On 29 August 2023, the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) issued a Draft Own Initiative Report (INI) dedicated to Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
Finnish EPR reaches full capacity for first time
Power output from the 1600 MWe Olkiluoto 3 EPR in Finland has reached 100% as commissioning tests of the reactor continue, operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has announced. Regular electricity...
Romania / Nuclearelectrica And Nova Power Form Joint Company For SMR Deployment
Romanian state-owned nuclear company Nuclearelectrica and private Romanian firm Nova Power & Gas SRL have established a project company called Ropower Nuclear to develop small modular reactors...
France / Government Drafting Legislation To Prepare For First EPR2 Nuclear Plant
France is drafting legislation to streamline bureaucracy around nuclear power projects and aims to start construction of its first next-generation EPR2 nuclear power plant before May 2027, an energy...
Nuclear power ‘unlikely’ to be in EU’s next Russia sanctions, diplomats say
Nuclear energy production is "unlikely" to be part of the next package of EU sanctions against the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine, while work on an oil-price cap is continuing, according to...
First nuclear reactor to be shut down in Belgium
According to the Belgian law on nuclear phase-out, the Doel 3 nuclear reactor will stop operating on Friday after 40 years of activity.
Westinghouse Establishes Cooperation with Dozens of Polish Suppliers for the Construction of the First Polish Nuclear Power Plant
Westinghouse Electric Company has signed Memoranda of Understanding with 22 companies in Poland. The MoUs, signed in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzeziński, allow for...
French strike reduces nuclear power output
Strikes had reduced already low nuclear power generation in France by 1.7 gigawatts (GW) by 0617 GMT on Thursday, according to data from power group EDF (EDF.PA), which is under pressure to increase...