Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri have formed the “NexStart SMR Alliance” to advance their plans to license and build a Westinghouse SMR (small modular reactor) at Callaway in central Missouri. The two companies are bidding for US Department of Energy funding, in competition with others, to support the initial licensing and construction of SMRs in...
Paladin Energy said May 18 its Kayelekera Mine resumed 100% operational status as Malawian employees ended industrial action that began May 11. Paladin and the Local Staff Association signed a binding agreement to end the strike May 17, facilitating a full return to work...
Areva JSPM says it has successfully qualified a new hydrodynamic shaft seal system (HD seal) for reactor coolant pumps that can withstand station blackout conditions (SBO) for 120 hours. While new safety authority requirements implemented in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear...
A project to build up to six highly active (liquid) storage tanks, or HASTs, at Sellafield — estimated in 2010 to cost up to £1.5 billion – appears likely...
Westinghouse announced May 15 that its subsidiary PaR Nuclear would form a joint venture with China’s Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Group. The new joint venture is to be called PaR-TZ...
UK Minister of State for Energy Charles Hendry said that he still expects to see three consortia taking forward new nuclear power projects in the UK. In bullish remarks...
Potential investors in new nuclear power in the UK will need to know what power price is going to be guaranteed to them and who will guarantee it before...
Areva and Mitsubishi have entered an agreement that will see the companies exploring tens of thousands of square kilometers of Australia for uranium over several years, Areva said May...
Canadian uranium mining giant Cameco Corp. has signed an agreement to buy Nukem Energy GMBH from private equity firm Advent International, Cameco said May 14. The €105 million (US$136...