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Szijjártó criticises politicisation of nuclear energy
27 March 2024 Addressing Atomexpo 2024 in Sochi, southern Russia, Hungary’s...

South Korea to develop next-gen nuclear reactors
27 March 2024 South Korea's Ministry of Science & ICT (MSIT) has signed a memorandum...

France awards grants for research and development of molten salt reactors
27 March 2024 Two nuclear start-ups, Stellaria and Thorizon, each in consortium with...

UK announces 'national endeavour' to support nuclear
27 March 2024 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a “national endeavour”...

Kenya to request funding for research reactor
27 March 2024 Kenya will require at least KES11bn ($82m) to develop its first...

US NRC endorses guidance for advanced reactor licensing
27 March 2024 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued new guidance...

Approval notice issued for dismantling of Isar 2
27 March 2024 Bavaria’s Ministry of the Environment has issued an approval notice to...

Canadian township moves forward in process to host deep geological repository
26 March 2024 The mayor and Council of the Canadian Township of Ignace have signed...

SMR model displayed in Houston by Last Energy
26 March 2024 US microreactor start-up Last Energy has displayed a prototype of its...

Barakah 4 connects to UAE power grid
26 March 2024 Nawah Energy Company, the operations and maintenance subsidiary of...

Korean institute develops high-power electron-beam welding system
26 March 2024 The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM – which reports to...

ENEC and General Atomics to collaborate on integrating advanced materials with nuclear technologies
26 March 2024 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has signed a memorandum...

DOE announces funding for clean energy in disadvantaged communities
26 March 2024 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the second cohort...

Military action cuts Zaporizhia NPP power line again
26 March 2024 The Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) lost the connection to its last remaining...

Nuclear Energy Summit attracts world leaders
26 March 2024 World leaders gathered in Brussels at the first ever Nuclear Energy...

IAEA re-engages with Syria on nuclear energy
22 March 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

ISEC to supply monitoring systems for Sellafield SPRS Retreatment Plant
22 March 2024 Sweden’s ISEC Monitoring Systems has been awarded a contract to supply...

Melt trap completed for Paks II
22 March 2024 Specialists from Russia’s Atomstroyexport (ASE - part of...

Bulgarian parliament ratifies US atomic energy cooperation agreement
22 March 2024 Bulgaria’s National Assembly (Parliament) has ratified the...

IAEA discusses nuclear energy and technology in Iraq
22 March 2024 During a visit to Baghdad, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Three companies awarded GAIN vouchers by US DOE to advance nuclear technologies
22 March 2024 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Gateway for...

IAEA assesses nuclear security in Costa Rica
22 March 2024 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Nuclear...

Romania to build six SMRs with US financing
21 March 2024 Romania, supported by US, is to build six small modular reactors (SMRs)...

Canadian partnership to develop transportable NPPs
21 March 2024 Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Indigenous...

PBMR project revived in South Africa
21 March 2024 The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) and US venture capital firm...

First batch of Westinghouse fuel arrives at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP
21 March 2024 The first fuel supplied by US Westinghouse has arrived at...

Construction of simulator building begins at Kalinin 1
21 March 2024 Construction has begun of the building that will house a simulator of...

Contract signed for removal of Mühleberg reactor vessel
21 March 2024 The German UfG consortium – comprising Uniper Nuclear Services...

Tepco shows new images of damage inside Fukushima Daiichi 1
21 March 2024 Photographs taken by specially developed miniature drones deep inside...

China’s Haiyang NPP installs steel shell at unit 3
21 March 2024 China’s Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute (SNERDI)...

Constellation offers first US green bond for nuclear energy
21 March 2024 US power utility Constellation has issued the first corporate green bond...

Lightbridge fuel fabrication makes progress at INL
20 March 2024 US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation says it has achieved...

Stellarex and CNL to collaborate on fusion energy
20 March 2024 US-based fusion company Stellarex and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories...

GNS and EnergySolutions to co-operate in Asian nuclear market
20 March 2024 During the Waste Management Symposium 2024 in Phoenix (Arizona, USA),...

TVO extends outage of OL3
20 March 2024 The first outage of the 1600 MWe EPR at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto...

Kenya unveils strategic plan for first nuclear power plant
20 March 2024 Kenya has launched a strategic plan and roadmap for nuclear...

X-energy opens training centre for Xe-100 SMR operators
20 March 2024 US-based X-energy Reactor Company has opened the first training centre...

US FY25 budget request includes $1.59bn for nuclear energy
20 March 2024 The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Fiscal Year 2025...

Tokamak Energy to develop new laser technology for fusion plant operations
20 March 2024 UK-based Tokamak Energy is developing new laser measurement technology...

Lower tier of inner containment dome installed at Tianwan 8
19 March 2024 At unit 8 of China’s Tianwan NPP Rosatom has the lower part of the dome...

Rosatom prepares equipment for ITER
19 March 2024 In early April, the first shipment of equipment in 2024 for the...

Oklo and ANL complete second THETA testing campaign
19 March 2024 US-based Oklo has completed the second phase of the Thermal...

NuScale unveils 2023 financial results
19 March 2024 Reporting its fourth quarter and full year results for 2023, US-based...

Russia starts construction of Leningrad 7
19 March 2024 First concrete has been poured for the foundation of unit 7 of the...

Germany announces funding for fusion power plant
19 March 2024 Germany’s Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has announced...

Drone attack reported on Zaporizhia NPP as back-up power is restored
19 March 2024 In his latest update on the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) International Atomic...

Operating licence renewed for Atucha II
19 March 2024 Argentina’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN - Autoridad...

NWMO reports reinforce confidence in safety at potential Canadian repository sites
15 March 2024 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has published...

Kyoto Fusioneering signs joint research agreement on plasma heating with Tsukuba University
15 March 2024 Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) has signed a special joint research...

Rosatom completes welding of unit 2 main circulation pipeline at Kursk-II
15 March 2024 Rosatom has completed welding of the main circulation pipeline (GTsT...

IAEA satisfied with Fukushima treated water release process
15 March 2024 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is satisfied with the...

EnergySolutions finalises acquisition of Cabrera Services
15 March 2024 US-based EnergySolutions has completed its acquisition of Cabrera Services,...

Barakah refinancing recognised as green loan
15 March 2024 The AED 8.89bn ($2.42bn) refinancing of the Barakah NPP project in Abu...

Atomic Canyon unveils AI-powered search platform for nuclear sector
15 March 2024 The launch of Atomic Canyon along with Neutron, a custom-built AI...

Akkuyu Nukleer confırms complıance wıth ınternatıonal standards
15 March 2024 An official International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)...

Global regulators to collaborate on the assessment of advanced reactor designs
14 March 2024 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has signed a trilateral...

UK completes transfer of Winfrith waste drums ahead of schedule
14 March 2024 A major project involving the UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS),...

Russia and Hungary confirm progress at Paks II
14 March 2024 Following talks in Budapest, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,...

Assystem launches new taskforce to support UK fusion
14 March 2024 France-based Assystem has hosted the launch of the new Fusion...

Enel and Ansaldo assess deployment of advanced reactors in Italy
14 March 2024 Italy’s Enel and Ansaldo Nucleare have signed a collaboration agreement...

OPG’s Darlington New Nuclear Project completes early site preparation
14 March 2024 Ontario Power Generations’s (OPG’s) Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP)...

Installation of inner containment begins at El Dabaa 1
14 March 2024 Work has begun to install the first tier of the inner containment (VZO...

Russia confirms protection for Zaporizhia NPP
14 March 2024 Russia’s State Duma recently held a "government hour" with the...

Vistra completes Energy Harbor acquisition
13 March 2024 US-based Vistra has completed the acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp,...

Tractebel report looks at powering data centres with advanced reactors
13 March 2024 Belgium-based Tractebel (part of France’s Engie) and its subsidiary...

UK-Poland agreement brings Rolls-Royce SMR deployment a step closer
13 March 2024 Rolls-Royce SMR has welcomed an agreement between Polish...

IAEA reviews US nuclear security
13 March 2024 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

Amazon buys nuclear-powered data centre from Talen
13 March 2024 US-based Talen Energy Corporation has sold its Cumulus data centre campus...

Five sites selected for UK ONR themed inspection on climate change
13 March 2024 Five sites have been selected for the next phase of the UK Chief...

Russia and China consider building a nuclear power plant on the moon
13 March 2024 The head of Russia’s Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, has said that Russia and...

SKB breaks ground on new geology building in Forsmark
13 March 2024 Swedish radioactive waste management company Svensk...

Turkish Energy Ministry says talks on country's second NPP continue
13 March 2024 Negotiations on the implementation of the second NPP project in Turkiye...

SHINE Technologies selects Deep Isolation technology for high-level waste
13 March 2024 US-based nuclear waste storage and disposal company Deep Isolation has...

Newcleo and Viaro partner to decarbonise oil and gas sector
13 March 2024 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has announced a...

Nuclear Energy Maritime Organisation launches in London
13 March 2024 Reflecting a growing interest in nuclear-powered shipping, the Nuclear...

IAEA supports gender equality in the nuclear industry
13 March 2024 To mark International Women's Day 2024, more than 400 fellows from the...

Chinese-French consortium to assemble ITER vacuum chamber
12 March 2024 Chinese-French TAC-1 (CNPE) consortium has won a contract for...

Longview Fusion selects Fluor to design laser fusion plant
12 March 2024 US-based Longview Fusion Energy Systems has contracted Fluor to design...

Holtec and Hyundai partner with British companies to deliver SMR technology in the uk
12 March 2024 Holtec Britain has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...

France confirms fuel recycling plans
12 March 2024 France’s Minister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial & Digital...

IAEA reviews long-term operational safety at Romania’s Cernavoda NPP
12 March 2024 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-SALTO (Safety Aspects...

First Light Fusion fires successful shot on Sandia National Labs Z Machine
12 March 2024 UK-based First Light Fusion (FLF) has become the first privately...

US national labs awarded funding to speed up Hanford tank waste clean-up
12 March 2024 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Bruce Power and GE Vernova’s Steam Power sign strategic supplier agreement
12 March 2024 Bruce Power and GE Vernova’s Steam Power business have entered into...

Zaporizhia NPP still without back-up power as military activity continues
12 March 2024 IAEA experts stationed at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) site have continued...

Itochu forms business alliance with Blue Laser Fusion
12 March 2024 Tokyo-based Itochu Corporation has agreed to accept shares of US-based...

Rosatom Metallurgists set up workpieces for Russia’s first ground-based SMR
12 March 2024 AEM-Spetsstal, part of Rosatom’s Engineering Division has begun forging...

IAEA reviews long-term safety at Argentina’s Atucha NPP
12 March 2024 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron goes solar
12 March 2024 More than 3,200 solar panels have been installed across the rooftops of...

AFCONE and DeepGeo launch partnership to expand nuclear energy in Africa
08 March 2024 The African Commission On Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) and US-based DeepGEO...

Rosenergoatom to extend life of BN-600 fast reactor
08 March 2024 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) has signed a...

Orano signs uranium enrichment services contract with ČEZ
08 March 2024 France’s Orano has signed a contract with Czech electric utility ČEZ for...

UK government to buy Wylfa and Oldbury nuclear sites from Hitachi
07 March 2024 As part of his recent UK budget statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said:...

IAEA's Grossi meets with Russian President Putin and Rosatom to discuss nuclear safety at Zaporizhia NPP
07 March 2024 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has held a series of talks in...

China launches nuclear steam project at Tianwan
06 March 2024 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has started commissioning...

Grid connection for Vogtle 4
06 March 2024 US-based Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co,...

Bechtel awards first contracts for Poland’s NPP
06 March 2024 US-based Bechtel, which is overseeing the design and construction of...

Young generation protests at planned closure of Spain’s Almaraz NPP
06 March 2024 The Salvemos Almaraz (Save Almaraz) initiative promoted by the...

Rosatom selected to build Türkiye's second NPP at Sinop
06 March 2024 The Turkish government has decided that Rosatom will build the...

PEJ seeks insurance for Poland's first nuclear power plant
06 March 2024 Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), which is responsible...

US NRC to issue proposed rule on advanced reactor licensing
06 March 2024 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed staff to publish a...

Orano and SHINE Technologies to co-operate on used fuel recycling
06 March 2024 The Orano group and US-based SHINE Technologies have signed a Memorandum...

Standing ovation for JET inventor at celebration event
06 March 2024 Some 700 people attended celebrations for the Joint European Torus (JET)...

DOE awards integrated tank disposition contract at the Hanford Site
05 March 2024 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

US DOE issues draft EIS to boost domestic HALEU production
05 March 2024 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a draft Environmental...

IAEA confirms tritium levels below Japan's operational limit in recent treated water release from Fukushima
05 March 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that...

Cruas-Meysse 2 restarts using recycled uranium fuel
05 March 2024 Unit 2 of France’s Cruas-Meysse NPP is now operating its first full core...

Natural Resources Canada agrees funding for Ontario’s clean energy development
05 March 2024 Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has announced funds of up to CAD50m...

EIS granted for extension of El Cabril
05 March 2024 The General Directorate of Quality & Environmental Assessment at...

Russia's Brest-OD-300 reactor scheduled for physical launch in 2026
05 March 2024 The physical launch Russia’s BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor in...

Zaporizhia NPP still without back up power
05 March 2024 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) has been without back-up power for more...

ENEC announces start up of Barakah 4
05 March 2024 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that...

Fuel loading begins at India’s PFBR
05 March 2024 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has witnessed the start of fuel...

Rosatom sponsors seminar in Hungary for potential suppliers of Paks II
01 March 2024 The Hungarian Branch of Rosatom’s Engineering Division (ASE) organised...

Helical Fusion further develops its high-temperature superconductor cable
01 March 2024 Japan’s Helical Fusion, based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, has conducted a...

Finland's Fennovoima denies Rosatom claims on Hanhikivi arbitration
01 March 2024 According to Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev there is...

KHNP to buy enriched uranium from US energy firm Centrus
01 March 2024 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a letter of intent (LOI)...

Tepco begins fourth discharge of ALPS-treated water from Fukushima
01 March 2024 Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has started the fourth discharge...

Heat exchanger replaced for first time at Russia’s BN-800
01 March 2024 A heat exchanger of the BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor at...

NEA launches second edition of its Small Modular Reactor Dashboard
01 March 2024 The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has published the second edition of its...

February 2024

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Argentina's RA-10 research reactor nearing completion
29 February 2024 Argentina’s RA-10 multi-purpose research reactor at Ezeiza Atomic Centre...

Remote handling upgrade to aid JET decommissioning
29 February 2024 The Remote Handling Control Room at the United Kingdom Atomic...

UK completes first full decommissioning of reactor site under modern regulatory controls
29 February 2024 The Imperial College Reactor Centre (ICRC), part of Imperial College...

China’s Fangchenggang 4 receives operating licence
29 February 2024 China's National Nuclear Safety Administration has granted an...

Framatome to collaborate with TerraPower on equipment for Natrium reactor
28 February 2024 Framatome US Government Solutions has announced a design phase award for...

UK council withdraws from talks to host geological disposal facility at Holderness
28 February 2024 Councillors at the UK's East Riding of Yorkshire Council have voted...

Slovakia hosts Westinghouse-sponsored VVER nuclear fuel forum
28 February 2024 Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) hosted a two-day forum,...

South Korea allocates $3 billion for nuclear energy R&D
28 February 2024 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to spend more...

Russia’s multi-purpose fast research reactor to launch in 2027
28 February 2024 The physical launch of Russia’s multi-purpose fast neutron research...

Tractebel partners with Thorizon on molten salt reactor
28 February 2024 Netherlands-based start-up, Thorizon, and Belgium-based engineering...

Kairos Power receives DOE funding to support development of Hermes reactor
28 February 2024 US-based Kairos Power has signed a technology investment agreement with...

India expands nuclear development plans as it launches two new units at Kakrapar
28 February 2024 India aims to add 18 new nuclear power reactors with a capacity of 13,800...

Researchers use AI to stabilise nuclear fusion reactions
28 February 2024 A team comprising engineers, physicists, and data scientists from...

New study reveals potential for reduction in high-level nuclear waste volumes
28 February 2024 US-based nuclear waste storage and disposal company Deep Isolation...

EBRD signs new grant agreement for next phase of Chornobyl project
27 February 2024 The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD), which...

Fusion reactor prototype planned for TVA site
27 February 2024 US-based fusion technology company Type One Energy Group plans to locate...

Westinghouse hosts suppliers’ symposium in Bulgaria as Hyundai secures Kozloduy 7&8 construction
27 February 2024 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company organised a Bulgarian...

Iran completes first phase of new NPP
27 February 2024 The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad...

Bulgaria and France to strengthen nuclear energy cooperation
27 February 2024 Bulgaria's Energy Minister Rumen Radev, during a visit to Paris has signed...

BHP to consider nuclear-powered cargo ships
27 February 2024 Netherlands-based nuclear energy development and consultancy...

IAEA call for 'maximum restraint' as explosions rock Ukraine nuclear plant
27 February 2024 In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP...

Construction begins on phase two of Zhangzhou NPP
27 February 2024 First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 3 at...

Beloyarsk NPP streamlines repair of turbine generator rotor
27 February 2024 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has checked the quality of...

AECL and AtkinsRéalis partner to accelerate development of Candu Monark reactor
27 February 2024 Canadian federal Crown corporation Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)...

Rosatom tests fuel for planned HTGR plant
23 February 2024 Rosatom scientists have completed a key stage of reactor tests on...

UKAEA and Kyoto Fusioneering extend co-operation
23 February 2024 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the private Japanese...

Kinectrics partners with Strathclyde University on nuclear research and training
23 February 2024 Canada-based nuclear services company Kinectrics has signed a Memorandum...

Iran to hold international nuclear conference
23 February 2024 Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI)...

IAEA designates first collaborating centre on AI for nuclear power
22 February 2024 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has designated the Centre...

GLE to further accelerate commercialisation of Silex enrichment technology
22 February 2024 Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), jointly owned by Australia’s Silex...

DOE explores foreign vitrification technology
22 February 2024 Jeff Avery Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department...

Netherlands launches siting procedure for new NPPs
22 February 2024 The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate has taken the...

New study reveals impact of nuclear in southeast USA
22 February 2024 A new study, “The Economic Impact of the Nuclear Industry in the...

ITER prepares new timeline
22 February 2024 The ITER Organisation is preparing a new timeline for construction of...

Sheffield Forgemasters completes SMR nuclear vessel demonstrator
21 February 2024 Sheffield Forgemasters has completed weld-assembly of a full-size...

Restart of Japan’s Onagawa 2 delayed until September
21 February 2024 Japan's Tohoku Electric has said it plans to restart unit 2 at its...

Construction begins at China’s Jinqimen NPP
21 February 2024 Construction has started at phase one of China’s Jinqimen NPP in...

US Project Phoenix gets underway in Slovakia
21 February 2024 Staff from the US State Department’s Project Phoenix implementation...

Global Nuclear Fuel receives approval to manufacture higher enrichment fuel
21 February 2024 GE Vernova subsidiary Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has received US...

Orano optimistic for 2024
21 February 2024 French fuel cycle company Orano reported revenue of €4.8bn in 2023, up...

Revenue increase for Framatome
20 February 2024 French nuclear engineering group Framatome reported revenue of almost...

Constellation applies for Clinton licence renewal
20 February 2024 US-based Constellation has applied to the country's Nuclear...

Hyundai E&C shortlisted to build new Kozloduy units
20 February 2024 Delyan Dobrev, Chairman of Bulgaria’s Parliamentary Energy Commission...

EC approves Belgian nuclear melting furnace
20 February 2024 The European Commission (EC) has approved development by Belgian...

Ansaldo and SACE to support Romanian nuclear development
20 February 2024 Italy’s Ansaldo Nucleare, a subsidiary of Ansaldo Energia, along...

IAEA monitors staffing at Zaporizhia NPP and investigates drone attacks
20 February 2024 In his latest update on the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), International...

EDF reports profit for 2023
20 February 2024 EDF has reported a net profit of €10bn ($10.75bn) for 2023, compared with...

Fuel transfer trolley installed at Finnish encapsulation plant
16 February 2024 The transfer trolley for moving used fuel transport casks has been...

UK and Canada partner to accelerate fusion energy development
16 February 2024 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Canadian...

PanTera to supply actinium-225 to Bayer
16 February 2024 PanTera, a Belgian joint venture established by IBA and SCK CEN to...

BWXT subsidiary awarded contract extension for uranium down-blending services
16 February 2024 US-based BWX Technologies subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) has...

ČEZ prepares for delivery of Westinghouse fuel to Dukovany
16 February 2024 Czech power company ČEZ said is preparing for the delivery of nuclear...

Innovative equipment for handling spent nuclear fuel sent to Akkuyu NPP
15 February 2024 JSC Ruspolimet in Vyksa (Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region) has shipped...

Chornobyl wolves develop resistance to cancer
15 February 2024 Wolves living in the exclusion zone of the Chornobyl NPP under the...

CoRWM highlights waste considerations in SMR deployment
15 February 2024 A position paper by the UK Committee on Radioactive Waste Management...

First criticality for Vogtle 4
15 February 2024 Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co, announced unit 4...

Westinghouse applies for UK Generic Design Assessment of its AP300 SMR
15 February 2024 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has formally submitted an...

UK launches Destination Nuclear
15 February 2024 The UK’s nuclear sector has launched its first sector-wide initiative...

Finnish companies to advise on Poland’s first NPP
15 February 2024 Finnish power companies Fortum and TVO, which own and operate NPPs in...

IEA Ministerial Meeting stresses energy security and clean energy transition
15 February 2024 The International Energy Agency's (IEA's) 2024 Ministerial Meeting and...

NAAREA and Thorizon to partner on molten salt reactors
14 February 2024 France-based NAAREA (Nuclear Abundant Affordable Resourceful Energy for...

