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The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and Great British Nuclear (GBN) have selected six companies to advance to next phase of the small modular reactor (SMR) competition for innovative nuclear technologies.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 06 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-selects-six-companies-for-next-stage-of-smr-competition-11196025

The US government has rejected Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power’s (KHNP’s) report on the tender for a nuclear power plant project in the Czech Republic. This has increased concerns that Korea’s plans to boost its nuclear reactor exports may continue to be stalled by ongoing litigation with Westinghouse Electric Company.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-stalls-south-koreas-npp-export-plans-10747925

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.

Source: Nucnet
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

Kyiv is moving to end its nuclear energy industry’s dependence on Russia The agreements were signed on 2 June at the site of the Khmelnitski nuclear station by Energoatom chief executive Petro Kotin and his Westinghouse counterpart Patrick Fragman. US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed agreements with Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom for the supply of nuclear fuel for the country’s entire reactor fleet and an ambitious expansion of a planned AP1000 new-build programme.

The company said the fuel will be supplied by its manufacturing facility at Västerås in Sweden, but gave no timeframe for the project.

The agreements foresee also “continued localisation” of fuel component production in Ukraine by Energoatom subsidiary Atomenergomash, which is expected to produce top and bottom nozzles for the Westinghouse fuel assemblies.

Under earlier contracts, Westinghouse had already supplied fuel for VVER-1000 pressurised water reactor (PWR) designs for six of Ukraine’s 15 commercial nuclear units – South Ukraine-2 and -3, and Zaporizhzhia (Zaporozhye)-1, -3, -4 and -5.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Saturday, 04 June 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-signs-fuel-agreement-for-entire-fleet-announces-plans-for-ambitious-new-build-expansion-6-5-2022

US company to soon supply fuel for more than half of domestic reactor fleet The Rovno nuclear power plant in western Ukraine. Image courtesy Energoatom. The Swedish branch of US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom for the preparation and delivery of licensing documentation for the introduction of VVER-440 fuel assemblies at the Rovno-2 nuclear power unit in western Ukraine.

Westinghouse and Energoatom signed a contract in September 2020 for the supply of VVER-440 nuclear fuel for the Rovno nuclear power station, which has two VVER-440 and two VVER-1000 pressurised water reactor units in commercial operation.

Energoatom said the Westinghouse-made fuel needs to be licensed under Ukrainian local regulations before it can be used at VVER-440 reactors in the country.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-and-energoatom-sign-contract-for-fuel-assembly-documentation-6-1-2021

The nuclear industry has merely scratched the surface of the flexible benefits of nuclear power, according to panellists in a conference held this week ahead of the 11th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM11). The CEM11 side-event, Flexibility in Clean Energy Systems: The Enabling Roles of Nuclear Energy, included high-level speakers from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as government officials from Canada, the UK and the USA. Hosted by Saudi Arabia, CEM11 will take place on 22 September.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 18 September 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclears-flexibility-is-the-magic-to-create-a-clea

20 Jul (NucNet): Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that a full core of VVER-1000 fuel has been loaded into a nuclear reactor unit in Ukraine.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 20 July 2018
Original article: nucnet.org/news/ukraine-reactor-using-all-non-russian-fuel-for-first-time