July 2024

Shake Tests Improve Seismic Safety of Fry Storage Systems

Researchers subjected two full-sized dry storage systems for used nuclear fuel to simulated seismic events to help improve understanding of the potential impacts of earthquakes on fuel in storage at more than 70 US reactor sites...

July 2024

Japan-UK Enhance Cooperation on Fusion

British inertial fusion energy developer First Light Fusion has hosted a delegation from the Japanese government, headed by State Minister Soichiro Imaeda from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The visit comes as t..

July 2024

Framatome to Supply Fuel for Slovak VVER Reactors

Slovak utility Slovenské elektrárne has signed a contract with France's Framatome for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the VVER-440 reactors at its Bohunice and Mochovce plants, starting from 2027...

July 2024

SMRs Feature in Indian Budget

The Indian government has announced plans to partner with the private sector to develop small modular reactors in a 2024-25 budget announcement which recognises a significant role for nuclear in the country's future energy mix...

July 2024

More Funding for Rolls-Royce Space Microreactor

Rolls-Royce has secured an additional GBP4.8 million (USD6.2 million) in funding from the UK Space Agency to advance the development and demonstration of key technologies in its space nuclear microreactor...

July 2024

China Unveils World’s 1st Meltdown-Proof Nuclear Reactor with 105 MW Capacity

In a global first, researchers at Tsinghua University in China have successfully demonstrated a meltdown-proof nuclear fission reactor. The twin reactor design can generate 105 MW of power each and has been in the works since 2016. The technology is a wel..

July 2024

Rosatom and Hungary Reaffirm Commitment to Paks II Nuclear Project

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Peter Szijjártó held discussions as part of a joint working visit to Turkey. The parties noted the high level of implementation of the Paks II project under const..

July 2024

GA Progresses with Silicon Carbide Fuel Cladding Development

General Atomics has manufactured the first batch of full-length SiGA silicon carbide composite tubes designed for pressurised water reactors. The company is developing nuclear fuel rods that can withstand higher temperatures than materials currently used...

July 2024

Gulf State UAE Considers a Second Nuclear Power Plant

The United Arab Emirates is considering building a second nuclear power plant to meet growing demand for electricity in the oil-rich Gulf state, a government official told Reuters. The country of some 10 million people has become a proponent of nuclear po..

July 2024

Fusion Funding and Jobs Growing Fast, Says Key Industry Report

The Global Fusion Industry in 2024 report says that more than USD900 million has been invested in the fusion industry in the past year, and more than 1000 jobs created...

July 2024

Construction Starts on Xudabao 2

The first batch of concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning Province, marking the official start of construction of the unit...

July 2024

Czech Republic About to Choose Between Korea, France for Nuclear Plant Project

Cautious optimism is growing about the possibility of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) defeating its French competitor, EDF, in the bid for a 30 trillion won ($22 billion) project to build nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic, as the selection of..

July 2024

Canadian Town Declares Willingness to Host Repository

The Township of Ignace in north-western Ontario has become the first community to confirm its willingness to move forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel...

July 2024

US Study Examines Feasibility of Coal-to-Nuclear Conversion

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan ranks the feasibility of converting 245 operational coal power plants in the USA into advanced nuclear reactors, providing valuable insights for policymakers and utilities to meet decarbonisation goals...

July 2024

EDF to Modify Nuward Design to Aid Commercialisation

France's EDF plans to optimise the design of its Nuward small modular reactor design, focusing on existing and proven technologies. The move follows feedback from potential European customers in order to guarantee that project deadlines and budgets are me..

July 2024

Korean City to Study Feasibility of i-SMR Deployment

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Daegu Metropolitan City for the construction of a small modular reactor power plant at a high-tech industrial complex near Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport...

July 2024

EC Approves Completion of Romanian Reactors

The European Commission has issued a positive opinion on the technical and nuclear safety aspects of the construction of units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania. Unit 3 is scheduled to start commercial operation in 2030 and unit 4 the fo..

July 2024

Companies Sign Agreements to Support Polish SMR Deployment

Polish company ORLEN Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has signed a teaming agreement and two bilateral agreements with North American companies to support the planned deployment of a fleet of BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland...

July 2024

Simulator Launched for Development of Korea's i-SMR

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power announced it has built an initial version of a simulator at the KHNP Central Research Institute to verify the operational suitability of the Innovative Small Modular Reactor (i-SMR)...

June 2024

Uzbekistan SMR Plant Construction Preparations Under Way

Infrastructure work for a six-unit small modular reactor nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan is expected to begin in the autumn, after the signing of a protocol on the entry into force of the construction contract signed last month...

