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Surry units cleared for 80-year operation - World Nuclear News
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Surry units cleared for 80-year operation. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved an application by Dominion Energy's Virginia subsidiary for a 20-year extension to the operating licences of the twin-unit Surry nuclear power plant. This will enable the two pressurised water reactors to operate until 2052 and 2053, respectively.
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WEB5 days ago · The UK's Royal Navy is exploring the use of nuclear propulsion for large surface ships, with the Ministry of Defence issuing a Request for Information seeking insights from the defence industry on the feasibility of adding Generation-IV nuclear reactors to its current and future fleet of ships. New Nuclear · Tuesday, 17 September 2024.
Extended operation of two Belgian reactors approved
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Extended operation of two Belgian reactors approved. Monday, 21 March 2022. Belgium's federal government has decided to allow Doel 4 and Tihange 3 to continue operating until 2035 in order to allow the country to "strengthen its independence of fossil fuels in turbulent geopolitical times". The coalition government had earlier agreed to phase ...
Europe's first EPR reaches criticality - World Nuclear News
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Inside OL3, Finland's newest nuclear plant (Image: TVO) "First criticality of the OL3 EPR plant unit was reached on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 3.22 a.m.", utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced. Electricity production will begin when the unit is connected to the national grid, which is expected to happen at the end of January 2022.
NuScale SMR meets Polish safety requirements, says regulator
WEBJul 10, 2024 · A model of a NuScale SMR (Image: KGHM) The PAA President assessed, among others: assumptions of the design of the reactor control room, reactor core, as well as the following systems: electrical power supply, command and control, fire protection, reactor cooling, auxiliary systems, radioactive waste and used nuclear fuel management, and the reactor containment used in the NuScale NPM-20 ...
SMR fuel supply chain grows as agreements signed
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The announcement sees OPG become Urenco's first commercial customer for enrichment services in Canada as well as being also the first customer to sign a long-term fuel supply agreement for an SMR, Urenco said. "New nuclear technology will play a vital part in both the decarbonisation of electricity and …
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
WEBSep 10, 2024 · It follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power. The HTR-PM features two small reactors (each of 250 MWt) that drive a …
Test assembly of MBIR research reactor vessel carried out
WEBSep 11, 2024 · vessel carried out. 25 January 2022. Atommash performed a test assembly of elements for the multi-purpose sodium-cooled fast neutron research reactor (MBIR) being built in Dimitrovgrad. The six pieces of equipment involved in the test at the Volgodonsk branch of AEM technologies had a combined weight of …
Podcast: How are the USA's historic new Vogtle nuclear units doing?
WEBPodcast: How are the USA's historic new Vogtle nuclear units doing? Southern Nuclear's Senior Vice President at Vogtle 3 and 4, John Williams, on the achievement of completing the first new US nuclear power units in more than 30 years - and the lessons which can be shared. Williams talks about the "tremendous pride" felt by everyone involved in ...