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US agencies take action to streamline nuclear roll-out

2025-06-19 17:43:11

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#^US agencies take action to streamline nuclear roll-out

Separate announcements from the US Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission point towards streamlining the pathway to deployment of advanced reactor technologies.

US Supreme Court rules on interim storage facility case

2025-06-19 17:08:28

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#^US Supreme Court rules on interim storage facility case

The US Supreme Court ruled by 6-3 that the State of Texas and Fasken Land and Minerals were not entitled to judicial review of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to license an interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel.

TerraPower welcomes new investors to support SMR plans

2025-06-19 15:47:02

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#^TerraPower welcomes new investors to support SMR plans

The venture capital arm of multinational technology company NVIDIA is among investors in the USD650 million capital raise, which TerraPower says will support the first Natrium plant as well as the company’s plans to rapidly deploy additional units in the US and abroad.

INB signs Brazil microreactor contracts

2025-06-19 14:45:47

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#^INB signs Brazil microreactor contracts

Industrias Nucleares do Brasil has signed a contract with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Financing Agency for Studies and Projects for the development and testing of critical technologies applicable to Brazil's planned microreactor.

Newcleo and Nextchem sign joint venture agreement

2025-06-19 13:25:06

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#^Newcleo and Nextchem sign joint venture agreement

Maire S.p.A subsidiary Nextchem and France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo are creating the NextCleo joint venture to develop the conventional island and balance of plant of nuclear power plants based on Newcleo's 200 MW advanced modular reactors.

European alliance to develop lead-cooled SMR

2025-06-18 17:03:02

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#^European alliance to develop lead-cooled SMR

Four European nuclear technology organisations have launched the Eagles Consortium to develop and commercialise the EAGLES-300 next-generation lead-cooled small modular reactor with the aim of delivering a first demonstration by 2035.

Contractors selected to build Belgian disposal facility

2025-06-18 17:02:52

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#^Contractors selected to build Belgian disposal facility

Civil engineering for ONDRAF/NIRAS' surface disposal facility in Dessel will be carried out by the NucleusSafe partnership, with construction company Denys responsible for electromechanical aspects. Work is to begin later this year.

Podcast: World Nuclear Supply Chain conference

2025-06-18 16:15:26

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#^Podcast: World Nuclear Supply Chain conference

The first World Nuclear Supply Chain conference, held in Poland, heard from a succession of senior figures discussing the opportunities, and challenges, emerging from the forecast large-scale growth of nuclear energy capacity.

NuScale targets integrated energy system for desalination and clean hydrogen

2025-06-18 14:28:17

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#^NuScale targets integrated energy system for desalination and clean hydrogen

A single NuScale Power Module small modular reactor could yield about 150 million gallons of clean water per day, the company says, with the leftover brine from the desalination process used as industrial feedstock for hydrogen production.

India's Gorakhpur slated for 2031 operation

2025-06-17 16:21:31

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#^India's Gorakhpur slated for 2031 operation

The first concrete for unit 1 at Nuclear Power Corporation of India's four-unit Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana plant is to be poured in October, Minister of Power Manohar Lal Khattar has said.