Reactors

After a multiyear development project, NRG has successfully demonstrated the capability to measure material expansion during irradiation in the High Flux Reactor Petten with micrometer…
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Lightbridge Corporation and AREVA NP, a leader in nuclear fuel, components and reactor services, have agreed upon key terms for the creation of a new joint venture to develop,…
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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Southern Nuclear have agreed to collaborate in studying the development and licensing of advanced reactors including GEH’s PRISM sodium-cooled fast…
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UK Company Nuvia and its consortium partner have secured a fusion energy robotics contract. Fusion for Energy, the EU organisation responsible for the European contribution to ITER,…
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Essel Group Middle East (EGME) has reached an agreement with LeadCold Reactors (LeadCold), the Swedish-Canadian lead-cooled small nuclear reactor technology company, to invest $18m in…
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FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy, announced its Beaver Valley Power Station Unit 1 in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, US has returned to service…
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The French nuclear watchdog has asked the country’s utility EDF to conduct inspections on five of its nuclear power plants due to high carbon concentration. The inspections, which are…
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Oyster Creek Generating Station resumed full-power operations, successfully completing a planned refueling and maintenance outage that began om 19 September. During the outage,  Exelon…
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The Government and EDF have today signed a historic agreement for the UK’s first new nuclear power station for a generation. During a signing ceremony in London, the Secretary of State…
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Nuclear power is projected to continue expanding globally in the coming years, even as the pace of growth slows amid competition from low fossil fuel prices and renewable energy…
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