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The USA's Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licences of North Anna nuclear power plant's units 1 and 2 for a further 20 years - extending their lifetimes to a projected 80 years.

Date: Friday, 30 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NRC-approves-20-year-extension-for-North-Anna-1-an

US microreactor developer Last Energy announced it has raised USD40 million for its Series B round of funding, bringing total capital raised to USD64 million since the company's founding in 2019. It also said it has now reached commercial agreements for 80 of its microreactors.

Date: Friday, 30 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Funding-and-commercial-agreements-grow-for-Last-En

Romania's Nuclearelectrica and project company RoPower Nuclear have signed the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) Phase 2 contract with Fluor Corporation for the Doicești small modular reactor project.

Date: Friday, 26 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/RoPower-and-Fluor-Corporation-sign-FEED-2-contract

While other shortlisted vendors have submitted bids for their respective small modular reactor (SMR) designs, EDF has withdrawn its Nuward model from Great British Nuclear's SMR selection contest.

Date: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EDF-pulls-out-of-British-SMR-competition

Deputy General Director for Shipbuilding, Floating Energy and Marine Engineering at Rosatom's Atomenergomash, Vladimir Aptekarev, on the potential for floating power units.

Date: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Q-A-The-prospects-for-floating-nuclear-power-plant