June 2024

Ohi Units Cleared for Another 10 Years' Operation

Japan's nuclear regulator has approved Kansai Electric Power Company's long-term reactor management plan for units 3 and 4 of its Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, allowing the units to operate beyond 30 years. They become the first reactors to..

June 2024

Estonian Parliament Passes Resolution to Promote Nuclear Energy

The Estonian parliament has passed a resolution supporting the adoption of nuclear energy in the country based on an analysis conducted by the Nuclear Energy Working Group...

June 2024

Sanmen 3 Containment Walls Take Shape

The three steel rings forming the walls of the main containment shell have been hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province...

June 2024

Vattenfall Narrows Search for SMR Supplier

Sweden's Vattenfall has shortlisted Rolls-Royce SMR and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy as potential suppliers of small modular reactors for its Ringhals site. Meanwhile, the country's nuclear regulator has proposed making the early evaluation of new reactor te..

June 2024

US Microreactor Clears Initial Stage of Pre-Testing Safety Review

Microreactor startup Radiant Industries has announced that the US Department of Energy has reviewed and approved the Safety Design Strategy for its Kaleidos microreactor in the National Reactor Innovation Center's Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments..

June 2024

Finnish Nuclear Start-up Steady Energy to Begin Construction of Small Modular Nuclear Pilot Plant

Helsinki, Finland – Finnish nuclear start-up Steady Energy is set to start construction of its first small modular nuclear (SMR) pilot plant in Finland next year. Potential sites include the Finnish capital Helsinki and two other cities. CEO Tommi Nyman e..

June 2024

DOE-Designed Railcar Cleared for Use

The Atlas railcar - developed by the US Department of Energy to transport used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste - has been certified by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to operate on all major freight railroads in the USA...

June 2024

EDF Completes GE Steam Power Acquisition

GE Vernova has completed the sale of a portion of its nuclear conventional islands technology and services, including its Arabelle steam turbines, to EDF. Arabelle Solutions is now a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF...

May 2024

Contract for Refurbishment of Loviisa Turbines

Finnish utility Fortum has awarded a contract to Doosan Škoda Power to modernise the low-pressure turbines at its Loviisa nuclear power plant as part of lifetime extension-related investments. The modernisation of the turbines will also increase the total..

May 2024

Argentina's CAREM SMR Project to Have Critical Design Review

The Critical Design Review for Argentina's CAREM small modular reactor should be completed within 60 days, the new president of the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Germán Guido Lavalle, has said...

May 2024

Study to Assess Benefits of Hartlepool SMR Plant

X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear have commissioned Teesside University to undertake a study of the potential regional benefits and economic impacts of a proposed power plant in Hartlepool, UK, based on X-energy's Xe-100 high temperature gas-cooled reactor...

May 2024

Belarus Ratifies Updates to Nuclear Power Plant Agreement with Russia

The Belarus council of ministers has ratified protocol amendments which allow extension of the warranty period from those in the original 2011 intergovernmental agreement with Russia for the construction of the country's nuclear power plant...

May 2024

Japanese-Canadian JV for Fusion Technology Development

Private Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have formed a joint venture - named Fusion Fuel Cycles Inc - aimed at developing and deploying deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion fuel cycle technologies...

May 2024

Hot Testing Completed at First Zhangzhou Unit

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province. The unit is the first of three Hualong..

May 2024

Life Extensions Vital to Underpin Future Expansion: Constellation

Expanding capacity with uprates and new build at existing nuclear plant sites are part of Constellation Energy's plans to meet growing needs for clean energy in the USA - even a restart of Three Mile Island is not ruled out - but extending the operating l..

May 2024

Facility to Demonstrate Rolls-Royce SMR Module Production

Rolls-Royce SMR has announced plans for a facility in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK, to manufacture and test prototype modules for its small modular reactors...

May 2024

Swedish Project to Develop Gen IV Nuclear Power System

The Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK50 million (USD4.7 million) for a project led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg for the development of an entire Generation IV nuclear power system. The project also aims to rebuild..

May 2024

South Korean State-Owned Nuclear Developer in Talks to Build UK Plant

Kepco has held discussions about developing Wylfa Newydd site on Anglesey..

May 2024

EDF Secures 'Green' Financing for Extended Operation of Reactors

French utility EDF has signed green bank loans for a total amount of about EUR5.8 billion (USD6.3 billion), which will be used to finance the life extension of its existing nuclear power plant fleet in France...

May 2024

Eletronuclear Updates Angra 1 Lifetime Extension Progress

Brazilian nuclear power plant operator Eletrobras Eletronuclear says it is on track to complete all the steps required to get approval for extended operation of the Angra 1 unit...

May 2024

Hungary and China Sign Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement

A memorandum of understanding on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy has been signed by the China Atomic Energy Authority and Hungary's Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

May 2024

WEC Panelists Welcome Growth in Support for Nuclear Power

The public and political perception of nuclear energy has significantly improved over the past few years, speakers agreed in a panel session during the recent World Energy Congress 2024...

