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Published: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:59:36 GMT
The Indian government is exploring options for small modular reactors, but large-size plants are still the mainstay of the country's plans to expand its nuclear generating capacity, Minister of State Jitendra Singh has told the country's parliament.
Published: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:38:19 GMT
Cameco and Kazatomprom have increased their sales and revenue guidance for 2023 upwards as market fundamentals continue to improve.
Published: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:03:51 GMT
Japanese utilities Chugoku Electric Power Company and Kansai Electric Power Company plan to jointly investigate the construction of a used fuel interim storage facility in Kaminoseki town in Yamaguchi prefecture. The facility would be built on land Chugoku acquired to build a nuclear power plant, plans for which have stalled.
Published: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:35:34 GMT
A variety of meetings and tours, including to nuclear fuel producer Combustibles Nucleares Argentino and the site of the RA-10 reactor, have taken place within the framework of the second meeting of India and Argentina's Joint Coordination Committee.
Published: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:39:39 GMT
Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Health and Rosatom are working together on a new nuclear medicine diagnostic centre at the National Centre for Oncology and Haematology in Bishkek, with the latest stage being the delivery of a technetium-99m GT-4K generator.
Published: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:39:27 GMT
Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA, the Italian state-owned company responsible for decommissioning the country's nuclear power plants, has announced the launch of a tender for the dismantling of the reactor vessel and internals of the Garigliano nuclear power plant.
Published: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:25:26 GMT
TerraPower has awarded contracts to four companies to supply services and equipment for the Natrium reactor demonstration project being developed in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Published: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:36:24 GMT
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation announced that a technology breakthrough in its patented Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated fuel allows a fuel geometry that results in both higher power and increased safety, enabling its Micro-Modular Reactor to produce three times more power.
Published: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:13:52 GMT
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has invited comments on the proposed Cameco and Brookfield Renewable Partners acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company as it considers whether the deal "may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition" in the United Kingdom.
Published: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:51:42 GMT
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and Russia's TVEL have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the manufacture of nuclear fuel and its components.