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Energy & Infrastructure
Dukovany’s Contractor Dispute: Changing the Company May Not Settle the Risk
An analytical reading of the Dukovany construction-contract breakdown: the next contract’s allocation of responsibilities may matter as much as the identity of the contractor.
Energy & InfrastructureDukovany Contractor Talks End: What Has—and Has Not—Changed
KHNP ended construction-contract talks with its consortium on October 29. The project continues; the government has started a weekly review system. Reported contract disputes remain attributed claims.
Energy & InfrastructureA Nuclear Construction Permit Is Not Permission to Operate
U.S. nuclear licensing offers a useful lesson for reading project headlines: identify the authorization, its conditions and the evidence that the next milestone has actually been reached.
Energy & InfrastructureHow to Read SMR Project News: Agreements, Approvals and Operation
An SMR headline may describe an agreement, a design decision or a plant milestone. Here is a practical way to separate those claims, with U.S. licensing examples from the NRC.