April 2024

Construction Starts of Second Lianjiang Unit

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is the second of two CAP1000 units planned as the initial phase of the plant, which will eventually h..

April 2024

Commercial Operation Marks Completion of Vogtle Expansion

Georgia Power has announced the start of commercial operations at the second of the two AP1000 units built as an expansion of the existing two-unit Vogtle plant. The plant is now the largest generator of clean energy in the USA...

April 204

Nuclear Industry Calls for Continued G7 Support

Representatives of the nuclear industry have issued a statement calling for Group of Seven (G7) governments to embrace nuclear deployment as a strategic priority, by maximising use of existing nuclear power plants and setting clear plans for further deplo..

April 2024

Italy Sees Role for Nuclear in Hitting Climate Goals, Says Minister

Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said he hopes there can be a discussion based on science about the renewed role of nuclear, specifically small modular reactors, in the country's future...

April 2024

Poland's Nuclear Programme Making Good Progress, Says IAEA

An International Atomic Energy Agency review mission has praised steps taken to develop the necessary infrastructure for a safe and sustainable nuclear power programme in Poland. Meanwhile, Bechtel marks the start of site field work for the country's firs..

April 2024

IAEA Assesses Operation of Japanese Reactor for 60 Years

Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company is implementing timely measures for the safe long-term operation of unit 3 at its Mihama nuclear power plant, a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts has concluded. The team also provided recomme..

April 2024

Romanian President Leads Visit to Doosan SMR Production Facilities

Romania plans a small modular reactor power plant, using NuScale technology, with South Korea's Doosan Enerbility set to manufacture and supply the core equipment, including the upper reactor module...

April 2024

Ghana and China to Co-Operate on HPR 1000 Nuclear Project

Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Overseas Limited signed a cooperation and framework agreement on the margins of the 26th World Energy Congress in Rotterdam for the construction of a HPR-1000 (Hualong One) Nuclear Po..

April 2024

UK's NNL and Japan's JAEA Strengthen HTGR Fuel Collaboration

The UK's National Nuclear Laboratory and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed a collaboration agreement on coated particle fuel, for use in high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs)...

April 2024

Russia to Start Construction of World’s Largest Fast Reactor in 2026, Connect It to Grid in 2032

Chennai, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom is planning to set up a series of 1,200 MW (BN-1200) fast breeding reactors and the first one is expected to be connected to the grid in 2032, senior officials said...

April 2024

Canadian Budget Aims to Streamline Nuclear Licensing Process

The Canadian government has announced measures in its latest budget "to help get nuclear projects built in a timely, predictable, and responsible fashion"...

April 2024

Energoatom and Holtec Sign Agreement for SMR Manufacturing Facilities

The agreement provides for the creation in Ukraine of manufacturing capabilities for components for small modular reactors, plus storage and transportation systems for used nuclear fuel...

April 2024

Inner Containment in Place at Tianwan 8

The dome of the inner containment structure has been hoisted into place on top of the inner containment walls at unit 8 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province...

April 2024

Poland / Green Light for Start of Geological Works At Site of First Nuclear Station

Poland will begin geological works next month at the site of the country’s first nuclear power station in the northern province of Pomerania...

April 2024

Framatome Signs 'Multi-Billion Euros' Contracts with Sizewell C

Framatome says it "has signed contracts worth multi-billion euros" with Sizewell C Ltd for key equipment for the two reactors from the design phase up to commissioning. It has also signed a long-term fuel supply agreement...

April 2024

Fuel Loading to Start at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) plans to begin loading fuel into unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture following approval by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority. It is not yet known when the reactor will be resta..

April 2024

Romania Eyes 245 mln Euro Deal for NPP Unit Overhaul Services

Nuclearelectrica, the operator of Romania's sole nuclear power plant, said it plans to engage energy solutions company Canadian Nuclear Partners to provide various services linked to the refurbishing of Unit 1 of the Cernavoda nuclear power plan..

April 2024

Funds Awarded to Assist Xe-100 Deployment in the UK

X-energy and Cavendish Nuclear have been granted GBP3.34 million (USD4.23 million) in funding from the UK government to develop plans for the deployment of X-energy's Xe-100 high temperature gas-cooled reactor in the country...

April 2024

General Concept for Lithuanian Repository Prepared

The general concept for the construction of a geological disposal facility in clay-based rocks for Lithuania's radioactive waste has been developed by the State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant with assistance from Finnish waste management company..

April 2024

Organisation for Maritime Nuclear Launched

A new international membership organisation - the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO) - has been launched to bring together stakeholders involved in all aspects of floating nuclear power and nuclear mobility...

