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Westinghouse says that it believes the Hive System - a generative artificial intelligence system built on more than 100 years of its in-house expertise - "will drive improved cost and schedule through the entire reactor lifecycle from design, licensing, manufacturing, construction and operations".

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse-unveils-Hive-nuclear-specific-generat

The reactor pressure vessel has been moved into place at unit 8 of the Tianwan plant in China's Jiangsu province.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Reactor-vessel-installed-at-Tianwan-8

Actions being taken by various countries to meet the target of tripling global nuclear power generating capacity by 2050 were discussed by panellists during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. Cooperation will be key to meeting the target, they agreed.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Meeting-the-challenge-to-triple-nuclear-capacity

Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem has signed a cooperation agreement with UK-headquartered Newcleo to study offshore applications of Newcleo's innovative reactor technology.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Newcleo,-Saipem-team-up-for-offshore-SMR-applicati

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has amended its regulations for licensing non-power production or utilisation facilities to reflect the limited risk such facilities pose to public safety. At the same time, it is also revising the definition of a testing facility to a more risk-informed standard than the current power-based definition.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NRC-amends-non-power-reactor-licensing-regulations

There is an increasing willingness to consider investing in new nuclear projects - but issues remain around the lengthy investment timelines and perceived regulatory risks, a panel at World Nuclear Symposium heard.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-issues-facing-private-financing-of-new-nuclear

A robust supply chain is needed to enable new reactors to be built on time, on budget and at the scale needed to meet decarbonisation goals - and major players in the nuclear engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) sector shared some of the experiences and lessons learned from projects both nuclear and non-nuclear at World Nuclear Symposium 2024.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Breaking-new-ground-in-EPC

Lead author of World Nuclear Performance Report, Jonathan Cobb, outlines the key findings on the industry's performance in 2023, including the trend that older plants are operating better than ever.

Date: Friday, 06 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Podcast-World-Nuclear-Performance-Report,-and-The

The concrete foundation of the turbine building for Akkuyu unit 3 in Turkey includes a steel reinforcement frame which measures 58.2 metres by 20.4 metres by 5.3 metres.

Date: Friday, 06 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Akkuyu-3-Concreting-completed-of-turbine-unit-foun

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has inspected the cooling tower affected by fire last month at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and says it is "not usable in the future, so it will probably be demolished". 

Date: Friday, 06 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-s-Grossi-says-Zaporizhzhia-cooling-tower-set