Industry Insight

Politics and tech align over SMRs in Canada

Oct 20, 2020

Canada, with hundreds of small, isolated communities and hard-to-reach quarries, mines, and oil sand operations scattered across thousands of kilometers, is perfect to develop an...

Work on test reactor seen boosting US nuclear industry

Oct 6, 2020

The U.S. Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) has moved into a new stage in its development and will be the rising tide that floats all boats across the country’s nuclear industry, according...

Two novel reactors target niche corners of the market

Oct 6, 2020

Two new reactor designs show how the new nuclear industry is being forged to meet a range of energy needs though fuel availability remains a potential roadblock.

EDF updates Fessenheim plans after regulator warning

Sep 15, 2020

EDF’s plans to decommission France’s oldest nuclear power station, the dual-reactor Fessenheim plant, have been updated after nuclear regulator ASN warned the utility needed to go back...

UK looks to cut new build costs by almost a third by 2030

Sep 15, 2020

A Nuclear Industry Institute (NIA) report outlines how to cut new build costs by 30% over the next 10 years, as industry heads warn the negative perception of nuclear means expensive...

UK dockyard turns to VR to apply modular approach to nuclear

Sep 1, 2020

A small modular reactor (SMR) project at the Liverpool dockyards is leaning on virtual reality to aid in planning and training, project leaders say.

NuScale NRC approval overshadows UAMPS delay

Sep 1, 2020

NuScale’s small modular reactor design has been closely linked with its likely first customer, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), but the regulatory design approval shows...

Next gen reactor design aims to ease security concerns

Aug 18, 2020

The public’s perception of the safety of nuclear power is one of the industry’s largest hurdles to greater adoption, with horror stories around Chernobyl and Fukushima dominating the...

Nuclear looks to hydrogen to pay the bills

Aug 18, 2020

Competition from low-cost natural gas and the falling price of renewables is forcing the nuclear industry to find a paying sideline for existing and planned plants to ensure they are...

Regulators tackle SMRs to give them room to grow

Aug 5, 2020

As the commercial use of small modular reactors (SMRs) moves closer, regulators are working to rewrite the rules governing nuclear power plants to avoid suffocating the new technology...

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