April 2024

X-Energy, TransAlta to Assess Use of Xe-100 in Alberta

X-Energy Reactor Company and Canadian power producer TransAlta Corporation are to study the feasibility of deploying an X-energy Xe-100 advanced small modular nuclear reactor at a repurposed fossil fuel power plant in the province of Alberta...

April 2024

Bangladesh Considering Two More Nuclear Units at Rooppur

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the country is keen to build two more units at the Rooppur nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction...

April 2024

New Jersey’s 3 Nuclear Power Plants Seek to Extend Licenses for Another 20 Years

The company that owns New Jersey’s three nuclear power plants said Wednesday it will seek federal approval to operate them for another 20 years...

April 2024

HTR-PM Heating Project Commissioned

The nuclear heating project of the demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) at the Shidaowan site in China's Shandong province has been connected to the heating grid and put into operation, China Huaneng announced...

April 2024

US Shale Drillers Seek to Power Oil Patch With Small Nuclear Reactors

US oil companies including Diamondback Energy Inc. are considering small nuclear reactors to power drilling operations in Texas’s Permian Basin, a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions and ensuring reliable access to electricity...

April 2024

DOE Study Finds Replacing Coal Plants with Nuclear Plants Could Bring Hundreds More Local Jobs and Millions in Added Income and Revenue to Energy Communities

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released an information guide for communities considering replacing their retired or retiring coal power plants with nuclear power plants. The guide is based on a technical study that found transitioning from a co..

March 2024

Dünyada 2030'a Kadar 62 bin 300 Megavatlık Nükleer Enerji Devreye Alınacak

Dünyada 12 ülke 2030'a kadar 62 bin 300 megavatlık nükleer güç devreye almayı planlanıyor...

March 2024

Serbian President's Appeal as Country Targets four SMRs

Serbia is seeking support from other countries on nuclear know-how and financing towards its goal of getting 1200 MW of capacity from small modular reactors, President Aleksandar Vučić told the Nuclear Energy Summit...

March 2024

Investment Announced to Boost UK Nuclear Workforce

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a package of public and private investment to reinforce the country's nuclear workforce and support 40,000 expected new jobs in its defence and civil nuclear industry...

March 2024

Fourth Barakah Unit Connected to Grid

The 1400 MWe pressurised water reactor has begun delivering electricity to the United Arab Emirates' grid, weeks after achieving first criticality and bringing the four-unit plant closer to its goal of providing 25% of the country's electricity needs...

March 2024

Korea Gears up for Advanced Reactor Development

South Korea's Ministry of Science & ICT (MSIT) has signed a memorandum of understanding with eight Korean companies to cooperate on the development of next-generation nuclear reactors...

March 2024

Canadian Partnership for Microreactor Deployment

Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Group - an Indigenous Economic Development Corporation - have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop opportunities to power remote mines and communities in Canada using Prodigy microreactor Transportable Nuclear..

March 2024

Google, Microsoft and Nucor Team up on Clean Energy Development

North American steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation and US tech giants Google and Microsoft Corporation are to work together across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technolo..

March 2024

Bill Gates' TerraPower to Fast Track First Next-Gen Nuclear Plant in US

A company co-founded by Bill Gates is about to start building next-generation nuclear power plants in the US. Chris Levesque, CEO of TerraPower, told the Financial Times that his firm will start building at a site near a coal plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming i..

March 2024

China’s Nuclear Energy Expansion Is Getting Even Faster

The nation has 36 reactors under development, and is expected to leapfrog France and the US to become the world’s largest source of nuclear power by the end of the decade, according to BloombergNEF...

March 2024

Japan Ramps Up Drive to Restart World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant

Japan’s government is ramping up an effort to secure local approval to resume operations at the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, according to a report, amid a wider push by the nation to restart its idled fleet of reactors...

March 2024

Germany Aims to Build Fusion Power Plant

A new funding programme for nuclear fusion research has been announced by Germany's Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger aimed at paving the way for the first fusion power plant to be constructed in Germany by 2040...

March 2024

Transatlantic Collaboration on SMR Regulation Expanded

A trilateral memorandum of cooperation has been signed between the British, Canadian and US nuclear regulators to collaborate on technical reviews of advanced reactor and small modular reactor technologies...

March 2024

Idaho National Laboratory Prepares to Operate Its First New Reactors in 50 Years

In 1951, the desert of eastern Idaho hosted Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, the first nuclear reactor to generate a usable amount of electricity. Four years later, researchers followed that success with BORAX-III, the first reactor to power an American ci..

March 2024

SHINE Chooses Deep Isolation Waste Disposal Technology

Fusion technology company SHINE Technologies has selected Deep Isolation's technology as its preferred solution for storage and disposal of the high-level waste that will remain as a residue after deployment of SHINE's technology for recycling used nuclea..

