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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.

Framatome and General Atomics announce collaboration to develop fast modular reactor

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2020 - Framatome and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) have announced plans to collaborate on the development of GA-EMS' helium-cooled 50-MWe fast modular reactor (FMR). Due to its advanced

Oct 14, 2020

Close-up monitoring of radioactive processes

Chesham UK (SPX) Oct 14, 2020 - The Model 214 Non-Browning fixed focus lens from Resolve Optics is designed for close-up monitoring of radioactive processes in nuclear power, reprocessing and waste storage plants. This durab

Oct 14, 2020

Bulgaria plans to install US-made nuclear reactor

Sofia (AFP) Oct 13, 2020 - Bulgaria plans to add a new US-built reactor to its Soviet-era nuclear power plant at Kozloduy on the Danube, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Tuesday.

Oct 13, 2020

US ousts China from Romania nuclear project

Bucharest (AFP) Oct 9, 2020 - Washington's energy ministry said Friday that the US would dislodge China as financier for two new reactors at Romania's only nuclear power plant.

Oct 9, 2020

Framatome US Richland site opens its new $20 million uranium recovery facility

Richland WA (SPX) Oct 07, 2020 - Framatome recently opened its $20 million uranium recovery facility at its fuel manufacturing site in Richland, Washington. After nearly three years of construction, the 11,000-square-foot ura

Oct 7, 2020

Study: Renewables, not nuclear power, can provide truly low carbon energy

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 05, 2020 - Nuclear energy programs around the world have failed to deliver on promises of carbon emissions reductions, according to a new survey.

Oct 5, 2020

Filtering radioactive elements from water

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 - The nuclear accident in Fukushima remains etched into people's memories. It was a catastrophe that caused huge amounts of radioactively contaminated water to be released, which the operators of the

Sep 30, 2020

Framatome joins with academia and industry partners to develop nuclear reactor digital twins

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 23, 2020 - Framatome recently partnered with the EDF Group, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and six additional organizations from academia and the French nuclear sector to pool r

Sep 23, 2020

Russia’s giant nuclear-powered icebreaker makes maiden voyage

Saint Petersburg (AFP) Sept 22, 2020 - Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika, touted as the most powerful of its kind and a symbol of Moscow's Arctic ambitions, set off on its maiden voyage on Tuesday.

Sep 22, 2020

EU court approves UK state aid for nuclear plant

Brussels (AFP) Sept 22, 2020 - The EU's highest court on Tuesday approved British government subsidies for a new nuclear power plant, throwing out an appeal by Austria to rule them in breach of the bloc's state aid rules.

Sep 22, 2020

Texas A and M System and the University of Tennessee join forces in bid for contract at Pantex, Y-12

College Station TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 - Top leaders of The Texas A and M University System and the University of Tennessee System announced a strategic alliance Thursday for purposes of joining a team to compete for the management-and-ope

Sep 18, 2020

Hitachi scraps plan for UK nuclear plant

London (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - Japan's Hitachi on Wednesday scrapped its multi-billion-pound nuclear plant project in Wales in face of the deteriorating investment environment, in a blow to Britain's atomic energy programme.

Sep 16, 2020

Hitachi scraps UK nuclear power plant project

Tokyo (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - Hitachi said Wednesday it is pulling out of a multi-billion-pound nuclear power plant project in Wales, citing a worsening investment environment, in a blow to Britain's low-carbon energy ambitions.

Sep 16, 2020

Doubts over Hitachi nuclear project in Wales causes concern

London (AFP) Sept 15, 2020 - Local council leaders on Tuesday voiced concerns following reports that Japan's Hitachi is to withdraw from a multi-million-pound nuclear power project off northwest Wales.

Sep 15, 2020

Iran says 1,044 centrifuges active at underground plant

Tehran (AFP) Sept 13, 2020 - The head of Iran's atomic agency said Sunday that 1,044 centrifuges were active at the Fordow uranium enrichment plant, in line with steps to reduce its commitments to the nuclear deal.

Sep 13, 2020

Framatome partners with ADAGOS to bring artificial intelligence to the nuclear energy industry

Toulouse, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 - Framatome signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Adagos to bring advanced, parsimonious artificial intelligence technology to the nuclear energy industry. Adagos' NeurEco architecture introd

Sep 4, 2020