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GE Vernova has completed the sale of a portion of its nuclear conventional islands technology and services, including its Arabelle steam turbines, to EDF. Arabelle Solutions is now a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF.

Date: Saturday, 01 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EDF-completes-GE-Steam-Power-acquisition

US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently started examining several new fuel rods developed by GE Vernova’s Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF). The rods were shipped to the lab from a commercial NPP after completing six years of irradiation. The results from the experiments will be used to support the commercial deployment of high burn-up fuels before the end of the decade.

Date: Thursday, 16 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsornl-begins-examination-of-ge-vernovas-advanced-nuclear-fuel-11773268

GE Vernova’s Nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has established a group of qualified supply chain companies to advance the global deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR). The purpose of the supplier group is to help ensure a reliable, cost effective and innovative process for the manufacture and commercialisation of the BWRX-300. Suppliers who meet pre-defined criteria, customer requirements and demonstrate a willingness to invest in BWRX-300 supply chain capabilities are eligible for selection to the group. The first company to join the group is BWXT Canada Ltd, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies.

Date: Friday, 03 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbwxt-joins-ge-vernova-nuclears-newly-established-smr-supplier-group-11733119

BWXT Canada Ltd is the first company to join GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's group of qualified supply chain companies to advance the global deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).

Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GEH-launches-supplier-group-to-support-SMR-deploym

US-based Talen Energy Corporation has sold its Cumulus data centre campus in Pennsylvania to Amazon subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS) for $650m. This includes a long-term agreement to provide power from Talen's Susquehanna NPP. The 2,500 MWe adjacent Susquehanna Steam Electric Station currently supplies power to the data centre.

Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsamazon-buys-nuclear-powered-data-centre-from-talen-11597723

GE Vernova subsidiary Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has received US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel with Uranium-235 enrichments of up to 8% weight.

Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsglobal-nuclear-fuel-receives-approval-to-manufacture-higher-enrichment-fuel-11533316

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved GE Vernova's nuclear fuel business to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enrichments of up to 8%.

Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GNF-gets-approval-to-manufacture-higher-enrichment

Canada’s SaskPower and GE Vernova’s Nuclear business, GE Hitachi (GEH), have signed an agreement to advance small modular reactor (SMR) development in Saskatchewan. SaskPower and GEH will collaborate on project planning and facilitate the sharing of expertise related to the design, fuel sourcing and fabrication for GEH’s BWRX-300 SMR. It will also support workforce and supply chain planning needed for Saskatchewan-based SMR deployment.

Date: Friday, 02 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssaskpower-and-ge-hitachi-to-co-operate-on-smrs-11481385

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH – part of US-based GE Vernova) has been awarded a £33.6m ($42.6m) grant by the UK Future Nuclear Enabling Fund (FNEF) from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ). UK Nuclear Minister Andrew Bowie said the biggest expansion of nuclear power for 70 years is underway in the UK “and small modular reactors (SMEs) are front and centre in this rapid revival”. He added that the funding for GE Hitachi “will help develop their design, putting us in an excellent position to become one of the first to deploy this game-changing tech”.

Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-funding-for-bwrx-300-11473443