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Nuclear


Nuclear power plant design, licensing, construction, operation and maintenance, refueling, and uprating.

Nuclear’s Glimmer Ushers in Spate of Lifetime Extensions

Despite its ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine in early November gave state nuclear operator Energoatom the green light to operate Unit 1 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for…



POWER Digest [December 2023]

News briefs curated by POWER’s editors curated for our December 2023 issue. Kenya Set to Expand Hydropower Project Kenya Electricity Generating Co. (KenGen) said it received approval from government officials…


Westinghouse Secures First Customer for eVinci Nuclear Microreactor

Westinghouse’s first customer for its eVinci microreactor—a flagship 5-MWe/13-MWth “nuclear battery”—is poised to be the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Canada’s second-largest research and technology organization. SRC—a Saskatchewan government Treasury Board…


INL Achieves Fabrication of Commercial-Grade Specialized Nuclear Fuel Pellets

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has fabricated roughly two dozen commercial-grade fuel pellets of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) uranium dioxide (UO2), the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed on Nov. 20. The…


U.S. Pledges to Help Philippines Develop Nuclear Power

The U.S. will help develop a nuclear power industry in the Philippines after both countries signed an agreement Nov. 17 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco,…


The POWER Interview: DOE’s Unique New Advanced Nuclear Reactor Test Beds

In October, the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) kicked off a ceremony to repurpose the iconic Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) containment structure at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as a new…