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Armenian nuclear power plant shut for maintenance

Armenian nuclear power plant shut for maintenance

Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor was brought to a 65-day halt for a regular preventive repair, the plant said in a press release on 2 July.The outage is part of a programme to modernise and extend...
09 July 2020
Russia’s FNPP begins providing heat to Pevek

Russia’s FNPP begins providing heat to Pevek

The first heat from Russia’s Akadmik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant (FNPP), was delivered to the 5th microdistrict of the city of Pevek (Chukotka Autonomous Region) on 30 June, nuclear utility...
02 July 2020
BWXT wins contract to expand TRISO fuel production

BWXT wins contract to expand TRISO fuel production

BWXT wins contract US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 1 July that its Nuclear Operations Group subsidiary has been awarded a competitively bid contract by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL)...
02 July 2020

DMRE publishes RFI for 2,500 MW nuclear build programme

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has published the Request For Information (RFI) in respect of the commencement of preparations for a nuclear build programme to the extent of 2,500 MW. Given...
01 July 2020

Framatome's I&C passes the final SAT at the Doel NPP

Framatome’s digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium passed the final site acceptance test (SAT). This important milestone marks the completion of...
01 July 2020

FANR held a virtual tabletop exercise with ADAFSA

The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) recently held a virtual tabletop exercise with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) simulating their response within the 300...
30 June 2020

NRC accepts Combined License application from Oklo

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review a Combined License application from Oklo Power LLC. to build and operate the company’s Aurora reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory site in Idaho....
30 June 2020

Holtec signs a deal with Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Holtec have amicably and productively come to an agreement on all key issues related to the safe decommissioning of the shuttered Pilgrim nuclear plant. This agreement...
29 June 2020

AMRC and M-SParc boost clean energy in North Wales

 new partnership between the Nuclear AMRC and M-SParc will help support clean energy innovation in North Wales.The Menai Science Park (M-SParc) on the Isle of Anglesey is part of Bangor University,...
29 June 2020

Rapp recognized as a fellow of American Nuclear Society

Juergen Rapp, a distinguished R&D staff scientist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Fusion Energy Division in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, has been named a fellow of the American...
26 June 2020

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