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WEBSep 24, 2024 — Corporate · Monday, 9 September 2024. Corporate · Wednesday, 11 September 2024. New Nuclear · Tuesday, 10 September 2024. New Nuclear · Thursday, 12 September 2024. News, features and analysis covering the global nuclear energy sector, supported by World Nuclear Association.
UK selects HTGR for advanced reactor demonstration
WEBSep 10, 2024 — The UK will build a high-temperature gas reactor as the centrepiece of its Advanced Modular Reactor Research, Development & Demonstration Programme, energy minister Greg Hands has confirmed. "I'm pleased to announce that we will focus on HTGRs as the technology choice for the programme moving forward," he told the Nuclear2021 conference organised in London by the Nuclear Industry Association ...
Cameco restarts Canadian uranium operation - World Nuclear News
WEBMay 1, 2024 — Cameco has announced plans to restart uranium production at McArthur River/Key Lake, idled since 2018. The company plans to ramp up production at the operation in northern Saskatchewan to produce 15 million pounds U3O8 (5770 tU) per year starting in 2024, but aims to maintain "supply discipline", reducing production at Cigar Lake to 25% below its licensed capacity.
Bradwell B granted electricity generating licence
WEBSep 10, 2024 — Bradwell Power Generation Company Limited, which is proposing to construct the new Bradwell B nuclear power plant in Essex, has been granted an electricity generating licence by the UK's gas and electricity markets regulator Ofgem. A final decision has yet to be made to actually construct the plant, planned to feature a Chinese-designed Hualong One reactor.
CGN's first Hualong One reactor starts supplying electricity
WEBSep 10, 2024 — Unit 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has been connected to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclear announced. The unit - the first of two demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site - is scheduled to enter commercial operation in the second half of 2023.
Canadian town declares willingness to host repository
WEBThursday, 11 July 2024. The Township of Ignace in north-western Ontario has become the first community to confirm its willingness to move forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel. NWMO President and CEO Laurie Swami congratulates Mayor Kim Baigrie on Ignace ...
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WEBWork starts at US prototype microreactor site. The US Department of Defense has broken ground at Idaho National Laboratory for the Project Pele prototype mobile microreactor. It will become the USA's first electricity-generating Generation IV reactor as early as 2026. New Nuclear · Wednesday, 25 September 2024.
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
WEBSep 10, 2024 — 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. The HTR-PM features two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a …
EDF plans new investment and extensions for UK nuclear fleet
WEBTuesday, 9 January 2024. EDF Energy has announced it will invest a further GBP1.3 billion (USD1.7 billion) in the UK's five operating nuclear power plants over the next two years and plans to further extend the lives of the four operating Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor plants. The Hartlepool AGR plant (Image: EDF Energy)
Chernobyl gets six-year extension for work on original shelter
WEBJul 10, 2024 — Thursday, 7 December 2023. An extension has been agreed for the dismantling of the parts of the original shelter facility most at risk of collapse. The structure was built in 206 days following the 1986 accident at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The original shelter is now within the New Safe Confinement (Image: EBRD)