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Belarus Launches Nuclear Power Plant Despite Safety Issues

Belarus has begun operating its first nuclear power plant despite strong objections from Lithuania, which immediately cut off electricity imports from its neighbor. Unit 1 of the plant near the town of Astravets in Belarus’s western Hrodna region "was connected...

Terrestrial Energy and L3Harris Technologies to Develop IMSR Generation IV Nuclear Power Plant Simulator

Terrestrial Energy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract to develop an engineering and operator training simulator for the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR®), a Generation IV nuclear power plant. The IMSR power plant simulator is being built at L3Harris’ operation...

OPG opens Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has celebrated the official opening of its Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability (CCNS) located in Durham Region, Ontario’s nuclear capital. The centre will attract skilled jobs, innovative businesses and economic development to the Durham region as...

Vogtle nuclear expansion project on track despite COVID-19

COVID-19 is impacting the fee and workforce schedule for the enlargement of Units three and four on the Vogtle nuclear plant within the US, however Georgia Power says that it’s nonetheless planning to place the mission into service by...

Philippines weighs starting dormant nuclear plant

President Rodrigo Duterte decided recently to explore the feasibility of using nuclear power by establishing a cross-ministerial organization. The move could lead to a full-scale debate over the issue, with the view of resolving the country's chronic power shortage. There...

Hitachi pulls the plug on UK nuclear construction project

Hitachi has announced that it will end business operations on the Horizon Project, a UK-based, nuclear power plant construction project, which was suspended in January 2019. Twenty months have passed since the suspension and the investment environment has become...

EDF, I2EN & VJTI sign a Memorandum of Understanding on a Pre-Feasibility Study for the implementation of a Centre of Excellence in India for...

As EDF is engaged in intense discussions with NPCIL for the development and construction of the biggest nuclear plant in the world, with six EPR units totaling close to 10,000 MWe at the Jaitapur site, Maharashtra, India, EDF is...

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