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Holtec deepens relationship with South Korea for SMR deployment

May 4, 2023, 12:01PMNuclear News

From left: Hyundai E&C president and CEO Young-joon Yoon, Holtec president and CEO Kris Singh, South Korean minister of trade, industry and energy Chang-yang Lee, and K-Sure president and chairman Inho Lee. (Photo: Holtec)

Two South Korean financial institutions—the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM)—have signed pacts with Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary) to provide support to Holtec’s SMR-160 projects around the world, the American firm announced on May 2.

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Will Palisades be the “comeback kid”?

Historic nuclear plant restart could happen in 2025.

April 11, 2025, 3:03PMNuclear News

Mike Mlynarek believes in this expression: “In the end it will be OK; and if it’s not OK, it’s not the end.”As the site vice president at Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert...

Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning

April 1, 2025, 3:00PMRadwaste Solutions

The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The...

Issues arise over South Korean access to U.S. nuclear info

March 27, 2025, 12:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe

The Korea Times has reported that a Department of Energy contract employee at Idaho National Laboratory has been terminated for trying to take INL-owned, export-controlled, proprietary nuclear...

DOE releases $56.7M in second round of Palisades loan funding

March 18, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced this week the release of the second part of Holtec’s loan disbursement for the Palisades nuclear plant restart plans in Michigan....

NorthStar closes on Vallecitos D&D agreement

March 18, 2025, 7:06AMRadwaste Solutions

NorthStar Group Services has announced that it has closed on an agreement to acquire ownership of the Vallecitos Nuclear Center from GE Vernova and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy for NorthStar's...

Holtec and Hyundai expand SMR-300 fleet plans, starting with Palisades

February 25, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

Leaders from Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction gathered at the Palisades site in western Michigan today to announce an “expanded cooperation agreement” to...

N.J. court finds Oyster Creek spent fuel casks are “permanent”

February 27, 2025, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions

The Tax Court of New Jersey has ruled that Oyster Creek’s spent nuclear fuel storage casks are subject to taxation as real property....

NRC issues Palisades’ draft environmental review, seeks public comment

February 4, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking for public comments until March 3 on its environmental assessment (EA) and draft finding of no significant impact at Michigan’s Palisades nuclear...