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Actions being taken by various countries to meet the target of tripling global nuclear power generating capacity by 2050 were discussed by panellists during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. Cooperation will be key to meeting the target, they agreed.

Date: Saturday, 07 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Meeting-the-challenge-to-triple-nuclear-capacity

Orano USA has selected Oak Ridge as its preferred site for a new centrifuge uranium enrichment facility.

Date: Friday, 06 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Orano-to-build-enrichment-facility-in-Tennessee

The completion of soil remediation at the East Tennessee Technology Park is the culmination of 20 years of cleanup at the site which was once home to Manhattan Project and Cold War-era uranium enrichment facilities. The remaining federally owned parcels of land at the site can now be transferred to the community.

Date: Thursday, 05 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cleanup-milestone-for-East-Tennessee-site

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the presidential decree setting the date for a national referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant. The referendum will take place on 6 October.

Date: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Date-set-for-Kazakhstan-nuclear-referendum

The first batch of VVER-440 fuel assemblies supplied by Westinghouse has been loaded into unit 2 of Finland's Loviisa nuclear power plant.

Date: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse-fuel-loaded-into-Loviisa-reactor

California-based nuclear startup company Deep Fission, which is proposing to place microreactors deep underground, announced its emergence from stealth mode and a USD4 million pre-seed investment round.

Date: Friday, 30 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Deep-Fission-unveils-underground-reactor-concept

BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop a centrifuge pilot plant to ensure a domestic supply of enriched uranium for defence purposes.

Date: Thursday, 29 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BWXT-to-evaluate-defence-focused-enrichment-pilot