March 2024

Rosenergoatom to Extend Life of BN-600 Fast Reactor

Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) has signed a decision to extend the life of the BN-600 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 3 of the Beloyarsk NPP. As part of the life extension programme, Beloyarsk NPP conducted a survey of the stat..

March 2024

France Sets Out Long-Term Nuclear Recycling Plans

Minister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire announced the decision to continue with France's treatment-recycling strategy for used nuclear fuel beyond 2040, with plans to extend the life of existing recycling plant..

March 2024

China Launches Nuclear Steam Project at Tianwan

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has started commissioning China's first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project at the Tianwan NPP in Jiangsu province. The project is set to deliver steam to a nearby petrochemical plant, demonstrating..

March 2024

8 Things to Know About Converting Coal Plants to Nuclear Power

Nearly 30% of the nation’s coal-fired power plants are projected to retire by 2035 as states continue to prioritize a shift toward cleaner energy sources...

March 2024

Contract for ITER Vacuum Vessel Assembly

The Sino-French TAC-1 consortium - led by China National Nuclear Corporation subsidiary China Nuclear Power Engineering and including Framatome - has been awarded a contract to assemble the vacuum chamber modules of the International Thermonuclear Experim..

March 2024

Fourth Barakah Unit Starts Up

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has announced the successful start-up by its operating and maintenance subsidiary Nawah Energy Company of the fourth unit at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates...

February 2024

Fangchenggang 4 Receives Operating Licence

China's National Nuclear Safety Administration has granted an operating licence for unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region. The unit is the second of two demonstration China General Nuclear-designed Hualong On..

February 2024

Nuclear Fusion Reactor Decommissioning Begins After 40 Years

The decommissioning of a "world-leading" nuclear fusion reactor has begun after 40 years of operation...

February 2024

India's Newest Nuclear Unit Connected to Grid

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has announced that Kakrapar 4 was connected to the grid on 20 February. The 700 MWe unit reached first criticality on 17 December...

February 2024

Rosatom Tests Fuel for Planned HTGR Plant

Rosatom scientists have completed a key stage of reactor tests on laboratory fuel samples for a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). Russia views HTGRs as important to future plans for the production of hydrogen. An engineering nuclear power statio..

February 2024

BHP Considers Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ships

Dutch nuclear energy development and consultancy company ULC-Energy BV has completed a study - commissioned by global mining company BHP - to investigate the potential use of civil nuclear technologies to power commercial maritime vessels...

February 2024

Construction Starts on Second Phase of Zhangzhou Plant

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 3 at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. It is the first of two Hualong One units planned as the second..

February 2024

Westinghouse Awarded Contract by Dutch Government to Evaluate AP1000 Reactors

Westinghouse Electric Company has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Government to conduct a technical feasibility study (TFS) concerning the deployment of two of its AP1000 reactors at the Borssele nuclear power plant site. The announcement comes as th..

February 2024

Economic Impact of Nuclear to Southeast USA Highlighted

The nuclear energy industry in southeast USA generates an annual economic impact of almost USD43 billion, supporting 152,598 jobs and generating USD13.7 billion in labour income, says a study released by the Southeast Nuclear Advisory Council (SENAC)...

February 2024

IAEA Designates First Collaborating Centre on Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Power

The IAEA has designated the Center for Science of Information at Purdue University in the United States of America as the first IAEA Collaborating Centre to support the Agency’s activities on artificial intelligence (AI) for nuclear power applications, in..

February 2024

Reactor Testing of HTGR Fuel Confirms Functionality, Rosatom Says

Samples of the fuel began tests in two research reactors in 2022, with Rosatom reporting they "fundamentally confirmed the functionality of the fuel design" for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR)...

February 2024

India Seeks $26 Billion of Private Nuclear Power Investments

NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 20 story has been corrected to fix the committed investments from 1,300 MW to 13,000 MW in paragraph 7. It also corrects the capacity from 2,000 MW to 20,000 MW in paragraph 15) India will invite private firms to i..

February 2024

Preparations Begin for New Chinese Plant

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction of the first phase of the Jinqimen nuclear power plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced...

February 2024

Japan's Tohoku Electric Aims to Restart Onagawa No.2 Reactor in September

Japan's Tohoku Electric Power said on Monday it plans to restart reactor No. 2 at its Onagawa nuclear station around September after additional safety construction works delayed the process...

February 2024

Innovative Equipment for Handling Spent Nuclear Fuel Sent to Akkuyu NPP

JSC Ruspolimet in Vyksa (Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region) has shipped the lead transport and packaging container TUK-137T.A1 manufactured for the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye. The equipment was manufactured by Ruspolimet for Tekhsnabexport (Te..

