Current Events and News

Global First Power (GFP) has filed the first application in Canada for a small modular reactor (SMR) project to be located at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) Chalk River site.

A five-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeals against Decision No. 1-1/2015 of the Minister of Environment and Water, which approved the environmental impact assessment in connection with the implementation of an investment proposal "Construction of a new nuclear power plant of the latest generation on Site 2 of Kozloduy NPP".

China's Ministry of Environment is proceeding with an environmental impact assessment of a project to build an ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) in Changjiang, Hainan, with construction set to begin by the end of this year.

"Kozloduy NPP - New Build" EAD prepared and provided the Nuclear Regulatory Agency with information regarding the preparation of the Eighth National Report of the Republic of Bulgaria under the Convention on Nuclear Safety, within the framework of its competencies.

Holtec International has made progress on its work on its SMR-160 small modular reactor through agreements with Energoatom and Exelon Generation, announced during the Holtec SMR-160 Advisory Board Winter Meeting held on February 8 in Jupiter, Florida.

Dutch NRG will conduct material testing, including graphite as a moderator, for key components of Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) under a contract announced on February 5. The IMSR is a Generation IV reactor being developed in Canada and the United States.