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US-based Oklo has completed the second phase of the Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article (THETA) testing campaign in collaboration with the US Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). THETA is a sodium fixture with instrumentation installed at ANL’s Mechanisms Engineer Test Loop (METL) facility.

Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsoklo-and-anl-complete-second-theta-testing-campaign-11612619

California-based liquid metal fast reactor developer Oklo Inc has successfully completed the second phase of the Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article (THETA) testing campaign in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory.

Date: Friday, 15 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Oklo-and-Argonne-complete-second-THETA-testing-cam

Public hearings have been held in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region on justification of a licence to use nuclear materials during research to be undertaken by the BN-800 sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor at unit 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP. The materials made available for discussion included a preliminary environmental impact assessment.

Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-bn-800-fast-reactor-prepares-to-burn-minor-actinides-11347674

Southern Company, TerraPower and Core Power have started pumped-salt operations in the Integrated Effects Test (IET) facility at TerraPower's laboratory in Everett, Washington. The IET will be used in the development of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor.

Date: Thursday, 05 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Operations-begin-at-US-chloride-salt-test-system

UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining a framework for collaboration on advanced nuclear research and development.

Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnewcleo-and-nll-to-collaborate-on-advanced-reactor-development-11157910

France’s Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has launched two start-ups - Hexana and Stellaria. They will rely on CEA’s technologies and patents to develop fourth generation advanced modular reactors (AMRs).

Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscea-launches-two-nuclear-start-ups-10673324

Southern Company and TerraPower have completed construction and installation of a new test facility at TerraPower's laboratory in Everett, Washington. The Integrated Effects Test will be used in the development of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor (MCFR).

Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/World-s-largest-chloride-salt-system-in-place

Seaborg Technologies, a private Danish startup, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to develop a floating power generation facility using a compact molten salt reactor.

Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdenmarks-seaborg-works-with-samsung-to-develop-floating-nuclear-plant-9616952

The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) is marking thirty years of cleanup work at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site to ensure the protection and safety of the underlying Snake River Plain aquifer in compliance with state and federal regulations.

Date: Friday, 10 December 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Three-decades-of-cleanup-work-marked-at-US-legacy

Southern Company and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have signed an agreement to design, construct and operate the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) - a proof-of-concept critical fast-spectrum salt reactor. Southern will lead a collaborative effort to build the MCRE - which it says will be the world's first fast-spectrum salt reactor to achieve criticality - at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fast-spectrum-salt-reactor-to-be-built-at-INL

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