Slovenia joins US Phoenix project
14 February 2024 US has awarded Slovenia consultancy and technical services under the...

Bulgaria and USA formalise agreement on Kozloduy 7&8
14 February 2024 Bulgaria and the US have signed a formal agreement to collaborate on...

Commissioning of Kakrapar 4 moves forward
14 February 2024 India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has issued permission for...

Japan completes tests on floating seismic isolation system for SMRs
14 February 2024 A team led by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has completed a series...

India and Russia strengthen nuclear cooperation
14 February 2024 An extension to the 2008 intergovernmental agreement between India and...

Westinghouse considers deploying four AP300 SMRs in the UK
13 February 2024 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement with the...

Swedish regulator approves extended intermediate storage for used fuel
13 February 2024 Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM - Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten)...

Rosatom to supply fuel components for Egyptian research reactor
13 February 2024 The Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant (NCCP or NZKhK –...

Brazilian nuclear authorities firm up co-operation
13 February 2024 Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear and the National Nuclear...

Puerto Rican study looks at SMRs
13 February 2024 Puerto Rico is favourably positioned for the introduction of advanced...

TerraPower selects five suppliers for its natrium reactor project
13 February 2024 US-based TerraPower has selected five suppliers to support its...

JET’s final experiments set new fusion energy record
13 February 2024 The UK’s Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham near Oxford, which closed...

Centrus financial report reveals slow down in HALEU plans
13 February 2024 US Centrus’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results showed an...

Clean area prepared for reactor assembly at Akkuyu 1
13 February 2024 A “clean area” has been prepared in the reactor compartment of unit 1 of...

Korean shipbuilder joins nuclear shipping project
09 February 2024 HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subsidiary of...

Orano Med breaks ground for new alpha therapy laboratory
09 February 2024 Orano Med (a subsidiary of the Orano Group) has laid the foundation stone...

NLL and University of Leicester collaborate to connect academia and industry
09 February 2024 The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NLL) and the University of Leicester...

MoltexFLEX publishes new graphite research
09 February 2024 Scientists at UK-based MoltexFLEX have published new research on how...

Paks II progressing as planned
09 February 2024 Work on the expansion of the Paks NPP (Paks II) is proceeding smoothly,...

Fuel fabrication begins for MARVEL microreactor
08 February 2024 US-based TRIGA International has begun fabricating fuel for the US...

First concrete poured for new Iranian research reactor
08 February 2024 First concrete has been poured for a new multi-purpose 10 MW research...

ITER vacuum vessel sector undergoes factory acceptance testing
08 February 2024 The first of five vacuum vessel sectors for the International...

Assystem and Dassault Systèmes partner on advanced modular reactors
08 February 2024 France-based Assystem and Dassault Systèmes are to combine their...

Outer dome installed at China’s ACP100 SMR
08 February 2024 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the outer containment dome...

European Commission launches SMR Industrial Alliance
08 February 2024 The European Commission (EC) has launched an Industrial Alliance to...

Tepco reports radioactive water leak at Fukushima
08 February 2024 Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings (Tepco), owner-operator of...

Grossi makes fourth trip to Zaporizhia
08 February 2024 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and his team of experts...

NASA completes initial phase of lunar nuclear reactor project
07 February 2024 NASA has completed the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power...

Oklo firms up MMR siting agreement and receives approval for fuel fabrication facility
07 February 2024 US-based Oklo has signed an Option & Right of First Refusal to Purchase...

Building for Obninsk radiopharmaceutical plant completed
07 February 2024 Rosatom has completed construction of the building for a new plant for...

Nuvia contracted to dismantle Ringhals 1&2
07 February 2024 Nuvia, a subsidiary of France-based Vinci Construction, has been awarded...

NANO's "ODIN" reactor completes pre-conceptual design review
06 February 2024 US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has announced that Idaho National...

More delays for Vogtle 4
06 February 2024 Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co, says...

UK decommissioning partnership reports progress
06 February 2024 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said it is working with...

Environmental permitting of Polish SMR plant progresses
06 February 2024 Poland’s General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ -...

Five EPC companies express interest in Kozloduy expansion project
06 February 2024 Kozloduy NPP subsidiary, Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild (KZNPP-NM - Kozloduy NPP...

Russia’s Mayak begins installation of sixth electric furnace
06 February 2024 Installation has begun of a new electric furnace – the EP 250/6 – at...

University of Manchester and Kinetrics agree on co-operation
06 February 2024 The UK University of Manchester's Dalton Nuclear Institute and...

Japan to review nuclear emergency guidelines following recent earthquake
06 February 2024 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is to review its...

Holtec unveils combined nuclear-solar power plant design
06 February 2024 US-based Holtec International has announced a combined nuclear-solar...

Framatome delivers three steam generators to Cruas-Meysse
06 February 2024 Framatome has delivered three replacement steam generators for unit 3 of...

Iran begins construction of new 5,000 MW nuclear plant
06 February 2024 Ground has been broken for the construction in Iran of a new NPP at Sirik...

Grossi to visit Zaporizhia NPP
06 February 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Czech government extends nuclear tender to four reactors but excludes Westinghouse
06 February 2024 The Czech government has decided to amend its tender for new nuclear...

Russia completes R&D on molten salt research reactor project
02 February 2024 Russia’s Mining & chemical Combine (MCC - part of Rosatom) in...

Polar crane commissioned at San'ao 2
02 February 2024 The polar crane has been installed and tested in the roof of the...

Russia to start testing equipment for large lead-cooled fast reactor
02 February 2024 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Plant (SCC part of Rosatom fuel company...

Xcel Energy awards Orano contract for dry fuel storage systems
02 February 2024 Xcel Energy has awarded a multi-year contract to TN Americas, a subsidiary...

Kazakhstan’s nuclear industry and research facilities to strengthen co-operation
02 February 2024 Kazakhstan’s Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP) and Institute of Nuclear...

Russia and Belarus to strengthen nuclear co-operation
02 February 2024 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the government...

General Atomics to develop silicon carbide materials for fusion power plants
02 February 2024 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has awarded a...

Two horizontal steam-heater separators dispatched to Akkuyu NPP
02 February 2024 Two horizontal steam-heater separators (a component of the steam...

IAEA issues first report on Japan’s discharge of Fukushima treated contaminated water
02 February 2024 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force, which is...

SaskPower and GE Hitachi to co-operate on SMRs
01 February 2024 Canada’s SaskPower and GE Vernova’s Nuclear business, GE Hitachi (GEH),...

Russian specialists develop equipment to produce nitrogen for advanced fuel
01 February 2024 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

Ontario supports refurbishment of Pickering NPP
01 February 2024 The Ontario government is supporting a plan by Ontario Power Generation...

Second RBMK unit closed at Russia’s Kursk NPP
01 February 2024 The RBMK reactor at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk NPP has been permanently...

Slovenia to hold referendum on new nuclear
01 February 2024 Slovenia is to hold a consultative referendum this year on whether to build...

January 2024

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Key module installed at China’s Xudabao 1
31 January 2024 The CA20 module has been installed at unit 1 of China’s Xudabao NPP...

Work begins on new panel for US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
31 January 2024 Work has begun to mine a new panel at the US Department of Energy’s...

Ukraine plans four new units for Khmelnitsky NPP
31 January 2024 Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko has revealed plans to...

Tractebel and Altrad Endel to continue support for French NPPs
31 January 2024 Tractebel and Altrad Endel have signed a 10-year cooperation agreement...

Transmutex raises finance for thorium fuelled subcritical nuclear system
31 January 2024 Geneva-based Transmutex SA has announced new round of financing to...

NUKEM completes test set-up for solidification plant
31 January 2024 Germany-based NUKEM Technologies (a subsidiary of Rosatom) announced that...

Another UK community expresses interest in hosting geological disposal facility
31 January 2024 Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), part of the UK Nuclear...

TerraPower Isotopes distributes first of Actinium-225 samples
31 January 2024 US-based TerraPower announced that the TerraPower Isotopes team...

Leningrad NPP prepares used fuel handling complex to support decommissioning
31 January 2024 At Russia’s Leningrad NPP, the capacities of the complex for handling...

IAEA mission to the UK sees progress in nuclear and radiation safety
31 January 2024 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

South African regulator amends operational timelines for Koeberg NPP units
31 January 2024 South Africa's National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has approved a request...

Finland amends regulations on NPP emergency planning zones
30 January 2024 Finland's Radiation & Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK -...

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Kudankulam 4
30 January 2024 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 4 of...

Framatome to collaborate with Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research
30 January 2024 Framatome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the...

Assystem and York University co-operate on fusion digital twin development
30 January 2024 Assystem has partnered with the University of York in the UK to launch a...

Rosatom welds main circulation pipeline for Kursk-II unit 2
30 January 2024 Welding of the main circulation pipeline (GTsT - Glavnii...

INL receives irradiated next-generation fuel for testing
30 January 2024 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL)...

France seeks more UK funding for Hinkley Point C
30 January 2024 France wants the UK government to contribute more funding to the...

UK funding for BWRX-300
30 January 2024 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH – part of US-based GE Vernova) has...

More delays for Fukushima nuclear fuel debris removal
30 January 2024 The removal of melted fuel rods from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP destroyed...

Passive heat removal system installed at Rooppur 2
30 January 2024 Installation of the inner and outer parts of steel structures of the...

Grossi addresses UN Security Council on Zaporizhia NPP
30 January 2024 In a long address to the UN Security Council (UNSC), International...

Zeno selects Westinghouse to fabricate heat sources for radioisotope power systems
26 January 2024 US-based Zeno Power has selected Westinghouse Electric Company to...

Steam leak discovered at Japan's Takahama NPP
26 January 2024 A leak of steam from a pipe was discovered at unit 1 of Japan’s Takahama...

Rosatom increases the annual export of isotope supplies
26 January 2024 Rosatom’s JSC Izotop in 2023 increased the annual export of isotope...

Defective seals detected at Olkiluoto 3
26 January 2024 Finland's Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has said that inspections conducted...

KHNP and Japan’s IHI to co-operate on radwaste disposal
26 January 2024 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a follow-up memorandum...

Russia develops facility to decontaminate irradiated concrete
26 January 2024 Scientists at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have created...

ENEC launches tender for UAE nuclear fuel plant
25 January 2024 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced it has launched...

Prodigy and Westinghouse to develop floating NPP
25 January 2024 Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy and US-based Westinghouse are designing...

More delays and cost increases for Hinkley Point C
25 January 2024 EDF said in a statement that a review of the UK's Hinkley Point C...

IEA acknowledges significance of nuclear energy in new report
25 January 2024 The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest report, Electricity...

MHI completes three replacement steam generators for EDF
24 January 2024 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has held a ceremony at its Kobe...

EPC companies invited to apply for construction of new Kozloduy units
24 January 2024 Kozloduy NPP subsidiary, Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild (Kozloduy NPP Novi...

Concreting of outer containment shell completed at Rooppur 2
24 January 2024 Rosatom’s Engineering Division has completed concreating of the...

Zaporizhia NPP loses power again
24 January 2024 The Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) lost its immediate back-up power supply to...

ČEZ uses data processing techniques to increase efficiency at Temelin
24 January 2024 Czech power utility ČEZ has introduced new data-processing techniques...

Sogin to collaborate with JRC on nuclear dismantling strategy
24 January 2024 Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin), the...

NTS to carry out feasibility studies on fuel transport
24 January 2024 Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), part of the UK’s Nuclear...

Public consultation called in France on ageing reactors
23 January 2024 France’s High Committee for transparency and information on nuclear...

More time needed for safety statement on Finland’s planned used fuel repository
23 January 2024 Finland’s Radiation & Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK – Säteilyturvakeskus)...

Dukovany 3 closed for maintenance and refuelling
23 January 2024 Czech power utility ČEZ is shutting unit 3 of the Dukovany NPP for...

US credit support for Diablo Canyon
23 January 2024 The US Administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE) has...

New nuclear research centre for Denmark
23 January 2024 The Technical University of Denmark (DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet,)...

X-energy completes CNSC pre-licensing for Xe-100 SMR
23 January 2024 US-based X-energy Reactor Company X has completed milestones in the...

Russia’s BN1200 to begin construction in 2027
23 January 2024 Construction of unit 5 at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP with a BN1200...

More UK government funding for Sizewell C
23 January 2024 The UK Government has announced further funding to support construction...

IAEA granted access to Zaporizhia NPP unit 6 reactor hall
19 January 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have been granted access...

Kyoto Fusioneering and Karlsruhe Institute to co-operate on fusion development
19 January 2024 Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) and Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute...

New neutron facility for UK National Physical Laboratory
19 January 2024 The UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is planning a new...

Armenian Prime Minister confirms country's interest in new NPP and SMRs
19 January 2024 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Nuclear Safety...

Sweden’s KSU to support Estonia’s Fermi Energia on training for its SMR programme
19 January 2024 Estonia’s privately held nuclear energy start-up company Fermi Energia...

Grossi promotes nuclear at World Economic Forum
18 January 2024 The World Economic Forum in Davos this week heard how nuclear technology...

Newcleo and NAAREA partner to support fast reactor development
18 January 2024 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has announced a strategic...

Capital Power and OPG partner to advance new nuclear in Alberta
18 January 2024 North American power producer Capital Power Corporation and Canada’s...

Rosatom begins installation of Brest-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor
18 January 2024 Rosatom says it has achieved a landmark milestone in construction of...

Nuclear expert advises against replacing Russian fuel rods at Paks
17 January 2024 It is neither sensible nor safe to replace the Russian nuclear fuel used...

Replenishment tank installed at China’s Sanmen 3
17 January 2024 The first of two core replenishment tanks has been lifted into place at...

IAEA continues to demand access to Zaporizhia reactor halls
17 January 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia...

US NRC approves HALEU-TRISO transport system
17 January 2024 US-based NAC International has received approval from the US...

Moltex granted patent for its fuel recycling process
17 January 2024 Moltex Energy Canada has been granted a patent for its used nuclear...

Rosatom to construct 10 MWe Shelf-M to power Chukotka gold mine
17 January 2024 Russia’s State Commission for Solid Mineral Reserves at the Federal...

Reactor vessel installed at China’s Haiyang 3
17 January 2024 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) weighing 281 tonnes has been lifted...

China’s Betavolt develops 50-year nuclear battery
16 January 2024 Beijing-based Betavolt New Energy Technology has developed a 3V...

US utility invests in advanced reactor development
16 January 2024 Washington State energy provider Energy Northwest has signed an...

IAEA publication assesses applicability of current safety standards to innovative technologies
16 January 2024 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed a project...

China outlines heavy metal coolant reactor projects
16 January 2024 China’s FDS consortium is currently working on projects to develop a...

Bulgaria holds back on sale of Belene nuclear equipment to Ukraine
16 January 2024 Bulgaria is waiting for "more sensible common EU stance on Ukraine” before...

Sizewell C triggers Development Consent Order
16 January 2024 The UK’s planned Sizewell C NPP has triggered its Development Consent...

Argentina’s Neutron Beam Laboratory receives equipment from closed German reactor
16 January 2024 A small-angle neutron scattering instrument (SANS) has been delivered to...

UK nuclear roadmap envisaged fourfold increase in nuclear generation
16 January 2024 The UK government has outlined plans for the biggest expansion of...

Refurbishment of Sellafield site's electricity system makes progress
12 January 2024 A critical project to upgrade electrical power network at the UK’s...

Rosatom prepares panel of the first wall of the ITER for serial production
12 January 2024 Specialists at Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical...

Another agreement for newcleo
12 January 2024 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has signed an agreement...

IAEA reviews Kenya’s research reactor infrastructure
12 January 2024 Kenya has made significant progress in the development of the...

Kairos begins operation of molten salt system
12 January 2024 US-based Kairos Power has completed 1,000 hours of pumped salt...

US DOE presses ahead with HALEU development
11 January 2024 The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP)...

Restart delayed for Japan’s Onagawa 2
11 January 2024 Safety upgrades at unit 2 of Japan's Onagawa NPP in Miyagi Prefecture...

Canada’s nuclear regulator authorises construction of waste facility
11 January 2024 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has amended the...

Oil leak reported at Japan’s Shika NPP following earthquake
10 January 2024 In the aftermath of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the west...

EIB to fund tritium removal facility in Romania
10 January 2024 Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and...

Canada explores use of isotopes used in space exploration
10 January 2024 Nuclear Innovation company Nuclear Promise X (NPX) and the Canadian...

US researchers develop nuclear reactor digital twin
10 January 2024 US Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Idaho...

Indian PM dedicates demonstration fuel reprocessing plant to nation
10 January 2024 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation...

EDF may extend operation of UK AGRs
09 January 2024 EDF, in its annual fleet update, said it plans to invest a further...

Hinkley Point C reveals plan to create Somerset saltmarsh
09 January 2024 The UK’s Hinkley Point C NPP under construction by EDF in Somerset,...

Zaporizhia NPP acts to ensure back-up electricity supply
09 January 2024 Following discussions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

France plans to construct an additional eight EPR reactors
09 January 2024 France’s Minister for Energy Transition, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, in...

UK launches HALEU programme
09 January 2024 The UK will be the first European country to launch a high-assay low...

NuScale lays off almost a third of its workforce
09 January 2024 US-based NuScale is laying off 28% of its workforce in a decision taken at...

Lloyds, Zodiac, HD KSOE and Kepco to jointly develop nuclear-powered ship
05 January 2024 UK-based Lloyd’s Register (LR), international shipping company...

Kazakh-Chinese joint venture completes fuel qualification certification
05 January 2024 National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has announced that the...

Norway joins the IAEA support programme for nuclear verification
05 January 2024 Per Strand, Director General of the Norwegian Radiation & Nuclear...

Estonian working group assesses nuclear energy potential
04 January 2024 The final report pf Estonia’s Working Group on Nuclear Energy has...

Korea’s Shin Hanul unit 2 connected to the grid
04 January 2024 Unit 2 of South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP has started supplying electricity...

Japanese NPPs not seriously affected by earthquake
04 January 2024 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said no irregularities have...

Fortum plans tender for Loviisa fuel supplier
03 January 2024 Finland’s Fortum Power & Heat Oy has submitted a report on future...

Power transformer equipment delivered for Leningrad 7&8
03 January 2024 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has delivered equipment for the...

Regulators lift operational ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
03 January 2024 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' (Tepco’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP...

India and Russia agree to expand Kudankulam
03 January 2024 Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, during a...

China approves two new nuclear projects
03 January 2024 China’s State Council has approved two new nuclear power projects and...

Russia’s Kola NPP may extend operation of units 1&2 until 2038
03 January 2024 The Director of Russia’s Kola NPP Vasily Omelchuk told a press...

Spain’s new radwaste plan supports nuclear phase-out
03 January 2024 Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved the seventh General Plan...

New diesel boilers installed at Zaporizhia NPP
02 January 2024 Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) is installing four new mobile diesel boilers...

Russian physicists test boron carbide as wall coating for ITER reactor
02 January 2024 Specialists at the GI Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the...

Operations begin at Ukraine’s used fuel dry storage facility
02 January 2024 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom says it has begun transporting...

IAEA reports activity at North Korean reactor
02 January 2024 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Oklo makes Siemens Energy preferred supplier for advanced reactors
02 January 2024 US-based fission technology company Oklo has signed a memorandum...

JET to be repurposed after delivering final plasma
02 January 2024 The Joint European Torus (JET) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s...

Sogin begins dismantling RPV at Garigliano NPP
02 January 2024 Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has begun...

Containment installation underway at China’s Lianjiang NPP
02 January 2024 Installation of the containment vessel bottom head has been completed at...

December 2023

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Global SMR buildout needs a new Marshall Plan
27 December 2023 Evidence has been mounting that a large expansion of nuclear energy...

First waste package for new Sellafield store
21 December 2023 Sellafield’s newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store (BEPPS)...

newcleo completes Rütschi acquisition
21 December 2023 newcleo has announced the completion of its acquisition of Rütschi Group,...

Collaborating robot fleet may support NPP decommissioning
20 December 2023 UK engineers from University of Glasgow, University of Manchester,...

German Ministry cancels logistics centre for Konrad repository
20 December 2023 Germany’s Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation &...

Rosatom offers turnkey arrangements for floating NPPs
20 December 2023 Rosatom is offering potential buyers of floating NPPs (FNPPs) a...

EBRD’s Energy Sector Strategy ignores nuclear
20 December 2023 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released...

Westinghouse to supply equipment for new unit at Khmelnitsky NPP
20 December 2023 US-based Westinghouse has signed an agreement with Ukraine on the purchase...

Unit 1 at Turkiye’s Akkuyu NPP ready for fuel loading
20 December 2023 Unit 1 of the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye is ready to...

IAEA reviews Belgium’s radioactive waste and used fuel
20 December 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Zaporizhia NPP reconnected to back-up power line
20 December 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia ZNPP (ZNPP) has been re-connected to its only...

Urenco to expand Netherlands facility
20 December 2023 Urenco has approved an investment to expand enrichment capacity at...

UKAEA awards contracts to develop lithium technologies for fusion
20 December 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded...

IAEA Director General visits Saudi Arabia
19 December 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

US DOE issues draft request for proposal for Portsmouth Paducah
19 December 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a draft Request for...

South Korea and Netherlands agree on nuclear co-operation
19 December 2023 During South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s state visit to the...

Reactor dome installed at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
19 December 2023 The dome of the outer containment shell (NZO) has been installed at unit 2...

New Brunswick releases energy strategy
19 December 2023 The government of New Brunswick in Canada has released its strategy on how...

Framatome to expand its US facility in Virginia
19 December 2023 Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that France-based Framatome is...

Permission granted for criticality of India’s Kakrapar 4
19 December 2023 India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted permission for...

