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39 Countries Now Back Plan to Triple Nuclear Capacity by 2050, WNA Says at COP31

39 Countries Now Back Plan to Triple Nuclear Capacity by 2050, WNA Says at COP31

Support for a pledge to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050 has grown to 39 countries, after Togo signed on at the World Nuclear...

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OPG Says Canada’s First Small Modular Reactor Will Miss 2030 Target, Launches Cost Review

OPG Says Canada’s First Small Modular Reactor Will Miss 2030 Target, Launches Cost Review

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has confirmed that the first of four small modular reactors (SMRs) planned for its Darlington site will not meet the October...

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China Pours First Concrete for Fourth Hualong One Reactor at San’ao

China Pours First Concrete for Fourth Hualong One Reactor at San’ao

China General Nuclear (CGN) poured first concrete for the nuclear island of San'ao unit 4 on November 10, a step the company says “marks the...

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Largest Nuclear Power Plants in the World

Largest Nuclear Power Plants in the World

The largest nuclear power plants in the world are measured by net electrical capacity, and the list is led by Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, followed by Bruce...

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Uzbekistan Targets Doubling of Uranium Output to 15,000 Tonnes by 2030

Uzbekistan Targets Doubling of Uranium Output to 15,000 Tonnes by 2030

Uzbekistan's state uranium producer, Navoiyuran, is targeting a near-doubling of annual uranium output by the end of the decade, according to presidential press materials reviewed...

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NRC Approves Construction of Dow’s Four-Unit Xe-100 Reactor Plant in Texas

NRC Approves Construction of Dow’s Four-Unit Xe-100 Reactor Plant in Texas

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved construction of a four-unit small modular reactor plant at Dow's Seadrift, Texas, chemical complex, clearing the first American...

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Akkuyu Completes Turbine Foundation for Fourth and Final Reactor Unit

Akkuyu Completes Turbine Foundation for Fourth and Final Reactor Unit

Construction crews at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant have completed a continuous concrete pour for the turbine building foundation of Unit 4, the fourth and...

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Romania’s Cernavodă Nuclear Plant Restarts Both Reactors After Drought Shutdown

Romania’s Cernavodă Nuclear Plant Restarts Both Reactors After Drought Shutdown

Romania's only nuclear power station is back at full strength after its longest outage in two decades. Operator Nuclearelectrica reconnected Cernavodă Unit 1 to the...