Canada’s L3 MAPPS and Terrestrial Energy have signed an agreement to develop real-time simulation for Terrestrial’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR). Terrestrial aims to commercialise the modular reactor design – which can produce 400 MWt (190 MWe) of energy – in the 2020s. world-nuclear-news.org

Hot functional testing has been completed at the Olkiluoto-3 EPR nuclear unit under construction in Finland with regular electricity generation scheduled for September 2019, four months later than expected, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said. Nucnet.org

The success of nuclear power plant refurbishment programmes in Canada will allow all of North America’s nuclear industry to draw on Canadian talent and technology as they refurbish their ageing nuclear fleet, the incoming president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has said. Nucnet.org

Nobody seems keen to buy the partially built V.C. Summer nuclear plant in South Carolina, so now the state’s biggest power provider is trying to sell off the equipment. Bloomberg.com