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Atommash assembled half-shells for Akkuyu unit 1
The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) said on 19 July that it had assembled six half-shells for the passive core...
Permit issued for second unit at Slovenia’s Krško NPP
Slovenia’s Infrastructure Ministry on 19 July issued an energy permit for the construction of the second unit at the Krško NPP, a step that allows permitting procedures to begin. It...
US companies eye Polish NPP market
US companies Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company on 15 July announced that they had formed a team to pursue new nuclear power plant projects in Poland. "Nuclear power holds...
EDF opens office in Warsaw
France’s EDF announced on 12 July that it had opened an office in Warsaw in order to prepare a comprehensive proposal for the Polish government concerning the construction of...
China begins construction of ACP100 SMR
China on 13 July began construction of the world's first commercial small modular reactor (SMR) project at the Changjiang NPP in the southern-most island province of Hainan. The...
Atommash manufactures the first steam generator for Akkuyu 2
Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies part of Rosatom's mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) has manufactured the first steam generator for unit 2 of...
Cargo testing completed of pump casings for Akkuyu NPP
The Petrozavodsk branch of AEM-Technologies JSC (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) said on 8 July it had carried out cargo tests of two casings for...
Westinghouse to supply turbine control and protection system to China’s Chanjiang NPP
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on 8 July announced a contract with Harbin Turbine Company Limited Automation Control Company to supply the units 3 and 4 of China’s Changjiang...
Argentina signs contract to complete Carem25 SMR
On 2 July, a new and defining stage in the development of Argentina’s Carem25 Project began, with the signing of the contract for the completion of the reactor building concluded...
US DOE funding aims to reduce cost of nuclear new build
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 7 July announced $5.8 million in funding to develop three construction technologies that together can reduce the cost of new nuclear builds by...
Students to take part on construction of Russia’s Brest reactor
The management of Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC, part of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company), Titan-2 Concern and the administration of Seversk on 7 July welcomed nuclear...
Rosatom to consider new investors for Baltic NPP
Rosatom said on 7 July that it is open to dialogue with potential investors in the Baltic NPP construction project. “The market interest of potential investors in the project today...
More US support for Polish nuclear
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on 30 June announced grant funding to Poland’s Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ – Polish Nuclear Power Plants Ltd) for a front-end...
Licensing documentation submitted for Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear plant
Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has handed over the licensing documentation for construction of units 1 and 2 of El Dabaa NPP to the Egyptian Nuclear and...
University of Illinois seeks licence to construct USNC micro-reactor
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on 28 June submitted a Letter of Intent to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to apply for a licence to construct a...
Energoatom and Westinghouse to co-operate on new NPPs
Petr Kotin, Acting President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Elias Gideon, Senior Vice President of Commercial Affairs at Westinghouse Electric Company on 29 June agreed...
Energoatom to co-operate with Canadian Nuclear Industry Organisation
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and the Canadian Nuclear Industry Organisation (CNIO) signed a letter of intent on 29 June, via a video conference, formalising previously...
Gidropress manufactures control rod drives for Rooppur
Russia’s Gidropress (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) has manufactured a set of drives for the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh....
Polish companies co-operate on SMRs
Polish oil & gas company PKN Orlen on 29 June signed a cooperation agreement with private chemicals company Synthos, Orlen CEO Daniel Obajtek told a news conference. "We have signed...
