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Financing in place for European SHINE isotope plant
Financing in place for European SHINE isotope plant
SHINE Technologies of the USA has announced its European subsidiary, SHINE Europe, has secured funding to begin designing an advanced medical isotope production facility at Veendam in the Netherlands. 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Sizewell C gets financial backing from UK government
Sizewell C gets financial backing from UK government
The UK government has allocated GBP100 million (USD134 million) to continue the EDF-led development of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant project, with the aim of attracting further finance from private investors.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 27 January 2022
Grid connection of Finnish EPR postponed
Grid connection of Finnish EPR postponed
The connection of unit 3 at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in western Finland to the national grid has been delayed due to an unplanned automatic trip during commissioning tests, operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has announced.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 27 January 2022
Empresarios Agrupados contracted for first ThorCon reactor
Empresarios Agrupados contracted for first ThorCon reactor
Spanish engineering firm Empresarios Agrupados has been named as architect engineer for the 500 MWe floating ThorCon molten salt reactor to be deployed in Indonesia.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Pandemic delays start up of Fangchenggang Hualong One units
Pandemic delays start up of Fangchenggang Hualong One units
Operation of the two demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the Fangchenggang site in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has been put back due to delays caused by COVID-19, China General Nuclear said.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Mochovce 3 to get commissioning licence
Mochovce 3 to get commissioning licence
Slovakian regulators have made the decision to permit commissioning of Mochovce unit 3, bringing to an end several years of delays to address appeals by the Austrian anti-nuclear group Global 2000.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Westinghouse forms strategic partnerships with Polish firms
Westinghouse forms strategic partnerships with Polish firms
Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memorandums of understanding with ten Polish companies for cooperation on the potential deployment of AP1000 nuclear power plants in Poland and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe.
Corporate · Monday, 24 January 2022
Rosatom signs agreement on possible new reactors for Armenia
Rosatom signs agreement on possible new reactors for Armenia
Rosatom and the management of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant have signed an agreement to look into the possible building of new Russian-designed nuclear power units on the site of the current plant at Metsamor in Armenia.
New Nuclear · Friday, 21 January 2022
Assystem joins HPC Commissioning Alliance
Assystem joins HPC Commissioning Alliance
International engineering group Assystem has been appointed as an alliance partner on the new Hinkley Point C Commissioning Alliance. The company said this new multi-year contract will be key to bringing the UK's first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years into operation.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 20 January 2022
Core catcher casing in place at Xudabao 3 and Tianwan 7
Core catcher casing in place at Xudabao 3 and Tianwan 7
The core catcher casing has been installed for two of the Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactors being constructed in China. The 156-tonne casing is part of the core catcher, which is intended to prevent release of radioactive substances in the event of a severe accident.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Hanhikivi 1 licensing work nears completion
Hanhikivi 1 licensing work nears completion
Licensing work for the planned Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in Finland has progressed "to the homestretch", with the final licensing materials expected to be submitted to the nuclear regulator over the next couple of months, Fennovoima has said.
New Nuclear · Monday, 17 January 2022
Brazil looks to nuclear expansion
Brazil looks to nuclear expansion
Brazil has begun a process to identify sites for the new nuclear power units it plans to have in operation by 2050. The Ministry of Mines and Energy has secured cooperation of specialists at Cepel for a siting study.
New Nuclear · Monday, 17 January 2022
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