Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics has signed a large-scale experimental collaboration agreement with Switzerland's Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) to conduct the first critical experiment on thorium molten salt reactors in Europe.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Copenhagen-Atomics-enlists-PSI-to-validate-reactor
Aim is to secure supply for nuclear reactors and move away from Russia
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/doe-launches-bid-to-buy-up-to-usd2-7-billion-of-uranium-from-domestic-sources-6-5-2024
Gov’t targeting operation of second reactor in 2040s
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/state-to-publish-krsko-seismic-research-ahead-of-planned-referendum-on-new-nuclear-6-5-2024
Initial work focused on particle accelerator known as Minerva
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/sck-cen-begins-first-phase-of-myrrha-research-reactor-construction-6-5-2024
An external radiation monitoring station was reported to have been destroyed by shelling and fire, with four of the 14 pre-conflict stations currently unavailable, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-concern-at-damage-to-Zaporizhzhia-radiation-m
Infrastructure work for a six-unit small modular reactor nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan is expected to begin in the autumn, after the signing of a protocol on the entry into force of the construction contract signed last month.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uzbekistan-SMR-plant-construction-site-preparation
US utility PPL Corporation announced that two of its subsidiaries will build on an earlier assessment of nuclear feasibility at the Ghent coal-fired power plant site in Kentucky by exploring additional locations and partnerships that could support nuclear energy in the state.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/PPL-expands-Kentucky-nuclear-feasibility-study
The US Department of Energy has issued a request for proposals to purchase low-enriched uranium from domestic sources. The request is supported by USD2.7 billion from President Joe Biden's Investing in America agenda to boost the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-seeks-domestic-LEU-supply-contracts
A groundbreaking ceremony has been held at the Minerva particle accelerator construction site in Mol, Belgium, marking the start of the first of three phases of the development of the Myrrha accelerator-driven research reactor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Work-starts-on-first-phase-of-Myrrha
FiR1 research reactor operated for 50 years near capital of Helsinki
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 28 June 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/fortum-announces-completion-of-first-nuclear-decommissioning-project-6-4-2024
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