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As part of the work on establishing a unified water discharge system at the construction site of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1, construction workers connected the discharge channel and the siphon well at the Russian-Turkish project, the project company Akkuyu Nuclear said Wednesday.

China General Nuclear said the first criticality – a sustained nuclear reaction – had been achieved on April 21 at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant’s Unit 6, the second of two ACPR-1000 reactors built at the plant.

Finish utility Teollisuuden Voima Ovj (TVO) said Tuesday that the Olkiluoto NPP’s nascent Unit 3 was shut down as part of a test program, but that the boron pumps, part of the plant’s safety system, unexpectedly started.

Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, a U.S.-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, announced it had agreed to sell BHI Energy to U.S. nuclear service giant Westinghouse Electric Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Atommash, part of the machine-building division of Rosatom-Atomenergomash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies, said it had finished welding the circumferential welds on upper reactor semi-vessel designed for Unit No.3 of Xudabao NPP under construction in the Liaoning Province in China.

French nuclear services company Framatome said Tuesday it had been chosen to support the emergency diesel generator refit program at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Vattenfall in Sweden.

Westinghouse Electric Company said Thursday it had signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with nine additional companies in Europe designed to promote cooperation on AP1000 power plant projects in the Czech Republic.

The influential Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development, based in Paris, said April 12 that it had suspended Russia’s membership in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).

Westinghouse Electric Company on Tuesday signed memorandums of understanding with three companies in Slovenia that spells out cooperative efforts to pursue the potential AP1000 nuclear plant projects across Central and Eastern Europe.

French Utility EDF has recruited Westinghouse, Jacobs Engineering and General Electric to support the preliminary life extension work at the Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk, United Kingdom, Westinghouse said Thursday.

Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan has successfully reached full power operation, obtaining the milestone for the first time on March 31, the China National Nuclear Corporation said this week.

Four provincial Canadian governments – Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta – said Tuesday they had agreed to a joint strategic plan that would promote development of small modular reactors(SMR).

A major project to dispose of more than 1,000 stainless steel drums of waste at Nuclear Waste Services’ Low Level Waste Repository site from the Winfrith Magnox site, each weighing around one metric ton, has successfully completed its initial rail transfer. The milestone was announced by Nuclear Waste Services along with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Magnox Ltd. The project, which has been several...

The Hualong One demonstration project at the Fuquing nuclear power plant in China has been completed, marked by Unit 6 of power plant stepping up to commercial operating status, the China National Nuclear Cooperation' (CNNC) said this week.

The Idaho National Laboratory said Monday that one of the country’s “centerpiece” research reactor, the Advanced Test Reactor, was ready for a restart after an 11-month core overhaul.

Westinghouse Electric Canada said this week that announced today, it had been awarded a $21.65 million award from the Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund that will be used to support development of the company's eVinci micro-reactor.

Belgium’s government on Friday announced a postponement of the nuclear power phase out that was officially sanctioned in 2003 despite objections from Engie, the owner and operator of the seven reactors in the country.

After more than a decade of setbacks, electricity production at Olkiluoto's third nuclear power plant unit began Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 12:01, Finland’s utility and plant owner Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced.

India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced major milestone Tuesday with the dispatch of its 42nd Nuclear Steam Generator to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said Wednesday it would commit $48 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program that will support the deployment of Advanced Nuclear Reactor (AR) technology.

The United Kingdom’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are set to begin a three-step process for evaluation of Rolls-Royce’s 470MW small modular reactor (SMR).

Westinghouse Electric Company and nuclear waste services company Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc, said Monday they had signed a term sheet at the 2022 Waste Management Symposia, signaling plans to develop a state-of-the-art advanced materials treatment facility in the United Kingdom.

The China National Nuclear Corporation said Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan had been successfully connected to the gird on March 4, a major step in its path towards commercial operation.

Nuclear service giant BWX Technologies said it had landed a contract from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Project for delivery of naval nuclear components and fuel. The approximate value of the contract, the company said, was $1 billion.