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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 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

Framatome signs contract to provide field instrumentation to Hinkley Point C

Somerset UK (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 - Framatome signed a contract with Hinkley Point C to supply conventional field instrumentation for the two U.K. EPRs under construction at the nuclear power station located in Somerset, England. Appr

Aug 26, 2020

US versatile test reactor program chooses Bechtel-led team

Reston VA (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 - A Bechtel-led team has been selected to enter negotiations to design, engineer, and build the U.S. Versatile Test Reactor - a first-of-a-kind facility at the Idaho National Laboratory that will test

Aug 25, 2020

After Huawei, spotlight on China’s role in UK nuclear power

London (AFP) Aug 21, 2020 - After Britain ordered the phased removal of Huawei from its 5G network, attention has now switched to China's role in other areas of the UK, particularly its involvement in key nuclear power projects.

Aug 21, 2020

UAE connects first Arab nuclear plant to power grid

Dubai (AFP) Aug 19, 2020 - The oil-rich United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday that it has connected its Barakah nuclear power plant to the national grid in a new first for the Arab world.

Aug 19, 2020

Japan’s Hitachi eyes relaunch of UK nuclear plant

London (AFP) Aug 17, 2020 - Japan's Hitachi said Monday it was ready to relaunch a nuclear power project in Wales that was put on hold early last year because of wrangling over financing.

Aug 17, 2020

Belarus fuels first nuclear plant ahead of presidential poll

Minsk (AFP) Aug 7, 2020 - Belarus on Friday announced it had loaded fuel into its Russian-built nuclear power station as strongman Alexander Lukashenko prepares to contest a presidential poll on Sunday.

Aug 7, 2020

UAE starts up first Arab nuclear plant

Dubai (AFP) Aug 1, 2020 - The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, scoring another first for the Arab world.

Aug 1, 2020

French fine EDF over Hinkley Point ‘false info’

Paris (AFP) July 30, 2020 - French financial authorities handed down a 5.5 million euro ($5.9 million) fine Thursday to electricity group EDF for providing false information on its Hinkley Point nuclear project in Britain.

Jul 30, 2020

Framatome and Lockheed Martin join forces to provide additional solution for US nuclear plant instrumentation and control

Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2020 - Framatome and Lockheed Martin recently signed a teaming agreement that will integrate Lockheed Martin's Discrete Logic Solving System (DLSS) into proven Framatome instrumentation and control (I and

Jul 27, 2020

Framatome delivers first fuel reload to the largest power producer in the US

Richland WA (SPX) Jul 21, 2020 - Framatome delivered its first nuclear fuel reload to the largest power producer in the U.S. The 100 fuel assemblies were manufactured at Framatome's fuel fabrication facility in Richland, Washington

Jul 21, 2020

Framatome partners with Siteflow to support maintenance and operations digitization at nuclear facilities

Paris, France (SPX) Jul 16, 2020 - Framatome signed a partnership agreement with Siteflow to digitize operational documentation needed during nuclear power plant maintenance and operations. Siteflow is a French startup that provides

Jul 16, 2020

Reducing radioactive waste in processes to dismantle nuclear facilities

Leioa, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2020 - Recent years have seen a move into a phase to decommission and dismantle nuclear power stations and facilities, above all in Europe. By 2015, 156 reactors at nuclear facilities across the world had

Jul 13, 2020

Reducing the costs of nuclear power

Boulogne-Billancourt, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 - It is time for action if countries around the world are to meet their decarbonisation and energy security policy goals. Nuclear energy can play a key role in meeting these objectives-if the cost of

Jul 3, 2020

End of the line for France’s oldest nuclear plant

Fessenheim, France (AFP) June 29, 2020 - France's oldest nuclear plant was switched off on Monday, ending four decades of output that built the local economy but also fuelled cross-border controversy.

Jun 29, 2020

France pulls plug on country’s oldest nuclear plant

Fessenheim, France (AFP) June 28, 2020 - France's oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks, but stoking worry for the local economy.

Jun 28, 2020