1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (860+ words) Kyoto, ORNL advance Unity-3 fusion Nuclear Engineering International Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) is relocating its US headquarters from Seattle, Washington, to Oak Ridge, Tennessee to pursue a partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for the development…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (358+ words) Unit 1 was taken offline in late July, leaving both of the Romania's 706 MWe CANDU reactors out of service. Romanian nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica has shut down its Cernavodă NPP with closure of its second 706 MWe Candu reactor in face of record-low…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (242+ words) The unit is expected to reach initial criticality, grid connection and commercial operation later this year. The loading of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies is underway at unit 7 of China’s Tianwan NPP, paving the way for initial criticality, grid connection, and full…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (541+ words) TRISO-X extends ORNL fuel partnership Nuclear Engineering International TRISO-X, a wholly-owned subsidiary of X-Energy, has signed a 30-month agreement extension with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to continue their advanced nuclear fuel research partnership....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (335+ words) The partnership will focus on joint research, industrial supply chains, and talent development. Munich-based start-up Marvel Fusion has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the State of Colorado and Siemens Energy to strengthen transatlantic collaboration and accelerate the development…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (495+ words) Leningrad 8 containment rises Nuclear Engineering International Rapid progress is being made at Russia’s Leningrad NPP. The first tier of the internal containment for unit 8 (also known as Leningrad-II unit 4) has been installed almost a month ahead of schedule. Installation of…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (470+ words) Jellyfish trigger shutdown at Gravelines Nuclear Engineering International A massive influx of jellyfish into the pumping stations of the Gravelines NPP in northern France has led to the shutdown of units 2, 3 and 4 and a reduction in power output at unit…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (503+ words) Thorium Atomics advances Tesseract licensing Nuclear Engineering International Toronto-based Thorium Atomics has advanced its US licensing pathway by initiating pre-application regulatory engagement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its Tesseract TGR advanced reactor. NRC is reviewing the project under…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (606+ words) Morpheus reactor targets data centres Nuclear Engineering International Ontario-based Nuclea Energy has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Miami-headquartered New Mining Co, a provider of high-density digital infrastructure and computing hosting services, to evaluate the feasibility of deploying…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (251+ words) ORNL has licensed four cryogenic pellet fuelling technologies to Type One Energy to support stellarator fusion development. The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has transferred a critical suite of fusion-fuelling technologies to the private sector by licensing…...