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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announce that it has been awarded an $8.5 million contract by the Government of Canada to refuel the Royal Military College of Canada’s (RMC) SLOWPOKE-2 nuclear reactor.

The keys to the New Safe Confinement (NSC) system built around the site of the 1986 Chernobly nuclear plant disaster have been handed over to Ukraine, the exchange a significant milestone that allows the trial run for operations of the NSC has been successful.

Uzbekistan’s energy minister has announced a plan to double the amount of electricity generated by nuclear power in the country in the coming years, stating in an interview that the country will seek construction of four reactors, rather than two.

The joint venture of Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin, Comprehensive Decommissioning International, has awarded a contract to decommission the reactor internals and reactor pressure vessel at Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH).

The U.S. Department of Energy has acknowledged that multiple shipments or radioactive waste from the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee over a five-year period had been shipped to a federal storage in Nevada that were incorrectly labeled.

The Ministry of the Environment in Spain has issued licensing for the construction of a dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at the Confrentes Nuclear Power Plant in Velencia, run by utility giant Iberdrola.

Russian nuclear power giant Rosatom has signed two memorandum of understanding along with the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) that outlines cooperation in education, personnel training and working with to shape public opinion on the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The documents were signed by Nikolay Spasskiy, Deputy Director General of ROSATOM from the...

British and American companies Rolls-Royce and Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS) have signed a partnership agreement to provide advanced Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system testing services to the global nuclear energy market.

Rosatom fuel development company TVEL announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding to work in the Czech Republic on materials science studies and research. The work will be done at the Řež Research Center.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a review of long term operational safety at the Doel Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Units 1 and 2 in Belgium operated by Engie Electrabel.

The House Appropriations Committee has passed a spending bill of close to $1 trillion that includes $1.3 billion for the Department of Energy that will be used for nuclear power research and development.

Rosenergoatom JSC, part of the Power Division of Russian nuclear giant ROSATOM, announced Friday it has obtained a license to operate nuclear installation of the world's first floating nuclear power plant (FNPP).

Nuclear waste solutions company Deep Isolation, Inc. and construction giant Bechtel National, Inc., part of the largest engineering and construction company in the U.S., have announced a cooperative agreement on sales, product development, and the deployment of Deep Isolation’s patented technology.

GE Steam Power said this week that Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) has selected the company to continue providing full maintenance services on two of its turbine islands at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania.

The world’s second European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), also called the Evolutionary Power Reactor, has been connected to the grid in China, the project owners announced on Friday.

GE Steam Power and AAEM Turbine technology LLC, a joint venture between AtomEnergoMash JSC (AEM) and General Electric (GE) said Thursday that manufacturing had begun in Belfort, France, on the Arabelle steam turbines to be used at Akkuyu in Turkey, the site of the country's first nuclear power plant.

Indiana Michigan Power has filed for permission to initiate a $478 million infrastructure improvement plan for the Cook Nuclear Plant in southwestern Michigan and is asking for a substantial rate hike to cover the costs.

Sweden’s nuclear power regulator on Monday granted 10-year operating license extension for Units 1 and 2 at the Forsmark nuclear power plant, which will push the potential operating life of the plant to 50 years.

The liquid release over the open reactor has been successfully completed at the innovative 2nd VVER-1200 power block of the Leningrad NPP-2, Rosenergoatom, a division of state-controlled Rosatom said.

Rosatom engineering division ASE Group said that concrete work at the Kursk II – Unit 2 construction project was now 72 days ahead of schedule, having been completed on 17 June.

Framatome recently launched a suite of new protective coatings approved for use in power plant applications that are expected to reduce maintenance costs and extend the operating life of components and equipment across the energy sector, including in nuclear power plants, the company said.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its Final Safety Evaluation Report for an Early Site Permit application from Tennessee Valley Authority for the Clinch River Nuclear Site, finding no safety aspects that would prevent the project from going forward.

Britain’s Wood Group has announced another contractual agreement signed to provide engineering and technical services to Hinkley Point C, the first nuclear power station to be build in the United Kingdom in 20 years.

Southern California Edison today awarded a consulting contract to North Wind, Inc., to develop a strategic plan that will assess the feasibility of relocating spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre nuclear plant to a commercially reasonable, off-site facility.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said Armenia has made progress in strengthening its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety but still faces challenges, including a shortage of qualified and experienced staff at the regulatory body.