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Last fuel assembly unloaded at Kursk unit 1

2023-11-22 17:01:19

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#^Last fuel assembly unloaded at Kursk unit 1

The first stage of decommissioning of the Kursk nuclear power plant's first unit has been completed with the last used fuel assembly unloaded from the reactor core.

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MEPs fully include nuclear in Net-Zero Industry Act

2023-11-22 16:48:43

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#^MEPs fully include nuclear in Net-Zero Industry Act

The European Parliament has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act, which is intended to bolster Europe's manufacturing output in technologies needed for decarbonisation. MEPs included nuclear fission and fusion among a list of 17 technologies covered by the legislation.

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IAEA says Zaporizhzhia unit 5 switched to cold shutdown

2023-11-22 15:52:05

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#^IAEA says Zaporizhzhia unit 5 switched to cold shutdown

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the fifth unit at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is switching from hot to cold shutdown to allow investigation of why boron had been detected in a cooling circuit.

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South Korea, UK agree to bolster nuclear cooperation

2023-11-22 15:28:00

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#^South Korea, UK agree to bolster nuclear cooperation

A new Clean Energy Partnership between the UK and South Korea, together with nine memorandums of understanding regarding cooperation in nuclear energy, have been signed during a state visit by Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to the UK. The construction of Korean-designed reactors in the UK will be considered.

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Sri Lankan government has plans for nuclear, minister says

2023-11-21 16:52:45

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#^Sri Lankan government has plans for nuclear, minister says

Sri Lanka's government intends to include nuclear energy in its long-term plans, the country's Minister of Power and Energy said as the country's cabinet approved electricity sector reforms.

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Corporate agreement furthers Canadian SMR collaboration

2023-11-21 16:22:55

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#^Corporate agreement furthers Canadian SMR collaboration

Ontario Power Generation subsidiary Laurentis Energy Partners and Saskatchewan utility SaskPower have announced details of a Master Services Agreement that will see them collaborate to advance the deployment of small modular reactors in Saskatchewan.

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NuScale, ORNL to assess SMR use by industry

2023-11-21 15:22:32

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#^NuScale, ORNL to assess SMR use by industry

NuScale Power and the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are to collaborate on a techno-economic assessment, studying a NuScale small modular reactor's ability to implement a cost-effective steam heat augmentation design.

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Reactor vessel delivered to Kursk II's second unit

2023-11-21 13:41:08

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#^Reactor vessel delivered to Kursk II's second unit

The 340-tonne reactor vessel is now scheduled to be installed this year at the new unit being built by Rosatom at the Kursk nuclear power plant.

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IAEA assesses long-term safety at Forsmark

2023-11-20 16:26:04

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#^IAEA assesses long-term safety at Forsmark

An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has completed a Safety Aspects of Long-Term Operation mission to units 1 and 2 of the Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden, which operator Vattenfall plans to operate for 60 years.

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Koeberg 1 back online after milestone outage

2023-11-20 16:12:16

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#^Koeberg 1 back online after milestone outage

The pressurised water reactor was synchronised to the South African energy grid on 18 November after nearly a year offline for the replacement of the plant's three original steam generators, a prerequisite for the long-term operation of the plant.

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