February 2024

Slovakia's SMR Timescales Outlined as Project Phoenix Gets Under Way

A feasibility study, as part of the US-funded Project Phoenix, is looking into the potential for small modular reactors (SMRs) in Slovakia with an indicative timeline to 2035...

February 2024

Vogtle 4 Reaches First Criticality

Georgia Power has announced that the new Vogtle unit 4 AP1000 reactor has reached initial criticality, with the unit's in-service date now projected to be during the second quarter of 2024...

February 2024

Bulgaria and USA Sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

The USA and Bulgaria have signed an intergovernmental agreement to cooperate on the development of the European country's civil nuclear programme, including the plan for new units at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant...

February 2024

Japan Demonstrates Floating Seismic Isolation System for SMRs

A team led by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has concluded a series of large-scale demonstration tests for an innovative new floating seismic isolation system intended for pairing with small modular reactors to enable siting feasibility, including in area..

February 2024

Russia and India Discuss Expanding Nuclear Cooperation

A new protocol to the intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant was signed during a two-day visit by Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev to the Indian plant...

February 2024

NASA Completes Initial Phase of Lunar Nuclear Reactor Project

NASA has completed the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power Project, which sought to develop concept designs for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor that could be used during a future demonstration on the Moon and to inform futur..

February 2024

Outer dome installed on Chinese small modular nuclear reactor

The outer containment dome has been successfully hoisted into place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced...

February 2024

Korean Shipbuilder Joins Maritime SMR Project

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) plans to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for use in shipping in cooperation with the UK's Core Power and the USA's Southern Company and TerraPower...

February 2024

European SMR Industrial Alliance Launched

The European Commission has launched an Industrial Alliance dedicated to small modular reactors (SMRs), aiming to facilitate the development of SMRs in Europe by the early 2030s. The announcement came as the commission presented its assessment for a 2040..

February 2024

Environmental Permitting of Polish SMR Plant Progresses

Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) can now begin environmental and siting research for its planned small modular reactor (SMR) project in Stawy Monowskie, in Małopolska, Poland, after the country's General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) issue..

February 2024

Holtec Unveils Hybrid Nuclear-Solar Power Plant Design

Holtec International has announced a new power plant design which combines the benefits of nuclear with those of solar. The Combined Nuclear/Solar Plant (CNSP) features the company's SMR-300 small modular reactor, its HI-THERM HSP solar thermal system, to..

February 2024

EDF and KHNP in Running for Expanded Czech Nuclear Tender

The Czech government has decided to change its tender for new nuclear to binding offers for up to four, rather than one, reactors - and said that it is inviting bids from France's EDF and South Korea's KHNP. The third bidder, Westinghouse, is currently no..

February 2024

Key Module Installed at China’s Xudabao 1

The CA20 module has been installed at unit 1 of China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning province. The massive 1000- tonne module, which will comprise plant and equipment for used fuel storage, transmission, the heat exchanger and waste collection, among other thi..

January 2024

New Nuclear Future for Berkeley Nuclear Power Station Site

A former nuclear power station site is to be redeveloped for a new kind of nuclear technology. Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, was home to a Magnox reactor from 1962 to 1989. The site is now owned by South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS), who hav..

January 2024

Major Module Installed at Xudabao 1

The largest and heaviest module - the CA20 - has been installed at unit 1 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) subsidiary China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company Limited (CNI23)..

January 2024

Nukem Completes Mock-Up of Waste Cementation System

Germany's Nukem Technologies Engineering Services GmbH - a subsidiary of Russia's TVEL - announced that the experimental setup for its state-of-the-art in-barrel cementation facility has been successfully completed...

January 2024

Halushchenko: Khmelnitsky Can Become Europe's Most Powerful Nuclear Plant

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko says that the process of adding four new units at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant will start this year...

January 2024

Rooppur 2 Passive Heat Removal System Installed

The installation of the inner and outer parts of the steel structures of the 215-tonne passive heat removal system was completed in two days on Rooppur 2 in Bangladesh, Rosatom says...

January 2024

Prodigy and Westinghouse to Develop Floating NPP

Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy and US-based Westinghouse are designing a transportable NPP (TNPP) featuring a Westinghouse eVinci microreactor with the aim of launching the first project in Canada by 2030. The TNPP will comprise 5 MWe eVinci microreac..

January 2024

ENEC Launches Tender for UAE Nuclear Fuel Plant

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced it has launched a tender for a domestic nuclear fuel assembly fabrication facility for the Barakah NPP. "Over the past 18 months, we have been conducting an extensive review into the needs of the UA..

