GEH Submitted GDA Application For BWRX-300 SMR In The UK GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH, ENS Corporate Member) last week announced that it has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The GDA process allows UK…
International Consortiums Plan Dismantling The Ignalina Reactor Last 28 December, SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant signed two contracts for design services for reactor dismantling technologies. Reactor dismantling technologies for INPP will be developed by a consortium led by Westinghouse Electric Spain (Spanish subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company, ENS Corporate Member), including Jacobs Slovakia, and Lithuanian…
EDF And Respect Energy To Cooperate On SMR Projects In Poland The French utility EDF (ENS Corporate Member) and the Polish renewable energy trader Respect Energy signed an Exclusive Cooperation Agreement for the development of nuclear power projects in Poland based on NUWARD™ SMR technology. The agreement has been signed last week, during a dedicated event…
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…
GEH Signed Contract For The First SMR In North America GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH – ENS Corporate Member), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at OPG’s Darlington New Nuclear Project site. This is the first commercial contract for a…
SCK CEN And IRE Starts The Construction Of RECUMO Facility SCK CEN (ENS Corporate Member) and IRE – Institut National des Radioéléments inaugurated the construction of the RECUMO facility. The joint project represents the structural solution for the management of all of the highly radioactive residues stored at the IRE’s site in Fleurus (Belgium) which…
ANVS Granted The Construction Licence For The PALLAS Reactor On 15th February 2023, the Dutch regulator Nuclear and Radiation Protection Authority (ANVS) granted the Nuclear Energy Act licence for the construction of the PALLAS reactor. The licence becomes valid on 31 March pending any appeals. After a long preliminary process during which all safety documentation…
EDF Partners With Ansaldo On SMR Development ENS Corporate Members EDF and Ansaldo Nucleare, together with Ansaldo Energia and Edison, announced the signature of a Letter of Intention to explore the potential industrial cooperation for the development of nuclear power, and specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), in Europe. The aim of the agreement is to…
SNE Calls For The Stop Of Spain’s Nuclear Phase-Out The Spanish Nuclear Society (Sociedad Nuclear Española – SNE, ENS Member Society) published a manifesto that calls on the country’s government to stop the nuclear phase-out, expected to be completed by 2035. No definitive decisions have been taken with regard to the contribution of nuclear energy…
UK Space Agency Supports Nuclear Projects For Space Exploration On 7th March, the UK Space Agency announced new funding to support space exploration using nuclear power and Moon resources. The investments focus on projects that could revolutionise deep space exploration, making it safe and efficient by using remote technologies and supplies found in space to…