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Blykalla, ABB expand cooperation into maritime applications
Blykalla, ABB expand cooperation into maritime applications
Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and global engineering company ABB have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the deployment of such reactors for the maritime market.
 
Friday, 12 September 2025
Contract awarded for parts of novel Chinese nuclear project
Contract awarded for parts of novel Chinese nuclear project
A contract has been awarded for the construction of the conventional islands of the three reactors that will comprise the first phase of the Xuwei nuclear power project in China. The plant will supply both industrial heating and electricity by coupling a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with two pressurised water reactors.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 11 September 2025
First tier installed at Leningrad's seventh unit
First tier installed at Leningrad's seventh unit
The lower tier of the internal containment building has been installed at the third new unit being built at the Leningrad nuclear power plant in Russia.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 11 September 2025
Terra Innovatum, ATB to prepare for SOLO commercialisation
Terra Innovatum, ATB to prepare for SOLO commercialisation
Italy-based micro-modular reactor developer Terra Innovatum Srl has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian industrial firm ATB Riva Calzoni - a global supplier and manufacturer of nuclear components - for the preparation, development, and production of Terra Innovatum's SOLO reactor.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 10 September 2025
NRC accepts Fermi America's partial licence application
NRC accepts Fermi America's partial licence application

The US regulator said the initial submissions from the company - which has just announced plans to go public - for a licence to build and operate four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors in Texas contain sufficient information on the reactor design.
 

New Nuclear · Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Korean designed nuclear-powered LNG carrier certified
Korean designed nuclear-powered LNG carrier certified
Samsung Heavy Industries has obtained Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping and the Liberian Registry for a 174,000-cubic-metre liquefied natural gas carrier powered by a small modular molten salt reactor.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Inner containment dome in place at Haiyang 4
Inner containment dome in place at Haiyang 4
The uppermost section of the steel containment vessel has been installed at unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Key equipment for BREST-OD-300 reactor completes lengthy journey
Key equipment for BREST-OD-300 reactor completes lengthy journey
The installation of the metal shell of the central cavity of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor is due to begin this month, following delivery of large-sized parts for it.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Naarea advances development of molten salt reactor fuel
Naarea advances development of molten salt reactor fuel
Naarea, a French developer of a molten salt fast neutron microreactor, announced it has successfully demonstrated an innovative proliferation-resistant pyrochemical method of producing sodium chloride-plutonium trichloride salt.
 
New Nuclear · Monday, 8 September 2025
Westinghouse and EDF reactors both suitable for Slovenia project
Westinghouse and EDF reactors both suitable for Slovenia project
Westinghouse’s AP1000 and EDF’s EPR and EPR1200 reactors have all been judged to be suitable for the JEK2 site, the Slovenian project company has said.
 
New Nuclear · Monday, 8 September 2025
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