California regulators agree to extend Diablo Canyon operation
19 December 2023 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has agreed to allow...

ENEC and EPRI collaborate on decarbonisation report
19 December 2023 The UAE’s Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and US-based...

China develops container for fast reactor used fuel
19 December 2023 The China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) has received a certificate...

Dome installed at Hinkley Point C unit 1
19 December 2023 EDF has installed the dome at unit 1 of the Hinkley Point C NPP....

Russian institute unveils physical model of BN-1200 fast neutron reactor core
15 December 2023 Specialists at the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power...

Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority signs MOU with ENEC
15 December 2023 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Egypt’s Nuclear...

New chemical analysis laboratory opens at Akkuyu
15 December 2023 A new chemical laboratory has been commissioned at the Akkuyu...

COP28: ENEC signs MOU on co-operation with Terrestrial Energy
15 December 2023 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has signed another...

NRC to issue construction permit for Hermes test reactor
14 December 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed staff to issue...

Approval granted for decommissioning of Grohnde
14 December 2023 Lower Saxony’s Ministry for the Environment, Energy & Climate has...

Belgian government signs agreement on NPP life extension
14 December 2023 French power group Engie and the Belgian federal government have signed...

South Africa to launch procurement process for new nuclear
14 December 2023 South Africa intends to launch a bidding process for an extra 2,500 MWe...

COP28 ends with agreement to accelerate green technologies including nuclear
14 December 2023 The 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) ended in...

Commissioning permit issued for Akkuyu 1
14 December 2023 The Council of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NDK) of Turkiye has issued...

Rosatom may use dry cooling tower technology for NPP in Uzbekistan
13 December 2023 Rosatom is considering the possibility of using dry cooling tower...

Rosatom completes equipment tests for Brest fuel production facility
13 December 2023 Rosatom has completed testing equipment for the production of...

Tractebel, Laurentis Energy and Hatch join forces on SMRs
13 December 2023 Energy services provider Laurentis Energy Partners is joining forces...

Automated control system introduced at five Russian NPPs
13 December 2023 An automated maintenance, repair and operation management system – TOREX...

LIS Technologies and Curio to co-operate on laser reprocessing
13 December 2023 US-based laser enrichment technology developer LIS Technologies has signed...

Hungary notifies EU of plans to extend operation of Paks NPP
13 December 2023 MVM Paksi Atomerömű Zrt, operator of Hungary’s Paks NPP has notified...

Russian scientists develop organic compound to make used fuel reprocessing more efficient
13 December 2023 A team of Russian scientists from several large scientific centres...

KAERI and Hyundai Engineering to promote export of SMART SMR
13 December 2023 Hyundai Engineering CEO Hong Hyun-seong and the Korea Atomic Energy...

Polish Ministry issues positive decision on SMRs despite opposition from security service
13 December 2023 Poland's Climate & Environment Ministry issued decisions-in-principle for...

All four steam generators installed at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
13 December 2023 All four steam generators have been installed at unit 2 of Russia’s...

Lightbridge and Centrus Energy to collaborate on pilot fuel fabrication facility
13 December 2023 US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has announced a...

UKAEA awards more funding for fusion as JET announces technology advance
12 December 2023 Nine organisations have secured contracts worth £11.6m ($14.6bn) in...

COP28: IAEA launches fusion energy discussion
12 December 2023 Fusion is developing fast and gaining momentum as a climate solution,...

COP28: US Export-Import Bank to support SMR exports
12 December 2023 The US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) President & Chair Reta Jo Lewis...

Holtec’s SMR-300 begins UK Generic Design Assessment
12 December 2023 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), along with the Environment...

EU states accept nuclear as a strategic net-zero technology
12 December 2023 Reflecting a decision by the European Parliament in November, the...

CURIO and Deep Isolation to co-operate on HLW disposal
12 December 2023 US-based nuclear technology company and nuclear waste disposal...

COP28: Rosatom offers SMR to Mongolia
12 December 2023 At the conclusion of the SMR Day hosted by Russia the UN's COP28...

Framatome to support development of Lutetium-177 separation
12 December 2023 Framatome has signed a service agreement with Global Morpho Pharma for...

Rosatom starts production for small nuclear power plant in Yakutia
12 December 2023 The Rosatom Engineering Division in St Petersburg has begun...

COP28: IAEA and OPEC Fund strengthen cooperation on climate mitigation
12 December 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the OPEC Fund...

Zaporizhia depends on single power line
12 December 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) has for several days depended on a...

Reactor vessel removal completed at Crystal River
12 December 2023 Orano USA, assisted by Netherlands-based heavy lifting company Mammoet...

COP28: ENEC signs three more SMR agreements
12 December 2023 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has signed three...

Ukraine regulator agrees extension for dismantling of Chornobyl sarcophagus
12 December 2023 The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has extended by...

Rosatom manufactures first BN-800 MOX fuel assemblies with minor actinides
08 December 2023 Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk,...

Contractor selected for Pallas reactor
08 December 2023 Pallas has chosen FCC Construcción (FCC) as the contractor for...

Norsk Kjernekraft signs power agreement with Mo Industripark
08 December 2023 Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft has signed an agreement of intent with...

TRIGA International to supply fuel for MARVEL microreactor
08 December 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a contract to...

More funding for US university nuclear programmes
08 December 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two funding...

Kyoto Fusioneering to supply advanced gyrotron systems to General Atomics
08 December 2023 Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) has agreed to supply two advanced...

Key ITER component moved to workshop for repair
08 December 2023 Although the distance is little more that 100 metres, the transfer of...

First test glass poured at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
08 December 2023 The Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) at the US Hanford Site...

Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine to start new enrichment project
08 December 2023 Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine (AECC in Irkutsk) will...

CNNC signs MOU with ENEC and strengthens contacts with Ghana and WNA
08 December 2023 During the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) held...

Polar crane installed at Hinkley Point C
08 December 2023 The polar crane for unit 1 of the Hinkley Point C NPP under construction...

US SMR vendors court ENEC at COP28
08 December 2023 During the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United...

Shin Hanul 2 achieves first criticality
07 December 2023 Unit 2 of South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP has achieved first criticality,...

Sellafield repudiates Guardian articles on cyber attacks and leaks
07 December 2023 The Guardian newspaper has recently published two articles about the...

Rolls-Royce unveils model of space microreactor
07 December 2023 Rolls-Royce unveiled a nuclear Space Micro-Reactor Concept Model at the...

Holtec plans two SMRs for Palisades NPP
07 December 2023 US-based Holtec International has launched a programme to build two...

Veolia selects Siteflow to support Fukushima decommissioning
07 December 2023 French radioactive waste management specialist Veolia Nuclear Solutions...

Net Zero Nuclear Industry Pledge launched at COP28
07 December 2023 The Net Zero Nuclear Industry Pledge has been launched at the 28th...

China’s HTR-PM demonstration project enters commercial operation
07 December 2023 The world's first Generation 4 NPP – China's HTR-PM demonstration project...

KHNP selects contractor for Shin Hanul 3 and 4
06 December 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has selected a consortium led by...

IAEA reviews safety at Slovakia’s Bohunice NPP
06 December 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Progress continues at Paks II
06 December 2023 Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Péter Szijjártó said on...

IAEA reviews used fuel and radwaste management in Netherlands
06 December 2023 The Netherlands has established an effective programme for managing its...

Framatome and Nuclearelectrica to co-operate on production of Lutetium-177 at Cernavoda
06 December 2023 France’s Framatome and Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica...

Rosatom plans to test new material for the first wall of ITER
06 December 2023 In the second half of 2024, Russian specialists plan to conduct...

Swedish parliament supports easing restrictions on nuclear new build
06 December 2023 The Swedish Riksdag (parliament) has voted in favour of...

TerraPower signs MOUs with ENEC and Uranium Energy Corp
06 December 2023 US-based TerraPower has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with...

Equipment delivery begins for Leningrad 7&8
06 December 2023 The first large-sized equipment – three giant tower cranes with a...

JT-60SA fusion device inaugurated in Japan
06 December 2023 The Japan Torus-60 Super Advanced (JT-60SA) fusion device, the...

Finland’s Steady Energy and Kuopion Energia consider SMRs for district heating
06 December 2023 Finland’s Steady Energy, a startup company spun out from the VTT...

Engie agrees to extension of Belgian reactors
05 December 2023 French power group Engie and the Belgian federal government have finalised...

COP28: ENEC signs commercial uranium contract with Kazatomprom
05 December 2023 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has signed its...

COP28: 22 countries target tripling global nuclear energy capacity by 2050
05 December 2023 At the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United...

Westinghouse completes acquisition of Tecnatom
05 December 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has completed 100% acquisition...

VVER-TOI reactor installed at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II
05 December 2023 The VVER-TOI reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed in the...

Hot conditioning completed at Rajasthan 7
05 December 2023 Hot conditioning has been completed at unit 7 of India’s Rajasthan...

Framatome strengthens hafnium production
05 December 2023 France’s Framatome has invested in a new separative capacity on its...

Zaporizhia NPP temporarily loses all off-site power
05 December 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) recently lost all off-site power...

Growing uncertainty in US regarding economics of new nuclear
05 December 2023 A recent statement from Fitch Ratings casts doubt on any new...

Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor prepares to burn minor actinides
05 December 2023 Public hearings have been held in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region on...

Canadian companies to collaborate with KHNP on SMRs
05 December 2023 Canada’s ARC Clean Technology, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and...

IAEA Opens Atoms4Climate Pavilion at COP28
05 December 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has opened its...

Orano’s TN Eagle nuclear packaging approved by US NRC
01 December 2023 France’s Orano has obtained transport approval from the US Nuclear...

Urenco signs long-term fuel deal with Energoatom
01 December 2023 UK-based enrichment company Urenco and Ukrainian nuclear utility...

OPG selects fuel suppliers for planned SMRs
01 December 2023 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced at the World...

Newcleo partners with Assystem, Ingérop and Onet to develop lead-cooled fast reactor
01 December 2023 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has signed three...

MHI selected as core company for new Japanese research reactor
01 December 2023 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has been selected as a core company...

CA20 module installed at China’s Lianjiang 1
01 December 2023 The 1,000-tonne CA20 module has been installed at unit 1 of China’s...

Rosatom plans fast reactors for the Urals and Siberia
01 December 2023 Rosatom plans to increase the share of nuclear generation in the...

Framatome and USNC establish joint venture to manufacture reactor fuel
01 December 2023 France’s Framatome and US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC)...

Belarus plans to build radioactive waste storage facility by 2030
01 December 2023 Belarus, with the support of Rosatom specialists, is drawing up plans for...

US DOE issues HALEU deconversion request for proposals
01 December 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals...

Rosatom ships two horizontal steam-heater separators to Akkuyu 1
01 December 2023 Two horizontal steam-heater separators (SPPs) have been shipped from...

November 2023

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Nuclearelectrica signs refurbishment contract for Cernavoda
30 November 2023 Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN)...

Framatome to set up fuel fabrication facility in UK
30 November 2023 France’s Framatome is planning the construction of a nuclear fuel...

AtkinsRéalis unveils new Candu Monark reactor
30 November 2023 AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin Group) unveiled its new Candu...

Power restored to Zaporizhia NPP despite increased military action
30 November 2023 The main power line supplying electricity to Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP...

EDF signs co-operation agreements with Canada, Czech Republic and Indian
30 November 2023 During the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) 2023 in Paris, EDF Group...

Studsvik signs licence agreement to develop inDRUM waste treatment in South Korea
29 November 2023 Sweden’s Studsvik has signed a Technology Licence Agreement with...

Hungary authorises use of diverse nuclear fuel sources
29 November 2023 The possibility of using nuclear fuel from suppliers other than Russia’s...

Novovoronezh NPP unit 6 moves to 18-month fuel cycle
29 November 2023 Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP has completed a pilot 18-month fuel...

NASA moves closer to use of plutonium-238 to power space missions
29 November 2023 The shipment earlier this year of heat source plutonium-238 from the...

Poland approves second large NPP
29 November 2023 Poland's Ministry of Climate & Environment has issued a...

Rosatom completes dismantling of floating technical base Lepse
29 November 2023 Rosatom has finally completed dismantling of floating technical base...

China’s nuclear energy heating project begins operation
29 November 2023 China's first nuclear energy heating project that covers...

New air ventilation system for WIPP
29 November 2023 A new large-scale ventilation system, also known as the Safety...

Study confirms removal of all fuel from decommissioned Soviet-era reactor
29 November 2023 Recent studies have found that a decommissioned Soviet-era training...

VVER-TOI reactor delivered to Kursk-II's second unit
28 November 2023 The VVER-TOI reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been delivered to the site...

IAEA reviews safety at Philippines research reactor
28 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

Orano wins dependability contract from ITER
28 November 2023 France’s Orano, through its engineering subsidiary Orano Projets, has...

INL fabricates commercial grade uranium dioxide HALEU fuel
28 November 2023 Recently, researchers at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL)...

Refuelling underway at Russia’s floating NPP
28 November 2023 Refuelling is underway at the world's only floating NPP (FNPP), the...

Bruce Power to evaluate options to expand nuclear capacity in Ontario
28 November 2023 Canada’s Bruce Power plans to launch a Request for Information (RFI)...

Amentum to merge with Jacobs cyber businesses
28 November 2023 Nuclear engineering company Amentum has reached an agreement to merge...

Zaporizhia NPP loses power connection during increased military activity
28 November 2023 The Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) lost the connection to its main off-site...

Bruce Power completes largest ever delivery of cobalt-60
28 November 2023 Canada’s Bruce Power has completed delivery of the company’s largest...

IAEA says Beloyarsk NPP committed to safety
28 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Cold shutdown for Zaporizhia unit 5
24 November 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) is transitioning its reactor unit 5 to...

China celebrates start of construction at Xudabao 1
24 November 2023 Ceremony marking to the start of construction of unit 1 at China’s...

Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 resumes service following another technical problem
24 November 2023 Unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP has resumed service after being...

NuScale Power and ORNL to undertake SMR assessment
24 November 2023 US-based NuScale Power Corporation is partnering with Oak Ridge...

Korea and UK establish Clean Energy Partnership
24 November 2023 South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) and the...

Ontario and Saskatchewan collaborate on SMR development
24 November 2023 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its subsidiary, Laurentis...

IAEA reviews radiation protection in Botswana
24 November 2023 The first IAEA Occupational Radiation Protection Service (ORPAS) mission...

Final used fuel assemby removed from Kursk 1
23 November 2023 The first preparatory stage of decommissioning at unit 1 of Russia’s...

Koeberg 1 back online after steam generator replacement
23 November 2023 South Africa’s power utility Eskom said unit 1 at Koeberg NPP has...

Framatome completes tests on new buried piping liner rehabilitation system
23 November 2023 France’s Framatome has completed a two-year test programme for the...

EU Parliament includes nuclear in Net-Zero Industry Act
23 November 2023 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to include...

Installation of melt trap underway at El Dabaa 2
23 November 2023 Specialists from Rosatom’s Engineering Division have begun installation...

Studsvik and Fortum investigate new nuclear
22 November 2023 Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a...

Work begins to straighten graphite stacks of RBMK reactors at Smolensk NPP
22 November 2023 Resource performance management of graphite stacks is underway at...

US military withdraws offer to Oklo for microreactor
22 November 2023 The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has rescinded a notice of intent...

Leningrad 5 shuts down following damage to turbine blades
22 November 2023 Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) reported that unit...

Reloading machine installed at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
22 November 2023 Installation of a reloading machine is underway at the construction site...

Krško NPP back in operation
21 November 2023 The Krško NPP, which was shut down in early October after the discovery of...

Kairos claims operation of world’s largest FLiBe system
21 November 2023 Kairos Power says its Engineering Test Unit (ETU) in Albuquerque has...

Eiffage wins civil contract for first Penly EPR2 reactors
21 November 2023 France’s Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil, has signed...

Temporary power loss at Zaporizhia NPP unit 6
21 November 2023 Unit 6 at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) temporarily lost power recently,...

Philippines and US sign nuclear co-operation agreement
21 November 2023 The Governments of the Philippines and the USA signed an “Agreement...

Sweden launches roadmap for new nuclear power development
21 November 2023 The Swedish Government has unveiled a roadmap outlining its goals...

Seoul National University opens NuScale Power Energy Exploration Centre
17 November 2023 US-based NuScale Power Corporation has opened the first...

French government and EDF reach agreement on nuclear electricity pricing
17 November 2023 Following several months of negotiations, the French government and EDF...

US plans production of iridium-192
17 November 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Isotope Program and QSA Global have...

Simulator training begins at Akkuyu NPP
17 November 2023 The first shifts of personnel have begun pre-licensing training using...

NorthStar completes removal and shipment of Vallecitos boiling water reactor
16 November 2023 NorthStar Group Services has removed the Vallecitos boiling water...

Construction schedule agreed for Hungary’s Paks II
16 November 2023 Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Péter Szijjártó said...

Permission granted for further construction of units 7&8 at Leningrad NPP
16 November 2023 Rosatom has granted permission to nuclear utility Regenerator for the...

EDF given more time to upgrade its 900 MWe reactor fleet
16 November 2023 French nuclear safety regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has...

Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel plan small land-based NPP
15 November 2023 An agreement of intent and cooperation for the construction of low-power...

Work begins to secure low-level waste vaults at UK’s Drigg repository
15 November 2023 Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), part of the UK Nuclear...

Kazatomprom signs long-term uranium supply contract with China
15 November 2023 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has signed a contract...

Russia’s Mayak facility masters processing of transportable fast reactor fuel
15 November 2023 The RT-1 reprocessing plant of Russia’s Mayak Production Association...

Former Zion NPP site released for unrestricted use
15 November 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released for “unrestricted use”...

Rosatom approves design of reactor for land-based small NPP
15 November 2023 The mechanical engineering division of Rosatom presented the...

Norway considers SMR for Halden
15 November 2023 Norway’s Halden municipality, Norsk Kjernekraft and Østfold Energi...

IAEA and ICAO strengthen cooperation on transport of radioactive materials
15 November 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International...

Russia strengthens relations with Kazakhstan pending decision on NPP construction
14 November 2023 The recent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kazakhstan...

IAEA reviews nuclear security in Switzerland
14 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

Hungary and Romania sign key energy deals
14 November 2023 Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Péter Szijjártó, has...

IAEA reviews regulatory framework in Romania
14 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Cameco and Brookfield complete acquisition of Westinghouse
14 November 2023 Canada’s Cameco has announced that acquisition of Westinghouse...

US and UK form strategic partnership to advance fusion energy
14 November 2023 Following talks in Washington between US Deputy Secretary of Energy David...

Reactor pressure vessel delivered to Akkuyu 3
14 November 2023 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been delivered by Rosatom to...

IAEA monitors maintenance activities at Zaporizhia NPP
14 November 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have been informed that...

UAMPS and NuScale cancel plans to build SMRs at INL
14 November 2023 Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and Oregon-based...

Air compressor catches fire at Japan's Tokai NPP
10 November 2023 An air compressor caught fire at unit 2 of Japan Atomic Power Co's...

Collaboration to explore deployment of Rolls-Royce SMRs in the Netherlands
10 November 2023 Construction company BAM Infra Netherlands, nuclear project...

More progress at Paks II
10 November 2023 Workers at the Paks II NPP under construction in Hungary have begun...

Krško NPP prepares to restart following replacement of pipelines
10 November 2023 The Krško NPP, which was shut down in early October after the discovery of...

IAEA undertakes safety review of Kazakhstan’s NPP site selection
10 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Site & External Events...

First US-African nuclear summit concludes in Ghana
10 November 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy has...

China ships last batch of magnet-supporting products to ITER
10 November 2023 China has completed construction of the final batch of...

Centrus delivers first HALEU to US DOE
10 November 2023 Centrus Energy Corp has made its first delivery of High-Assay,...

New consortium to develop and globally deploy lead-cooled fast reactors
10 November 2023 Belgium, Italy and Romania have formed a consortium with...

Switzerland to extend use of nuclear
09 November 2023 Switzerland plans to use its nuclear plants longer than previously...

Vattenfall applies for a new plan for Ringhals NPP expansion
09 November 2023 Power utility Vattenfall has applied to Varberg municipality for a...

Orano begins loading dry storage system at US Wolf Creek NPP
09 November 2023 Orano USA has completed the first loading of used nuclear fuel into the...

European Commission plans SMR industrial alliance
09 November 2023 European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson says the European...

Jacobs wins new contract to support UK NPPs
08 November 2023 US-based Jacobs Solutions has won a new Project Management Resources...

Cold testing complete at China’s Zhangzhou 1
08 November 2023 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said cold hydrostatic testing...

Cameco and Brookfield receive regulatory approval to acquire Westinghouse
08 November 2023 Cameco has announced that its joint acquisition of Westinghouse...

IAEA completes 13th rotation of experts at Zaporizhia NPP
08 November 2023 A new team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts has...

US Nuclear promotes Arbok’s technology for cleaning radioactive wastewater
08 November 2023 US Nuclear’s says its partner, Arbok-Nuclear, has developed revolutionary...

Bechtel to support Urenco's expansion activities in the UK
08 November 2023 US-based Bechtel has been selected by European enrichment services and...

Kansai Electric seeks operating life extension for Takahama 1
08 November 2023 Kansai Electric Power Co has applied to Japan’s Nuclear Regulation...

South Ukraine unit 1 secures 10-year extension
08 November 2023 Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) has...

Desalination plant planned for Sizewell C
08 November 2023 The UK’s planned Sizewell C NPP in Suffolk is planning to power a...

Japan's NRA approves extension of operating life of Sendai NPP reactors
08 November 2023 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved an extension of...

Russian scientists modernise nuclear fuel reprocessing using gallium and indium
08 November 2023 Scientists at the Urals Federal University (UrFU) in Russia have...

