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The Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team produces Nuclear Power Daily's coverage of nuclear energy. We report on reactors and small modular reactors, the fuel cycle, waste and safety, policy, and fusion research. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Nuclear Power Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Scientists find explanation for abnormally fast release of gas from nuclear fuel

Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 30, 2021 - Scientists at MIPT have found a possible explanation for the anomalously fast release of gas from nuclear fuel. Supercomputer simulations have uncovered an unexpected mechanism for accelerating the

Mar 30, 2021

Wireless tech a ‘game changer’ for nuclear power plants

Bethlehem PA (SPX) Mar 29, 2021 - Safety concerns are always a part of the debate around nuclear power and its place in a growing global shift toward cleaner, low-carbon sources of energy. Wireless technology, says Rudy Shanka

Mar 29, 2021

Olkiluoto 3: Framatome teams all set for fuel loading

Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 29, 2021 - The Olkiluoto 3 EPR reactor completes a decisive stage of its commissioning. The Finnish safety authority (STUK) has authorized the fuel load for the Olkiluoto 3 EPR reactor. Loading operations led

Mar 29, 2021

The NWMO 2020 annual report celebrates progress and resilience

Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 29, 2021 - The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) continued throughout 2020 to make progress on Canada's plan for the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel despite the challenges posed by t

Mar 29, 2021

Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity

Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 29, 2021 - New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound can have strong thermoelectric properties, generating four times the transverse voltage from heat than the previous record in a cobalt-

Mar 29, 2021

Framatome to deliver PROtect advanced fuel technologies to Xcel Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Monticello MN (SPX) Mar 26, 2021 - Framatome and Xcel Energy recently signed a contract for the supply of PROtect enhanced accident tolerant fuel (EATF) technology and ATRIUM 11 fuel for the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Mon

Mar 26, 2021

Flamanville 3: complementary justifications on three nozzles of the primary circuit

Paris, France (SPX) Mar 24, 2021 - A significant safety event was declared by EDF to the French safety authority on March 3. This event is related to an incomplete consideration of the study referential requirements for the implantat

Mar 24, 2021

Lightbridge and Framatome announce settlement agreement to dissolve Enfission Joint Venture

Reston VA (SPX) Mar 24, 2021 - Lightbridge Corporation an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, and Framatome, a leader in nuclear fuel, components and reactor services, have reached a Settlement Agreement (the 'Agreement') t

Mar 24, 2021

Pentagon extends contract options for nuclear microreactor prototype

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 23, 2021 - The Department of Defense awarded contract options this week to two companies to create a final prototype for a transportable advanced nuclear microreactor.

Mar 23, 2021

Detecting nuclear power pollution separate from global fall out

Lancaster UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 - Researchers looking at miniscule levels of plutonium pollution in our soils have made a breakthrough which could help inform future 'clean up' operations on land around nuclear power plants, saving

Mar 19, 2021

Nuclear power is important for a decarbonized, resilient energy system

Palo Alto CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 - Electric Power Research Institute President and CEO Dr. Arshad Mansoor this month stressed the importance of nuclear generation to the resilience of the U.S. electric power system and expressed conf

Mar 17, 2021

Putin, Erdogan launch new phase of Turkish nuclear power plant

Ankara (AFP) March 10, 2021 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday to improve cooperation as they launched the construction of a new reactor at Turkey's first nuclear power plant.

Mar 10, 2021

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Fermi Energia Advance small modular reactor technology cooperation

Wilmington MC (SPX) Mar 09, 2021 - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Fermi Energia OU have advanced their technology collaboration by entering into a teaming agreement to support the potential deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular

Mar 9, 2021

UAE to host IAEA’s most complex nuclear crisis drill

Dubai (AFP) March 9, 2021 - The UAE said Tuesday it will this year host the International Atomic Energy Agency's most complex nuclear emergency exercise, a 36-hour drill that takes place every three to five years.

Mar 9, 2021

Deep Isolation discusses advanced reactor spent fuel disposal

Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2021 - Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in nuclear waste storage and disposal solutions, will discuss horizontal borehole disposal as an option for spent fuel from advanced reactors at the upcoming Wast

Mar 8, 2021

North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF surpasses $125M assets

New York NY (SPX) Mar 08, 2021 - The North Shore Global Uranium ETF has surpassed $125 million in assets under management (AUM) as of 3/1/21. Launched on 12/4/19, the fund has produced a cumulative return of over 119% (on a price b

Mar 8, 2021