Support For Nuclear Energy Is Increasing In All EU Member States A recent survey published by the Hungarian Századvég Foundation shows a growing positive perception of nuclear energy in all EU Member States. According to the results of the Project Europe Research conducted by Századvég, in the last year, the share of EU citizens opposing…
Krško NPP Gets Environmental Permit For Lifespan Extension To 2043 Krško nuclear power plant has obtained an environmental permit for its lifetime extension from 40 to 60 years. The only NPP in Slovenia will be so able to operate until 2043. The Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, which conducted the procedure in compliance with…
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-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…
Polish Universities Launch New Courses To Support The Country’s Nuclear Programme Six Polish universities, the energy firm PKN Orlen and the country’s Ministry of Education have signed a letter of intent for the roll-out of new nuclear energy-related courses to begin in the coming academic year. The project aims at educating and training the future…
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…
VTT Invests To Develop District Heating Reactor In Finland The Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre announced a 5 million euros investment in the next stage of the development work of its nuclear energy concept (LDR-50) and multiplies the size of the research team in the next 2 years. The Centre declared to aim at building…
IAEA Completed The OSART Mission At Borssele NPP An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts concluded an 18-day Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) mission to the Borssele Nuclear Power Plant on 9 February to review operational safety at the plant on the request of the Dutch government. The OSART team, including 12 experts…
IAEA Positively Concluded The ARTEMIS Mission To Slovakia An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts said that Slovakia is committed to the safe and effective management of radioactive waste and spent fuel. The team also commended Slovakia for its decommissioning activities while noting opportunities to enhance preparations for geological disposal. The Integrated Review…
Urenco And USNC To Cooperate On Advanced Reactor Deployment Urenco USA (US branch of Urenco, ENS Corporate Member) and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced last 1st March an enrichment services supply agreement as part of the fuel supply programme for USNC’s Micro-Modular™ Reactor (MMR®). Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation will purchase enriched uranium products from…