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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Monticello NPP Operating Licence Renewed
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licence of the boiling water reactor (BWR) at unit 1 of the Monticello Nuclear …
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Shimane 2 Restarts After 13 Years Being Offline
Unit 2 of the Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan's Shimane Prefecture was restarted on 7 December, Chugoku Electric Power Company announced. It becomes th…
Nuclear Fuel
Framatome Approved to Transport Higher-Enriched Fuel
Framatome announced that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a licence amendment allowing transport of fresh nuclear fuel assemblies in the …
Nuclear waste
Work Begins to Dismantle Garigliano Reactor Vessel
Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has begun the process of dismantling the pressure vessel of the boiling water reactor, which the company says is …
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Vallecitos Reactor Removal Complete
Nearly 60 years after shutting down for the last time, the reactor vessel of the prototype boiling water reactor in California has been removed from its contain…
Nuclear Reactor
Uniper to Dismantle Mühleberg Moisture Separator Reheaters
Uniper Nuclear Services - a subsidiary of Germany's Uniper Group - has been contracted by Swiss utility BKW to dismantle, disassemble and package the two mo…
Nuclear Reactor
GE’s Boiling Water Reactor Selected for Estonian SMR Plant
Estonian nuclear energy company Fermi Energia has selected GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 technology for its planned small modular reactor (SMR) plant.The boiling …
Nuclear Power Plant
Regulator Approves Restart of Shimane 2
The utility must still obtain local consent before the 789 MWe boiling water reactor can be restarted.
Nuclear Reactor
BWRX-300 Deployment and Commercialisation MoU Signed
Cameco Corporation, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to explore potential collaboration t…
Nuclear Power Plant
Cofrentes Licence Extension Gets Regulatory Approval
The Spanish nuclear regulator has approved the renewal of the operating licence for Iberdrola's Cofrentes nuclear power plant near Valencia until the end of Nov…
Nuclear Power Plant
Iowa Reactor to Remain Offline Until Closure Date
NextEra Energy Resources has said it is not feasible to repair storm damage to cooling towers at the Duane Arnold Energy Center ahead of its scheduled permanent…
Micro Reactor
GE Hitachi Receives Patent for Very Simplified Boiling Water Reactors
US-based GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas has been assigned a patent developed by three co-inventors for "very simplified boiling water reactors for commercia…
Nuclear Fuel
GNF Accident-Tolerant Fuel Loaded into US Reactor
Lead test assemblies using the company's ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and IronClad accident-tolerant fuel solutions have been installed at Exelon's Clinton b…
Nuclear Power Plant
CNL Secures Overseas Decommissioning Contract
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is to take part in the decommissioning of a prototype boiling water reactor (BWR) in Lingen, Germany under a subcontract awa…