The Slovak government has ordered the economy and finance ministers to draw up a plan for a new 1,200 MWe NPP by the end of October including a selection process for a supplier as well as timing and financing for the project.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsslovak-government-to-draw-up-plans-for-new-npp-11779285
Poland’s Ministry of Climate & Environment has issued a Decision in Principle approving Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. Poland’s Environment Minister, Paulina Hennig-Kloska said she believes the investment would be in the public interest and in line with the country’s energy and climate policies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspoland-issues-decision-in-principle-on-rolls-royce-smrs-11779367
Fusion energy technology development company Stellarex, a spinout of US Princeton University, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Germany’s Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) that provides a framework for scientific and academic cooperation in developing stellarator-based fusion energy production. Stellarex and IPP will partner in specific areas of fusion energy science and technology, including the optimisation of plasma confinement and power/particle control.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfusion-firms-stellarex-and-ipp-join-forces-on-stellarator-technology-11779404
TVO says annual service took twice as long as planned
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/olkiluoto-3-back-online-after-longer-than-scheduled-first-outage-5-4-2024
Addressing skills gap vital for new build plans
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/gov-t-unveils-plans-to-increase-nuclear-workforce-by-50-5-4-2024
A new nuclear industry skills 'roadmap' - based on sector collaboration, investment in training, leadership development and improving diversity - has been launched in the UK aimed at attracting and retaining the sector's workforce of the future.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-sets-out-plan-for-boosting-nuclear-workforce
Atomic Canyon has announced a new project with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to use the Frontiers supercomputer to build a safe, efficient, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model for the nuclear sector - and the Aurora supercomputer at the Argonne National Laboratory is confirmed to have surpassed the exascale threshold.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-research-to-benefit-from-US-supercomputer
The Government of Uganda is hosting an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Uranium Production Cycle Review mission as it reviews its potential to produce uranium to support its plans for 24,000 MWe of nuclear capacity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uganda-looks-to-potential-uranium-production
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK50 million (USD4.7 million) for a project led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg for the development of an entire Generation IV nuclear power system. The project also aims to rebuild national expertise in nuclear technology science.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Swedish-project-to-develop-Gen-IV-nuclear-power-sy
CPS Energy has entered into an agreement to acquire an additional 2% ownership of the South Texas Nuclear Project (STP) from US Constellation, bringing CPS Energy’s ownership of STP to 42%. Constellation’s ownership will be reduced to 42%, and Austin Energy’s ownership will remain at 16% following the transaction. CPS Energy also entered into a long-term Purchase Power Agreement (PPA) with Constellation for an additional 200 MW of firm capacity that will be available for CPS Energy customers by the summer.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscps-energy-increases-share-in-south-texas-nuclear-project-11770814
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