Holtec Gets $57 MM DOE Loan for Palisades Nuclear Plant Restart
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright has announced a second loan disbursement to Holtec for the Palisades nuclear plant. The Department of Energy (DOE) released $56,7...
Kazakhstan Sets up Nuclear Energy Agency
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Almassadam Satkaliyev to head the new state body which will take over various functions and powers from Kazakhstans Energy Mini...
Brazil Aiming to Develop National Microreactor
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, The National Nuclear Energy Commission has begun a three-year project to demonstrate the feasibility of the development of a Brazilian 3-5 MW microreactor. The vision is for...
Urenco to Supply Fuel for Westinghouse Microreactor
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, Westinghouse and Urenco have signed a long-term fuel enrichment agreement under which Urenco will provide enrichment of high-assay low-enriched uranium to Westinghouse for f...
KHNP Withdraws From Competition for Netherlands Nuclear Plant Project
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 19, South Korea’s state nuclear firm has decided to withdraw from the competition for a nuclear power plant project in the Netherlands. Sources within the nuclear energy i...
Fresh Stage of Tests for VVER-S and MOX Fuel
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 19, Russias A.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering has begun tests to study the neutron-physical characteristics of the VVER-S reactor with MOX fuel. Based on...
Russian Regulator Approves Fourth Reactor at Kursk-II
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, Russia’s Federal Environmental, Technological & Nuclear Surveillance Service (Rostekhnadzor) has issued a licence to nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (electricity divisio...
IAEA Confirms Safety of Latest Fukushima Water Release
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the 11th batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which the Tokyo Electric Pow...
India’s Rajasthan-7 Nuclear Power Plant Connected to Grid
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, Unit 7 at the Rajasthan nuclear power station in Rajasthan state, northern India, was connected to the national grid on 17 March at 02.37 local time, state nuclear operator ...
Deal Finalised for Belgian Reactor Restarts in November
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, The Belgian government and French utility Engie have closed the agreement covering the extension of the operation of the Tihange 3 and Doel 4 nuclear power reactors by 10 ye...