Contracts and procurement
IHI has been awarded a contract to supply the containment vessel and CA01 super module for Poland's first AP1000 reactor, while Westinghouse has placed conditional purchase orders with four Polish manufacturers for additional structural modules at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site.
First American Nuclear Co and South Korean contractor Hyundai E&C have elevated their EAGL-1 collaboration from a framework agreement to a binding master service agreement, covering constructability reviews, engineering consulting, and potential EPC participation.
Ankara and Seoul have formalised two memoranda of understanding covering nuclear power plant financing and broader energy cooperation, with the Sinop project and a dedicated TÜNAŞ–KEXIM working group among the concrete outcomes.
Polish nuclear developer PEJ has submitted a permit application to begin early civil works at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site, marking a concrete regulatory step toward construction of the country's first nuclear power plant.
China Nuclear Industry 24 Construction Co Ltd completed the first nuclear island concrete pour for Haiyang unit 5 on 31 October, marking the start of main construction for the CAP1000 reactor and signalling full-scale progress on Phase III of the Shandong plant.
A new agreement signed at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow establishes a joint working group to assess Uganda's nuclear infrastructure and progress site-selection engineering surveys for the planned Nakasongola Nuclear Power Plant.
From reactor design to manufacturing: NuScale Power and Doosan Enerbility take another step towards SMR deployment. 🇺🇸🇰🇷 NuScale Power has signed a contract with South Korea's Doosan Enerbility to manufacture the Upper Reactor Coolant System for the NuScale Power Module. Production will take...
The two companies will collaborate on next-generation gyrotrons and fuel cycle technologies, supporting Germany's national Fusion Hubs initiative and Proxima's commercial stellarator roadmap.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has ended construction contract negotiations with a Daewoo Engineering & Construction-led consortium for the $18.6 billion Dukovany two-unit APR1000 project, prompting Czech utility CEZ to terminate its cooperation agreement and open a fresh bidding process.
BWX Technologies' fuel subsidiary has secured a multi-year commercial contract with Antares Nuclear to produce TRISO fuel at its Lynchburg, Virginia facility, with an initial allocation of 1 metric ton uranium and provisions to scale with deployment needs.
Doosan Enerbility has signed a new contract with NuScale Power to manufacture the upper reactor coolant system of the NuScale Power Module, advancing the partnership from materials supply into full reactor component fabrication.
The Department of Energy-backed reactor developer has signed a master energy purchase agreement with the Great Plains Development Authority in Kansas, marking a commercial milestone even as the company faces criticism over its market claims.