January 2024

France and India to Discuss Accord on Small Nuclear Reactors

Electricite de France SA and India’s Department of Atomic Energy are likely to complete a preliminary agreement to collaborate on the so-far largely unproven technology as French President Emmanuel Macron visits New Delhi this week...

January 2024

Newcleo and NAAREA Partner to Support Fast Reactor Development

UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has announced a strategic and industrial partnership with France's NAAREA designed "to support all players in their industrial, technological, scientific and regulatory development" of Generation IV fast neutron..

January 2024

SMR Completes Canadian Design Review Milestones

Canadian regulators have concluded that there are no fundamental barriers to licensing the Xe-100 small modular reactor, X-Energy Reactor Company has announced...

January 2024

Dutch Initiative to Boost Nuclear Workforce

With the Netherlands planning an expansion of its use of nuclear energy, various parties in the Dutch nuclear and education sectors have signed a declaration of intent aimed at boosting vocational education in nuclear technology...

January 2024

Key Safety Component Installed at Sanmen 3

The first of two core makeup tanks has been successfully hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province. The tanks are an important part of the CAP1000 reactor's passive safety system...

January 2024

Sizewell C Project to Enter Construction Phase

The Sizewell C nuclear power plant project has been awarded a Development Consent Order (DCO), paving the way for formal construction work to begin at the site in Suffolk, UK...

January 2024

UK Releases Roadmap to Quadruple Nuclear Energy Capacity

The British government has launched a roadmap for reaching its ambition for the UK to have 24 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2050, representing about 25% of the country's projected electricity demand...

January 2024

Licences Issued for Main Stage of Leningrad 7 and 8 Construction

Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued licences to Rosatom for the construction of nuclear installations for Leningrad nuclear power plant's proposed units 7 and 8...

January 2024

Colorado Study Recommends Nuclear to Replace Coal Plant

A study of clean energy alternatives led by the Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Committee (PIESAC) found that only advanced nuclear could make the community "whole" from the losses it will suffer from the closure of the last unit at the Comanc..

January 2024

EIA Programme Submitted for Olkiluoto 1 and 2

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme for a possible operating licence extension and power uprating of units 1 and 2 at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant has been submitted by Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to Finland's Ministry of Economic Af..

January 2024

IAEA Sees Belgian Commitment to Waste Management

Belgium has a robust national infrastructure for the management of radioactive waste and used fuel, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has said, and recommended the development of consolidated policies for specific waste streams and for..

December 2023

Fourth Barakah Unit Prepares to Start Up

The loading of fuel into the core of unit 4 of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE has been completed, operator Nawah Energy Company has announced...

December 2023

Indian Regulator Gives Go-Ahead for Reactor Start-Up

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given its permission for the first approach to criticality of unit 4 at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant. The unit is the second of two Indian-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) being bu..

December 2023

Feasibility Study for Korean Reactors at Borssele

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has been contracted to conduct a feasibility study into the construction of two Korean-supplied reactors at the Borssele nuclear power plant site in the Netherlands. The contract comes as the South Korean and Dutch gover..

December 2023

Nuclear Included in NZIA by European Council

The European Council has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to bolster Europe's manufacturing output in technologies needed for decarbonisation. As with the European Parliament's position, issued last mont..

December 2023

Hyundai, KAERI Team Up for Export of SMART SMR

Hyundai Engineering and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the commercialisation and export of the Korean-designed SMART small modular reactor (SMR) overseas...

December 2023

Six SMR Power Plants Approved in Poland

Poland's Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued decisions-in-principle for the construction of power plants based on GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at six locations. A total of 24 BWRX-300 reactors are planned at..

December 2023

Hungary Aims to Extend Life of Paks Nuclear Plant by 20 Years

The operator of the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary has notified the European Union of the country's intention to extend the operating lifetime of the four units to 70 years...

December 2023

Second APR-1400 at Shin Hanul Starts Up

Unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant in South Korea has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit is the second of two APR-1400 reactors at the site, with a further two planned...

November 2023

EDF Agreements with Canadian, Czech and Indian Firms

French energy company EDF signed cooperation agreements relating to the potential deployment of its technology, and the involvement of local supply chains, in Canada, the Czech Republic and India on the first day of World Nuclear Exhibition 2023 in Paris...

October 2023

IEA Sees Increasing Role For Nuclear In Energy Transition

"A changing policy landscape is creating opportunities for a nuclear comeback," according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in the latest edition of its World Energy Outlook..

October 2023

Fuel Loading Begins at Kakrapar 4

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd started loading the first fuel into the core of the pressurised heavy water reactor unit on 20 October, after receiving permission from India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board...

October 2023

Nuclear Companies Sign Up For Space Technology Missions

With nuclear technology set to underpin new developments in space travel, NASA has awarded Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation a contract to manufacture and test fuel and develop the design of a nuclear thermal propulsion engine for near-term missions..

