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The European Commission has concluded its in-depth investigation and approved revised plans for Belgium's proposed financing of the lifetime extensions of Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear power units. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bel...

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Two new large nuclear power reactors and at least one small modular reactor will be built by 2038 - in addition to the large reactors already under construction or planned - under South Korea's latest 15-year long-term energy plan. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sou...

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During his latest trip to Japan, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi assisted in collecting seawater samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for analysis. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/gro...

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An application for a permit to determine the location of the planned unit 8 at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant has been submitted to Bulgaria's Nuclear Regulatory Agency. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sit...

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In an update on Thursday at 17:00 local time, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant operator said thermal imaging monitoring of the New Safe Confinement was continuing and parts of the exterior cut into "for the final elimination of smouldering areas". www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/che...

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Uranium Energy Corp's Irigaray Central Processing Plant has produced its first dried and drummed uranium concentrates since the resumption of in-situ recovery operations at the company's Christensen Ranch project. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/mil...

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France's Hexana to work with Belgium's Tractebel to support development of its sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor energy platform. Meawhile Swedish & French lead-cooled fast reactor developers Blykalla and Newcleo are teaming-up on research. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/eur...

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A team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts has visited the RB-01 research reactor under construction in Bolivia to verify agency safety standards are being followed, and to recommend further measures. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bol...

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Legislation has been introduced in the parliament of Nova Scotia calling for the end of a ban on uranium exploration and mining in the Canadian province. However, if passed, it would only allow government research on uranium resources within the province. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nov...

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Natura Resources has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Texas Tech University and Abilene Christian University to evaluate integrating Natura's molten salt small modular reactor technology with water desalination systems. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tex...

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Small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next has secured land rights for the project to build a power plant based on SMRs in the municipality of Valdemarsvik in Östergötland county in southeastern Sweden. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/kar...

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Japan is to "make maximum use of nuclear power", with about 20% of the country's total electricity generation in fiscal 2040 coming from nuclear, according to the government's latest Basic Energy Plan. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/jap...

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A newly established Working Group for Nuclear Energy has been tasked with preparing studies on potential locations for the development of nuclear power capacity in Croatia. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cro...

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Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom has signed its first-ever contract to supply uranium to Swiss nuclear power plants. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/swi...

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Unit 1 of the Doel nuclear power plant has been taken offline for the final time after 50 years of operation and disconnected from the grid. Its closure is in line with Belgium's 2003 nuclear phase-out policy. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bel...

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Core Power of the UK has announced that it will develop a "US-anchored" maritime civil nuclear programme that will "bring floating nuclear power to market by the mid-2030s". www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cor...

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US microreactor developer Last Energy has formally entered the UK's nuclear site licensing process for its plans to develop four 20 MWe microreactors at the site of the decommissioned Llynfi coal-fired power station in Bridgend County, south Wales. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/las...

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A new company is being established to further investigate the possibility of establishing a nuclear power plant based on small modular reactors in the municipality of Lund in the southern Norwegian county of Rogaland. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/stu...

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A proposal to reverse Spain's #nuclear energy phase-out policy has been approved by the country's parliament. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pro...

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Innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced it has started the land acquisition process for its demonstration LFR-AS-30 small modular reactor in Indre-et-Loire in the Chinon Vienne et Loire community of municipalities in western France. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new...

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Nuclear will play a crucial part in ensuring reliable supplies of clean energy - and collaboration will be the key to make it happen, according to panelists at India Energy Week. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/col...

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International Atomic Energy Agency staff at Chernobyl say "radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable" after a drone was reported to have struck the roof of the shelter built over the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 accident. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/che...

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Niger’s Minister of Mines Ousmane Abarchi has told Global Atomic Corporation that his government has no intention of nationalising the Dasa uranium project. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/no-...

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The International Atomic Energy Agency's delayed rotation of experts at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cancelled on Wednesday, after military activity caused the staff swap to be aborted. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/iae...

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Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies has announced that a total of 400 tonnes of used nuclear fuel, instead of the originally planned 200 tonnes, will now be transported to Orano in France for research on the reprocessing of used mixed oxide fuel. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fre...

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South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising small modular reactor technology. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/kor...

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US fusion developer Type One Energy has signed a cooperative agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to jointly develop plans for a potential fusion power plant project in Tennessee Valley region using Type One Energy's stellarator fusion power tech. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tva...

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Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has backed the plan to purchase unused equipment from Bulgaria's cancelled Belene nuclear power plant project to complete Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant's units 3 and 4. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ukr...

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US utility Constellation has announced investments of about USD100 million to upgrade equipment & electrical systems to enable a potential renewal of the two-unit Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant's operating licences & a future increase in power output. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/con...

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A group of 14 European business federations have published a declaration announcing their joint commitment to strengthening the European nuclear industry. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/eur...

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Indian power companies Tata Power and the Naveen Jindal Group have each expressed interest in setting up small modular reactors. Meanwhile, the country's minister of railways says nuclear power could meet the growing power needs of India's rail sector. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ind...

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The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has announced KRW150 billion (USD103 million) of financial support this year to companies within South Korea's nuclear power industry - an increase of KRW50 billion compared with last year. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sou...

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The National Association of State Energy Officials Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative will support states to explore ways to bring down project costs and meet rapidly growing power needs in the USA. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ten...

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UK-based AI cloud provider Fluidstack has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French government to construct one of the world's largest decarbonised AI supercomputers. And EDF's identified four sites on its land it'll offer for data centres. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fra...

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India's nuclear energy sector will benefit from the entry of private sector players in the same way that the country's space economy has done, Minister of State Jitendra Singh has said. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pri...

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French microreactor developer Naarea announced the commissioning of its industrial test facility and laboratory, which will be used to conduct non-nuclear tests and experiments to support the development of its XAMR molten salt fast microreactor. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/naa...

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Arizona Public Service - operator of the Palo Verde nuclear power plant - is collaborating with Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power to assess possible locations for new nuclear capacity, including retiring coal plants. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ari...

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A new European research project, named EU-CONVERSION, has been launched with the aim of accelerating the conversion of high-performance research reactors by testing candidate low-enriched uranium fissile materials. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/eu-...

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Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed two state-owned groups, Electricity of Vietnam and Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, to complete the construction of two nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan province by the end of 2030. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/vie...