EDF Submits Planning Application for Sizewell C EDF has submitted an application to the Planning Inspectorate to build two new EPR units at Sizewell C in Suffolk, southeast England. Once operational, Sizewell C will supply around 6 million homes with always-on, low carbon electricity made in the UK. Low carbon nuclear power will support more…
ITER Project Achieves a Major Milestone The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, which aims to build the world’s largest fusion reactor in southern France, achieved a major milestone this week. The construction crews of about 200 carefully lifted the cryostat base into the first major piece of the reactor, the tokamak. Procured by India,…
Second International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2021) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is organizing the Second International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST-2021) at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria from 19 to 23 April 2021. Approximately 500 participants from IAEA Member States and invited international organizations…
Hinkley Point C achieves latest major milestone on schedule Workers building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station have completed on schedule the 49,000-tonne base for the second Generation III EPR unit under construction at the site. EDF Energy, the UK branch of France’s state-owned utility EDF, is building the two 1,600-MW EPR units at…
NRG and PALLAS appoint Bertholt Leeftink (CEO) and Gerrit Zalm The NRG Foundation (previously: Foundation ECN) and the Foundation Preparation Pallas-reactor (PALLAS) have made an important step forward. The executive board members and the supervisory board members of both organizations will sit on the boards of both companies, via a so-called “personele unie” (a situation…
Ansaldo Nucleare Wins 10 Million Euro Contract for a Pre-Conceptual Fusion Reactor Design A consortium, led by Ansaldo Nucleare, has won a €10m contract from the European Commission for a pre-conceptual fusion reactor design. It will be built on knowledge gained from the ongoing International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project in France and the Joint…
The core of another ITER superconducting magnet has been completed The core of another superconducting magnet has been completed for the ITER project (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor). The massive piece of equipment will depart from the ASG Superconductors factory (La Spezia, Northern Italy), to be delivered to Marghera where it will go through the final…
Steps Forward for Copenhagen Atomics’ First Molten Salt Reactor Copenhagen Atomics has received approval to run its radiation lab with thorium and uranium in a foreign country. The approval will let the company also test its components with salts containing thorium and natural uranium in order to ensure full compatibility with these salts. Copenhagen Atomics…
Modernization Project Start at Mochovce NPP (Slovakia) On 15 August, Slovenské elektrárne shut down one of the two turbine generators at Mochovce NPP Unit 2, and after it cooled down, the Company started to dismantle the high-pressure and low-pressure parts of the turbine. This operation kicked off the most important part of the large and demanding modernization…
First Criticality Achieved at Leningrad 2-2 Russian State Corporation Rosatom announced the achievement of the first nuclear reaction recorded at Leningrad 2-2. This is the first time the nuclear facility has reached the minimum controllable power. This means that the neutron flux control equipment has recorded stable neutron capacity, and the first self-sustained controlled nuclear…