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UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters has been awarded a strategic nuclear qualification, which the company says positions it to support development and delivery of the next generation of civil NPPs. The nuclear qualification came after an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Section III Division I NCA 3300 (NCA 3800), NCA 4000 and NQA-1 Code survey and audit, recommended it for Material Organisation (MO), and welding (NPT) accreditations.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssheffield-forgemasters-awarded-asme-status-11706074
Bucharest planning NuScale SMR plant at coal site and two new large-scale units at Cernavodă
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/doicesti-nuclear-site-selection-meets-safety-standards-says-iaea-4-4-2024
US Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) Director Enoh T Ebong has announced funding for a series of international workshops to promote US-led civil nuclear energy deployment in Europe and Eurasia. “Civil nuclear energy holds promise as a clean and secure energy solution, and USTDA is at the forefront of supporting our partners both to develop frameworks for deployment and to advance their individual infrastructure needs,” she said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 30 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsustda-to-fund-workshops-on-nuclear-deployment-in-europe-and-eurasia-11642682
Romania, supported by US, is to build six small modular reactors (SMRs) in the locality of Doicesti, Dambovita, some 90 kilometres from Bucharest. The reactors can power 46,000 homes and could create 4,000 jobs, amounting to an investment of $6bn partly financed by the US. The reactors, designed by US NuScale, could be operational by the end of 2029.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsromania-to-build-six-smrs-with-us-financing-11621133
North American steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation and US tech giants Google and Microsoft Corporation are to work together across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies, including advanced nuclear.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Google,-Microsoft-and-Nucor-team-up-on-clean-energ
Reporting its fourth quarter and full year results for 2023, US-based NuScale Power said progress continued toward “commercialisation of small modular reactor (SMR) technology to meet consumer demand for safe, reliable, 24/7 and carbon-free baseload energy”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscales-2023-financial-results-11612567
Project developer says first unit could be operating by 2030
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/mou-could-lead-to-transportable-microreactors-for-mines-and-remote-communities-3-2-2024
Company’s reactor on government shortlist for deployment
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/holtec-launches-gbp600-million-competition-for-smr-factory-site-3-3-2024
Holtec Britain has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s Hyundai E&C and UK construction and engineering companies Balfour Beatty, and Mott MacDonald. The event was hosted at the Korean Embassy in London by Ambassador Yoon Yeocheol and attended by UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Korea, Sir John Whittingdale MP.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsholtec-and-hyundai-partner-with-british-companies-to-deliver-smr-technology-in-the-uk-11594510
As part of his recent UK budget statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: “I can announce that this week the government has reached agreement on a £160m ($203m) deal with Hitachi to purchase the Wylfa site in Ynys Môn and the Oldbury site in South Gloucestershire.” This was confirmed in paragraph 5.120 of the Budget Statement. Hunt said the purchase had been made "given the importance of securing nuclear sites for the success of the nuclear programme".
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-government-to-buy-wylfa-and-oldbury-nuclear-sites-from-hitachi-11580315