Fermi Energia Chose GE Hitachi For The First SMR In Estonia The Estonian nuclear energy company Fermi Energia announced the selection of GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 as the technology for the first planned Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in Estonia. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MW water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis…
Polish Universities Launch New Courses To Support The Country’s Nuclear Programme Six Polish universities, the energy firm PKN Orlen and the country’s Ministry of Education have signed a letter of intent for the roll-out of new nuclear energy-related courses to begin in the coming academic year. The project aims at educating and training the future…
Mochovce-3 Connected To The Grid For The First Time On 1st February, the Slovak operator Slovenské elektrárne announced that Mochovce-3 has been connected to the grid for the first time on Tuesday, 31st January, at 10:57 pm local time. The plant reached this important milestone less than three weeks after the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of…
STUK Confirms Loviisa NPP Can Operate Until 2050 The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has given a positive safety review for a proposed operating lifetime extension of the two-unit Loviisa nuclear power plant until 2050. Stuk said it has given the green light to Finland’s economic ministry which is to grant a final…
GEH Signed Contract For The First SMR In North America GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH – ENS Corporate Member), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at OPG’s Darlington New Nuclear Project site. This is the first commercial contract for a…
Framatome and USNC To Cooperate On Manufacturing TRISO and FCM Fuel Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) intend to form a joint venture to manufacture commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) particles and Ultra Safe Nuclear’s proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM®) fuel. Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear have signed a non-binding…
Steps Forward For The French Deep Geological Disposal Facility Last week, Andra (the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management) applied to France’s Ministry of Energy Transition for authorization to create the planned Cigéo (Centre Industriel de Stockage Géologique). This is a key step for the project, which marks the beginning of a new phase,…
EDF And Respect Energy To Cooperate On SMR Projects In Poland The French utility EDF (ENS Corporate Member) and the Polish renewable energy trader Respect Energy signed an Exclusive Cooperation Agreement for the development of nuclear power projects in Poland based on NUWARD™ SMR technology. The agreement has been signed last week, during a dedicated event…
Krško NPP Gets Environmental Permit For Lifespan Extension To 2043 Krško nuclear power plant has obtained an environmental permit for its lifetime extension from 40 to 60 years. The only NPP in Slovenia will be so able to operate until 2043. The Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, which conducted the procedure in compliance with…
Urenco Stable Isotopes Joins UNRANU Research Programme Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) Stable Isotopes recently joined the Understanding the Radiobiology of therapeutic medical radionuclides (UNRANU) programme as a consortium partner. The UNRANU programme is developing new production routes for radionuclides; finding the best match between radionuclide and tumour type, determining the optimal treatment dose, and investigating…