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US company says KHNP does not own underlying technology for its APR reactor units
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-files-appeal-over-decision-to-award-nuclear-contract-to-south-korea-8-2-2024
Saskatchewan Power Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Company and Cameco Corporation will evaluate the potential deployment of Westinghouse nuclear reactor technology - and a Saskatchewan-based nuclear supply chain - for Saskatchewan’s future clean power needs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Saskatchewan-to-evaluate-Westinghouse-reactor-tech
Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear (part of Eletrobras) expects to complete all the steps required to get approval for extended operation of unit 1 at the Angra NPP. Eletronuclear's Long Term Operations (LTO) programme is designed to enable continued operations at Angra 1 until the end of 2044. The current operating licence is valid to December 2024.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsangra-1-lifetime-extension-procedures-progressing-11767558
Rolls-Royce SMR has reportedly revised its plans to build two nuclear factories in the UK due ongoing delays in the government’s small modular reactor (SMR) design competition. In December 2023, six SMR designs were selected to progress to the next stage of a UK competition that forms a key part of government ambitions for up to a quarter of the country’s electricity to come from nuclear power by 2050. The designs chosen by Great British Nuclear – the government-backed body driving nuclear projects across the UK The winning bidders were EDF, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy International, Holtec Britain Limited, NuScale Power, Rolls-Royce SMR and Westinghouse Electric Company UK The contracts were expected to be awarded in spring 2024 but this has now been postponed to June 2024 at the earliest.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrolls-royce-revises-plans-for-smr-pressure-vessel-factory-11725710
Patrick Fragman, President & CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company, accompanied by Petro Kotin, head of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom, paid a working visit to Khmelnitsky NPP. They conducted an inspection of stored fresh Westinghouse fuel, which was delivered to Khmelnitsky for the first time. Khmelnitsky was the last of Ukraine’s NPPs to switch to Westinghouse fuel.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 27 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-pays-working-visit-to-khmelnitsky-11713431
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with 17 Bulgarian suppliers to support planned AP1000 nuclear projects at the Kozloduy NPP site in northern Bulgaria, and other projects throughout the region. Westinghouse said this is a result of ongoing engagement with local suppliers following the Westinghouse Supplier Symposium held in February with Bulgarian companies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-expands-ap1000-supply-chain-with-bulgaria-11687311
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
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
US-based Bechtel, which is overseeing the design and construction of Poland’s first NPP alongside Westinghouse Electric Company, has awarded its first procurement contracts for the construction.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbechtel-awards-first-contracts-for-polands-npp-11576533