Poland’s MARIA research reactor restarts after modernisation
07 November 2023 After several months of renovation work Poland’s MARIA research...

Magnox rebrands to become Nuclear Restoration Services
07 November 2023 The UK’s Magnox Ltd will in future be known as Nuclear Restoration...

Czech Republic approves roadmap for SMR development
07 November 2023 The Czech government has approved the “Czech SMR Roadmap – Applicability...

Constellation completes acquisition of stake in Texas NPP
07 November 2023 US power utility Constellation has completed its acquisition of NRG...

Partnership to study hydrogen production using Rolls-Royce SMR
07 November 2023 Netherlands-based ULC-Energy, Denmark's Topsoe and the UK's Rolls-Royce...

Norway unveils plans for SMR power plant
07 November 2023 Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of Oil...

Canada’s Moltex derisks innovative waste recycling process
07 November 2023 Moltex Energy Canada has announced a significant breakthrough in its...

Bulgaria announces start of construction of Kozloduy 7
07 November 2023 Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has told a government meeting...

Doosan Enerbility awarded used fuel cask project
07 November 2023 South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility has signed a contract with Korea Hydro...

MOX use at Russia’s BN-800 reactor confirms reliability of the technology
07 November 2023 The BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP...

IAEA confirms safe tritium levels in latest ALPS treated water release at Fukushima
07 November 2023 The tritium concentration in the third batch of diluted water treated...

Containment shell installed at China’s ACP100 SMR
07 November 2023 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) says the steel containment dome...

Business complications for SMR companies X-energy and NuScale
03 November 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor Company and publicly-traded special...

Transport portal installed at Kursk-II 2
03 November 2023 Specialists have completed installation of the transport portal at unit 2...

Fuel for Hungary’s Paks NPP arrives from Russia
03 November 2023 Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Péter Szijjártó, said...

IAEA reviews Estonia’s nuclear power infrastructure development
03 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated...

WIPP ventilation shaft reaches final depth
03 November 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in...

Newcleo partners with London School of Economics
03 November 2023 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo and the London School...

General Fusion and TRIUMF to cooperate on new LM26
03 November 2023 Canada’s particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF and General Fusion, have...

IAEA assesses military threats to NPPs in Ukraine and Russia
03 November 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have assessed the...

Melt trap delivered for El Dabaa 2
03 November 2023 A melt localisation device (melt trap or core catcher) has been delivered...

Construction starts at Netherlands Multifunctional Storage Building
03 November 2023 Construction has begun of the Multifunctional Storage Building (MOG) for...

Krško NPP expected to restart in mid-November
02 November 2023 The Krško NPP, which was shut down in early October after the discovery of...

Japan and US expand cooperation on fast reactors
02 November 2023 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...

Iran begins construction of Karoun NPP and new uranium mine
02 November 2023 Iran has started construction of its indigenously-designed Karoun NPP in...

IAEA mission reviews Czech radwaste and used fuel management
02 November 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Belarus NPP unit 2 formally commissioned
02 November 2023 Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP has been put into commercial operation after...

Final bids submitted for new Dukovany NPP units
02 November 2023 Czech power utility ČEZ Group's Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a...

Location of Poland's first nuclear power plant approved
01 November 2023 The Pomeranian Voivode (governor) Dariusz Drelich has issued a...

US NRC approves changes to Indian Point emergency planning requirements
01 November 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Holtec...

EPRI and NEA to collaborate on waste management for SMRs
01 November 2023 The US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Paris-based...

Japan's JT-60SA achieves first plasma
01 November 2023 Japan's fusion power project has produced first plasma at the...

US DOE signs agreement to develop X-energy’s Microreactor
01 November 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor Company has signed a cooperative agreement with...

New Dukovany units receive zoning permit
01 November 2023 Elektrárna Dukovany II, a wholly owned subsidiary of Czech power utility...

EDF plans outages at Cattenom NPP to save fuel
01 November 2023 EDF says additional outages at the 1,300 MWe units 1&2 of its Cattenom...

New agreement seeks to support Argentina’s CAREM SMR
01 November 2023 Argentina’s National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA - Comisión Nacional...

Five Fukushima workers contaminated after contact with radioactive water
01 November 2023 Five workers at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP were accidentally splashed...

October 2023

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Nuclear plays minor role in IEA World Energy Outlook 2023
31 October 2023 IEA’s new World Energy Outlook 2023 sees a phenomenal rise of clean...

New nuclear materials sorting facility opens in Canada
31 October 2023 A new Canadian nuclear materials sorting facility in Kincardine is now...

BWXT announces contract for naval nuclear reactor fuel
31 October 2023 BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been awarded a US Naval Nuclear...

Rosatom begins installation of research reactor in Bolivia
31 October 2023 The formal opening of the multi-purpose irradiation centre (MIC) has...

Fifth batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur NPP
31 October 2023 The fifth batch of nuclear fuel for Rooppur NPP under construction...

Environmental impact study submitted for Atucha 1
31 October 2023 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) has submitted the environmental...

APTIM completes disposal of US nuclear refuelling barge
31 October 2023 Louisiana-based APTIM, a US company focused on radiological and...

IAEA says ALPS treated water release is progressing as planned
31 October 2023 The discharge of treated water from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi NPP...

More DOE funding for advanced reactor experiment designs
26 October 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE), through the National Reactor...

Fourth tier of inner containment completed at Akkuyu 3 as more equipment installed at unit 1
26 October 2023 The fourth tier of the internal containment ((VZO)) has been completed in...

SpaceNukes partnership wins contract to develop reactors for space vehicles
25 October 2023 US Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) has teamed with...

USNC wins NASA nuclear propulsion contract
25 October 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has won a contract from...

Graphite stacks remediated at Smolensk 1
25 October 2023 Unit 1 at Russia’s Smolensk NPP, a RMBK-1000 reactor, has resumed...

Fuel loading begins at Kakrapar’s second unit
25 October 2023 Indian NPP operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has...

Framatome launches Framatome Space
25 October 2023 France’s Framatome has announced the launch of Framatome Space “putting...

Dukovany 4 to switch to new generation Russian fuel
24 October 2023 Unit 4 of the Dukovany NPP in the Czech Republic has been shut down...

Rosatom develops technology to deal with sodium from decommissioned fast reactors
24 October 2023 Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power Engineering (IPPE –...

Orano approves Georges Besse II extension
24 October 2023 The Board of Directors of France’s Orano has approved investment for...

USACE re-awards contract to dismantle SM-1A reactor
24 October 2023 The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Baltimore District has awarded...

Orano inaugurates Stable Isotopes Laboratory
20 October 2023 France’s Orano group has inaugurated its new Stable Isotopes...

Newcleo signs MOU with Nuclear AMRC
20 October 2023 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has signed a Memorandum...

Rosatom develops transport container for used steam generators
20 October 2023 The Central Design & Technological Institute (JSC CPTI, part of...

Romanian institute to assess Lightbridge fuel for Candu reactors
20 October 2023 US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has engaged...

Helical Fusion selected for Japanese grant
20 October 2023 Helical Fusion Co Ltd has been selected by the Japanese Ministry...

IAEA safety mission completes review in Germany
20 October 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

UK and Sweden agree to enhance cooperation in nuclear development
20 October 2023 Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Costs increase for clean-up of US Cold War legacy sites
19 October 2023 The estimated future cost to clean up 19 sites contaminated by nuclear...

Rosatom and Belarus increase cooperation on radwaste management
19 October 2023 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL has entered into a long-term...

Canadian regulator confirms safety of Candu pressure tubes
19 October 2023 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has confirmed the...

Rosatom completes dome for MBIR reactor building
19 October 2023 Installation of the building dome has been completed for the...

France and Germany move towards resolving nuclear differences
19 October 2023 The European Union (EU) Energy Council, meeting in Luxembourg, have...

IAEA and FAO launch Atoms4Food initiative
19 October 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Food and...

Commissioning complete at Mochovce 3
19 October 2023 Commissioning of unit 3 at the Mochove NPP has been completed with the...

More US funding for hydrogen hubs
19 October 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $7bn to launch seven...

Kazakhstan delivers more fuel assemblies to China
18 October 2023 Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Company Kazatomprom has delivered...

California recognises fusion energy as distinct from nuclear fission
18 October 2023 California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1172 into...

Internal containment dome concreted at Kursk-II-2
18 October 2023 Concreting of the dome for the internal containment shell (ICU) has...

IAEA concludes safety review mission in the Netherlands
18 October 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

VVER-1200 reactor vessel installed at Tianwan 7
18 October 2023 The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at unit 7 of China’s...

Radiation monitoring equipment installed for Akkuyu NPP
18 October 2023 A 40-metre-high mast, which is part of the ASRO (automated...

Experiments end at JET after 40 years
18 October 2023 The UK-based Joint European Torus (JET) fusion facility at Culham near...

Zaporizhia NPP moves second reactor to hot shutdown
18 October 2023 In his latest update, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Sheffield Forgemasters to support deployment of Xe-100 HTGRs
18 October 2023 UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters has signed a memorandum of...

US DOE’s MARVEL Microreactor approaches final design
17 October 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) MARVEL microreactor has achieved...

IAEA mission reviews Italy’s radwaste management
17 October 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

First refuelling for Russia’s Akademik Lomonosov floating NPP
17 October 2023 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL has supplied nuclear fuel for reactor 1 of...

New consortium to support Cernavoda life extension
17 October 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a consortium agreement...

IAEA launches World Fusion Outlook 2023
17 October 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Ontario’s Hydrogen Innovation Fund selects six projects for support
17 October 2023 The Ontario government has announced the first six projects that will...

Bulgaria cancels Belene NPP project
17 October 2023 The Bulgarian government has cancelled the decision to build the Belene...

Third batch of nuclear fuel arrives at Rooppur
17 October 2023 The third batch of nuclear fuel has been delivered to the Rooppur NPP...

Burkina Faso and Mali sign nuclear agreements with Rosatom
17 October 2023 Russia has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on nuclear...

IAEA’s 29th Fusion Energy Conference attracts 2000 participants
17 October 2023 Opening the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 29th Fusion...

US NRC warns VC Summer NPP over cracks
13 October 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a warning to the...

Newcleo signs cooperation agreement with Tosto Group
13 October 2023 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has signed a...

Rosatom expands nuclear cooperation with Myanmar
13 October 2023 Rosatom and Myanmar’s Ministry of Science & Technology have signed...

Finnish low-level waste facility receives environmental permit
13 October 2023 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said the Regional...

Kansai Electric plans temporary storage of used fuel at NPPs
13 October 2023 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co has told Fukui Prefecture that it plans...

Equipment testing begins at Brest reactor fuel facility
13 October 2023 Comprehensive testing of equipment has begun at the nuclear...

Iran pours concrete for section of second Bushehr reactor
13 October 2023 Iran has poured concrete for a new section of the second nuclear reactor...

Melt trap installed at Akkuyu 4
13 October 2023 A melt localisation device (melt trap or core catcher) has been installed...

HALEU demonstration project begins enrichment in Ohio
13 October 2023 Enrichment operation have begun at the US Department of Energy’s...

TVO considers extending the service life of Olkiluoto 1&2
12 October 2023 Finnish power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has started...

Construction of new fusion facility begins in Spain
12 October 2023 Construction has started on the International Fusion Materials...

Faulty coolant pump delays commissioning of Vogtle 4
11 October 2023 US Georgia Power has reported the discovery of a malfunctioning coolant...

US DOE restarts loss of coolant safety tests
11 October 2023 Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory...

State-of-the-art glove box training facility opens at Sellafield
11 October 2023 A state-of-the-art Glove Box Training Facility for the UK nuclear...

Holtec seeks NRC approval to restart Palisades NPP
11 October 2023 US-based Holtec International says it has submitted a filing with the...

China begins construction of Lianjiang NPP
11 October 2023 First concrete has been poured for the first phase of China’s Lianjiang...

Sweden looks to remove obstacles to nuclear new build
11 October 2023 Sweden’s Government and the Swedish Democrats have introduced a new bill...

NuScale and ENTRA1 technology chosen for data centres
11 October 2023 RR Standard Power, which supplies infrastructure as a service to...

Krško NPP closed following leak
11 October 2023 The Krško NPP in Slovenia has been shut down for repair and maintenance...

Jordan looks to SMRs
11 October 2023 With support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Platform...

IAEA annual projections for nuclear increase
11 October 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its annual...

Japan releases second batch of treated Fukushima water
10 October 2023 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has begun releasing a...

Argentina and Brazil strengthen nuclear cooperation
10 October 2023 The President of Brazil’s National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN -...

France vetoes US takeover of nuclear companies
10 October 2023 France’s Economy Ministry has vetoed the acquisition of nuclear...

EnergySolutions plans nuclear manufacturing facility in Tennessee
10 October 2023 US-based EnergySolutions is establishing an advanced nuclear fabrication...

Edison looks to revive nuclear power in Italy
10 October 2023 On the 140th anniversary of the start of its activities, Edison has...

Rosatom installs melt trap at El Dabaa 1
10 October 2023 Rosatom is installing the melt localisation device – melt trap – at unit 1...

Canada endorses recommendations for radwaste management
10 October 2023 Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy & Natural Resources Canada,...

Procurement of long lead components to begin for ARC-100 SMR
10 October 2023 ARC Clean Technology Supply Chain Manager, Anthony Jackman says...

ANSTO plans new nuclear medicine facility
10 October 2023 The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has...

Rosatom delivers first fuel to Rooppur
10 October 2023 The first nuclear fuel has been delivered to the construction site of...

Southern Nuclear authorised to install advanced fuel
06 October 2023 Unit 2 of Southern Nuclear’s Vogtle NPP in Georgia has...

Rehabilitation of uranium tailing site completed ahead of schedule
06 October 2023 Rosatom specialists have completed work to rehabilitate legacy...

Penn State receives first TRIGA fuel shipment in 10 years
06 October 2023 TRIGA International recently delivered 30 new fuel elements to Penn...

IAEA unveils new nuclear security training centre
06 October 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has opened a unique...

University of Missouri begins expansion of research reactor
06 October 2023 The University of Missouri has hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for...

Dome installed at China’s San’ao 2
06 October 2023 China General Nuclear (CGN) says the dome of the containment building...

12th rotation of IAEA inspectors completed at Zaporizhia
06 October 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) is once again using reactor unit 4...

TerraPower begins testing molten salt technology
06 October 2023 US power utility Southern Company, TerraPower and Core Power have...

IAEA General Conference attracts 2800 participants
06 October 2023 The 67th annual IAEA General Conference has adopted resolutions related...

Helion and Nucor announce collaboration on fusion
06 October 2023 US fusion energy tech start-up Helion Energy Helion, a fusion power...

Helen and Steady Energy co-operate on SMR deployment
06 October 2023 Finnish energy firm Helen has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with...

ITER reviews plans
06 October 2023 The ITER Council Science & Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) recently...

Russian scientists offer to assistance in managing Fukushima water
06 October 2023 At the end of August, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which...

German-French disagreements block EU power market reforms
06 October 2023 European Union (EU) countries may delete a key part of planned reforms...

Korean floating NPP project receives approval in principle
05 October 2023 HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and Kepco Engineering...

US DOE awards Framatome grant for digital twin development
05 October 2023 Framatome has been awarded a $1m contract award for phase two of the...

UK selects six companies for next stage of SMR competition
05 October 2023 The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and Great...

Westinghouse wins I&C contract for Xudabao units 1&2
04 October 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with...

Three US NPP operating licences transferred from Energy Harbor to Vistra
04 October 2023 Texas-based electricity and power generation company VistraOps has...

Rwanda details nuclear plans at IAEA meeting
04 October 2023 Dr Fidele Ndahayo, CEO of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB), announced...

Rosatom developing automated control system for small NPP
04 October 2023 Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU - part of Rosatom) is starting...

Romanian regulator approves licensing document for NuScale SMR
03 October 2023 Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and US-based NuScale...

Mochovce 3 achieves full power
03 October 2023 Unit 3 of Slovakia’s Mochovce NPP has achieved 100% power as start-up...

Canadian tribal council secures stake in SMR companies
03 October 2023 Canada’s North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council (NSMTC) and its seven...

Microsoft seeks manager to develop SMRs to power its data centres
03 October 2023 Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft says the company is looking...

US DOE announces funds to explore potential of geologic hydrogen
03 October 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research...

Hot testing begins at China’s Fangchenggang 4
03 October 2023 China General Nuclear (CGN) announced that hot functional testing has...

Steam generator modules replaced at Beloyarsk 3
03 October 2023 Specialists from Uralatomenergoremont (a branch of JSC Atomenergoremont,...

NWS eliminates Allerdale from UK GDF siting process
02 October 2023 UK Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), which has been investigating potential...

Slovenia looks to accelerate expansion of Krško NPP
02 October 2023 The recently established Working Party on the Coordination of...

Poland signs contract for design of first NPP
02 October 2023 Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) has signed the...

France and NEA host conference to promote nuclear energy
02 October 2023 The Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference, organised by the French Ministry...

Laurentis and Nuclearelectricia to collaborate on medical isotope production
02 October 2023 Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners (LEP), a subsidiary of Ontario...

Safety review of Finnish repository delayed
02 October 2023 Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK -...

September 2023

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IAEA General Conference: Three more countries commit to safe, secure and peaceful application of nuclear technology
29 September 2023 At the annual Treaty Event on the sidelines of the 67th regular session...

Rosatom ships third RPV to Akkuyu
29 September 2023 The third reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the Akkuyu NPP under...

US DOE awards more GAIN vouchers
29 September 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Gateway for Accelerated Innovation...

EDF Group creates new UK engineering subsidiary
28 September 2023 EDF says it has created EDF EPR Engineering UK to strengthen its...

Grossi opens IAEA General Conference
28 September 2023 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who has been reappointed for...

Water supply for Zaporizhia nears solution
27 September 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) has completed drilling ten groundwater...

Restoration progress at Zorita plant site
27 September 2023 Spain’s decommissioning and waste management company Enresa has...

Nuclear groups suggest staged approach to increase regulatory efficiency
27 September 2023 A new joint report from World Nuclear Association (WNA), the US-based...

Final testing of new US railcar for used fuel transport
27 September 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently completed a 1,600-mile...

IAEA sees operational safety commitment at Penly
27 September 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Temelín switches to 18-month fuel cycle
26 September 2023 Czech power utility ČEZ says unit 2 of the Temelín NPP, during its...

IAEA says Greece committed to safe radwaste management
26 September 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Ghana selects potential sites for first NPP
26 September 2023 Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) has selected Nsuban and Obotan as two...

IAEA samples second batch of ALPS treated water
26 September 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) independent sampling...

Alberta supports study on SMRs
26 September 2023 Canada’s provincial government of Alberta will invest CAD7m ($5.1m) into...

INB completes first stage of decommissioning in Caldas
26 September 2023 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) says it has completed the first stage...

Poland receives positive environmental decision on planned NPP
26 September 2023 Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowy (PEJ) has received a decision...

BWXT and Crowley consider microreactors for shipping
26 September 2023 US-based BWX Technologies’ (BWXT’s) Advanced Technologies subsidiary...

Appeal court permits legal challenge against Sizewell C project
22 September 2023 UK campaign group Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) have been...

Testing underway at US DOE’s Marvel microreactor
22 September 2023 Testing is underway at an electric-powered microreactor prototype...

Malaysia to increase use of nuclear technology
22 September 2023 Malaysia’s National Nuclear Technology Policy 2030 (DTNN 2030) will...

IAEA reviews safety at Iranian research reactors
22 September 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

Rosatom begins installation of outer containment dome at Rooppur 2
22 September 2023 Rosatom has begun installation of the dome part of the outer...

Full financing approved for Pallas reactor
21 September 2023 The Netherlands government will fully finance the cost of Pallas...

Defuelling of first reactor complete at Hunterston B
21 September 2023 The defuelling of the first reactor at the UK’s Hunterston B NPP has...

Canada agrees funding for Cernavoda expansion
21 September 2023 Canada and Romania have signed a CAD3bn ($2.2bn) export development deal...

ČEZ extends deadline for final bids for new nuclear unit at Dukovany
21 September 2023 Czech power utility ČEZ has extended the deadline for submitting the...

New research centre at Texas university to develop molten salt reactor
21 September 2023 The recently opened Gayle & Max Dillard Science & Engineering Research...

Legal battle continues between South Korea and Westinghouse
21 September 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has decided to continue its...

KHNP completes first fuel loading of Shin-Hanul 2
21 September 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has completed fuel loading at unit 2...

DOE settles dispute over Hanford site with Washington Ecology Department
20 September 2023 The Washington State Department of Ecology (WSDE) says a settlement...

More wells drilled at Zaporizhia NPP
20 September 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Remediation begins at former uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan
20 September 2023 Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under...

US Defense Department expands Project Pele to include X-energy
20 September 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor Company and the US Department of Defense (DOD)...

Rosatom considers second small reactor for Yakutia
20 September 2023 Rosatom is expected to decide on the construction of a second low-power...

Iran revokes licences of some IAEA inspectors
20 September 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Rosatom completes tests of TVS-2M nuclear fuel
20 September 2023 Pilot industrial operation of new nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors with...

Tokamak Energy’s fusion magnet system passes cryogenic tests
20 September 2023 UK-based Tokamak Energy’s superconducting magnet system, which is being...

Japan’s Takahama 2 restarts after 12 years
20 September 2023 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power has restarted unit 2 of its Takahama NPP...

Hyundai signs agreements in Poland to access nuclear and infrastructure markets
20 September 2023 South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (HEC) has signed...

IAEA mission reviews Poland’s regulatory framework
19 September 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Rosatom considers NPP construction in Russia’s far east
19 September 2023 Rosatom is studying the possibility of building a 1,200 MWe NPP in the...

More UK support for hydrogen plans at Heysham 2
19 September 2023 The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced...

