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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.

Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Copenhagen-Atomics-enlists-PSI-to-validate-reactor

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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.

Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-concern-at-damage-to-Zaporizhzhia-radiation-m

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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.

Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uzbekistan-SMR-plant-construction-site-preparation

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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.

Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/PPL-expands-Kentucky-nuclear-feasibility-study

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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.

Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-seeks-domestic-LEU-supply-contracts

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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.

Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Work-starts-on-first-phase-of-Myrrha

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