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[NuclearID]

Turkey’s Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is moving deeper into the commissioning runway. Anadolu reports Unit 1 is in final pre-operational prep, including equipment/system checks, primary circuit hydraulic test prep, imitation fuel loading, and hot/cold testing coordination with Turkish nuclear authorities.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059024062349758533

 

[NuclearID]

India may be moving toward another civil nuclear JV track. Local/PSU sector reporting says NLC India signed an MoU with NPCIL for nuclear projects, including potential 700 MW indigenous PHWRs. Worth monitoring for clean NPCIL/NLC/PIB primary confirmation.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059218995056631879

 

[william]

Time to kill the bad narrative on atom splitting.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059082393231798598

 

[NuclearID]

Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant is moving closer to formal lock in with Russia. Interfax reports the project has entered the final stage of formalization, with Rosatom in the lead role, and key agreements on project parameters and financing expected around Putin’s Astana visit.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059368697542697038

 

[NuclearID]

The Netherlands’ SMR push is moving through the parliamentary machinery. The Dutch Senate’s Economic Affairs / Climate and Green Growth committee submitted May 26 input for further written consultation on accelerating the national SMR programme, including the Opmeer / Hollands Kroon project.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059427466112848278

 

[NuclearID]

Russia’s floating nuclear power track just logged a hardware milestone. Rosatom’s ZiO-Podolsk manufactured and sent the first RITM-200S reactor unit for the lead PEB-106 floating nuclear power unit, designed around two 58 MWe reactors for remote industrial power supply.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059569709264110011

 

[NuclearID]

The UK just closed a long nuclear cleanup chapter at Trawsfynydd. Nuclear Restoration Services says the Higher Activity Waste programme is complete after two decades, with nearly 2,300 waste packages processed and placed into secure long term on site storage.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059730520116764967

 

[NuclearID]

Sweden’s nuclear revival is moving into state backed industrial policy. The government proposed taking a 60% state ownership/voting stake in Videberg Kraft AB for new nuclear on the Värö Peninsula: 3 to 5 SMRs, around 1,500 MW, with up to SEK 1.8B initial capital and possible later construction injections.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2059942883923304582

 

[NuclearID]

Poland’s nuclear regulator is now coordinating deeper with Central Europe’s nuclear oversight bloc. PAA says regulators from Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, and Finland met in Kutná Hora to discuss oversight of existing/planned NPPs, with Poland also briefing legislative changes for preliminary work before final nuclear construction approval.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2060109231575994594

 

[william]

The U.S. Navy will test the nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford as a floating power plant this summer, using the carrier’s reactors to supply electricity to Naval Station Norfolk.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2060093347448885619

Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford To Act As Floating Nuclear Power Plant For Facilities On Land

The Pentagon is exploring ways to keep the power on at critical bases after attacks or natural disasters, and there's a history of ships acting in this role.

www.twz.com

 

[NuclearID]

South Korea’s civil nuclear buildout advanced today. KHNP began reactor building construction at Shin Hanul Unit 4 after first concrete was poured for the reactor building foundation. Completion is targeted for 2033.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2060306969282363768