The government had been set to decide by 25 May whether to move forward with the £20bn project to build two EPR units supplied by France’s state energy company EDF.
But in a written statement, parliamentary undersecretary for small business Paul Scully said the government needed more time to look at new information and has pushed back the deadline for its final decision to no later than 8 July.
“This is to ensure there is sufficient time to fully consider further information provided by the applicant and interested parties in response to the secretary of state’s post-examination consultation,” Mr Scully said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/sizewell-c-gov-t-delays-decision-on-new-reactors-until-july
EDF has strengthened operational safety at its Civaux nuclear power plant by addressing the findings of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review which took place in 2019, a follow-up mission has concluded.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-improved-operational-safety-at-Civaux
Energoatom's CEO Petro Kotin says that construction work on two new Westinghouse AP1000 units at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant "will begin as soon as the war is over".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukraine-planning-for-post-war-nuclear-power-plants
Tributes have been paid to ITER Organization Director-General Dr Bernard Bigot, after his death at the age of 72 was announced by the organisation which is building the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion project in southern France.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/ITER-Director-General-Bernard-Bigot-passes-away
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has been identified as the preferred site for the construction and operation of the sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) released by the US Department of Energy (DOE).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Final-environmental-impact-statement-for-US-Versat
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) CEO Jeff Lyash said this would be the next milestone for project to build a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at Clinch River near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 16 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVA-eyes-late-2023-or-early-2024-for-SMR-licence-a
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has partnered with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to complete the recent demolition of a building and removal of a reactor to make room for new facilities, LLNL said on 10 May.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsreactor-and-buildings-demolished-at-us-lab-site-9695816
The Jordan Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO) has announced the production of 20 kg of yellowcake from 160 tonnes of uranium ore at a newly operational processing facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Jordan-announces-uranium-production
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) CEO Jeff Lyash said this would be the next milestone for project to build a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at Clinch River near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVA-eyes-late-2022-or-early-2023-for-SMR-licence-a
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion project has achieved a major machine assembly milestone, with the first sub-section of the ITER plasma chamber being lifted out of tooling and lowered into the machine well.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Most-complex-lift-to-date-completed-at-ITER
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