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Significant milestone ‘guarantees reliable Western alternative’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/fortum-loads-westinghouse-fuel-at-loviisa-in-move-away-from-russia-9-2-2024
The first batch of VVER-440 fuel assemblies supplied by Westinghouse has been loaded into unit 2 of Finland's Loviisa nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse-fuel-loaded-into-Loviisa-reactor
Tommi Nyman, CEO of Steady Energy, explains the aims of the LDR-50 small modular reactor that is designed to produce just heat, and not electricity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 24 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Podcast-Finland-s-Steady-Energy-s-SMR-aims-to-deca
Site now has four reactors in operation and two under construction
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 09 August 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/construction-of-concrete-foundation-pit-complete-for-new-leningrad-nuclear-plant-8-4-2024
Lithuania has identified 77 potential locations for its planned geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A final decision on the facility's location is not expected until 2047.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lithuania-narrows-search-for-repository-site
Japan has a "robust nuclear security regime", an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded. The latest International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission followed a previous mission in 2015 and a follow-up mission in 2018.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 03 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-mission-assesses-Japan-s-nuclear-security
‘International context’ has accelerated need for European solution
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/framatome-signs-agreement-with-slovakia-as-efforts-continue-to-bypass-russia-7-3-2024
Slovak utility Slovenské elektrárne has signed a contract with France's Framatome for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the VVER-440 reactors at its Bohunice and Mochovce plants, starting from 2027.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-to-supply-fuel-for-Slovak-VVER-reactors
Company aiming to start construction of LDR-50 district heating pilot plant
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-startup-steady-energy-signs-smr-pre-planning-agreement-with-power-utility-7-1-2024
Finnish small modular reactor developer Steady Energy has signed a one-year pre-planning agreement with Kuopion Energia aimed at constructing a small nuclear power plant to start producing district heat in the city of Kuopio in the early 2030s.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 20 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Steady-Energy,-Kuopion-Energy-enhance-cooperation