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Bruce Power and partners to expand isotope capacity

Wed, 29 May 2024 10:50:22 +0200

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#^Bruce Power and partners to expand isotope capacity

A second isotope production line is being installed at Bruce 7 to double its production capacity to meet forecast increases in demand. Bruce Power and Saugeen Ojibway Nation have also announced an expansion of their partnership for the production of and marketing of medical radioisotopes.

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Jacobs to assist in development of UK-Japanese HTGR

Tue, 28 May 2024 15:10:29 +0200

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#^Jacobs to assist in development of UK-Japanese HTGR

The UK's National Nuclear Laboratory has appointed engineering group Jacobs to help in the development of a high temperature gas reactor design that it is developing in partnership with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

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Russia set to build SMR nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

Tue, 28 May 2024 13:00:42 +0200

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#^Russia set to build SMR nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

An agreement between Uzbekistan and Russia will see a six-unit small modular reactor nuclear power plant built in the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan, with construction work due to begin as early as this summer.

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Second CGN Hualong One completes commissioning tests

Tue, 28 May 2024 13:00:07 +0200

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#^Second CGN Hualong One completes commissioning tests

Unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the second of two CGN-designed demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site.

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IAEA's Grossi highlights continued Zaporizhzhia power supply concerns

Fri, 24 May 2024 17:16:07 +0200

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#^IAEA's Grossi highlights continued Zaporizhzhia power supply concerns

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said concerns continue over the impact potential disruption to off-site power could have at Ukraine's nuclear power plants.

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Contract for expansion of Rolls-Royce submarine site

Fri, 24 May 2024 16:56:29 +0200

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#^Contract for expansion of Rolls-Royce submarine site

International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has been selected by Rolls-Royce as its non-fissile construction partner to help expand its Raynesway site in Derby, UK, to meet the growth in demand from the Royal Navy, and as a result of last year's AUKUS announcement.

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Innovative piping rehabilitation solution to be used at US plant

Fri, 24 May 2024 16:53:55 +0200

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#^Innovative piping rehabilitation solution to be used at US plant

Framatome has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to carry out its first major mitigation of buried condenser feed pipes using its innovative spray-in-place structural pipe liner solution at a three-unit operating nuclear plant in the USA.

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US, EC bodies call for enhanced security of radioactive sources

Fri, 24 May 2024 15:53:29 +0200

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#^US, EC bodies call for enhanced security of radioactive sources

Leaders from the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and the European Commission have highlighted the need to strengthen security of radioactive sources in open civilian facilities such as hospitals, research laboratories, and industrial facilities to prevent the use of these materials in acts of terrorism.

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Fuel loading completed at Flamanville 3 EPR

Fri, 24 May 2024 15:28:14 +0200

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#^Fuel loading completed at Flamanville 3 EPR

The process of loading fuel assemblies into the core of the Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in France has been completed ahead of its start-up. The 1650 MWe (gross) pressurised water reactor is expected to reach 100% output before the end of the year.

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Estimated cost for JEK2 options put at EUR9.4 billion-15.4 billion

Fri, 24 May 2024 12:44:38 +0200

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#^Estimated cost for JEK2 options put at EUR9.4 billion-15.4 billion

GEN energija has given its latest update on the development of plans for the JEK2 new nuclear capacity in Slovenia, putting forward likely costs and saying that from the point of view of the power network 1300 MW would be the optimal size.

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