novel heat exchanger concept, intended for use in the Zeus microreactor, a technical audit of the Antares R1 thermosiphon-cooled microreactor, a study to develop purity tests for molten salts, and a screening process to identify potential sites for nuclear-powered data centres have been chosen to receive funding from the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy ...
Uranium & Fuel - World Nuclear News
Dec 13, 2024 · What are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear capacity in 2025? Here's an edited transcript of World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León's World Nuclear News podcast interview.
Uranium enrichers mark expansion milestones - World Nuclear News
Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has installed the first new centrifuges as part of an expansion of its plant in Eunice, New Mexico. Meanwhile, Orano has laid the foundation stone of the extension of its Georges Besse 2 plant in France.