To attract financial institutions to new build projects, the nuclear industry needs to avoid 'nuke-speak' and learn to talk like a banker, writes George Borovas.
OMZ subsidiary Izhorskiye Zavody has carried out pressure tests on the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel intended for unit 4 of Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant.
Plans for nuclear power figure heavily in South African energy policy - and the country aims to ensure long-term security of supply by developing its own fuel cycle capabilities.
In the 60th anniversary year of nuclear energy, leaders from the sector debated the investment model for future construction projects.
Transparency is a key watchword behind the United Arab Emirates' program to build its first nuclear power plant, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation chief Mohamed Al Hammadi told the World Nuclear Association's 2014 Annual Symposium.
OMZ subsidiary Izhorskiye Zavody has carried out pressure tests on the VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel intended for unit 4 of Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant.
Installation of the first of the four steam generators at the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia will be completed within the next few days, general designer of the new plant Atomenergoproekt said today.
The process of loading fuel assemblies into the reactor core of unit 1 at the Fangjiashan plant in China's Zhejiang province has begun._44x48.jpg "PGSFR (KAERI) 44x48")
South Korean designers have secured help from Argonne National Laboratory to develop an advanced reactor, which is partly based on America's successful EBR-II prototype. A 150 MWe sodium-cooled demonstration unit is slated for 2028.