October 2023

France and Brazil Discuss Nuclear Energy Links

France and Brazil are looking to "rebuild cooperation" in the energy sector with an emphasis on nuclear energy, after energy ministers from the two countries held talks in Paris...

October 2023

Nuclear Fusion: New Initiatives Outlined at IAEA's FEC 2023 Conference

The first edition of World Fusion Outlook and plans to form a World Fusion Energy Group - as well as updates on progress across the industry and new investment from the UK hosts - have been unveiled at the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference...

October 2023

Floating Nuclear Power Plant Set For First Refuelling

Nuclear fuel has been delivered to Russia's floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov with the landmark refuelling set to begin before the end of the year...

October 2023

IAEA Raises Nuclear Growth Projections

In the latest edition of its annual Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050, the IAEA has revised upwards its global growth projections for a third straight year...

June 2023

Rosatom to Build Shelf-M Microreactor by 2030

Rosatom and the Government of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Okrug signed an agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to co-operate in deployment of a low-power NPP (ASMM) using a Shelf-M reactor plant...

June 2023

US Regulators Conclude Hermes Safety Review

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) for Kairos Power's application to build the Hermes molten salt test reactor at a site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee...

June 2023

Operating Permit Issued for Chinese Molten Salt Reactor

The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been granted an operating licence for the experimental TMSR-LF1 thorium-powered molten-salt reactor, construction of which started in Wuwei city, Gansu province, in S..

June 2023

Rolls-Royce SMR Puts Case for Producing Hydrogen

UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR says a joint feasibility report produced with Sumitomo Corporation shows its small modular reactors have an advantage over other available sources for the production of hydrogen...

May 2023

Korea Looks to Deploy NuScale SMR for Hydrogen Project

Korean private company GS Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Uljin County in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, to consider the use of NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) technology to provide heat and power to the pla..

May 2023

France, Japan Sign Nuclear Partnership Deal

PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) - France and Japan have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement in Paris, the French ministry said on Wednesday...

April 2023

US-Korean Partners to Build SMR-Powered Hydrogen Production Facility

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) of the USA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C to conduct joint research and development for the commercialisation of Hydrogen Micro Hubs over the next five..

March 2023

ThorCon Submits Paperwork for Indonesia’s First Nuclear Power Plant

PT ThorCon Power Indonesia (TPI), a subsidiary of United States-based nuclear power plant company ThorCon, has submitted a consultation paper to build a 500-megawatt thorium molten salt reactor (MSR) in Indonesia...

March 2023

British-Korean Partnership for Fusion Robotics

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in research and development for remote handling and the maintenance of future fusion power plants...

March 2023

China and Russia Sign Fast-Neutron Reactors Cooperation Agreement

Russia's Rosatom and China's Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) have signed a Comprehensive Programme for Long-Term Cooperation in the field of fast-neutron reactors and closing the nuclear fuel cycle...

March 2023

Finland, Sweden and Ukraine Consider Rolls-Royce SMRs

Britain's Rolls-Royce SMR has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to explore the deployment of its small modular reactor (SMR) in Finland and Sweden, as well as to help post-war recovery in Ukraine...

March 2023

NIA Urges UK to be World Leader in Nuclear-Derived Synthetic Fuels

A NEW report from the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is urging the UK to take the lead in the production of synthetic fuels using nuclear energy to help hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping reach low emission targets...

March 2023

USA, Indonesia Announce Partnership on SMRs

The USA and Indonesia have announced a strategic partnership to help Indonesia develop its nuclear energy programme, supporting Indonesia's interest in deploying small modular reactor (SMR) technology to meet its energy security and climate goals...

March 2023

Türkiye Offers Key Lessons to African States Pursuing Nuclear Energy: Officials

Türkiye offers key lessons to newcomer states including in Africa that are pursuing nuclear energy development, the deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday...

March 2023

UK, US Scientists to Collaborate on Fusion Materials Research

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have entered a strategic research partnership to better understand the performance and behaviour of materials required for.....

February 2023

Japan Eyes Accelerating Fusion Reactor Construction: Report

TOKYO (Bloomberg): Japan is considering bringing forward construction of a prototype fusion nuclear reactor, according to a local report, the latest step by the nation to adopt atomic energy to hit ambitious green goals and curb dependence on overseas fue..

February 2023

First Nuclear Plant of North India to be Built in Haryana

First nuclear plant of North India in Haryana: The first nuclear power plant in North India would be built in Gorakhpur, Haryana, according to Union Minister Jitendra Singh...

February 2023

University of Michigan Working Toward Next Phase of Nuclear Energy

Much smaller nuclear power plants could prove to be the next phase of nuclear energy in the U.S...