Finnish small modular reactor developer Steady Energy is to build a non-nuclear pilot facility at the decommissioned Salmisaari B coal power station in central Helsinki to demonstrate the maturity and safety of its LDR-50 reactor for district heating.
The US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has announced a significant upgrade to Argonne National Laboratory's liquid metal test loop for sodium-cooled fast reactors - the largest such test facility in the USA.
The State of Idaho and the US Department of Energy have signed a targeted waiver of the 1995 Settlement Agreement, allowing Idaho National Laboratory to bring in a high-burnup nuclear fuel cask and limited amounts of used fuel from US university research reactors.
The new kit was demonstrated at the Monaco Clean Fusion Forum, which also saw a memorandum of understanding signed with eight universities and research institutions who will each use one of micro-fusion specialist Alpha Ring's Alpha-E devices.
The Dutch developer of the advanced small modular molten salt reactor, Thorizon One, has announced a partnership with French molten salt-based energy storage solutions specialist Storabelle.
Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and Norway's Institute of Energy Technology have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate the technical development of Blykalla's SEALER reactor.
Norway should build a deep geological landfill for high-level waste and a medium-depth geological repository for low- and intermediate-level waste, a group of experts considering solutions for the disposal of the country's historic radioactive waste have recommended.
Technical cooperation under a newly signed Memorandum of Agreement between Westinghouse Electric Company and the University of Saskatchewan will help accelerate deployment of the microreactor in Saskatchewan.
A memorandum of understanding and a master services agreement signed by Westinghouse Electric Company and McMaster University aim to move the eVinci microreactor towards commercialisation.
A research team led by GE Hitachi Nuclear has successfully tested an innovative new building block made of steel-concrete composite that is claimed to significantly reduce the cost of building nuclear reactor containment structures.
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