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Cumbrian community exits repository site search

Cumbrian community exits repository site search

Allerdale - one of four locations being evaluated - has been removed from the UK geological disposal facility siting process due to limited suitable geology, Nuclear Waste Services announced. It is expected that a final site selection could be a process which takes 10-15 years.

Waste & Recycling 28 September 2023

Viewpoint: Advancing nuclear energy in Europe

Viewpoint: Advancing nuclear energy in Europe

Industry leaders, experts and stakeholders considered the question of Cooperation, Complementarity and the Fleet Effect during an EDF-organised side-event at the 67th IAEA General Conference. Here, Roberto Adinolfi, Chairman of Ansaldo Nucleare, outlines the key insights from the session. 

Perspectives 29 September 2023

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Fuel removed from first Hunterston B reactor

Fuel removed from first Hunterston B reactor

The defueling of the first of two reactors at the Hunterston B advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant in the UK has been completed on time and on budget, EDF Energy announced.

Waste & Recycling 21 September 2023

Private investment sought for Sizewell C project

Private investment sought for Sizewell C project

The UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has launched a pre-qualification for potential investors as the first stage of an equity raise process for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant project in Suffolk, England.

New Nuclear 18 September 2023

More funding to progress UK nuclear-generated hydrogen project

More funding to progress UK nuclear-generated hydrogen project

An EDF-led consortium has been awarded UK government funding to further develop plans to use heat and electricity from Heysham 2 to create hydrogen for use in the production of asphalt and cement. Earlier this year, a feasibility study demonstrated the significant benefit the project would bring in proving how nuclear could power hydrogen electrolysis.

Corporate 14 September 2023

Tokamak Energy reports Demo4 milestone cryogenic tests

Tokamak Energy reports Demo4 milestone cryogenic tests

Tokamak Energy says its engineers have successfully validated electromagnetic current test results of the first of 14 toroidal field limbs in liquid nitrogen at temperatures of -200 degrees Celsius.

New Nuclear 14 September 2023

UK nuclear workforce at highest for 20 years, says NIA

UK nuclear workforce at highest for 20 years, says NIA

The number of people employed in the civil nuclear sector in the UK has risen to 77,413, according to the Nuclear Industry Association's annual Jobs Map survey.

Nuclear Policies 12 September 2023

Joint UK-Japanese research on waste and decommissioning

Joint UK-Japanese research on waste and decommissioning

Two research projects are to receive funding totalling GBP1 million (USD1.2 million) from UK and Japanese research councils to develop technologies to detect and process radioactive waste. The research will support work to decommission the UK's Sellafield plant and remove radioactive debris from the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan.

Waste & Recycling 12 September 2023

Tweaks to FLEX design sees boost in power output

Tweaks to FLEX design sees boost in power output

MoltexFLEX says a reevaluation of certain aspects of its FLEX molten salt reactor design has "yielded a more robust scientific and engineering foundation" for the reactor. A refinement of the reactor design has delivered a 50% boost in power output, while maintaining previous targets for overnight capital cost and cost per MWh.

New Nuclear 11 September 2023

Japan, UK enhance cooperation on HTGRs

Japan, UK enhance cooperation on HTGRs

The UK's National Nuclear Laboratory and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors, as well as a memorandum for collaboration on the next stage of the UK HTGR Demonstration Reactor programme.

New Nuclear 08 September 2023