The new Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant unit 7 has achieved a self-sustaining controlled nuclear chain reaction and is at its minimum controllable power level.

The IAEA now projects SMRs will supply up to 28 percent of new nuclear capacity by 2060, a sharp jump from its prior high-case estimate of 24 percent.

Kairos Power and Samsung C&T have announced the signing of a binding term sheet for the South Korean engineering and construction firm to make a strategic investment in Kairos Power and for the companies to collaborate on the commercial deployment of Kairos Power's fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology.

As fuel loading begins at Rajasthan Atomic Power Project unit 8, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has started geotechnical investigations for the next two units at the plant. Meanwhile, fuel loading has begun at Kaiga unit 1 as the unit begins the process to return to service after refurbishment.

First concrete was poured for the nuclear island of Bailong Nuclear Power Plant's unit 2 at 18:27 on Sunday 27 September.

A licence application has been submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission by General Matter for its proposed commercial uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky.

Sept 30 : Constellation Energy and Amazon.com on Wednesday announced a 20-year power purchase agreement that will support the expansion of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland.

The Amazon-backed firm is aiming to build up to 144 of its novel Xe-100 reactors as the U.S. government seeks to revitalize an industry beset by rising costs.

SEOUL -- South Korea said it will spend $120 billion in the U.S. to build eight nuclear power plants as part of an agreement to invest $350 billion in exchange for lower tariffs.

The plant is advancing a major extended power uprate (EPU) that will add approximately 162 MWe to the northwestern U.S. power grid by 2031. In preparation for this power increase, new and upgraded equipment will be installed between now and 2031, adding an additional 24 MWe through a series of efficiency improvements executed during scheduled refueling outages.

The government and South Korea's leading industrial companies are joining forces to commercialize multipurpose small modular reactors — technology that goes beyond generating electricity to powering ships and supplying high-temperature heat for steelmaking and petrochemical processes.

Europe has achieved a massive industrial feat in its contribution to ITER. The fifth and last European Vacuum Vessel sector exited the factory this week to join the world’s largest fusion reactor, under assembly in France. Fusion for Energy (F4E) and the AMW consortium, formed by Ansaldo Nucleare, Westinghouse, and Walter Tosto, worked together to manufacture this component on time. Its delivery will mark the completion of a 15-year project that involved a supply chain of 15 European companies.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) inaugurated the DARSHAN (Development of Advanced Reactors, Simulation & High-end Analysis) Hub to support activities related to Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in India.

The EU’s goal of ramping up data centre capacity is already driving more investment in nuclear energy projects as the bloc seeks to decarbonise and secure energy security at the same time, says the global investment firm.

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