IAEA Arrives at COP29
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 13, The COP29 climate conference has kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan and the IAEA is once again present to discuss all the ways that nuclear science and technology can help in th...
US Climate Momentum Will Continue, Podesta Says, As 200 GW Roadmap Unveiled
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 13,Podesta, speaking to journalists at the COP29 UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan,described the outcome of the US election as "obviously bitterly disappointing" after t...
Concreting Completed For The Containment Dome Of Akkuyu Unit 1
Concreting of the outer containment dome of the first unit at Turkeys Akkuyu nuclear power plant took 104 days, with3511 cubic metres of high-strength self-compacting concrete mix poured. Two tower cr...
Japan Launches FAST Fusion Project
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 13, FAST, to be sited in Japan, aims to generate and sustain a plasma of deuterium-tritium (D-T) reactions, demonstrating an integrated fusion energy system that combines energy...
Texas A&M Offers Test-bed Sites For SMRS
Texas A&M University is beginning the licensing process for potential sites at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan, Texas, for multiple companies to test and construct the next generation of nuclear reactors -...
UK SMR Negotiations Begin With Ge Hitachi, Holtec, Rolls-royce Smr And Westinghouse
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 13, The four shortlisted companies in the small modular reactor (SMR) selection process are GE Hitachi, Holtec,Rolls-Royce SMR and Westinghouse. Negotiations began on Monday ahe...
Second Japanese BWR Set To Restart Next Month
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 13,In June 2021, Shimane 2 became the 17th Japanese reactor to pass the regulators safety screenings and the fifth boiling water reactor (BWR) - the same type as those at the Fu...
A Visit To Three Mile Island, Where Constellation Energy Hopes To Restart A Nuclear Power Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12, Constellation Energy has applied to reopen a nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna — not the one shut after a coolant failure in 1979, but its long-ru...
Power: Spain's 991mw Nuke Has Unplanned Outage
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12, Spains 991MW Asco 2 nuclear power plant has had an unplanned outage today, with the unit disconnected until 13 Nov, latest Remit data show. The unit is expected to return to...
IAEA Hosts International Conference on Research Reactors
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12, More than 300 participants from over 80 countries came to the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna today to participate in theInternational Conference on Research Reactors. A...
Purple Hydrogen: Is Nuclear Back On The Rise?
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12,Purple hydrogen, also known as pink hydrogen, is a type of low-carbon hydrogen generated through water electrolysis powered by nuclear energy. While purple hydrogen could be ...
WG on Advanced Reactors Meets First Time in Ten Months to Discuss Nuclear Fusion
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12, In November 2022, after the Japanese government had presented its policy on promoting Green Transformation (GX), the working group drew up a rough technology roadmap for dev...
IAEA Evaluates Mihama-3 for Long-Term Operation
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12, Having cleared examinations under Japan’s new regulatory standards, Mihama-3 celebrated its 40th year of operation in July 2021, the first unit in Japan to do so. On O...
Nanoscale Transistors Could Enable More Efficient Electronics
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12,Silicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from smartphones to automobiles. But silicon semicondu...
Small Modular Reactors / Commercial Viability Needs To Be Improved, Says Swiss Thinktank
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12,The commercial viability of small modular reactors (SMRs) needs to be improved with partnerships between the public and private sector needed to help move projects to deploy...
Concreting Completed Of Outer Containment Dome At Akkuyu-1
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12,Construction workers at the Akkuyu nuclear power station being built by Russia’s state nuclear corporation in Turkey have completed the concreting of the dome of the o...
Advisory Group Calls For Study Into Restart Of Abandoned Summer Nuclear Project
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 12, A nuclear advisory group created by the legislature in the US state of South Carolina is pushing for a study into restarting construction on a pair of nuclear power plants ...
Xcel Energy Receives Approval to Extend Monticello Nuclear Plant Operations
The approval is a major step toward continuing to provide reliable, carbon-free energy for more than 500,000 customers across the Upper Midwest while meeting the states carbon reduction goals. "We th...
Tag1 Inc. And Nrg Pallas Enter A Strategic Partnership To Expand Lead-212 Production
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 11,TAG1 Inc., a premier supplier of clinical quantities of medical isotopes, has entered into a unique multi-year partnership with NRG PALLAS, a global authority in nuclear solu...
Director General Grossi to Visit Tehran
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 11, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will travel to Tehran this week for high level meetings with the Iranian Government and will hold technical discussions on all aspects...
Framatome Increases Presence In Italy
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 11, The company said Italian employees will "support the existing fleet and contribute to the development of nuclear energy in Europe from their home country". "The creation of ...
Core Catcher Delivered For Unit 4 At El Dabaa Nuclear Station
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9,The core catcher for Unit 4 at Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power station has been delivered and is expected to be installed by the end of the year, Russia’s state nu...
Welding Completed Of Main Circulation Pipeline For Tianwan-7 VVER Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, Workers have completed the welding of the main circulation pipeline for the Tianwan-7 nuclear power plant under construction in Jiangsu province, eastern China, Russia&rsquo...
Urenco’s Haleu Ambitions
In January this year theUK government announced a £300m (US$393m) funding programme to develop a High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) industry as part of the Department of Energy Security and...
Super Module Installed At Xudabao 2
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, The key CA20 module has been installed at unit 2 of China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning province, according to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) subsidiary China Nu...
Nano Invests In Laser Enrichment
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, US-based start-up NANO Nuclear Energy announced a collaboration with LIS Technologies (LIST), a privately-held emerging company which is developing laser enrichment technolog...
IAEA Completes International Physical Protection Advisory Service Mission in Rwanda
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a two-week International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission in Rwanda. The missio...
IAEA At Cop29: Nuclear Solutions For Climate Change
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will join global leaders and stakeholders at the Conference o...
Poland To Cooperate With Japan And The Netherlands On Nuclear
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, A memorandum of understanding on cooperation on nuclear energy was signed by Marzena Czarnecka, Polands Minister of Industry, and Shinji Takeuchi, Japans Deputy Minister of E...
Oklo Cleared To Begin Site Characterisation For First-of-a-kind Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Nov 9, Completion by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) of the process addressing DOE requirements for the site and the resulting Environmental Co...