US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BHI Energy. Incorporating BHI’s service quality and customer partnerships, Westinghouse “will expand its global capabilities and expertise in nuclear plant maintenance and modification services, industrial, power delivery, and complementary renewables including solar, wind and hydro power”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-to-acquire-bhi-energy-9642637
Two of North America's leading nuclear utilities have unveiled a partnership to develop advanced nuclear technology as an integral part of a clean energy future and creating a North American energy hub. Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the US Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will jointly work to help develop small modular reactors (SMTs) as an effective long-term source of carbon-free energy in both Canada and the USA.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsopg-and-tva-to-promote-smr-development-9642641
Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 19 April that direct communications between the national regulator and the Chernobyl NPP had been restored, more than a month after such contact was lost when Russian forces controlled the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspower-restored-between-chernobyl-npp-and-ukraine-regulator-9642650
The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies, Atommash (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) has manufactured the upper half of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 3 of China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning Province, Atomenergomash said on 20 April. Atommash has completed the welding of circumferential seams on upper half of the RPV. The work lasted 25 days with continuous heating at 150-170 degrees Celsius in the area of welded joints. It took 4,700 kg of flux and 3,300 kg of wire to weld the circumferential seams. The component was then heated to 300 degrees and moved to a furnace for heat treatment to obtain the required mechanical properties of the metal. The process of heating and holding is done at a maximum temperature of 620 degrees for three days.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsupper-half-of-rpv-manufactured-for-unit-3-of-chinas-xudabao-npp-9642657
Canada-based Ontario Power Generation and Tennessee Valley Authority of the US said they will jointly work to help develop small modular reactors as a long-term source of 24/7 carbon-free energy in both Canada and the US.
They said the no exchange of funding is involved in the “win-win” agreement. However, the collaboration will help OPG and TVA reduce the financial risk that comes from development of innovative technology, as well as future deployment costs.
The agreement allows the companies to coordinate their explorations into the design, licensing, construction and operation of SMRs.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/canada-us-partnership-aims-to-develop-advanced-nuclear-technology-4-4-2022
The head of Ukrainian nuclear power operator Energoatom, Petro Kotin, has told EnergoBusiness that the Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is ready and could start accepting spent fuel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukraine-s-centralised-spent-fuel-storage-facility
Belgium's planned phase-out of nuclear energy is likely to lead to greater use of gas-fired generation and increased emissions, according to a new policy review by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IEA-highlights-concerns-over-Belgian-nuclear-phase
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly USD5 million to two separate cost-shared projects that aim to study the use of direct air capture (DAC) technology at nuclear power plants. The studies - one led by Constellation at its Byron plant, and the other led by Battelle Memorial Institute at Southern Company's Farley plant - ultimately aim to leverage the plants' carbon-free energy to remove CO2 from ambient air.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USA-funds-nuclear-coupled-carbon-capture-studies
The construction of two new reactors at each of the Sanmen, Haiyang and Lufeng nuclear power plant sites in China has been approved by the country's State Council. The approvals are for Sanmen units 3 and 4, Haiyang 3 and 4 and units 5 and 6 of the Lufeng plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-approves-construction-of-six-new-reactors
In a report on the future of nuclear fission, the US-based NIA says advanced nuclear energy has the potential to greatly reduce carbon emissions by mid-century and help achieve 100% clean energy in the US. But this promise can only be achieved with “the timely, efficient and widespread deployment of advanced reactors”.
The report warns that the US will need to rebuild the supply chain, complete nuclear projects on time and on budget, create incentives for deployment and enact policies that enable private investment.
The report cites other conditions for success that it says are critical to the successful deployment of advanced reactors. They include modernising advanced nuclear energy regulation, making progress on spent nuclear fuel, getting siting right and prioritising environmental and energy justice. This would ensure, for example, that communities benefit from the repurposing of retiring fossil fuel infrastructure with advanced reactors.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/think-tank-calls-for-timely-efficient-and-widespread-deployment-of-advanced-reactors-4-3-2022
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