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Published: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:02:58 GMT
The CA01 'super module' has been installed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced. It is the first of two CAP1000 reactors planned for the first phase of the plant.
Published: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:49:50 GMT
Framatome and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power are to assess the feasibility of producing medical isotope lutetium-177 in the Candu pressurised heavy water reactors at the Wolsong nuclear power plant in South Korea.
Published: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:46:33 GMT
The nuclear power construction project in the UK has led to 8000 people being trained at specialist centres, and prompted a 25% increase in younger adults living in the area, according to the Hinkley Point C Socio-Economic Impact Report 2024.
Published: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:16:45 GMT
US utility Constellation Energy Corporation has submitted a subsequent licence renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its two-unit Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois. The plant's operating licence was first renewed by the NRC in 2004.
Published: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:16:16 GMT
The Canadian government has announced measures in its latest budget "to help get nuclear projects built in a timely, predictable, and responsible fashion".
Published: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:04:23 GMT
The dome of the inner containment structure has been hoisted into place on top of the inner containment walls at unit 8 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province.
Published: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:55:07 GMT
The agreement provides for the creation in Ukraine of manufacturing capabilities for components for small modular reactors, plus storage and transportation systems for used nuclear fuel.
Published: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:08:16 GMT
Professor Tim Tinsley outlines how material extracted from the UK's legacy nuclear material is being used in pioneering cancer treatments and for powering future space missions - and considers whether long-term disposal plans now need to take into account the current and potential future value in the material.
Published: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:43:01 GMT
As the world's largest producer of uranium gears up for a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant, national policymakers and stakeholders have shared Kazakhstan's vision for a civilian nuclear programme at the World Nuclear Spotlight Kazakhstan event in Almaty.
Published: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:59:50 GMT
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation is to collaborate with Peregrine Turbine Technologies to integrate its Pylon microreactor with PTT's supercritical carbon dioxide energy conversion system and advanced heat exchanger technologies.