Newcleo and NLL to collaborate on advanced reactor development
19 September 2023 UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo and the National...

Steam generators destined for Kudankulam NPP stranded at sea on damaged barge
19 September 2023 The barge vital carrying two steam generators for units 5&6 of...

Ceremony marks completion of radioactive waste storage in Kazakhstan
19 September 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear...

ComEd and Constellation sign carbon-free energy matching agreement
19 September 2023 US utility Commonwealth Edison (ComEd – part of Exelon) and...

Bruce 6 returns to commercial operation
19 September 2023 Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has been declared...

Eletronuclear to appeal court decision halting work at Angra 3
19 September 2023 Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear said it will appeal against a...

Concreting of turbine unit foundation completed at Akkuyu 2
19 September 2023 In the building of the unit 2 turbine hall at the Akkuyu NPP...

UK seeks private investment for Sizewell C
19 September 2023 The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced...

Rwanda signs deal to co-operate on novel reactor
15 September 2023 The Government of Rwanda, represented by the Rwanda Atomic Energy...

Russian scientists develop better protection for fusion reactor walls
15 September 2023 Researchers at Russia’s AN Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry...

Foundation pit completed for Leningrad 7
15 September 2023 At the construction site of Russia’s Leningrad NPP, the main excavation...

UK and Japan to co-operate on radioactive waste management
15 September 2023 Two projects have been awarded a share of £1m ($1.25m) by the UK...

Leak reported at Japan’s materials test reactor
15 September 2023 Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that a pool of radioactive water...

IAEA faces financial difficulty
15 September 2023 Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) now owe...

Energoatom and ConverDyn sign MOU on uranium conversion
15 September 2023 Peter Kotin, President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and...

Framatome expands nuclear co-operation with Hungary
15 September 2023 Framatome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...

IAEA concludes safety review of Spain’s Ascó NPP
15 September 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Energoatom and Westinghouse to co-operate on AP300 deployment
15 September 2023 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and US Westinghouse Electric...

Indonesia to consider Seaborg’s molten salt power barge
14 September 2023 PT Pertamina Power Indonesia and Denmark’s Seaborg have signed a...

US Palisades NPP takes steps towards possible restart
14 September 2023 A long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between Holtec...

US launches Nuclear Expediting the Energy Transition (NEXT) for SMR support
14 September 2023 US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, at the Three...

BWXT to evaluate microreactor deployment in Wyoming
14 September 2023 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has signed a two-phase, two-year...

IAEA chief expresses concerns over military activity near Zaporizhia NPP
13 September 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

IAEA concludes nuclear security review mission in Zambia
13 September 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed its...

Positive regulatory decision on Olkiluoto waste facility
13 September 2023 Finland’s Radiation & Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK -...

Unit 2 of Japan’s Shimane NPP to restart in 2024
13 September 2023 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Co announced that it will restart unit 2...

South Korea offers government support to nuclear companies
13 September 2023 South Korea’s government will offer a comprehensive support programme...

Hungary considers use of French nuclear fuel at Paks
13 September 2023 The Hungarian authorities intend to switch the NPP in the city of Paks...

Orano plans extension of uranium enrichment capacity
13 September 2023 France’s Orano has announced plans to extend enrichment capacity at...

US DOE studies advanced reactors for CO2 removal system
13 September 2023 A US Department of Energy (DOE) report has suggested pairing...

MoltexFLEX refines design of its FLEX reactor
13 September 2023 UK-based developer of molten salt nuclear technology MoltexFLEX says it...

Component of passive heat removal system installed at Kursk-II unit 1
13 September 2023 The deflector (dome part) of the passive heat removal system (PHRS) has...

Bridge crane commissioned at Akkuyu 1
12 September 2023 At the construction site of the Akkuyu NPP in Turkiye, a bridge crane with...

ENEC to co-operate with OSGE on SMRs
12 September 2023 The UAE’s Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Poland’s...

UK joins Europe’s Horizon and Copernicus programmes
12 September 2023 The UK Government announced that UK researchers can now apply for grants...

Japan and UK reaffirm co-operation on HTGRs
12 September 2023 The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the Japan Atomic Energy...

Shin-Hanul 2 approved for operation
12 September 2023 Unit 2 of South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP in Uljin, North Gyeongsang...

Westinghouse VVER-440 fuel loaded at Ukraine’s Rivne NPP
12 September 2023 The first VVER-440 fuel produced by US-based Westinghouse at its...

IAEA samples seawater following Fukushima treated water discharge
12 September 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) first independent...

WNA fuel report sees nuclear growth
12 September 2023 The World Nuclear Association’s (WNA) Nuclear Fuel Report: Global...

Chubu Electric to invest in NuScale
12 September 2023 Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co has decided to invest in US NuScale Power...

Bruce 6 reconnected to Ontario’s electricity grid
12 September 2023 Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has been reconnected to...

Containment module installed at Sanmen 4
08 September 2023 Progress is continuing at unit 4 of China’s Sanmen NPP in Zhejiang...

Orano and Urenco to develop 30B-X cylinder HALEU fuel transport
08 September 2023 France nuclear fuel company Orano and Europe-based uranium enrichment...

Centrus to start HALEU production in October
08 September 2023 US-based Centrus Energy Corp says it expects to begin...

CNL and Kyoto Fusioneering partner to accelerate fusion fuel tech
08 September 2023 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF)...

Second VVER-TOI RPV ready for delivery to Kursk-II
08 September 2023 A new Generation 3+ VVER-TOI, a typical optimised water-water...

Paks II construction moves forward
07 September 2023 Hungary’s Paks II NPP has reached another important stage with the start...

“Spot” robot accesses fuel cycle area at Dounreay
07 September 2023 ‘Four-legged “Spot” robots, developed by US-based Boston Dynamics,...

UK Dalton Institute looks at ways to manage plutonium
07 September 2023 The UK-based Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester...

More fusion progress for China
06 September 2023 China's new-generation tokamak, Huanliu-3 (HL-3), has made...

Studsvik and GNS to co-operate on waste treatment in Germany
06 September 2023 Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik and German...

IAEA marks one year at Zaporizhia NPP
06 September 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael...

JAVYS and EDF strengthen co-operation
06 September 2023 Slovak Nuclear & Decommissioning Company (JAVYS - Jadrová a...

Oklo microreactors considered for Alaskan military base
05 September 2023 The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), on behalf of the US Air Force...

Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP completes defuelling
05 September 2023 Swiss energy group BKW (formerly Bernische Kraftwerke) has...

Kazakhstan to hold referendum on nuclear power
05 September 2023 Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in a wide-ranging state-of-the...

India's Kakrapar 3 operating at full power
05 September 2023 India's first indigenously developed 700 MWe nuclear power reactor at...

Robot dog tested at Finland’s Onkalo underground used fuel repository
05 September 2023 Swiss company ANYbotics has been testing the performance of its...

US DOE seeks to make HALEU from EBR-II used fuel
05 September 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) is working to recycle used fuel from...

Construction licence issued for El Dabaa 4
05 September 2023 The Board of Directors of Egypt’s Nuclear & Radiological Regulatory...

IAEA Director General Grossi visits Sweden’s Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory
05 September 2023 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, during an official visit...

BWXT contracted to support US HALEU production
05 September 2023 US-based BWX Technologies has been contracted by the US Department of...

Bulgaria seeks nuclear cooperation with Slovenia
01 September 2023 Bulgaria has invited Slovenia to join the project to construct new...

Korea seeks to boost nuclear exports
01 September 2023 South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) and Korea Hydro...

Rosatom opens builders camp for Yakutsk low-power NPP
01 September 2023 A temporary camp has been opened near the village of Ust-Kuyga in...

Hatch and Tractebel to collaborate on nuclear development
01 September 2023 Canadian engineering & consultancy company Hatch and Belgium-based...

August 2023

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Atucha II restarts after completing repairs
31 August 2023 Argentina’s nuclear utility Nucleoeléctrica SA (NA-SA) says unit 2 of...

Xcel Energy's Monticello NPP to increase used fuel storage
31 August 2023 US utility Xcel Energy has received the necessary approval from the...

More funding for Sizewell C
31 August 2023 The UK government has made available a further £341m ($434m) of...

Oklo and Centrus strengthen cooperation on advanced reactors and fuel
31 August 2023 US-based fission technology company Oklo has signed a Memorandum...

First concrete for China’s Lufeng 6
31 August 2023 The first concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 6 at...

Westinghouse establishes US centre of excellence for LEU+ fuel
30 August 2023 US-based Westinghouse has announced the establishment of a centre...

Slovenské Elektrárne signs fuel supply agreement with Westinghouse
30 August 2023 Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) has signed a contract...

More funding for Saskatchewan SMR development
30 August 2023 Saskatchewan’s Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) is providing...

MHI completes key component for ITER
30 August 2023 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has completed manufacture of the...

Iran manufactures caesium-137
30 August 2023 The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says caesium-137 (Cs-137)...

New web platform for IAEA’s 2023 country nuclear power profiles
30 August 2023 The IAEA’s 2023 edition of its Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP)...

Rosatom identifies five Arctic sites for Shelf-M microreactors
30 August 2023 Rosatom has selected the five most promising sites in Chukotka, Yakutia...

Dismantling of mothballed Alaskan nuclear plant to resume
30 August 2023 The decommissioning of a mothballed NPP at Fort Greely in Alaska is...

Concreting of outer dome completed at unit 1 of Kursk-II NPP
30 August 2023 The outer containment (NZO) at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP has...

Dismantling progress at Grafenrheinfeld NPP
30 August 2023 Germany’s Grafenrheinfeld NPP (KKG - Kernkraftwerk Grafenrheinfeld)...

Fermi 2 closed following coolant leak
29 August 2023 US DTE Energy has shutdown unit 2 of the Fermi NPP in Michigan as...

Orano completes initial segmentation of reactor vessel at Crystal River 3
29 August 2023 Orano Decommissioning Services recently completed the first cut to...

Upgrading of steam generators begins at Russia’s BN-600 fast reactor
29 August 2023 The BN-600 fast neutron reactor at unit 3 of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has...

US court cancels Texas nuclear waste storage permit
29 August 2023 A US appeals court has cancelled a licence granted by the Nuclear...

IAEA monitors treated water released from Fukushima Daiichi
29 August 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing live data...

Saudi Arabia reportedly considers Chinese bid for NPP
29 August 2023 According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Saudi Arabia is considering...

First used fuel loading campaign completed at Krško NPP
25 August 2023 The 16th and final HI-STORM FW dry storage system has been placed into...

Final preparations for discharge of Fukushima’s ALPS-treated water
25 August 2023 Japan’s government has requested Tokyo Electric Power Company...

Canadian and Ukrainian regulators agree to co-operate
25 August 2023 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between Canadian...

Bolivia receives key components for its first research reactor
25 August 2023 The vessel of the research reactor for Bolivia’s Centre for Nuclear...

NANO plans fuel fabrication plant at Idaho National Laboratory
25 August 2023 US-based microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy has started due...

Russia assists conservation of nuclear equipment in Bulgaria
25 August 2023 Bulgaria’s National Electricity Company (NEK – Natsiunalnata...

Siting approval sought for Poland’s first NPP
24 August 2023 Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowy (PEJ) has applied to...

Defuelling completed at Leningrad 1&2
24 August 2023 A key stage in preparation for the decommissioning of units 1&2 at...

New groundwater sources begin to supply Zaporizhia NPP
24 August 2023 In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power...

UK provides loan to Ukraine for uranium enrichment
24 August 2023 The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), is to provide...

Zaporizhia NPP Director discusses conditions at the plant
23 August 2023 Yuriy Chernichuk, Director of the Zaporizhia NPP, in a long interview...

Japan's Chugoku Electric to study construction of used fuel storage
23 August 2023 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company has won approval from the...

Vogtle 4 starts loading nuclear fuel
23 August 2023 Georgia Power says fuel loading has begun at unit 4 the Vogtle NPP. Unit...

Canada approves funding for SMRs in Saskatchewan
23 August 2023 The Government of Canada is continuing to support the development...

Official approval sought for Poland’s second NPP
23 August 2023 PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa (PPEJ) has submitted an application to...

First concrete for Paks-II expected in 2024 following contract amendment
23 August 2023 Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Péter Szijjártó expects...

Russia to accelerate construction of Novovoronezh 8&9
23 August 2023 Governor of Russia’s Voronezh Region, Alexander Gusev and Director of...

Xcel Energy to build underground barrier to contain radioactive water leak at Monticello NPP
22 August 2023 US power utility Xcel Energy has announced that it will build an...

Kazakhstan confirms site for first NPP
22 August 2023 Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry has provided an update on previously...

US NRC issues final environmental impact statement for Hermes test reactor
22 August 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its final...

Rosatom develops foam decontamination technology for radioactive facilities
22 August 2023 Researchers at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

Eskom reports progress in Koeberg NPP upgrades
22 August 2023 State-owned South African power utility Eskom says unit 1 of the Koeberg...

Duke Energy files resource plan for South Carolina
22 August 2023 US utilities, Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress have filed...

Canadian and US regulators complete reports on BWRX-300
18 August 2023 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the US Nuclear...

Mirion Technologies wins contract for Xe-100 SMR
18 August 2023 US-based Mirion Technologies has been awarded a strategic design...

Gorleben salt mine to be dismantled and backfilled
18 August 2023 Germany’s Federal Association for Final Storage (BGE - Bundesgesellschaft...

Groundwork at Paks II extended by a year
18 August 2023 Hungary’s Atomic Energy Agency (OAH - Országos Atomenergia Hivatal)...

Russia begins installation of second plant for processing depleted uranium hexafluoride
18 August 2023 Russia’s Electrochemical Plant (ECP - part of the Rosatom Fuel Company...

Bulgaria’s regulator requires further documents on Westinghouse nuclear fuel
18 August 2023 Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BNRA) says the management of...

Hanford demolition of reactor annex clears the way for clean-up
18 August 2023 Clean-up activities continue at the US Hanford Site with demolition of the...

Sellafield begins waste removal from 70-year-old silo
17 August 2023 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Sellafield Ltd...

Silex to ship second laser enrichment module to USA
17 August 2023 Australia's Silex Systems Ltd says it has completed testing of the...

US NRC approves emergency planning rule for SMRs
17 August 2023 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioners have voted to approve...

Reactor pressure vessel delivered for Tianwan 7
16 August 2023 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 7 of China’s Tianwan NPP...

TerraPower awards contracts for Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project
16 August 2023 US-based Terrapower has selected four suppliers to support its...

DOE’s final environmental assessment for Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
16 August 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released the final...

Korean organisations establish Nuclear Heat Utilisation Council
16 August 2023 The Nuclear Heat Utilisation Council has been set up by 13 South...

Commonwealth Fusion awarded US DOE grants
16 August 2023 The US Department of Energy’s Innovation Network for Fusion Energy...

Russian specialists test prototype of wall panel for ITER
16 August 2023 Specialists at Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical...

Brazil signs contracts for expansion of its uranium enrichment plant
16 August 2023 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a contract with Amazônia...

Iran launches new uranium mine
16 August 2023 Iran has begun constructing a mining complex in the northwestern province...

Angra 3 included in Brazil’s growth programme but future remains uncertain
16 August 2023 Brazil’s government will make investments to upgrade unit 1 of the Angra...

Tricastin 1 approved for operation beyond 40 years
16 August 2023 France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN – Nuclear Safety Authority)...

Thailand hosts inaugural mission of IAEA service for disused sealed radioactive sources
16 August 2023 Sealed radioactive sources are the key component in thousands of devices...

IAEA launches new research project on deep boreholes
16 August 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is launching a new...

T-pylons erected for Hinkley Point C Connection Project
16 August 2023 The UK National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has completed all 116...

Relative stability at ZNPP
16 August 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its latest update on...

South Africa's Necsa and Russia's TVEL to cooperate in fuel fabrication
15 August 2023 Rosatom's fuel company TVEL and the South African Atomic Energy...

General Fusion to build new fusion demo machine
15 August 2023 Canada’s General Fusion has announced plans to build a new Magnetised...

EDF’s acquisition of GE Steam Power raises UK security concerns
15 August 2023 The UK government has raised national security concerns related to the...

Egyptian regulator approves first concrete for El-Dabaa 4
15 August 2023 The Egyptian Nuclear Power Authority (NPPA) has organised an...

Colorado State University and Marvel Fusion to build laser facility
15 August 2023 The USA's Colorado State University (CSU) and German laser fusion...

China's State Council approves six new power units
15 August 2023 China’s State Council of China, chaired by Premier Li Qian, has approved...

Application submitted to US NRC for construction of Carbon Free Power Project
15 August 2023 CFPP LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Utah Associated Municipal...

BWXT reactor and fuel selected for DARPA space project
15 August 2023 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been contracted to develop the...

Preliminary work completed at site of Russia’s planned BN-1200 reactor
15 August 2023 All research work at the site of the future BN-1200 reactor at...

IAEA upgrades database on discharges of radionuclides from nuclear installations
15 August 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) database on Discharges...

Bruce 6 achieves criticality after major upgrade
15 August 2023 Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce NPP has achieved a sustained fission chain...

Operating life of Russia’s BN-600 fast reactor may be extended beyond 2040
15 August 2023 The service life of Russia’s BN-600 fast reactor at unit 3 of the...

Melter begins operation at US Hanford Site
15 August 2023 The US Hanford Site Waste Treatment & Immobilisation Plant (WTP) team...

Passive heat removal system installed at Rooppur 1
15 August 2023 Installation of eight passive heat removal system (PHRS) heat exchangers...

Name change for Leadcold
15 August 2023 Swedish company Leadcold has announced that it is changing its name...

Core module assembly completed at China’s ACP100 SMR
15 August 2023 Assembly and installation of the core module for the world's first...

Foundation slab completed at Akkuyu 4
15 August 2023 Concreting of the foundation slab of the reactor building for unit 4 of...

First batch of TVEL fuel for Rooppur accepted
10 August 2023 Approval of fuel for the start loading of Rooppur NPP Unit 1 in...

newcleo aquires nuclear pump Rütschi Group
10 August 2023 newcleo has announced an agreement to purchase the shares of nuclear...

NRC authorizes fuel loading and operation at Vogtle 4
10 August 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized Southern...

Drones working on Sellafield decommissioning
10 August 2023 Drone pilots have successfully completed two flight firsts on a UK...

Tractebel working with First Light on fusion
10 August 2023 Tractebel and First Light Fusion have signed a framework agreement to...

Veolia Nuclear Solutions wins DoE Ohio cleanup contract
10 August 2023 Veolia’s U.S. nuclear clean up arm has won a contract with the US...

Terrestrial Energy and Westinghouse sign IMSR fuel deal
10 August 2023 Terrestrial Energy has signed a manufacturing and supply contract...

Tokamak Energy and Sumitomo to accelerate fusion
03 August 2023 Tokamak Energy and Sumitomo Corporation have signed a collaboration...

Nuclear naval propulsion study launched
03 August 2023 newcleo, ship building major Fincantieri and certification body RINA...

First Light Fusion working on medical isotopes
03 August 2023 First Light Fusion is working with Spanish engineering firm IDOM UK...

USNC reveal fuel technology breakthrough
03 August 2023 Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), has announced updates to the design...

Vogtle 3 begins commercial operation
03 August 2023 Unit 3 of Georgia Power’s Vogtle NPP, the first new reactor to start-up...

July 2023

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Dome installed at Xudabao 3
28 July 2023 Installation of the dome on the reactor building of unit 3 at China's...

Ventilation pipe installed at Rooppur 1
28 July 2023 The ventilation pipe has been installed at the unit 1 reactor building of...

Analytical simulator assembled for Kursk-II NPP
28 July 2023 Specialists from the training centre at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP have...

Japan considers subsidy scheme to restart idled reactors after Fukushima
28 July 2023 Japan is considering a subsidy scheme intended to help utilities...

Emergency power generators replaced at Darlington NPP
28 July 2023 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has installed three new emergency...

Skanska and SKB to collaborate on Forsmark waste repository
28 July 2023 Swedish construction company Skanska has signed a collaboration...

Ghana pursues nuclear co-operation with USA and Russia
28 July 2023 Ghana’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) on behalf of the Government...

Belgian regulator sets safety requirements for Electrabel's extension of Doel 4 and Tihange 3
28 July 2023 Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC - Federaal Agentschap...

Ventilation pipe installed at Kursk-II unit 2
28 July 2023 Specialists have completed installation of the ventilation pipe on...

Russia offers fuel design for Western PWRs
28 July 2023 Experts from Rosatom's fuel company TVEL presented details at...

Kozloduy seeks licence for Westinghouse fuel
27 July 2023 The Kozloduy NPP has applied to the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory...

UK seeks to accelerate preparations for Sizewell C construction
27 July 2023 The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has...

MHI selected as lead company for HTGR reactor development
27 July 2023 Japan's Agency for Natural Resources & Energy (ANRE - part of the Ministry...

Framatome’s accident tolerant fuel completes test cycle in US reactor
27 July 2023 France’s Framatome says its Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF)...

Construction permit for Kairos Hermes 2 reactor submitted to US NRC
27 July 2023 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a construction...

Bugey NPP selected for two EPR2 reactors
27 July 2023 France’s Nuclear Policy Council (CPN - Conseil de Politique...

Studies investigate potential of nuclear shipping
27 July 2023 The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has commissioned US-based...

IAEA identifies mines at perimeter of Zaporizhian NPP site
27 July 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed...

USNC details UK funding award for MMR development
26 July 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) says the recent...

Rosatom scientists test silicon carbide cladding
26 July 2023 Researchers at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

UAE introduces Diploma in Nuclear Technology
26 July 2023 A new programme has been developed by the Emirates Nuclear...

Russia’s ElectroChemical Plant begins using exoskeletons
26 July 2023 Presentation of modular industrial exoskeleton took place at a...

