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The deployment of four AP1000 units in Ontario could have an impact of more than CAD28.7 billion (USD21.2 billion) on Canada's GDP during the manufacturing, engineering and construction phase alone, an independent study has found.

Date: Friday, 01 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-AP1000-deployment-could-bring-billions-in

Advanced nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation is collaborating with Romania's Institutul de Cercetări Nucleare Pitești to perform an engineering study to assess the compatibility and suitability of its Lightbridge Fuel for use in Candu pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs).

Date: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Study-to-evaluate-Lightbridge-Fuel-use-in-Candu-re

The Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference, organised by the French Ministry for Energy Transition and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, resulted in two communiques signed by energy ministers and industry representatives emphasising the need for nuclear energy.

Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-and-nea-host-conference-to-promote-nuclear-energy-11186484

Representatives of the nuclear industry in OECD nations, and representatives of the governments of 20 countries, have issued communiqués committing to work together to expand nuclear energy capacity, after the inaugural Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the French government.

Date: Saturday, 30 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-groups-and-ministers-pledge-to-back-new-nu

Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB) have launched a NuScale Power Energy Exploration Centre (E2 Centre) at the University’s Faculty of Energy Engineering. It includes a control room simulator for NuScale’s VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant. It is the first E2 Centre to be established outside the USA. The first E2 Centre was opened at Oregon State University in 2020.

Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-supports-opening-of-nuscales-energy-exploration-centre-in-romania-10858705

The director of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khaled Touqan, said, looking forward to the next 10 years, JAEC is considering small reactors. It is looking at various possibilities including designs from Russia, Korea, France, and the UK, trying to determine the optimal technical specifications and how to adapt such reactors to the Jordanian environment, Touqan explained. He noted the potential use of small nuclear reactors for water desalination as well as power production.

Date: Saturday, 29 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjordan-considers-floating-npps-10798331

Westinghouse Electric Company, Spanish engineering firm Tecnatom and US consulting and training services provider Accelerant Solutions have agreed to form the Nuclear Excellence Academy (NEXA), a nuclear training programme for utilities in the USA and Canada.

Date: Thursday, 20 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-North-American-nuclear-training-programme-laun

The first commercial contract for a grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR) in North America sees Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi (GEH), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon team up in an innovative integrated project delivery model to develop, engineer and construct a BWRX-300 at OPG's Darlington New Nuclear Project.

Date: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Alliance-signs-Canadian-SMR-contract

The draft law submitted to Romania's parliament covers a state support agreement with Nuclearelectrica relating to the estimated EUR7 billion (USD7.4 billion) project to complete two units at Cernavoda, where the country's existing two reactors are located.

Date: Thursday, 22 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Romania-adopts-draft-law-on-Cernavoda-3-and-4