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A project for a submersible underwater power module, featuring two nuclear power units with a total capacity of 20 MWe, that can dive to a depth of 400 metres and provide energy in Arctic regions is being worked on by the Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau in St Petersburg, Russia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 21 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russian-designs-for-underwater-nuclear-power-plant
The leaders of Australia, the UK and the USA have outlined the phased approach through which Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines through the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) enhanced security partnership.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/AUKUS-moves-to-next-phase
Brazil’s Nuclep has delivered more strategic equipment to the Brazilian Navy (MB) for the land-based nuclear submarine propulsion prototype (Labgene), local press has reported.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-equipment-for-brazils-nuclear-submarine-9833437
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is already working with Australia on the "complex" issue of ensuring nuclear safeguards in relation to its proposed acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS partnership, the organisation's Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-working-with-Australia-on-safeguards-for-nucl
US-based BWX Technologies announced that the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme had exercised contract options totalling approximately $1 billion for manufacturing naval nuclear reactor components and fuel.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbwxt-contracted-to-manufacture-us-naval-nuclear-reactor-components-and-fuel-9513595
France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Framatome and Naval Group have signed a six-year framework agreement for studies and experiments on materials used in nuclear propulsion.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscea-framatome-and-naval-group-to-study-nuclear-propulsion-9514045
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced that it was set to deactivate and demolish the prototype for a reactor plant used for the first nuclear-powered submarine, a major step toward advancing environmental clean-up at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-to-demolish-submarine-reactor-prototype-at-idaho-national-lab-9481309
The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is to deactivate and demolish the land-based prototype for a reactor plant used in the first nuclear-powered submarine. The Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) was built inside a section of a submarine hull at the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) in the Arco Desert, west of Idaho Falls.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 12 February 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Preparations-begin-for-demolition-of-prototype-rea
Brazil’s nuclear heavy engineering company Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados ??(Nuclep) has begun delivery of the structures of the Containment Vessel for the full scale prototype on land of the first indigenously designed nuclear-powered submarine (SN-BR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclep-delivers-part-of-containment-vessel-for-brazils-prototype-nuclear-submarine-9316758
In the wake of Australia’s decision to purchase nuclear-powered submarines from the USA and UK, instead of diesel-powered vessels from France (the AUKUS defence pact), pressure is building up for Australia to consider developing nuclear power for energy production.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaustralian-submarine-deal-sparks-debate-about-nuclear-energy-9156685