NEA issues supplement to its SMR Dashboard
26 July 2023 The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has published a 60-page supplement to...

IAEA inspections continue at Zaporizhia NPP amid search for new water sources
25 July 2023 In his latest update, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Further progress for Vogtle 3&4
25 July 2023 US Georgia Power has announced completion of a further step in the...

Russian design bureau outlines project for submersible SMR
25 July 2023 Russia’s Marine Engineering Bureau Malakhit in St Petersburg (part of...

KHNP develops accident monitoring system for nuclear reactors
25 July 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has developed the world's first...

Nuward SMR submitted to ASN for pre-licensing assessment
25 July 2023 EDF has submitted the Nuward small modular reactor (SMR) to the...

Kursk NPP delivers first batch of cobalt-60 isotope
25 July 2023 Russia’s Kursk NPP has sent the first batch of cobalt-60 (Co-60) for...

Key component installed at Haiyang unit 4
25 July 2023 The CA20 module for unit 4 at China’s Haiyang NPP Shandong province has...

Contracts awarded for EPR2 control systems
25 July 2023 Atos's Eviden business and Schneider Electric have signed a contract with...

NNL investigates oxidation of nuclear graphite
21 July 2023 New research from the UK National Nuclear Laboratory and the University...

Likhachev sees progress at Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP
21 July 2023 The head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, visited the construction site of...

US DOE delivers plutonium-238 for NASA missions
21 July 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has shipped 0.5 kilograms of heat...

Jacobs to procure manipulator robots for NNL
21 July 2023 The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has selected US-based Jacobs...

UD launches H2 Twin Cities 2023
21 July 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydrogen & Fuel Cell...

Licence issued for import of nuclear fuel to Rooppur NPP
21 July 2023 At an official ceremony in the city of Pabna in Bangladesh, class B, D, and...

Eletronuclear agrees to pay compensation for Angra 3 construction
21 July 2023 Brazilian nuclear utility Eletronuclear has reached an agreement with...

UK launches nuclear revival
20 July 2023 Great British Nuclear (GBN) is to drive rapid expansion of nuclear power...

Energy Northwest and X-energy sign joint development agreement
20 July 2023 US utility Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company, which is...

Norway to investigate deployment of Seaborg SMR
20 July 2023 Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft has signed a letter of intent with...

Iran plans five new NPPs
20 July 2023 Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has said Iran should...

Approval granted for dismantling Spain’s Garoña NPP
20 July 2023 Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition & Demographic...

Darlington unit 3 reconnected to the grid
20 July 2023 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said unit 3 of the Darlington...

TerraPower and Centrus accelerate efforts to commercialise HALEU production
19 July 2023 US-based TerraPower and Centrus Energy Corp have signed a memorandum...

India and France strengthen defence and security partnership, including nuclear
19 July 2023 India and France have agreed to strengthen their defence and...

Howden to supply helium circulator system for Xe-100
19 July 2023 US-based X-energy Reactor Company has selected UK-based Howden, a...

JAVYS and Westinghouse to cooperate on SMRs
19 July 2023 Slovak Nuclear & Decommissioning Company (JAVYS - Jadrová a...

Explosion at Russian enrichment facility
18 July 2023 An accident at the Urals Electrochemical Combine (UECC) at Novouralsk...

SKB receives permit for Forsmark's port expansion
18 July 2023 Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering...

Russia develops multifunctional robot for radiation work
18 July 2023 Intechros, a Russian manufacturer of hydraulic robots, has developed...

DOE awards Portsmouth decommissioning contract
18 July 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

Positive decision-in-principle for Polish SMR plan
18 July 2023 Polish metals company KGHM Polska MiedzKGHM has received a basic...

IAEA reviews nuclear security in Nigeria
18 July 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed an...

MHI to be responsible for design of new Japanese fast reactor
18 July 2023 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been selected as the core company...

Russian Kursk NPP unit closed after drone attack
18 July 2023 Unit 4 at Russia’s Kursk NPP was completely disconnected from the...

Poland and South Korea strengthen co-operation including nuclear
18 July 2023 During his recent visit to Poland, South Korean President Yoon Suk...

Fusion industry investment exceeds $6bn
18 July 2023 The Fusion Industry Association (FIA) has released its third annual...

Groundbreaking ceremony for Pakistan’s Chashma 5
18 July 2023 The groundbreaking ceremony has taken place at Mianwali in Punjab for unit...

Key equipment shipped for unit 3 of China’s Xudabao NPP
14 July 2023 Rosatom is shipping key equipment for unit 3 of China’s Xudabao NPP,...

Savannah River Site completes large disposal unit
14 July 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Environmental Management Office...

First concrete for Paks-II planned for 2024
14 July 2023 First concrete for Hungary’s Paks-II NPP is expected in the summer of...

Key component removed from ITER for essential repairs
14 July 2023 A key component of the International Thermonuclear Experimental...

Refurbishment completed at UK LLW repository site
14 July 2023 Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), part of the UK's Nuclear...

US intelligence says Iran is not developing nuclear weapons
14 July 2023 A new assessment released by US intelligence concludes that Iran is...

Record breaking run for DIII-D National Fusion Facility
14 July 2023 The US DIII-D National Fusion Facility has completed a two-year...

US legacy radioactive contamination revealed in St Louis
14 July 2023 The US federal government and companies responsible for nuclear...

Simulator delivered to Akkuyu NPP
14 July 2023 A full-scale simulator, PMT, an exact copy of the control units of...

South Korea looks to expand nuclear power
13 July 2023 The South Korean government says it will seek ways to expand power...

Poland confirms investment decision for first NPP
13 July 2023 Poland’s Minister of Climate & Environment, at the request of utility...

Oklo announces merger with acquisition company AltC
13 July 2023 US-based fission technology company Oklo is to merge with AltC. Oklo said...

Deep Isolation to investigate borehole disposal for Krško used fuel
13 July 2023 US-based Deep Isolation EMEA has been contracted by Slovenia’s Agency...

GSE contracted to support NPP control room modernisation
13 July 2023 US-based engineering and workforce solutions company, GSE Solutions, has...

Less tension at ZNPP as IAEA site searches continue
13 July 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have in recent...

Europe looks to develop VVER fuel
12 July 2023 The European Union (EU) has selected a consortium led by Westinghouse...

Westinghouse applies to CNSC for eVinci vendor design review
12 July 2023 Westinghouse Electric Company says it has submitted the first set of...

Bulgaria and Ukraine agree to energy co-operation
12 July 2023 Bulgarian Energy Minister Rumen Radev and Ukrainian Energy Minister...

Ontario and OPG plan more SMRs
12 July 2023 The Ontario government is working with Ontario Power Generation (OPG)...

NEA releases report on deep geological repositories and nuclear liability
12 July 2023 According to a new report by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)...

DOE lab produces world’s first-of-a-kind lung phantom
12 July 2023 The US Department of Energy’s Radiological & Environmental Science...

Urenco plans to expand US enrichment plant
12 July 2023 Urenco USA (UUSA) has announced plans to increase capacity at its...

US DOE funds study of Lightbridge Fuel performance in NuScale SMR
12 July 2023 US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation says Texas A&M...

Test assembly of VVER-1200 reactor completed at Kursk-II unit 1
12 July 2023 At the construction site of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP, Rosatom specialists...

Kärnfull Next receives funding from climate tech fund
12 July 2023 Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull...

Russia’s NIIEFA tests Japanese component for ITER
12 July 2023 Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA, part...

Bilfinger completes core melt system for Hinkley Point C
11 July 2023 Industrial services provider Bilfinger has completed the Core...

Steel security shell bottom installed at Haiyang NPP unit 4
11 July 2023 The containment vessel bottom head (CVBH) for unit 4 of China’s Haiyang...

Skoda JS to supply used fuel containers for Temelin NPP
11 July 2023 Czech power utility CEZ has selected ŠKODA JS to supply containers for...

Protests continue against Fukushima water release
11 July 2023 Despite being endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency...

US DOE updates clean-up statistics
11 July 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Ontario plans nuclear expansion
11 July 2023 Canada’s Ontario government has launched pre-development work to site...

Rosatom prepares for construction of Paks II
07 July 2023 Work has begun at the construction site of the Paks II NPP in...

Sogin awards contract for waste cementation plant
07 July 2023 Italy's Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has awarded a...

Russia’s Kola-II NPP to start operation by 2035
07 July 2023 The world's first nuclear power plant with a spectrally regulated...

IAEA assesses Canada's nuclear emergency preparedness
07 July 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Emergency Preparedness...

Rosatom to increase the supply of Russian isotope products to India
07 July 2023 V/O Izotop JSC (part of Rosatom’s Health Technologies division) has...

Concrete plant begins operation at construction site of Russia’s Brest reactor
07 July 2023 The concrete plant has begun operation at the construction site of...

Fuel delivery for Rooppur NPP to begin in September
07 July 2023 The delivery of nuclear fuel to the Rooppur NPP under construction...

IAEA approves Japan’s plans to release treated water into the sea at Fukushima
07 July 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety review has concluded...

Small and Advanced Reactors 2024 Call for Papers
06 July 2023 The fourth annual Small and Advanced Reactors conference is going...

South Korea launches SMR alliance
06 July 2023 South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) is establishing...

Redesign for Seaborg SMR in face of HALEU shortage
06 July 2023 Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies has confirmed its decision to change the...

Argentina’s Atucha II planned for restart after completing repairs
06 July 2023 Argentina’s nuclear utility Nucleoeléctrica SA (NA-SA) says it expects...

Attack on Zaporizhia NPP may have been averted
06 July 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Supercomputing and AI to create digital twin of STEP fusion power plant
05 July 2023 Collaboration between the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority...

IAEA promotes efforts to support safe deployment of SMRs
05 July 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched an...

Nuclearelectrica and KHNP to cooperate on nuclear fuel development
05 July 2023 Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and Korea Hydro &...

Restart of Ringhals 3 delayed again
05 July 2023 The restart of unit 3 at Sweden’s Ringhals NPP, which was due to...

Site preparation underway for new units at Novovoronezh NPP
05 July 2023 Deputies in the Voronezh Regional Duma (parliament) in Russia have...

Life extension for Russia’s BN-600
05 July 2023 Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP will in August start the final stage of work to...

EDF seeks approval for two new units at Penly NPP
05 July 2023 EDF says it is engaged in the authorisation procedures required to build...

Framatome and EDF to test PROtect fuel in French reactor
05 July 2023 Framatome has signed a collaboration agreement with EDF to begin...

IAEA commends Belgium's commitment to safety
05 July 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

First Mats enhance popular range of gas cylinder trolleys
04 July 2023 The new range from First Mats, with many models manufactured in the...

China tests Hualong One containment on world's largest test bed
04 July 2023 The China Nuclear Power Engineering (CNPE), part of the China...

NB Power submits documentation for SMR project site application
04 July 2023 NB Power and ARC Clean Technology Canada (ARC Canada) have submitted...

Russia and Myanmar expand nuclear cooperation
04 July 2023 A Rosatom delegation, led by Deputy Director General Nikolay Spassky, is on...

India’s Kakrapar 3 begins operation
04 July 2023 India’s first indigenously developed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water...

EDF CEO plans nuclear reorganisation
04 July 2023 EDF CEO Luc Remont has informed managers that the group's nuclear...

Engie and Belgian government agree on NPP life extension plans
04 July 2023 French power group Engie and the Belgian federal government have signed...

Constellation to support Microsoft clean-powered data centre
04 July 2023 US power utility Constellation has agreed to significantly reduce the...

Canada strengthens medical isotope production
04 July 2023 Canada has announced the launch of the Canadian Medical Isotope...

No weapons found at Zaporizhia NPP as tension mounts
04 July 2023 Despite continued accusations from Ukraine that Russia is planning to...

June 2023

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Westinghouse contracted to supply fuel to UK AGRs
30 June 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract extension...

China’s Sanmen NPP to supply steam for industry
30 June 2023 China’s Sanmen NPP in Zhejiang province is to supply steam to the...

Leningrad NPP to be pilot site for RBMK decommissioning
30 June 2023 A public consultation is under way with respect to the decommissioning of...

Canada renews operating licences for two Slowpoke-2 reactors
30 June 2023 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has renewed the...

TerraPower and PanTera to collaborate on Actinium-225
30 June 2023 US-based TerraPower Isotopes and PanTera, the Belgian joint venture...

Rosatom delivers fourth steam generator for Kursk-II NPP unit 2
30 June 2023 Rosatom said a complex logistics operation had been completed to...

Japan’s regulator report allowing restart of Joyo fast reactor
30 June 2023 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved a screening...

US awards GAIN Vouchers to accelerate advanced nuclear technologies
30 June 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded seven Gateway for...

Japanese regulator makes final safety checks before treated Fukushima wastewater is released into sea
30 June 2023 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has begun a final...

IAEA says Croatia is committed to safe radwaste management
30 June 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

CGN releases Sustainable Development Report
30 June 2023 China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has released its 2023...

Construction moves forward at Akkuyu 2
30 June 2023 The fifth tier of the internal containment (VZO) has been installed at unit...

China’s Hongyanhe 6 begins operation
29 June 2023 Following completion of 168-hour test run, unit 6 China’s Hongyanhe NPP...

EPC contract signed for construction of Cernavoda tritium removal facility
29 June 2023 Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN),...

Rosatom begins testing MOX fuel for VVER reactors
29 June 2023 Mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel elements intended for VVER...

UK begins studies to assess potential nuclear waste disposal sites
29 June 2023 UK Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has begun a wide range of studies to...

ITER delays update on project's timeline
29 June 2023 The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Council...

Finland’s Steady Energy looks to SMR district heating
29 June 2023 Steady Energy – which has been spun out from the VTT Technical...

KHNP and VinAtom to collaborate on nuclear development
28 June 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a memorandum of...

US DOE funds university nuclear energy infrastructure
28 June 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding of more than...

Russia constructs underground research laboratory
28 June 2023 Russia has begun work on construction of an underground research...

Focused Energy raises funds to advance laser fusion
28 June 2023 Germany-based startup Focused Energy has raised an additional $11m in...

CEA to conduct nuclear propulsion studies for the ESA
28 June 2023 France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique...

ASN to assess planned Cigéo waste facility
28 June 2023 France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN – Nuclear Safety Authority) is...

Alabama site selected for MMR assembly plant
27 June 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), which is...

Japan's Kansai Electric to restart Takahama 1
27 June 2023 Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company has informed the Fukui...

Remote monitoring technologies showcased at UK event
27 June 2023 A Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites demonstration event organised by...

Poland’s MARIA research reactor to be upgraded
27 June 2023 The Polish government is seeking to upgrade Poland’s only operating...

US reaffirms support for Indian membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group
27 June 2023 The US reaffirmed its support for Indian membership of the Nuclear...

EnergySolutions increases support for new nuclear initiatives
27 June 2023 US EnergySolutions is increasing its capabilities to support US nuclear...

Grossi meets with Russian officials as tension mounts around ZNPP
26 June 2023 Following his visit to the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP), International Atomic...

Upper inner containment dome installed at Tianwan 7
26 June 2023 The upper part of the inner containment dome has been installed at unit 7...

NUKEM supplies equipment to China’s Zhangzhou NPP
26 June 2023 Germany-based NUKEM Technologies has delivered equipment and related...

Water pumping to resume at Zaporizhia NPP as military tension increases
23 June 2023 In his latests update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP...

Rail for polar crane installed at Xudabao 3
23 June 2023 The rail for polar crane has been installed at unit 3 of China’s Xudabao...

USNC technology selected for NASA flashlight
23 June 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear’s (USNC’s) EmberCore technology has been...

South Korea and Denmark to collaborate on LEU fuel salt production
23 June 2023 South Korea’s Kepco Nuclear Fuel (KNF) and GS Engineering & Construction...

IAEA finds high level of safety in Netherlands
23 June 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Canadian funding for SMRs
23 June 2023 The Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and...

El Cabril reports waste receipts for 2022
23 June 2023 Spain’s El Cabril storage centre at Sierra Albarrana in Córdoba...

US HALEU Demonstration Project prepares for initial production
23 June 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear says...

IAEA concludes long-term operation safety review at Kozloduy NPP
23 June 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Doosan places order with Sweden’s Alleima to supply steam generator tubes for NuScale SMRs
23 June 2023 Swedish firm Alleima (formerly Sandvik Materials Technology) has been...

Pakistan and China agree on construction of Chashma 5
22 June 2023 Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for construction of a 1,200...

Tractebel strengthens collaboration in Nuward SMR project
22 June 2023 Belgian engineering firm Tractebel (part of French energy company Engie)...

Holtec’s HI-LIFT speeds up decommissioning at Indian Point
22 June 2023 US-based Holtec International is using its HI-LIFT heavy load...

Poland launches conceptual design for HTGR research reactor
22 June 2023 Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ - Narodowe Centrum...

Nuclear engineering alliance formed to support EDF's European projects
22 June 2023 Spanish, French and Slovakian engineering firms IDOM, Assystem and VUJE...

Sri Lanka considers Russian SMR
21 June 2023 Rosatom and Sri Lanka have agreed to build a nuclear power plant with...

Rosatom to build Shelf-M microreactor by 2030
21 June 2023 Rosatom and the Government of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Okrug signed...

Polish regulators renew cooperation with US NRC
21 June 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Poland’s National...

Iran says no IAEA cameras are operating at its Natanz facility
21 June 2023 The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has rebutted media reports...

More delays for Vogtle NPP
20 June 2023 Commercial operation of unit 3 at Power’s Vogtle NPP has been delayed...

IAEA’s Grossi returns from Zaporizhia NPP
20 June 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Smolensk NPP to restore graphite stack at the unit 1 RBMK reactor
20 June 2023 Unit 1 at Russia’s Smolensk NPP has been closed for a scheduled...

Westinghouse signs contract for AP1000 with Bulgaria
20 June 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a Front-End Engineering...

China’s experimental molten salt reactor receives licence
20 June 2023 China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) has issued a licence...

Poland’s KGHM wins more support for SMR deployment
20 June 2023 Polish metals company KGHM Polska Miedź has signed a letter of intent...

Rosatom prepares for export of floating NPPs
20 June 2023 Rosatom has signed an agreement with TSS Group on the sidelines of the...

Canadian drones approved for dangerous goods transportation
20 June 2023 Drone Delivery Canada Corp (DDC) has received approval from Transport...

Leningrad NPP to expand medical radioisotope production
20 June 2023 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (Electric Power Division of Rosatom)...

US Centrus completes operational readiness review for HALEU production
20 June 2023 US-based Centrus Energy has completed its operational readiness reviews...

Korea to resume construction of Shin Hanul 3&4
16 June 2023 South Korea has approved a plan to resume construction of units 3&4 at...

Transatlantic partnership to advance interstellar fusion travel
16 June 2023 UK-based Pulsar Fusion has entered into a partnership with US...

Orano and Mitsubishi join transport package sharing group for DN30 casks
16 June 2023 Orano NPS, the Orano group's nuclear logistics subsidiary, has signed...

Completion of Germany’s Konrad repository delayed
16 June 2023 While Germany’s Konrad repository is nearing completion, there are still...

Kepco strengthens co-operation with KAIST
16 June 2023 South Korea’s Kepco Nuclear Fuel Company (KNF) and the Korea...

More funding for US Hanford tank waste research & development
16 June 2023 A new $30m investment by the US Department of Energy (DOE)...

German radwaste company names second area for geological testing
16 June 2023 Germany's Federal Association for Final Storage (BGE - Bundesgesellschaft...

Canadian organisations formalise relations with Algonquin First Nation
16 June 2023 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Canadian Nuclear Laboratories...

Grossi reports on situation at Zaporizhia NPP
16 June 2023 Following a day’s delay, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi...

USNC delivers TRISO fuel to NASA
15 June 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has delivered nuclear fuel...

Westinghouse to support upgrade of Ukraine’s Rivne NPP
15 June 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with...

Rolls-Royce and Sumitomo Corporation study SMRs and hydrogen
15 June 2023 UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR and Sumitomo Corporation have completed a...

Slovenské Elektrárne and partners seek funding for SMR feasibility study
15 June 2023 The Slovak Ministry of Economy and power utility Slovenské Elektrárne...

Companies collaborate to promote NuScale SMRs in central and eastern Europe
15 June 2023 A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by Romanian...

Safety analysis confirmed for Poland’s first NPP
15 June 2023 The President of Poland's National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA -...

IAEA Director General’s planned visit to Zaporizhia NPP faces delays
15 June 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

US DOE funds consent-based siting for used nuclear fuel
14 June 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding of $26m for groups...

Rosatom commissions amphibious robot to work at nuclear facilities
14 June 2023 The Special Design & Technological Bureau of Applied Robotics,...

Assembly of MBIR reactor building dome begins
14 June 2023 Builders have begun installing the dome of the reactor building of...

Nuclearelectrica to develop Cernavoda 3&4
14 June 2023 A Support Agreement has been signed between the Romanian State and...

Rosenergoatom to produce medical isotopes at two more NPPs
14 June 2023 Production of medical isotopes - iodine-131 (I-131) and molybdenum-99...

Turbine building near completion at Kursk-II unit 1
14 June 2023 In the turbine building for unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP is...

KHNP seeks nuclear power cooperation with Netherlands
14 June 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the Korea Nuclear Association...

Grossi reports to IAEA Board on progress in Iran
14 June 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Nuclear partnership included in US-UK Declaration
13 June 2023 Following a visit to Washington by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for...

UKAEA awards contracts for fusion energy development
13 June 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded...

UK nuclear shipping may go green
13 June 2023 The UK’s Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), part of the...

Progressive Media International Titles Amongst First Tranche of Media Partners Ahead of 26th World Energy Congress
13 June 2023 Leading media outlets from across the world have partnered with the...

