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What were the most-read World Nuclear News stories, and what has World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León picked out as her key moments of 2024? Read a month-by-month summary, and listen to the full podcast episode.
China's demonstration HTR-PM enters commercial operation
Oct 25, 2024 · The nuclear island of HTR-PM Demo (Image: Tsinghua University) It follows a successful 168-hour demonstration run for the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) in Shidao Bay (also known as Shidaowan), in Shandong Province, which is currently operating at 2×200 MWt power.
Final GAIN vouchers for 2024 announced - World Nuclear News
NANO Nuclear Energy's novel heat exchanger concept, intended for use in the Zeus microreactor, a technical audit of the Antares R1 thermosiphon-cooled microreactor, a study to develop purity tests for molten salts, and a screening process to identify potential sites for nuclear-powered data centres have been chosen to receive funding from the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy ...
New Nuclear - World Nuclear News
Dec 19, 2024 · The US Trade and Development Agency has signed two grant agreements to support Bulgaria's nuclear ambitions: one will support a cost-shared feasibility study with US company Deep Isolation to support the safe underground disposal of used fuel from Bulgaria's nuclear power plants, while the other will support a prefeasibility study for the deployment of small modular reactor technology.
Orano completes return of nuclear waste to Germany
France's Orano has announced that the 13th and final rail shipment of vitrified high-level nuclear waste has reached the intermediate storage facility in Philippsburg in Germany, fulfilling the commitments relating to long-term agreements on recycling of used fuel. ;
Key Cernavoda 3 and 4 engineering contract signed
The partially constructed units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda (Image: Nuclearelectrica) Romania's nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica said that the estimated value of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract, which was signed at the COP29 climate conference, was about EUR3.2 billion (USD3.4 billion).
Google and Kairos Power team up for SMR deployments
Google has agreed to purchase energy from small modular reactors under a deal that will support the first commercial deployment of Kairos Power's reactor by 2030 and a fleet totalling 500 MW of capacity by 2035.
UK energy system operator recognises role of nuclear
Nuclear will play an important role in the UK achieving a clean power system by 2030 and beyond with life extensions for the current fleet and a new generation of nuclear plants, according to independent energy system planner and operator, the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
Uranium enrichers mark expansion milestones - World Nuclear News
Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has installed the first new centrifuges as part of an expansion of its plant in Eunice, New Mexico. Meanwhile, Orano has laid the foundation stone of the extension of its Georges Besse 2 plant in France.
Chinese molten-salt reactor cleared for start up
Sep 19, 2024 · A cutaway of the TMSR-LF1 reactor (Image: SINAP) In January 2011, CAS launched a CNY3 billion (USD444 million) R&D programme on liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs), known there as the thorium-breeding molten-salt reactor (Th-MSR or TMSR), and claimed to have the world's largest national effort on it, hoping to obtain full intellectual property rights on the technology.