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Haiyang 3 Hot Tests Done, Fuel Load Targets 2026
Haiyang unit 3 completes hot functional tests on 13 August, clearing the final pre-fuel milestone ahead of a targeted 2026 grid connection.
Read →India's SHANTI Bill Rules Open for Comment Until Sept 4
India opens public comment on SHANTI Act draft rules, enabling private nuclear participation and a single composite licence framework.
Read →X-energy Gets $1B More, TerraPower Lands Korea Deals
DOE adds $1B to X-energy's Seadrift project; TerraPower signs EPC and commercialization deals with HDEC and SK Innovation.
Read →TRISO-X Extends ORNL Partnership 30 Months for HALEU Scale-Up
TRISO-X signs a 30-month CRADA extension with ORNL, advancing HALEU fuel scale-up for the Xe-100 SMR and a planned 180-acre Oak Ridge campus.
Read →Urenco: EU Russian Fuel Ambiguity Hits Investment
Urenco CEO warns EU policy ambiguity on Russian fuel is slowing enrichment investment, even as H1 2026 order book rises 28%.
Read →Gates and South Korean PM Meet on Natrium SMR Deals
Bill Gates and South Korea's PM discuss Natrium SMR supply chain partnerships as Seoul eyes nuclear for AI-era power demand.
Read →Blue Energy and GVH Move 2.5-GW Texas Project to Licensing
Blue Energy and GVH advance Victoria, Texas 2.5-GW gas-plus-nuclear project to engineering and licensing, targeting 2030 gas power and 2032 SMR additions.
Read →Cernavoda Both Units Offline as Danube Hits 182cm
Romania's entire 1,300 MWe Cernavoda nuclear plant is offline after the Danube fell to 182cm, below the 185cm operational threshold.
Read →Constellation Signs 920 MW in Nuclear PPAs in Q2 2026
Constellation secured ~920 MW in 15-to-20-year nuclear PPAs in Q2 2026, including a 176 MW Walmart deal at Dresden.
Read →Mochovce-4 Achieves Criticality at 471 MWe
Slovakia's Mochovce-4, a 471-MWe VVER, hit criticality on August 6, moving toward grid connection and lifting Slovakia to six operating PWRs.
Read →Bailong Unit 2 Conventional Island Concrete Pour Complete
SPIC pours 1,732 m³ of concrete over 38+ hours for Bailong Unit 2 turbine island basemat — part of a CNY120B six-unit site.
Read →El Dabaa Unit 1 Containment Reaches 34m Height
Egypt's El Dabaa Unit 1 inner containment reaches 34m after 1,608 m³ pour; fifth tier and polar crane support due mid-August.
Read →Congress Targets Enrichment Rules and Yucca Mountain in 2026
Two Senate bills introduced in August 2026 would reform NRC enrichment licensing and terminate Yucca Mountain's repository status.
Read →Palisades Restart: What It Really Takes to Reopen a Reactor
Holtec's Palisades restart reveals how costly and complex nuclear recommissioning really is — and what it means for the U.S. nuclear renaissance.
Read →Canada's SMR Bet Risks Deep U.S. Fuel Dependence
York University expert warns Canada's SMR rollout creates uranium enrichment dependency with no domestic solution in sight.
Read →Bechtel Takes Site Control as Poland's First Nuclear Plant Breaks Ground
Bechtel assumes site management at Lubiatowo-Kopalino as earthworks begin on Poland's first nuclear plant, targeting first concrete in Q4 2028.
Read →SMR Industry Roundup August 2026
Nine deals in one week: NuScale I&C, mPower revival, Oklo acquires ARMEC, TerraPower UK GDA — August 2026 SMR roundup.
Read →NWMO's CAD50M Centre of Expertise Targets 2028 Open
Canada's NWMO unveils final design for CAD50M Centre of Expertise in Ignace, Ontario, targeting a 2028 opening ahead of DGR construction.
Read →Moltex Buyer Drops $50M IPO, Merges with ED Telemedicine Firm
Nuclea Energy withdraws $50M IPO and merges with a telemedicine firm, leaving Moltex's New Brunswick SMR assets in prolonged limbo.
Read →Tianwan 8 Cold Tests Done, Fuel Load Next in 2027
CNNC confirms Tianwan 8 cold functional tests complete, marking transition to commissioning phase ahead of 2027 commercial operation target.
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