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TerraPower selects more suppliers for Natrium components
TerraPower selects more suppliers for Natrium components
US small modular reactor developer TerraPower has announced the selection of 12 supplier awards as it continues to build out the supply chain needed to support its first Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor power plant, in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Blykalla seeks state aid for second SMR plant
Blykalla seeks state aid for second SMR plant
Sweden's Blykalla has applied for state support for its proposed small modular reactor power plant at Untra in the Tierp municipality, for which the company applied for governmental approval last week.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Proposal for Canadian marine-based SMR plant
Proposal for Canadian marine-based SMR plant
Montreal-based Prodigy Clean Energy has announced plans for a 50 MWe full-scale Prodigy Transportable Nuclear Power Plant within the traditional territory of the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Outer dome hoisted at Xudabao unit 1
Outer dome hoisted at Xudabao unit 1
The outer dome of the double-layered containment building has been installed at unit 1 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in Liaoning Province, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.
 
New Nuclear · Friday, 28 August 2026
Welding of Akkuyu 2's primary circuit completed
Welding of Akkuyu 2's primary circuit completed
The reactor, steam generators and reactor coolant pumps are all connected in the primary circuit of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant's second unit, after the completion of the welding of the main coolant pipeline.
 
New Nuclear · Friday, 28 August 2026
Fortum's NuCore Energi applies for Swedish state support for new nuclear
Fortum's NuCore Energi applies for Swedish state support for new nuclear
NuCore Energi - a subsidiary of Finnish utility Fortum - has submitted an application to the Swedish government for state support for the construction of new nuclear generating capacity adjacent to the existing Oskarshamn site.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 27 August 2026
Reactor technology selection process progresses in Netherlands
Reactor technology selection process progresses in Netherlands
EDF and Westinghouse have been awarded contracts by the Nuclear Energy Organisation of the Netherlands - the state-owned company established for the construction and operation of two new large nuclear power plants - to carry out design studies for the plants.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Rosatom and Egypt discussing more potential units
Rosatom and Egypt discussing more potential units
Egypt's Ministry of Energy and Russia's Rosatom have held talks to review progress on El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant's construction - and also discussed further potential large and small reactor options.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Second EPR site authorised for site preparations
Second EPR site authorised for site preparations
The French government has given EDF the go-ahead to start site preparation work for the second pair of new EPR2 reactors proposed for construction.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Blykalla submits second SMR plant application
Blykalla submits second SMR plant application
Sweden's Blykalla has submitted a proposal to the Swedish government for a nuclear power plant at Untra in the Tierp municipality which would feature up to eight lead-cooled small modular reactors with a total capacity of up to 440 MWe.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Myanmar SMR site work 'could start in 2027'
Myanmar SMR site work 'could start in 2027'
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom expects to sign a contract for initial engineering surveys in Myanmar by the end of the year, with work on site beginning in 2027.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Xudabao control room simulator commissioned
Xudabao control room simulator commissioned
The full-scope simulator for units 1 and 2 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province has entered operation and will be used for training operators of the two CAP1000 reactors.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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