Industry Insight

UK SMR design filings must focus on back-up systems, spent fuel to curb approval costs

Nov 20, 2015

Significant UK licencing challenges remain for Small Modular Reactor developers as the lower output capacities of modular-built units will offer limited scope for streamlining the...

Texas waste storage project targets high yield stranded fuel for initial license

Nov 19, 2015

Interim storage developer Waste Control Specialists (WCS) is focusing on waste from higher-return decommissioned sites in its initial license application, to minimize the risks on...

UK seeks 2025 coal plant cut-off; US raises advanced tech funding; Finland approves deep storage facility

Nov 19, 2015

Nuclear power news you need to know.

US waste storage development hinges on political push

Nov 2, 2015

The US nuclear industry must mobilize political support on Capitol Hill for commercial consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs) as developers look to demonstrate the stand alone...

Westinghouse seeks UK SMR deal; US nuclear capacity to rise by 2020; Lloyds aids China on seabound SMR

Nov 2, 2015

Nuclear power news you need to know.

UK to steer plutonium processing projects by year end

Oct 8, 2015

The UK government is expected to provide more direction in the coming months on its preferred solutions to recycle the world’s largest civil plutonium stockpile as third and fourth...

Japan’s first reactor restart spurs rising O&M outlook

Sep 23, 2015

Kyushu Electric Power’s successful restart of the 890–MW Sendai-1 nuclear reactor has been swiftly followed by fuel loading at Sendai 2 and analysts forecast six Japanese reactors...

Banks call for UK suppliers to tap deep funding support

Aug 27, 2015

Banks from the UK’s public and private sectors have called for more small and medium-sized UK companies to submit loan proposals as the UK nuclear sector prepares for major financing...

NuScale, NRC tackle key SMR design certification points ahead of 2016 filing

Jul 20, 2015

More than 600 employees and contractors are now engaged in a "gigantic" project to complete the design and certification process for NuScale's first plant to be...

North America's private sector invests over $1 bil in new high-spec plants

Jul 15, 2015

Nuclear power’s competitiveness is set to hike as a new generation of industry experts and investors prepare to commercialize advanced nuclear technology, Third Way, a centrist public...

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