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WEBSep 5, 2024 · Homepage - World Nuclear News. The generator stator has been hoisted into place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. New Nuclear · Monday, 16 September 2024.
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WEBThe nuclear supply chain will need to expand and innovate in order to facilitate the tripling of nuclear capacity by 2050, panellists agreed during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. However, they said an environment needs to be created where companies are confident about investing in the sector. New Nuclear · Tuesday, 10 September 2024.
EDF announces Hinkley Point C delay and rise in project cost
WEBThe dome's installation took place in December (Image: EDF live stream) Construction of Hinkley Point C - composed of two EPR reactors of 1630 MWe each - began in December 2018, with unit 1 of the plant originally scheduled to start up by the end of 2025, before the revision to 2027 in May 2022.
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
WEBIt follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power. The HTR-PM features two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a single 210 MWe steam turbine.
Sweden plans 'massive' expansion of nuclear energy
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Sweden plans 'massive' expansion of nuclear energy. Friday, 17 November 2023. The Swedish government unveils a roadmap which envisages the construction of new nuclear generating capacity equivalent to at least two large-scale reactors by 2035, with up to ten new large-scale reactors coming online by …
CNEA and Nucleoeléctrica sign CAREM SMR agreement
WEBAn aerial view of the pilot plant, in November 2022 (Image: CNEA) The technical assistance framework agreement was signed by CNEA president Adriana Serquis and Nucleoeléctrica President José Luis Antúnez and will have a two-year duration, extendable by mutual agreement, and provides a general framework for contracts for …
Nuclear fuel report sees positive long-term future
WEB(Image: World Nuclear Association) Nuclear generation capacity is expected to grow by 2.6% annually, reaching 615 GWe by 2040 in the Reference Scenario of The Nuclear Fuel Report: Global Scenarios for Demand and Supply Availability 2021-2040, launched today at World Nuclear Association Annual Symposium 2021.Only 74% of 2020's reactor requirements were covered by primary uranium supply.
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Deliveries of natural uranium and other nuclear services to the EU, including imports from Russia, increased in 2023 as utilities continued to diversify their sources of nuclear fuel. But there are still supply chain challenges to face, according to the latest annual report from the Euratom Supply Agency. Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 19 August 2024.
Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor
WEBAP300 small modular reactor. 04 May 2023. Westinghouse has launched what it calls a "game-changer" AP300 small modular reactor, a scaled-down version of its AP1000 reactor, with a goal for the first one to deliver power to the grid within a decade. The AP300 SMR, based on the licensed and operating AP1000 pressurised light water technology, is ...
Operating permit issued for Chinese molten salt reactor
WEBSep 9, 2024 · A cutaway of the TMSR-LF1 reactor (Image: SINAP) "The thorium-fueled molten salt experimental reactor operation application and related technical documents were reviewed, and it was considered that the application met the relevant safety requirements, and it was decided to issue the 2 MWt liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor an operating licence," the National Nuclear ...