South Africa’s Safari-1 Turns 60
Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 7, South Africa celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Safari-1 research reactor at Pelindaba, marking its 60th year of operation. The reactor, operated by the Nuclear Energy C...
ITER Acquires New Equipment to Accelerate Construction
Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 6, The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), under construction in Cadarache, France, has received the first half of a second upending tool to accelerate the...
Pre-licensing Milestone for Evinci
Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 5, Westinghouse has achieved a significant step toward licensing its eVinci microreactor in the United States with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approving the Pr...
German Nuclear Association Calls for Restart of Reactors
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 28, German nuclear technology association Kerntechnik Deutschland e.V. says that restarting the countrys nuclear power plants "offers a safe, economically viable and climate-fri...
Rosatom Tests MOX Fuel in VVER-S Reactors
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 25, Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power (IPPE, part of Rosatom’s Scientific Division) has begun tests to substantiate the neutron physics characterist...
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...
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...
France Agrees to Issue EDF With Preferential Loan for Six Nuclear Reactors
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, France has agreed to issue state-owned EDF with a subsidized loan covering at least half the construction costs of six nuclear reactors, president Emmanuel Macrons office sa...
US Releases $57 Million in Financing to Help Reopen Michigan Reactor
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtecs Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, which the...
Norwegian Regulator Approves Halden Reactor Licence Transfer
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 15, The Norwegian Radiation & Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA – Direktoratet for strålevern og atomsikkerhet), has approved granting of a licence enabling takeover of ...