CIVIL NUCLEAR - INDO DAILY

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and CEZ signs small modular reactor tech deal with Czech Republic

Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)

"This agreement is the latest example of the growing global interest in our breakthrough SMR technology," said Jon Ball, Executive Vice President of Nuclear Pro...

Framatome signs contracts with Tennessee Valley Authority

Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)

"Framatome's long-standing relationship with TVA is the result of our U.S. and global teams' expertise and commitment to delivering excellence in everything the...

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy begins NRC licensing process for BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor

Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)

On December 30, 2019 the company submitted the first licensing topical report (LTR) for the BWRX-300 to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). GEH expect...

Molecule modification could improve reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel

Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)

The research is published in a recent edition of the influential Chemistry - A European Journal (7th January 2020) and is described by the editors of the journa...

Deep Isolation shares its nuclear waste disposal solution

Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)

Elizabeth Muller is the co-founder and CEO of Deep Isolation. also co-founded and continues to serve as the Executive Director of Berkeley Earth, a public-benef...

Current model for storing nuclear waste is incomplete

Jan 28, 2020 (SPX)

The findings, published in the journal Nature Materials, show that corrosion of nuclear waste storage materials accelerates because of changes in the chemistry ...

Stress relieving heat treatment processes: Framatome continues its works

Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)

Investigations conducted to date confirm a deviation for SRHT processes using muffles equipped with electrical resistances on the one hand, and heating panels w...

GE Hitachi and TerraPower collaborate for versatile test reactor program

Jan 22, 2020 (SPX)

The two companies recently submitted a joint response to an Expression of Interest issued by the Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) on behalf of the DOE which seeks...

Japan court halts nuclear reactor restart citing volcano, quake risks

Jan 17, 2020 (AFP)

All nuclear power stations were shut down after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident following a catastrophic tsunami, and many remain closed. The Japanese publi...

Iran says 'daily enrichment' of uranium higher than 2015

Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)

Rouhani, who instigated the negotiations, made the comments while justifying his nuclear policy and Iran's progressive disengagement from the accord. He also st...

Austria fails to win over neighbours for nuclear phase-out

Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)

Following a meeting with his counterparts in the so-called Visegrad countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, Kurz was forced to admit that...

UAE to start first nuclear reactor in 'months': officials

Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)

The first of the four nuclear reactors at the Barakah plant had been due to come online in late 2017, but was delayed several times. "Operation (of the first re...

Unused stockpiles of nuclear waste could be more useful than we might think

Jan 13, 2020 (SPX)

Depleted uranium (DU) is a radioactive by-product from the process used to create nuclear energy. Many fear the health risks from DU, as it is either stored in ...

False alarm sets off nuclear scare in Canada

Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)

The emergency alert went out shortly before 7:30 am (1230 GMT). Though intended for residents living within a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius of the Pickering Nu...

In first, Switzerland shuts down ageing nuclear power station

Dec 20, 2019 (AFP)

The decision to press the "off" button for good at the ageing Muhleberg plant in western Switzerland came amid soaring upkeep costs, and leaves the wealthy Alpi...

Uranium chemistry and geological disposal of radioactive waste

Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)

Conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Manchester, Diamond Light Source and Radioactive Waste Management, their work shows for the first time...

Green-finance deal survives EU split on nuclear

Dec 17, 2019 (AFP)

EU negotiators have been struggling for weeks to finalise a harmonised classification system for green finance in Europe that could decide the fate of hundreds ...

Russian nuclear-powered giant icebreaker completes test run

Dec 14, 2019 (AFP)

Destined to transport liquified natural gas from the Arctic, the giant vessel is 173 metres (570 feet) long and 15 metres high. The run served to test the vesse...

Lessons learned from an extraordinary case of soil decontamination

Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)

This work is the result of an international collaboration led by Olivier Evrard, researcher at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Lab...

Researchers perfect nanoscience tool for studies of nuclear waste storage

Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)

Published recently in Nature Scientific Reports, the study involved the first-ever use of antimatter to investigate processes connected to potential long-term s...