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ABS sets requirements for floating nuclear power plants

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has launched what it says is the industry's first comprehensive rules for floating nuclear power plants.

Friday, 4 October 2024

Guinea signs floating nuclear power plants MoU with Russia

The Republic of Guinea and Rosatom have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the development of floating power units to supply electricity to the African country.

New Nuclear · Friday, 7 June 2024

KAERI and Seaborg sign MoU on cooperation

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and Danish floating nuclear power plant developer Seaborg are to collaborate on advancing nuclear technologies, notably molten salt reactors.

New Nuclear · Thursday, 30 May 2024

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Deputy CEO for Shipbuilding, Floating Power Units and Marine Engineering at Rosatom’s Machine Engineering Division, Vladimir Aptekarev, on the potential for floating power units.

Podcasts & Features · Friday, 24 May 2024

Organisation for maritime nuclear launched

A new international membership organisation - the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization - has been launched to bring together stakeholders involved in all aspects of floating nuclear power and nuclear mobility.

Corporate · Thursday, 4 April 2024

Floating nuclear power plant plan for Russia's Far Eastern coast

Rosatom and the government of Primorsky Krai have signed an agreement for a feasibility study and location options for floating nuclear power units off its coast.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Westinghouse and Prodigy collaborate on floating nuclear plant

The aim is for a first project in Canada by 2030 for a Prodigy marine-based transportable nuclear power plant featuring Westinghouse eVinci microreactors.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 24 January 2024

First refuelling at floating nuclear power plant

Fresh nuclear fuel has been loaded into the starboard side reactor on the Akademik Lomonosov in the first operation of its kind, with the process due to be completed by the end of the year, Rosatom says.

Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 24 November 2023

Floating nuclear power plant set for first refuelling

Nuclear fuel has been delivered to Russia's floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov with the landmark refuelling set to begin before the end of the year.

Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 13 October 2023

ABS approves Korean SMR power barge design

A design for a floating offshore nuclear power barge from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Kepco Engineering & Construction has received approval in principle from the American Bureau of Shipping.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 4 October 2023