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Vibrations detected during pre-operational testing at unit 3 of Georgia Power’s Vogtle NPP in the US are likely to further delay start-up of the unit. The vibrations, associated with some piping within the cooling were identified by Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co, is currently building Vogtle units 3 & 4, in Waynesboro Georgia. They will be the first new nuclear units built in the US in more than 30 years.

Date: Thursday, 19 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvibrations-detected-at-vogtle-3-cause-further-delays-10524999

US Georgia Power has announced that fuel load into the reactor core at unit 3 of the Vogtle NPP is underway, marking “a milestone toward start-up and commercial operation of the first new nuclear units to be built in the US in more than three decades”.

Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvogtle-3-starts-nuclear-fuel-loading-10098015

US Southern Company has reported second-quarter earnings of $1.1 billion in 2022 compared with $372 million in 2021. However, Southern increased the cost estimate for its Georgia Power utility’s share of the two nuclear reactors under construction at units 3 & 4 of the Vogtle plant in Georgia. The Vogtle reactors, already billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule, are the only new nuclear power units under construction in the USA.

Date: Thursday, 04 August 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvogtle-npp-faces-more-possible-delays-9897168

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project says that the impact of COVID-19 means that its current schedule, of first plasma in 2025 and the start of deuterium-tritium operation in 2035, will need to be delayed, with the new timetable to be finalised and announced after the appointment of a new director general.

Date: Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ITER-fusion-project-preparing-to-outline-revised-t

The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Frontier supercomputer system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been ranked as the fastest computer in the world, as well as becoming the first to break the exascale performance barrier.

Date: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-supercomputer-breaks-exascale-barrier

Dr Bernard Bigot, Director-General of the Iter Organisation passed away on 14 May “due to illness”. Iter said he was “an inspirational leader for more than four decades across multiple fields of science and energy” and that his personal dedication and commitment to Iter over the past seven years shaped every aspect of the project”. Iter added: “While his untimely passing will be felt as a tragic blow to the global fusion community, Dr Bigot’s careful design and preparation of the Iter senior management team in recent years gives reassurance of the project’s continued success.”

Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiter-director-general-bernard-bigot-dies-9701551

The completion of remediation works at the former uranium legacy sites in Shekaftar and Min-Kush, in the Kyrgyz Republic, “brings a major environmental benefit for Central Asia’s most populous region and secures the sustainability of the sites for years to come,” the European Bank forReconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on 28 March.

Date: Friday, 01 April 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuranium-legacy-sites-remediated-in-kyrgyz-republic-9591829

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has announced a new nuclear programme to explore advanced nuclear technology as part of its decarbonisation goals. One of its first tasks will be to pursue a construction licence application for a light-water, small modular reactor (SMR) at the Clinch River site, and the authority is in discussions with GE Hitachi to support their BWRX-300 light-water SMR design.

Date: Saturday, 12 February 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVA-announces-new-nuclear-programme

Work on the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) at the US Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico made significant progress last year following earlier delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Progress-on-WIPP-ventilation-upgrade