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NRC approves Hermes construction permit
NRC approves Hermes construction permit
Kairos Power will build the Hermes molten salt-cooled demonstration reactor at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is the first non-water cooled reactor to be approved for construction in the USA in more than 50 years.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Sheffield Forgemasters set to regain key nuclear accreditation
Sheffield Forgemasters set to regain key nuclear accreditation
The UK company says it is on track to regain ASME status as a supplier of heavy forgings and castings to the civil nuclear market, to position it for the proposed large-scale expansion of nuclear capacity in the country.
Corporate · Monday, 11 December 2023
Contractor selected for Pallas reactor
Contractor selected for Pallas reactor
Following a tender procedure, Spanish construction firm FCC Construcción has been contracted to build the Pallas research reactor at the Energy & Health Campus in Petten, the Netherlands.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 7 December 2023
In Pictures: Hinkley Point C polar crane installed
In Pictures: Hinkley Point C polar crane installed
The 750-tonne polar crane has been lifted into place on the first reactor building at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, which is being built in southwest England by EDF.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Contract awarded for construction of Shin Hanul 3 and 4
Contract awarded for construction of Shin Hanul 3 and 4
A consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been selected by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power as the contractor for the construction of the main facilities at units 3 and 4 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Friday, 1 December 2023
Indian unit reaches construction milestone
Indian unit reaches construction milestone
Hot conditioning of unit 7 at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant has been completed, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has announced. The unit is the third in a series of indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors.
New Nuclear · Friday, 1 December 2023
Large module installed at Lianjiang 1
Large module installed at Lianjiang 1
The CA20 module is 20.6 metres long, 14.2 metres wide and 21 metres high and weighs just over 1000 tonnes. It was hoisted into place in the first unit of the Guangdong Lianjiang Nuclear Power Project in a near-four hour operation.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Commissioning of WIPP ventilation system begins
Commissioning of WIPP ventilation system begins
Commissioning of the new large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is at the top of the list of the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's priorities for 2023.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 23 November 2023
Reactor vessel delivered to Kursk II's second unit
Reactor vessel delivered to Kursk II's second unit
The 340-tonne reactor vessel could now be installed before the end of the year at the new unit being built by Rosatom at the Kursk nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Eiffage awarded civil engineering contract for Penly EPR2s
Eiffage awarded civil engineering contract for Penly EPR2s
French construction company Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil, has been awarded a contract worth more than EUR4 billion (USD4.4 billion) by EDF for civil engineering works on the first two EPR2 reactors planned at the Penly site in Normandy, northern France.
New Nuclear · Monday, 20 November 2023
Installation of El Dabaa 2's core catcher begins
Installation of El Dabaa 2's core catcher begins
A ceremony has been held to mark the beginning of the installation - ahead of schedule - of the core catcher in the second unit at Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Monday, 20 November 2023
Work on Xudabao unit 1 gets under way
Work on Xudabao unit 1 gets under way
Construction has started of the nuclear island for unit 1 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in Liaoning Province, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 16 November 2023
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