Rosatom supports non-energy nuclear tech development in Kyrgyzstan
13 June 2023 A Memorandum of Cooperation has been signed between Rosatom and the...

Barakah 4 prepares for operation
13 June 2023 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) says unit 4 at the Barakah...

Norway to demonstrate deep borehole technology
13 June 2023 Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft has signed a memorandum of understanding...

NRC advisors recommend permit approval for Hermes reactor
12 June 2023 Having completed its review of the construction permit application for...

Armenia considers nuclear options
12 June 2023 Among the options for a new NPP in Armenia, the project for a Russian unit...

NuScale and Accelerant Solutions to develop SMR operator training programme
12 June 2023 US-based NuScale Power and nuclear training organisation Accelerant...

Russia’s uranium-graphite ADE-2 reactor to become museum exhibit
12 June 2023 At Russia’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk...

Czech Republic launches new training reactor
12 June 2023 The Faculty of Nuclear Sciences & Physical Engineering (FNSPE) of the...

Fortum and Westinghouse to investigate new nuclear in Finland and Sweden
12 June 2023 Finland-based Fortum and US Westinghouse Electric Company have signed...

OPG supports Poland’s SMR plans
12 June 2023 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Poland’s Orlen Synthos...

IAEA to provide assistance to Ukraine following dam collapse
12 June 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it will provide...

Rosatom grants permit for construction of Leningrad 7&8
09 June 2023 Rosatom has issued a permit to nuclear utility Rosenergoatom for the...

More progress at China’s Haiyang 3
09 June 2023 China’s Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute (SNERDI -...

US DOE pushes ahead with HALEU development
08 June 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear has released a Notice...

Preparatory work to begin at Paks II
08 June 2023 Hungary's Foreign Affairs & Foreign Economic Relations Minister,...

IAEA Director General to inspect Zaporizhia NPP in the aftermath of crucial dam destruction
08 June 2023 “Today the Nova Kakhovka dam was severely damaged leading to a...

Westinghouse and Astrobotic to collaborate on space technology
07 June 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Astrobotic have signed...

More US DOE funding for commercial fusion
07 June 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced US$46M in funding for...

Operating licence granted for Karachi 3
07 June 2023 The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has granted an...

Constellation acquires ownership stake in South Texas Project
06 June 2023 US power company Constellation is acquiring NRG Energy’s 44% ownership...

Grossi underlines determination to publicly report any violations at Zaporizhia NPP
06 June 2023 In the wake of his address to the UN Security Council on the situation at...

Framatome extends long-term partnership with Slovenské Elektrárne
06 June 2023 France’s Framatome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to...

Rooppur 2 inner containment dome complete
06 June 2023 Rosatom’s Engineering Division (ASE - Atomstroyexport) has...

IAEA resolves outstanding issues with Iran
06 June 2023 Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries from the International...

COVRA receives final approval for construction of new radwaste storage facility
06 June 2023 The Netherlands Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection...

General Atomics and Tokamak Energy to collaborate on advancing high temperature superconducting magnet technologies
02 June 2023 US-based General Atomics (GA) and UK-based Tokamak Energy Ltd have signed...

Japanese legislation extends NPP operation beyond 60 years
02 June 2023 A bill that will allow ageing nuclear reactors to continue operating...

Kazatomprom delivers second batch of nuclear fuel to China
02 June 2023 Kazakhstan's nuclear fuel company, Kazatomprom, has delivered to China...

IAEA confirms accuracy of radionuclide measurements in treated water from Fukushima
02 June 2023 Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the...

Fortum and KHNP sign nuclear co-operation agreement
02 June 2023 Nordic power utility Fortum has signed a memorandum of understanding...

Japanese regulator orders reassessment of Fukushima NPP risks
02 June 2023 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has ordered plant operator...

IAEA mission reviews Czech regulatory framework
02 June 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Doosan Enerbility ships pressuriser to ITER
02 June 2023 South Korean company Doosan Enerbility has shipped a pressuriser to...

IAEA safety mission reports progress at Belleville NPP
02 June 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Rosatom completes concreting of inner containment dome at Akkuyu 1
02 June 2023 Concreting of the dome of the inner containment (VZO) has been completed...

IAEA chief unveils vital guidelines to prevent nuclear accident at Zaporizhia NPP
01 June 2023 In an address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the...

Vogtle 3 reaches 100% power
01 June 2023 US-based Georgia Power says unit 3 at the Vogtle NPP has reached 100%...

Proxima Fusion raises funds for fusion plant development
01 June 2023 Munich-based start-up Proxima Fusion says it has completed its...

COVVI and Atkins plan robotic hand for nuclear sector work
01 June 2023 UK-based COVVI, which develops prosthetic hands and Atkins (a member...

Repair of Argentina’s Atucha II NPP to begin in June
01 June 2023 Argentina’s nuclear utility Nucleoeléctrica SA (NA-SA) says it expects...

Aecon and ES Fox to support SMR development
01 June 2023 Canadian construction and infrastructure development company Aecon Group...

May 2023

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Rosatom signs contract for new nuclear service ship
31 May 2023 Rosatomflot (part of Rosatom) and JSC Baltiysky Zavod (part of the...

CEZ launches tender for replacement generators at Temelín
31 May 2023 Czech nuclear utility ČEZ has launched a tender for two new generators...

Rosatom to build 17 VVER units and decommission 10 RBMK units by 2035
31 May 2023 Rosatom will have to build 17 new NPP units by 2035 and decommission about...

VVER-1200 internal shaft installed at Rooppur 1
31 May 2023 Installation of an internal shaft has been completed at unit 1 of the...

IAEA commends Portugal's commitment to safe radwaste management
31 May 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

PEJ signs agreement with US consortium to design and build NPP in Pomerania
31 May 2023 An agreement has been signed by state-owned Polish utility...

EC approves Paks II contract amendment
31 May 2023 Hungarian Foreign Ministry Peter Szijjártó said on his Facebook page that...

Japanese court dismisses public pleas to halt restart of Onagawa NPP
30 May 2023 Japan’s Sendai District Court has rejected local residents' calls to...

Another radioactive water spillage at Monticello NPP
30 May 2023 US power utility Xcel Energy has reported another, smaller, spill...

Russia offers to finance NPP for Malawi
30 May 2023 Russia has offered financial aid to Malawi of $20m to support...

UK funding for international robotics research centre
30 May 2023 The University of Manchester and US-based Jacobs plan to establish a...

Nuclear regulators to collaborate on SMRs
30 May 2023 Members of the International Nuclear Regulators' Association (INRA) say...

Rosatom offers floating NPP technology to ‘friendly nations’
30 May 2023 "Rosatom is ready to share [floating NPP - FNPP] technology with...

IEA report on clean energy investments says little about nuclear
30 May 2023 "A new clean energy economy is emerging - and emerging much faster than...

First Light Fusion secures grant for ambitious five-year program
30 May 2023 UK-based First Light Fusion, founded in 2011 as a spin-out from...

Beloyarsk NPP introduces unique system to control fast reactor core
30 May 2023 A domestic technology – sound detection system, “Visus” has been developed...

Tension mounts in run up to UN Security Council meeting on Zaporizhia NPP
29 May 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Director General...

Zaporizhia NPP discussed in China
26 May 2023 During his recent visit to China, International Atomic Energy Agency...

Aerosol filters shipped for Tianwan 7
26 May 2023 Russia’s JSC TsKBM (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

Polish regulator gives positive opinion on BWRX-300
25 May 2023 The president of Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA -...

Belgian regulator issues permit for waste facility construction
25 May 2023 Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has granted a permit...

NuScale Power joins Romanian Atomic Forum
25 May 2023 US-based NuScale Power has joined the Romanian Atomic Forum (Romatom) as...

INL sees market for microreactors in some US states
25 May 2023 A new report by US Idaho National Laboratory (INL) sees a high...

Japanese investment supports UK floating NPP design
25 May 2023 UK-based start-up Core Power has attracted Japanese investment for...

Agreements signed during first official visit to China by IAEA’s Grossi
25 May 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Rosatom launches Russia’s largest 3D printer
25 May 2023 Russia’s RusAt – Addictive Technologies – part of Rosatom’s fuel company...

US DOE’s Marvel microreactor prototype prepares for testing
24 May 2023 An electric-powered prototype of one of the US Department of Energy’s...

Kazakhstan research reactor switches to LEU fuel
24 May 2023 The IVG.1M research reactor at Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC)...

Orano to support Japan studies on MOX reprocessing
24 May 2023 Japan Atomic Power Co. and 11 electric power companies have agreed to...

Radioactive liquid waste processing fully operational at Idaho National Lab
24 May 2023 The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the US Idaho...

Further progress at Tianwan 7
24 May 2023 The lower tier of liner of the inner containment dome for the...

US DOE grant supports Terrestrial Energy’s licensing of molten salt reactor
24 May 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Terrestrial Energy USA...

Two more sites agreed for Oklo MMR
24 May 2023 US-based Oklo and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI)...

Initial tests completed for Westinghouse LFR design
23 May 2023 Ansaldo Nucleare and Westinghouse Electric Company say initial testing...

EBRD allocates grant for uranium legacy clean-up in Kyrgyzstan
23 May 2023 A grant of €23m ($25m) has been allocated from the Environmental...

Kyoto Fusioneering secures more funding
23 May 2023 Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) has raised JPY10.5bn ($79m) in...

NITI advocates private investment for SMRs
23 May 2023 India’s National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog),...

Danish companies support SMR use for ammonia production in Indonesia
23 May 2023 Four Danish companies – Topsoe, Alfa Laval, Copenhagen Atomics, and Aalborg...

China launches test platform for uranium extraction from seawater
23 May 2023 China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC's) test platform for...

Zaporozhia NPP loses external power for several hours
23 May 2023 In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP...

TVEL delivers upgraded equipment for China’s Yibinsk Fuel
19 May 2023 Rosatom fuel company TVEL has delivered to China upgraded equipment for...

Sri Lanka considers NPP construction by 2032
19 May 2023 The Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board told the Sectoral Oversight Committee...

UKAEA launches tritium training course
19 May 2023 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has launched a new...

Rosatom to develop decommissioning plan for Belarus NPP
19 May 2023 Russian fuel company TVEL has signed an agreement with the Belarus NPP...

Westinghouse and Dominion to upgrade Surry NPP
18 May 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with...

Canada and US to co-operate on used fuel management
18 May 2023 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) and the US...

Nucor considers deploying NuScale SMRs at arc furnace steel mills
18 May 2023 US-based NuScale Power Corporation and Nucor Corporation (Nucor) have...

FIA launches new report on supply chains
18 May 2023 The Fusion Industry Association (FIA)’s new report, “The Fusion...

Alliance urges EU recognition of nuclear energy
18 May 2023 The Nuclear Alliance, a French initiative comprising 16 European...

Roadmap for advanced reactor deployment launched by US nuclear organisations
18 May 2023 The US Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and nuclear...

Canada selects site for first MMR
17 May 2023 A repurposed parking lot at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s (AECL’s)...

US supports opening of NuScale's Energy Exploration Centre in Romania
17 May 2023 Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and the...

Doosan begins production of key components for Shin Hanul
17 May 2023 Doosan Enerbility's factory in Changwon in South Korea has marked the...

Missing seals detected at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP
17 May 2023 According to Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), several cases of...

Bruce Power contracts Shoreline Power Group for remaining MCR projects
17 May 2023 Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded a CAD1.3bn ($1bn) contract to...

Innovative nuclear sludge retrieval technique trialled at Forth’s Deep Recovery Facility
16 May 2023 A new technique to remove sludge from nuclear fuel ponds has...

Paragon signs preferred supplier agreement with X-energy
16 May 2023 US-based Paragon Energy Solutions has entered into a preferred...

SMR proposed for former Welsh NPP site
16 May 2023 Cwmni Egino, the company proposing to develop the former nuclear...

Leadcold signs agreement to investigate SMR deployment in Ukraine
16 May 2023 Swedish company Leadcold has signed a Letter of Intent with Ukrainian...

SCADA-R control system to be used at Kursk-II
16 May 2023 The specialised SCADA-R control system developed by JSC Rusatom...

Russian scientists develop "smart" alloys for fusion reactors
16 May 2023 Researchers at Russia’s NRNU MEPhI (National Research University -...

Framatome to modernise reactor systems at Ringhals
16 May 2023 Framatome has signed contracts with power utility Vattenfall for...

Italy may reconsider nuclear power
16 May 2023 Italy’s Lower House of Parliament has passed two motions aimed at...

Helion announces first fusion energy purchase agreement with Microsoft
16 May 2023 US fusion energy tech startup Helion Energy has signed an agreement...

Reactor vessel removed at Unterweser
16 May 2023 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at Germany’s single unit Unterweser NPP...

Grid connection for Belarus 2
16 May 2023 Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP has been connected to the grid, the press...

Japan’s regulator approves Fukushima water release plan
16 May 2023 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has formally approved...

Berkeley decommissioning to begin five decades ahead of schedule
16 May 2023 UK Magnox is preparing to begin a key decommissioning project to...

Africa seeks to strengthen nuclear safeguards
16 May 2023 The African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) has launched a...

Zaporizhia NPP faces increasing pressure
16 May 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) still has enough...

IAEA mission to Georgia finds progress in nuclear security
12 May 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed an...

More DOE awards for nuclear technologies
12 May 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $22.1m to 10...

Federation of Korean Industries calls for Korea-US SMR alliance
12 May 2023 The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) has released a report...

Finland and US increase nuclear co-operation
12 May 2023 Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs & Employment and the US Department...

US National Lab uses virtual reality for radiation training
11 May 2023 US company Teletrix has licensed technology developed by researchers at...

Holtec receives approval for used fuel facility
11 May 2023 US-based Holtec International has received the final licence from the...

Korea looks to deploy NuScale SMR for hydrogen project
11 May 2023 Korean private company GS Energy has signed a memorandum of...

Zaporizhia NPP denies reports of plans to evacuate staff
11 May 2023 Alexey Yasinsky, Director of Strategic Communications at the Zaporizhia...

Westinghouse launches AP300 small modular reactor
10 May 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted its...

X-energy seeks Kexim finance for Xe-100 SMR
10 May 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor Company has signed an agreement with...

Key module installed at unit 4 of China’s Sanmen NPP
10 May 2023 China’s Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute...

Doosan begins forging components for NuScale SMR
10 May 2023 South Korea's Doosan Enerbility has begun forging the first module that...

Norwegian municipalities consider SMRs
10 May 2023 Norsk Kjernekraft has signed agreements with the Norwegian municipalities...

Russia’s Mayak develops robots for hazardous environments
10 May 2023 Russia’s production association Mayak (part of Rosatom) says that, in...

US NRC begins special inspection at Urenco uranium enrichment facility
10 May 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched a special...

Lightbridge joins HALEU consortium and SMR working group
10 May 2023 US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has joined...

UAE signs nuclear energy cooperation agreements with China
09 May 2023 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed three memorandums of...

Holtec and Hyundai win Korean financial support for SMR-160
09 May 2023 South Korean national financial institutions K-Sure (Korea Trade...

First concrete for Korea’s new research reactor
09 May 2023 The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) said first concrete...

Cavendish contracted to support decommissioning of Japan’s Monju reactor
09 May 2023 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has awarded UK-based Cavendish...

Hungary confirms no changes in Paks II contract
09 May 2023 Hungarian Foreign Affairs & Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó has confirmed...

IAEA issues fifth report on Fukushima water discharge
09 May 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force assessing the...

First refuelling of Russia’s Akademik Lomonosov floating NPP
09 May 2023 Scheduled repairs will begin at Russia’s floating NPP (FNPP),...

Major milestone for Bruce Power’s MCR project
09 May 2023 Bruce Power says it has achieved a major milestone of...

Zeolite gas cleaning system filters produced for Xudabao 3
09 May 2023 Russia’s TsKBM (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

France and Japan strengthen nuclear cooperation
09 May 2023 At a meeting in Paris, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade & Industry...

China’s first two Hualong One units pass final acceptance
09 May 2023 Units 5&6 of China National Nuclear Cooperation's (CNNC’s) Fuqing NPP...

Work begins on foundations for Pallas research reactor
09 May 2023 Work has started on the foundations for the Pallas research reactor...

INB signs agreements during nuclear trade conference in Brazil
09 May 2023 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed four contracts and...

First concrete for El Dabaa 3
09 May 2023 Rosatom has poured first concrete for the foundation slab of unit 3...

French government wins court approval for EDF nationalisation
09 May 2023 The French government has won court approval for its plans to regain...

Brazil seeks to press ahead with Angra 3
09 May 2023 Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear said in a statement that it...

Zaporizhia NPP prepares for Ukrainian offensive
08 May 2023 In his latest update on the situation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power...

India’s NPCIL and NTPC strengthen co-operation
04 May 2023 The Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Limited, an atomic power joint venture...

IAEA commends Sweden’s radwaste management
04 May 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Egypt parliament approves bill to speed up work at El Dabaa NPP
04 May 2023 Egypt's House of Representatives has approved government-drafted...

Hot functional testing completed at Vogtle 4
04 May 2023 Georgia Power has announced completion of hot functional testing for Unit...

Assembly begins of main circulation pump for Russia’s Brest reactor
03 May 2023 Assembly has begun of the prototype main circulation pump (MCP) for...

Armenia and Russia discuss NPP construction
03 May 2023 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Rosatom Director General...

NuScale looks to the Philippines
03 May 2023 Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr held a meeting with executives...

Oak Ridge tackles groundwater contamination at East Tennessee Technology Park
03 May 2023 The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor...

Russia sends full-scale simulator to Akkuyu NPP
03 May 2023 The All Russian Scientific & Research Institute for Nuclear Power...

More military action reported near Zaporizhia NPP
02 May 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at the...

Tokamak Energy’s magnets to be tested at US Sandia Laboratories
02 May 2023 UK-based Tokamak Energy in February announced that it had built the first...

Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy seeks formal approval for SMR sites
02 May 2023 Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has applied to the Ministry...

Framatome develops high density fuel for Germany’s FRM II research reactor
02 May 2023 France’s Framatome has announced a key advance in development of...

South Korea urges resolution of dispute with US over nuclear exports
02 May 2023 Korea has called on the USA to co-operate in resolving the legal...

Reactors destined for India and China begin their journey from Russia
02 May 2023 Two nuclear reactors and eight steam generators for the Kudankulam NPP...

Rosatom completes trial assembly of research reactor for Bolivia
02 May 2023 Russia’s Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (NIIAR - part of Rosatom)...

Nigeria to formalise legal status of Atomic Energy Commission
02 May 2023 Nigeria’s Senate is taking steps to update legislation relating to...

ASN accepts EDF’s revised timetable for weld repairs
02 May 2023 France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN – Nuclear Safety Authority),...

April 2023

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Jordan considers floating NPPs
28 April 2023 The director of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khaled...

Jacobs to design maintenance systems for ITER
28 April 2023 US-based Jacobs has been selected to design and engineer...

UK company designs robot for hazardous environments
28 April 2023 UK engineering firm Forth has designed and manufactured a robot that...

Upgrade at Brookhaven National Lab increases actinium-225 production
28 April 2023 Following recent upgrades, the medical isotope facilities at the...

South Korea and USA boost in high-tech and energy cooperation including nuclear
28 April 2023 South Korea and the USA have signed 23 business agreements to boost...

First fuel delivered to Türkiye’s Akkuyu NPP
27 April 2023 A ceremony marking the delivery of the first batch of nuclear fuel...

Framatome wins US NRC approval for advanced codes
27 April 2023 France’s Framatome has received US Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

First concrete for China’s Haiyang unit 4
27 April 2023 First concrete has been poured for unit 4 of China’s Haiyang NPP in...

Kansai Electric seeks extended operation for Takahama NPP
27 April 2023 Kansai Electric has submitted an application to Japan’s Nuclear...

UK details strategy for nuclear waste management
27 April 2023 UK Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has launched a strategy focused on...

Ukraine agrees to deploy Holtec SMRs
26 April 2023 Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom and Holtec International have signed...

Ultra Safe Nuclear joins Korean companies to construct hydrogen micro-hub
26 April 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has signed a memorandum...

Urenco and Cameco to supply uranium for Kozloduy
26 April 2023 Urenco has agreed to supply enrichment services to the Kozloduy NPP...

Continued concern about security of Zaporizhia NPP
26 April 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at...

Türkiye to decide on second NPP this year
26 April 2023 Türkiye plans to complete negotiations on the construction of a second...

KHNP, Samsung and Seaborg to develop floating NPPs
26 April 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Korean shipbuilding and...

Finance agreed for Polish SMR plans
25 April 2023 Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has won bank support to...

Siting licence issued for Russia’s first ground-based SMR
25 April 2023 Russia’s Federal Service for Environmental Technological &...

TVO confirms warranty period for Olkiluoto 3
25 April 2023 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has handed over...

Russia upgrades fuel processing at Mining & Chemical Combine
25 April 2023 Specialists at Russia’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC – part of Rosatom)...

IAEA and Kazakhstan agree to strengthen nuclear cooperation
25 April 2023 The Republic of Kazakhstan and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Canada’s Alberta to co-operate with South Korea on SMRs
25 April 2023 The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has signed a Memorandum...

Construction begins at unit 2 of China’s Lianjiang NPP
21 April 2023 Drilling of the foundation pit has begun for unit 2 of China’s Lianjiang...

Japan adopts national strategy on nuclear fusion
21 April 2023 Japan has adopted its first-ever national strategy on nuclear...

US DOE contract awarded for Hanford site work
21 April 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

Bangladesh pays Russia in Yuan for NPP to avoid sanctions
21 April 2023 Bangladesh has recently approved payment of $318m for payment to Russia...

US warns Russia not to touch US technology at Zaporizhia NPP
21 April 2023 The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant...

