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Largest load transported along ITER itinerary
Largest load transported along ITER itinerary
The cryostat for ITER's magnet cold test facility has arrived at the construction site in Cadarache, southern France, following a 104-kilometre-long journey by road from the port of Berre-l'Étang, near Marseille.
 
Fusion · Thursday, 9 October 2025
Paks II equipment supply approved, Rosatom says
Paks II equipment supply approved, Rosatom says
Rosatom has said that an audit by Paks II and the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority has certified that its machine-building division meets the requirements for the supply of nuclear steam generator equipment for the Paks II project.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 9 October 2025
Cold testing of second San'ao unit completed
Cold testing of second San'ao unit completed
Cold functional tests have been completed at unit 2 of the San'ao nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, China General Nuclear has announced. The unit is the second of six HPR1000s (Hualong Ones) planned at the site.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 7 October 2025
ITER's Control Building completed
ITER's Control Building completed
Fusion for Energy - the ITER Organisation's European domestic agency - and its contractor Demathieu Bard have completed the Control Building for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at Cadarache in south-eastern France.
Fusion · Friday, 3 October 2025
In pictures: Construction landmarks for BREST-OD-300
In pictures: Construction landmarks for BREST-OD-300
The last roofing truss has been moved into place on the turbine hall and the metal shell for the central cavity of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been installed.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Construction of new Dutch research reactor formally begins
Construction of new Dutch research reactor formally begins
Anita van den Ende, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, has officially launched the construction of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Groundworks begin for second Bailong unit
Groundworks begin for second Bailong unit
Excavation work has started for the foundation of the nuclear island of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase I of the Bailong nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
 
New Nuclear · Monday, 29 September 2025
Oklo breaks ground for first Aurora powerhouse
Oklo breaks ground for first Aurora powerhouse
The nuclear technology company is holding a groundbreaking ceremony at Idaho National Laboratory for the Aurora-INL sodium-cooled fast reactor.
 
New Nuclear · Monday, 22 September 2025
Mega cooling tower completed at Chinese unit
Mega cooling tower completed at Chinese unit
The main structure of the world's first nuclear power ultra-large high-level seawater cooling tower has been completed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang plant in China's Guangdong province, State Power Investment Corp announced.
 
New Nuclear · Friday, 19 September 2025
Construction starts of Belgian disposal facility
Construction starts of Belgian disposal facility
Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever has laid a foundation stone, marking the start of construction of a surface disposal facility for low- and intermediate-level, short-lived waste at the Dessel site in Belgium.
 
Waste & Recycling · Friday, 19 September 2025
Super module in place at Lufeng unit 1
Super module in place at Lufeng unit 1
The CA01 'super module' has been installed at unit 1 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 18 September 2025
L&T contracted for Kudankulam work
L&T contracted for Kudankulam work
Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has won a "significant" order worth up to USD285 million from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd for the project to build Russian-supplied 1000 MWe pressurised water reactors at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.
Corporate · Thursday, 18 September 2025
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