Framatome’s GAIA EATF Technology Completes Its First-Ever Fuel Cycle Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology recently completed its first 18-month fuel cycle at a nuclear power plant in the US. The French company, ENS Corporate Member, said this marks the first time a full-length EATF concept with both pellets and cladding has completed…
TVO And Fortum Tested The First Valve Featuring A 3D Printed Housing Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) and Fortum have carried out a joint test of the first valve featuring a 3D printed housing at the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland. The valve housing was supplied by Neles Oy and installed at Olkiluoto by TVO.…
Ansaldo Nucleare to Build the ATHENA Experimental Facility in Romania The consortium including Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Member) and Reinvent Energy (Romania), has been awarded a contract worth approximately €20 million for the design, procurement, installation, and commissioning service of the ATHENA experimental plant. ATHENA – Advanced Thermo-Hydraulics Experiment for Nuclear Application will be a…
TVO Loaded Two Fuel Assemblies Equipped With 3D Printed Filters Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) plays a pioneering role in the utilisation of 3D technology in the nuclear industry. The company loaded two fuel assemblies equipped with 3D printed filters for the exclusion of foreign material in the reactor of Olkiluoto-2, during the refuelling outage carried out…
Westinghouse Selected By NASA For Space Nuclear Design Project Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has been selected by NASA, in partnership with Battelle Energy Alliance, contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), to provide an initial design concept for a fission surface power system that could be ready to launch…
Westinghouse Starts AP1000® Plant License Process in Ukraine Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a new contract with Energoatom, Ukraine’s national nuclear power company, to provide AP1000® plant technical information in support of Energoatom’s feasibility study update for the construction of two AP1000 reactors at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The…
ENUSA Expands Its Cooperation Network To Brazil ENUSA (ENS Corporate Member), pursuing the objectives established in its Strategic Plan, continues to carry out commercial diversification and internationalisation actions. Last week, ENUSA received a delegation from the company Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) at its facilities. A new framework of collaboration was discussed between the two companies,…
Westinghouse And Fortum Signed Partnership For VVER-440 Nuclear Fuel Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Fortum recently signed a long-term partnership to develop, license and deliver VVER-440 fuel to the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant in Finland to guarantee a dependable Western alternative to Russian-supplied fuel. The new and parallel fuel supplier will diversify our…
Westinghouse eVinci™ Microreactor Begins Pre-Licensing Process Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a service agreement with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to bring its eVinci™ microreactor closer to commercialization. The agreement initiates a Vendor Design Review (VDR) which is a pre-licensing technical assessment of the eVinci microreactor design. Westinghouse will execute both Phases…
A New Molten Salt Reactor Design Unveiled In The UK UK-based MoltexFLEX has unveiled its FLEX molten salt reactor, described as an advanced lower-cost nuclear technology and an “ideal complement” to wind and solar power that can protect generations of consumers from rising energy bills without resorting to fossil fuels. The MoltexFLEX team, based in…