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HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subsidiary of South Korea's HD Hyundai, is to collaborate in a nuclear shipping project with UK start-up Core Power and US Southern Company and TerraPower. This followed a joint research and technology exchange meeting at Terrapower’s headquarters in Washington DC.

Date: Saturday, 10 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskorean-shipbuilder-joins-nuclear-shipping-project-11502161

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Even oil-rich companies of Middle East are eying reactors, as more nations announce plans for SMRs Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, which was damaged by shelling. File photo courtesy IAEA. 2022 was a year of mega milestones for nuclear energy.

Countries around the world turned to nuclear as a reliable low-carbon energy source as they looked for ways to wean themselves off Russian imports and lower carbon emissions.

New plants began operating, deals for small modular reactors were signed and countries announced ambitious plans for new-build.

On the political front, US president Joe Biden signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. In Europe, the nuclear industry celebrated when members of the European parliament decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-major-developments-that-are-setting-the-stage-for-2023-and-beyond-1-1-2023

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Talks have begun on possible location for first unit in Southeast Asian nation The ThorCon nuclear plant is encapsulated in a hull, towed to a shallow water site and ballasted to the seabed. Courtesy ThorCon. France-based testing, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas and US nuclear power technology developer ThorCon have signed an agreement for the development of a “mass produced” 500 MW molten salt nuclear power barge for operations in Indonesia.

ThorCon said it has already begun discussions with the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, an island state to the north of the capital Jakarta, the state electricity company PLN and the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency Bapeten regarding potential sites for the demonstration and the final installation of a plant.

The companies said in a joint statement that the project would begin with technology qualification of the plant, both for the nuclear reactor itself and for its encapsulation and integration with the hull systems. This would include enclosed safe compartmentalisation allowing the replacement of depleted fuel.

The concept developed by Washington state-based ThorCon is a molten salt fission reactor. Unlike current nuclear reactors, the ThorCon reactor operates at low pressure and uses liquid fuel.

Date: Thursday, 15 December 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/bureau-veritas-and-thorcon-to-collaborate-on-mass-production-floating-nuclear-plants-12-3-2022

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