U

Framatome and USNC To Cooperate On Manufacturing TRISO and FCM Fuel

Framatome and USNC To Cooperate On Manufacturing TRISO and FCM Fuel Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) intend to form a joint venture to manufacture commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) particles and Ultra Safe Nuclear’s proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM®) fuel. Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear have signed a non-binding…

Loviisa

STUK Confirms Loviisa NPP Can Operate Until 2050

STUK Confirms Loviisa NPP Can Operate Until 2050 The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has given a positive safety review for a proposed operating lifetime extension of the two-unit Loviisa nuclear power plant until 2050. Stuk said it has given the green light to Finland’s economic ministry which is to grant a final…

Mochovce

Mochovce-3 Connected To The Grid For The First Time

Mochovce-3 Connected To The Grid For The First Time On 1st February, the Slovak operator Slovenské elektrárne announced that Mochovce-3 has been connected to the grid for the first time on Tuesday, 31st January, at 10:57 pm local time. The plant reached this important milestone less than three weeks after the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of…

GEH

Fermi Energia Chose GE Hitachi For The First SMR In Estonia

Fermi Energia Chose GE Hitachi For The First SMR In Estonia The Estonian nuclear energy company Fermi Energia announced the selection of GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 as the technology for the first planned Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in Estonia. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MW water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis…

nuclear medicine cooperation

Mo-99 Ready To Be Produced At Darlington NPP

Mo-99 Ready To Be Produced At Darlington NPP The Darlington Nuclear Power Plant, located in Canada and operated by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), is now ready to produce life-saving Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) isotopes, Laurentis Energy Partners and BWXT Medical Ltd announced last week. Thanks to the installation and initial commissioning of an innovative isotope system made…