Westinghouse to Supply Fuel to Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 11, Hungary's MVM Group and Westinghouse have finalized a $114 million contract for the supply of VVER-440 fuel to the Paks Nuclear Power Plant starting in 2028. This step sup...
US Lab Begins TRISO Fuel Irradiation Test
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 10, X-energy has begun 13 months of irradiation testing for its TRISO-X fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to assess performance under various operating conditions and qua...
US Government Signs $80BN Nuclear Deal With Westinghouse, Cameco and Brookfield
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 9, The US Department of Commerce has signed a binding term sheet with Cameco Corporation (Canada) and Brookfield Asset Management to accelerate global deployment of Westinghous...
EDF Aims to Produce 30 Small Modular Reactors by 2050, Design Planned for 2026
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 7, State-owned French energy group EDF plans to complete the conceptual design of its small modular reactor (SMR) next year, as it seeks to expand its presence in the global ma...
Kansai Begins Surveys of Mihama Site for New Reactor
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 6, Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company has started site surveys at the Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to assess the possibility of constructing a new...
UK’s Sizewell C Achieves Financing Landmark
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 5, The Sizewell C project, planned to build two EPR reactors on England’s east coast, has reached Financial Close, including GBP5 billion (USD6.5 billion) in export credit fi...
Chinese Molten Salt Reactor Achieves Conversion of Thorium-Uranium Fuel
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 5, The experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten salt reactor in Wuwei, Gansu Province, has successfully achieved the first conversion of thorium-uranium nuclear fuel, the S...
EDF Gets Go-Ahead for Hinkley Point B Decommissioning
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 4, The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has formally approved EDF Energy’s plans to decommission the Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant in Somerset, England. Hinkl...
European Investment Bank Finance for Olkiluoto Upgrades
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 2, The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a EUR90 million (USD104 million) loan to finance upgrades at Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear plant, focusing on automation and ...
ABS, KRISO Level up Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Collab
Wedoany.com Report-Nov. 2, Classification society ABS and the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the ap...