Rooppur 1 Hot Testing Under Way
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 20, The first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, located 160 kilometers from Dhaka, Bangladesh, is undergoing hot testing as part of its commissioning, per AtomStroyExpor...
Westinghouse, Google Aim to Speed up Reactor Construction With AI
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 17, Westinghouse has announced it is to collaborate with Google Cloud to use artificial intelligence tools to streamline construction of new nuclear plants and enhance the oper...
Clinch River Application Accepted for Review
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 14, The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted a construction permit application from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SM...
UK Study Says Midlands Sites Suitable for Nuclear New Build
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 6, A recent study commissioned by the Midlands Net Zero Hub, funded by the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, has identified 21 potential sites in central ...
Kalinin’s First Unit Gets 19-Year Life Extension
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 5, Russia’s nuclear regulator, Rostekhnadzor, has granted an operating license extension for Unit 1 of the Kalinin nuclear power plant in the Tver region, approximately 2...
EDF to Spend Estimated $7 Billion on Extending Life of Nuclear Plants
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 4, On July 3, 2025, French utility EDF announced plans to invest 6 billion euros ($7.05 billion) to extend the operational life of 20 nuclear reactors. This follows approval fr...
Alliance Appointed for Sizewell C Construction
Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 1, Construction firms Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke, and Bouygues Travaux Publics have signed a Programme Alliance Agreement with Sizewell C to undertake the main civil ...
Reactor Internals Installed at Haiyang 4
Wedoany.com Report-Jun. 30, On June 24, 2025, China National Nuclear Corporation successfully hoisted the reactor internals into position at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong provi...
Uzbekistan Studying Option of a Four-Unit VVER-1000 Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Jun 28, Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency to assess the feasibility of constructing a gi...
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Reboot Fast-Tracked to 2027
Wedoany.com Report-Jun 26, On June 25, 2025, Constellation Energy announced that the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, now renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, is slated ...