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Consortium to speed up development of lead-cooled SMRs
Five partners from Belgium, Italy, Romania and the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development, demonstration and commercialisation of lead-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs).
read more... 10/11/2023
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France's clean power clout to be tested again this winter
France's power sector is under fresh scrutiny as maintenance on several of the country's critical nuclear reactors continues just as Europe braces for another winter, when regional heating demand typically peaks.
read more... 09/11/2023
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European Commission to create SMR Industrial Alliance
In response to calls from the nuclear industry, research community and nuclear safety regulators, the European Commission will establish an Industrial Alliance dedicated to small modular reactors (SMRs) in early 2024, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has announced.
read more... 08/11/2023
Bulgaria offers Slovenia new nuclear power plant project
Bulgaria offered Slovenia to join the project for the new reactors at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant as an energy buyer or as an investor, an offer that was already made to Greece earlier this year.
read more... 30/08/2023
French nuclear watchdog ASN issues first lifespan extension to 40-year-old reactor
French nuclear watchdog ASN issued a decision allowing for the continued operation of state-owned utility EDF's Tricastin 1 nuclear reactor in southern France, the first lifetime extension granted to a French reactor after 40 years of operation.
read more... 23/08/2023