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Candu Energy Inc has agreed with Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company Limited to support the ongoing 30-year life extension of the two Candu reactors at the Qinshan Nuclear Generating Station, while Bruce Power has awarded a CAD700 million (USD510 million) contract to replace steam generators at Bruce units 5, 7 and 8 to the AECON-led Steam Generator Replacement Team (SGRT) joint venture.

Date: Saturday, 10 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Contracts-support-Candu-projects-in-China-and-Cana

General Atomics has manufactured the first batch of full-length SiGA silicon carbide composite tubes designed for pressurised water reactors. The company is developing nuclear fuel rods that can withstand higher temperatures than materials currently used.

Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GA-progresses-with-silicon-carbide-fuel-cladding-d

Framatome and TerraPower have agreed to design and develop a high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) metallisation pilot plant at Framatome's nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington.

Date: Saturday, 01 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome,-TerraPower-announce-plans-for-HALEU-met

Framatome has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to carry out its first major mitigation of buried condenser feed pipes using its innovative spray-in-place structural pipe liner solution at a three-unit operating nuclear plant in the USA.

Date: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Innovative-piping-rehabilitation-solution-to-be-us

Framatome has broken ground on a $50m expansion project at its Mill Ridge Road facility in Lynchburg, Virginia. The project includes expanding Framatome's current footprint to accommodate over 500 new employees, refurbishing its nuclear training centre to support the next generation of small and advanced reactor technologies, modernising existing office spaces and conference rooms, and increasing capacity for an innovation and design school. The facility provides specialised training and tooling to service and maintain North America's NPP fleet and develops solutions for advanced and small modular reactors.

Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-breaks-ground-on-project-to-expand-lynchburg-site-11724613

Framatome has broken ground on a USD50 million expansion of its Operational Center of Excellence in Lynchburg, Virginia, which provides specialised training and tooling to service and maintain North America's nuclear power plant fleet and develops solutions for advanced and small modular reactors.

Date: Saturday, 27 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-launches-expansion-of-Lynchburg-site

Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (AYaR - Agentsiyata za Yadreno Regulirane) has licensed the use of Westinghouse fuel for unit 5 of the Kozloduy NPP. Loading of the new fuel, which has already been delivered to the site, will begin during the next scheduled repair and maintenance outage, due to begin at the end of April. The first 42 cartridges of the new American fuel arrived at Kozloduy NPP by ship from Sweden, where they were manufactured.

Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-fuel-licensed-for-use-at-kozloduy-11708947

The company says its application to build the Natrium reactor demonstration project is the first construction permit application for a commercial advanced reactor to be submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Non-nuclear construction will begin this summer.

Date: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TerraPower-submits-application-to-build-Natrium-re