Progress at Akkuyu NPP unit 2
21 April 2023 The fourth tier of the internal containment (VZO) has been installed at...

Terrestrial Energy's molten salt reactor passes Canadian vendor design review
20 April 2023 Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) has completed...

Saskatchewan and New Brunswick co-operate on SMR development
20 April 2023 The governments of Canada’s Saskatchewan and New Brunswick provinces...

More US money for Polish SMR plans
20 April 2023 The US Export-Import Bank and US International Development...

Nuclear training programme for USA and Canada
20 April 2023 Westinghouse Electric Company, Tecnatom and Accelerant Solutions have...

Fluor Signs MOU with Longview Fusion Energy Systems
20 April 2023 US-based Fluor Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding...

Poland’s nuclear plans move forward
20 April 2023 Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowy (PEJ) has applied to Poland's Ministry of...

Funds raised to extend operation of Atucha 1
20 April 2023 Funding offers of $93m have been received to support extended operation...

Five G7 nations aim to cut dependence on Russian nuclear technology
19 April 2023 Japan, the UK, Canada, the US and France have agreed to co-operate to...

Nuclear industry calls on G7 to support development
19 April 2023 During a Nuclear Energy Forum, held in Sapporo, Japan, alongside the...

G7 ministers reaffirm net zero targets, condemn Russia, and offer only qualified support for nuclear
18 April 2023 Group of Seven (G7) energy and environment ministers, following a...

Military activity continues near Zaporizhia NPP
18 April 2023 The dependence of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on a single...

Russia develops new decontamination technology
18 April 2023 Rosatom fuel company TVEL and the Troitsk Institute of Innovative...

Russia’s T-15MD tokamak achieves first stable plasma
18 April 2023 The first thermonuclear plasma has been achieved at the T-15MD tokamak,...

Russia continues to supply fresh nuclear fuel via Finland
18 April 2023 Russian nuclear fuel has been transported via Finland by air despite...

US NRC to regulate fusion energy systems based on existing nuclear materials licensing
18 April 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed the staff to create...

New Polish company set up to support deployment of Korean NPP
18 April 2023 A joint special purpose vehicle, PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa SA (PPEJ), has...

Tokamak Energy’s vision of a commercial fusion power plant
18 April 2023 UK-based Tokamak Energy has released images of its future commercial...

Ukraine, Energoatom and Cameco finalise uranium agreement
18 April 2023 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Canada’s Cameco have signed...

Belarus and Hungary to co-operate on nuclear energy
18 April 2023 Hungary is interested in using the experience and knowledge of Belarus in...

German fusion researchers report technological advance
18 April 2023 Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in...

Divers help to clean up Sellafield legacy storage pond
18 April 2023 Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) UK Ltd (a subsidiary of...

Another world record for China’s EAST tokamak
18 April 2023 The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), at the Institute...

Germany closes last three NPPs
17 April 2023 Germany has permanently shut down its final three commercial nuclear...

Olkiluoto 3 begins operation
17 April 2023 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of...

Clean Core and CNL to collaborate on ANEEL fuel
14 April 2023 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has signed a memorandum of...

BWXT fuel subsidiary to provide HEU conversion services to NNSA
14 April 2023 Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS), a subsidiary of US-based BWX Technologies...

Pipe components shipped for China’s Tianwan 7
14 April 2023 AEM-technologies Petrozavodskmash (part of Rosatom’s mechanical...

New fuel produced for Russia’s PIK high-flux research reactor
14 April 2023 Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod in Elektrostal (MSZ, part of Rosatom...

US Idaho Waste Treatment Facility begins operation
14 April 2023 The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the US Department of...

PacifiCorp considers adding two more Natrium units to its generation mix by 2033
14 April 2023 US PacifiCorp, owner of the ageing Wyoming coal plant selected in 2021 as...

Belarus and Russia to build research reactor
14 April 2023 Belarus and Russia are negotiating an intergovernmental agreement on...

Kazakhstan continues to pursue NPP plans
13 April 2023 Almasadam Satkaliyev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy says "Rosatom has...

DOE awards fund for future nuclear workforce
13 April 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $6.3m in scholarships...

US GAO report identifies fusion challenges
13 April 2023 A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress,...

Estonia’s Finance Ministry identifies four possible NPP sites
13 April 2023 Four potential locations across Estonia, which could accommodate a...

France’s Andra seeks to increase low-level waste storage capacity
13 April 2023 France’s National Agency for the management of radioactive waste (Andrea...

Hungary strengthens energy co-operation with Russia
13 April 2023 During a visit to Moscow, Peter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of...

Progress at Hinkley Point C offshore and onshore
13 April 2023 Two large jack-up vessels have arrived off the coast of Hinkley Point C...

Alpha Safety combines NFT with Pajarito Scientific Corporation to better serve its customers
13 April 2023 Alpha Safety Holdings, LLC has announced the acquisition of...

UK and South Korea to strengthen nuclear co-operation
12 April 2023 During a recent visit to South Korea, UK Energy Security Secretary...

India plans 9% nuclear share by 2047
12 April 2023 India will get 9% of its electricity from nuclear sources by 2047,...

France renews nuclear co-operation with China
12 April 2023 France and China agreed to renew their partnership in nuclear energy...

Decommissioning progresses in Germany
11 April 2023 The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment has granted utility...

Slovenia commissions dry storage facility for Krško NPP
11 April 2023 Slovenian nuclear utility Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško (NEK) says the new...

US DOE begins demolishing Low Intensity Test Reactor
11 April 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) says the Oak Ridge Office of...

IAEA reports on Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from Fukushima site
11 April 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force reviewing the...

US stalls South Korea’s NPP export plans
11 April 2023 The US government has rejected Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power’s (KHNP’s)...

Romania launches integrated fuel cycle as Kazakhstan delivers uranium
11 April 2023 Romainia’s nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) says it put...

The Times confirms Russian reports of attacks on Zaporizhia NPP
11 April 2023 On 19 October 2022 Russia’s Defence Ministry said the Russian army...

Rosatom ships pressure compensator for Kudankulam 5
07 April 2023 The Izhora branch of AEM-technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

SKB takes over Forsmark Harbour
07 April 2023 Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering...

Red Book sees modest decrease in uranium resources but expects nuclear capacity to increase
07 April 2023 “Uranium 2022: Resources, Production and Demand”, widely known as the...

China opens advanced nuclear research reactor to world
07 April 2023 The China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR) at the China National...

Bruce Power completes unit 3 defuelling ahead of schedule
07 April 2023 Crews at Bruce Power have completed the defuelling of unit 3, 18 days...

Preparatory work begins for Russia’s Beloyarsk 5 fast reactor
07 April 2023 Engineering surveys have begun at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP site, which...

US NRC proposes fining Urenco USA
07 April 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a $70,000...

Grossi talks with Russian leaders in Kaliningrad
06 April 2023 Rosatom and International Atomic Energy (IAEA) Director General,...

Rolls-Royce SMR progresses through generic design assessment
06 April 2023 Rolls-Royce SMR Limited's 470 MWe small modular reactor (SMR) design...

ThorCon to carry out a pre-licensing consultation for a 500 MW demonstration plant in Indonesia
06 April 2023 US-based nuclear company ThorCon has signed an agreement with the...

Environmental group urges use of fast reactors
06 April 2023 In a new report, “What a waste: How fast-fission power can provide...

US Senate considers legislation to support deployment of advanced reactors
06 April 2023 The US Senate Energy & Public Works Committee (EPW) has introduced...

X-Energy and Kinectrics collaborate on design of helium test facility
06 April 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor has joined forces with Kinectrics -...

Cameco and Bruce Power extend long-term nuclear fuel supply arrangements to 2040
06 April 2023 Canada’s Cameco and Bruce Power have extended their long-term...

Grid connection for Vogtle 3
06 April 2023 US Georgia Power says unit 3 of the Vogtle NPP has been connected to...

IAEA says Vietnam is committed to nuclear security
05 April 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Security...

EDF establishes Nuward subsidiary to boost SMR development
05 April 2023 EDF says the creation of is new Nuward subsidiary emphasises...

USNC signs more agreements in Poland for its MMR
05 April 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has signed an agreement...

Finnish Government grants licence for Loviisa final disposal facility
05 April 2023 The Finnish Government has granted Fortum a licence to operate the...

Kyoto Fusioneering and CNL collaborate on fusion energy
04 April 2023 Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have signed...

Illinois Senate passes bill to lift ban on NPP construction
04 April 2023 The Illinois Senate in the US has voted to lift a 30-year ban on...

HALEU production planned for Savannah River Site as clean-up continues
04 April 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Savannah River Site (SRS) says the...

Evacuation order lifted for part of Fukushima town
04 April 2023 The nuclear evacuation order has been lifted for three designated...

Westinghouse to supply VVER-440 fuel to Dukovany
04 April 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Czech power company CEZ...

Egyptian regulator authorises construction of El Dabaa NPP unit 3
04 April 2023 Rosatom has received permission from the Egyptian Nuclear &...

Main circulation pump prototype delivered Russia’s Brest reactor
04 April 2023 A prototype of the main circulating pump (MCP) unit for the...

March 2023

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Xcel says leak is fixed at Monticello NPP
31 March 2023 US Xcel Energy says workers have repaired the leak at the Monticello...

Used fuel from US EBR-II reactor transferred to dry storage
31 March 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has transferred all of the used...

Rosatom plans development of pilot nuclear thermal power plant
31 March 2023 Rosatom is considering construction of a pilot nuclear thermal power...

IAEA's Grossi visits Zaporizhia NPP
30 March 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Grossi has...

Doosan Enerbility to supply key equipment for Korea’s Shin-Hanul 3&4
30 March 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility signed a...

Belgium’s IRE moves to 100% low-enriched uranium
30 March 2023 Belgium’s Institute for Radioelements (IRE), a key producer of...

Ontario funds McMaster Nuclear Reactor research expansion
30 March 2023 The Ontario government has announced CAD6.8m ($5m) in the 2023...

Environmental permits issued for Sizewell C NPP
30 March 2023 The UK Environment Agency (EA) has issued three new environmental permits...

UKAEA to partner with the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy
29 March 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a memorandum...

China’s Fangchenggang 3 begins commercial operation
29 March 2023 Unit 3 of China's Fangchenggang NPP in the southern Guangxi Autonomous...

Belgium’s BR2 research reactor to use low-enriched uranium fuel
29 March 2023 BR2 is one of the most powerful research reactors in the world...

Unit 2 of Belarus NPP reaches minimum power level
29 March 2023 Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP has been brought to minimum controllable...

Canada and USA to strengthen nuclear energy co-operation
29 March 2023 During US President Joe Biden’s visit to Canada, a wide-ranging...

U-Battery personnel join Ultra Safe Nuclear’s UK team
29 March 2023 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has announced the addition...

UKAEA and Kyoto Fusioneering collaborate on materials for fusion
29 March 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Japan’s...

MoltexFLEX to develop technology to measure molten salt characteristics
29 March 2023 UK-based MoltexFLEX says it has commissioned technology to measure...

IAEA's Grossi in Ukraine to reassess nuclear safety
28 March 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

More leaks shut down Monticello NPP
28 March 2023 US power company Xcel Energy has shut down its Monticello NPP after...

Last Energy secures power purchase deals for 34 SMRs in Poland and the UK
28 March 2023 US-based Last Energy has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) for...

Construction of training centre begins at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
28 March 2023 Russia’s TITAN-2 (part of Rosatom) has begun construction of the...

Fortum and Outokumpu to use SMRs to decarbonise steel production
28 March 2023 Nordic power company Fortum and stainless-steel producer Outokumpu...

Japanese high court supports operation of Ikata NPP unit 3
28 March 2023 Japan’s Hiroshima High Court high court has rejected a petition by...

US, Canadian and Polish companies to support BWRX-300 deployment
28 March 2023 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Tennessee Valley Authority...

Restart of Ringhals 4 faces further delay
28 March 2023 While the start-up of unit 4 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP is ongoing,...

ARC Clean Technology signs agreement on deployment of SMRs in Alberta
28 March 2023 ARC Clean Technology Canada (ARC) has signed a memorandum of...

Kazatomprom delivers first batch of fuel assemblies to China
24 March 2023 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has delivered the...

French parliament votes for nuclear expansion plan
24 March 2023 France's parliament has voted in favour of the government's...

Bulgaria to continue imports from Russia for Kozloduy NPP
24 March 2023 Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved a derogation from European...

New Oliver Stone documentary says nuclear is vital to solve climate crisis
24 March 2023 “Nuclear Now”, a pro-nuclear energy documentary from Academy Award...

Melt trap delivered to El-Dabaa NPP construction site
24 March 2023 Acceptance of the first large-sized equipment for unit 1 of the El-Dabaa...

Monitoring posts installed around Akkuyu NPP
24 March 2023 Russia’s SPC Doza is installing the 21st radiation control post within...

Vogtle 4 begins hot functional testing
23 March 2023 US Georgia Power says hot functional testing has begun at unit 4 of...

Russia and China to co-operate on fast reactors closed fuel cycle
23 March 2023 A Comprehensive Long-Term Cooperation Programme in the area of fast...

Nuclearelectrica to collaborate with ENEC on new nuclear
23 March 2023 Nuclearelectrica and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC)...

China begins construction of Sanmen NPP unit 4
23 March 2023 First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at...

Koeberg NPP steam generator replacement project moves forward
23 March 2023 South African power utility Eskom has reported “a major milestone”...

Fortum and Rolls-Royce consider SMR deployment in Finland and Sweden
23 March 2023 Finnish power company Fortum and Rolls-Royce SMR have signed a memorandum...

NDA considers Deep Isolation borehole disposal
23 March 2023 US-based Deep Isolation EMEA Ltd has published a study, commissioned by...

BWXT wins engineering contract from GEH for BWRX-300 RPV
23 March 2023 Ontario-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been awarded an...

Ukraine’s Energoatom signs agreements with Cameco for fuel supplies
22 March 2023 The President of Ukrainian nuclear utility, Energoatom, Petro Kotin...

Urenco ends its support for U-Battery advanced reactor
22 March 2023 Urenco says it is withdrawing its support for the U-Battery advanced...

United States and Indonesia announce partnership on SMRs
22 March 2023 The USA and Indonesia have announced a strategic partnership to...

Euratom to support nuclear research with €132m in funding
22 March 2023 The European Commission (EC) has adopted the Euratom Work Programme...

UK Space Agency funds Rolls-Royce to develop Moon base nuclear power
22 March 2023 Rolls-Royce has secured funding from UK Space Agency (UKSA) to...

Tractebel and NRG PALLAS support nuclear newbuild in the Netherlands
21 March 2023 Belgium’s Tractebel (part of French energy company Engie) and Dutch...

Newcleo launches equity raise of up to €1bn to fund reactor development
21 March 2023 UK-based start-up nuclear technology company newcleo has launched an...

Polish organisations co-operate on SMRs
21 March 2023 Polish fuels concern PKN Orlen and Michal Solowow's Orlen Synthos...

Nuclear is an afterthought in the EU's Net-Zero Industry
21 March 2023 The European Commission’s (EC’s) proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)...

NRC begins partial review of NuScale’s SMR
21 March 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said staff will begin...

US Monticello NPP suffers tritium water leak
21 March 2023 The authorities in the US state of Minnesota recently announced that...

Missing uranium found in Libya
21 March 2023 Eastern Libyan forces have located 10 drums of uranium declared missing...

Belgian companies set up CYCLADE decommissioning partnership
21 March 2023 Five Belgian companies have set up CYCLADE (CYCLotrons...

SMR development tracked by NEA and IAEA studies
21 March 2023 The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has recently published a 73-page study,...

Ansaldo to provide engineering services to Cernavodă NPP
21 March 2023 Italy’s Ansaldo Nucleare has signed a contract with Canada’s SNC-Lavalin...

Belarus NPP may supply electricity to Russia from 2024
21 March 2023 From 2024, the Belarus NPP will be able to supply electricity to the...

ASN provisionally extends use of Flamanville EPR vessel head
21 March 2023 France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has issued a draft decision...

NuScale Power orders long lead materials from Doosan Enerbility
17 March 2023 US-based NuScale Power Corporation says it has placed the first upper...

US NRC authorises restart of research reactor in Maryland
17 March 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRC) has authorised the restart of...

Canal construction begins for Leningrad-II NPP units 3&4
17 March 2023 Work has begun to build of a canal for the removal of surface water at...

TRISO-X tests fuel for nuclear thermal space applications
17 March 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor Company subsidiary TRISO-X has completed testing...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Eni agree on fusion commercialisation
17 March 2023 US-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) and Italy’s Eni have signed...

Prototype pump unit delivered for Russia’s demonstration Brest reactor
17 March 2023 TsKBM (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash)...

China completes internal structures of ACP100 SMR building
17 March 2023 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) says construction has...

Olkiluoto 3 restarts trial operation
17 March 2023 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of...

Uganda plans to begin nuclear power generation by 2031
17 March 2023 Ugandan Energy & Minerals Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu said in...

Russia’s IPPE improves production process for actinium-225
17 March 2023 Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power Engineering...

UK Chancellor reclassifies nuclear as environmentally sustainable
16 March 2023 In his Spring Budget UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the Government...

Enel and newcleo partner on Generation IV reactors
16 March 2023 Italy’s Enel Group and UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo...

UKAEA partners with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on fusion
16 March 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has embarked on...

Canada’s TRIUMF and Dual Fluid co-operate on SMR development
16 March 2023 Canadian research centre TRIUMF and Canadian-German nuclear...

Taiwan’s Kuosheng unit 2 closed for decommissioning
16 March 2023 Unit 2 of Taiwan's Kuosheng NPP has been closed in preparation...

GE Hitachi's BWRX-300 completes first two phases of design review
16 March 2023 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says it has completed...

UKAEA partners with University of Sheffield to develop fusion technology
16 March 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University...

NRC approval for Westinghouse ADOPT accident tolerant fuel
16 March 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has received approval from the...

Framatome fabricates fuel element for US TRIGA research reactors
15 March 2023 TRIGA International, a joint venture between France’s Framatome and...

LeadCold investigates construction of research reactor in Sweden
15 March 2023 Swedish company LeadCold has launched a feasibility study to investigate...

Candu Energy selected for pre-project work at Cernavoda NPP
15 March 2023 Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) has selected Candu...

More funding for IAEA lab renovation project
15 March 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA's) planned new...

First equipment shipped to Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
15 March 2023 A ship carrying the first equipment for unit 1 of Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP...

X-energy looks to build SMRs at UK’s Hartlepool NPP
14 March 2023 X-energy UK Holdings, a subsidiary of US-based X-energy Reactor Company...

Hydrogen production begins at Nine Mile Point
14 March 2023 US Constellation Energy said hydrogen production has started at...

IAEA notes strengthened safety measures at Belgium’s BR2 reactor
14 March 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

New crack detected at France’s Penly NPP
14 March 2023 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN - l'Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire)...

CEA launches two nuclear start-ups
14 March 2023 France’s Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has...

EDF extends operation of Hartlepool and Heysham by two years
14 March 2023 EDF has confirmed plans to extend operation of unit 1 at the UK’s Heysham...

Problems continue at ZNPP and operators’ town of Energodar
14 March 2023 Ukraine’s Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) suffered a complete loss of external...

Bolivian cyclotron centre begins supplying radiopharmaceuticals
14 March 2023 Bolivia’s radiopharmaceutical production complex, built by Rosatom for...

Belarus NPP unit 2 to begin commercial operation in October
14 March 2023 Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP will be put into commercial operation in...

X-energy to open support centre for planned Xe-100 SMR fleet
14 March 2023 US-based X-Energy Reactor Company plans to open its first Xe-100...

Kazakh specialists develop technology for treating irradiated graphite
14 March 2023 A unique technology of dilution and immobilisation of irradiated...

Turbine building roof trusses installed at Akkuyu NPP unit 1
14 March 2023 Rosatom has completed installing the roof of the turbine building of unit...

New silo maintenance facility opens at Sellafield
14 March 2023 A new facility designed to support the retrieval of waste from two...

Vogtle unit 3 achieves criticality
09 March 2023 Unit 3 of Georgia Power’s Vogtle NPP has achieved initial criticality....

Egyptian seaport ready to receive equipment for El-Dabaa NPP
09 March 2023 The first batch of long-lead equipment intended for the El-Dabaa NPP...

Belgian regulator opposes life extension of oldest reactors
09 March 2023 Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has ruled out...

Vistra acquires Energy Harbor's nuclear and retail businesses
09 March 2023 US power company Vistra has finalised an agreement to acquire Energy...

EDF and Italian partners team up to support nuclear development in Europe
08 March 2023 Ansaldo Energia, Ansaldo Nucleare, EDF and Edison (part of the EDF...

Urenco supplies enriched uranium for advanced reactor project
08 March 2023 Urenco USA (UUSA) has signed an enrichment services supply agreement...

No active faults identified under Ishikawa NPP
08 March 2023 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has said there are no...

Transport gateway installed at Rooppur NPP unit 1
08 March 2023 Rosatom has completed installation of a transport gateway at unit 1 of...

South Korea's APR1000 certified for use in Europe
08 March 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's (KHNP's) APR1000 reactor design has...

US NRC approves request for continued operation of Diablo Canyon
08 March 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved an exemption...

Grossi sees positive results from Iran trip
07 March 2023 During a two day visit to Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency...

US DOE issues guidance for second award cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit programme
07 March 2023 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued guidance for the second...

Westinghouse signs MOU for possible AP1000 unit at Kozloduy NPP
07 March 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a Memorandum...

Progress continues at Russia’s Brest reactor project
07 March 2023 TsKBM, (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash)...

Commissioning tests completed on Akkuyu unit 1 polar crane
07 March 2023 As part of the commissioning work on the polar crane at unit 1 of the...

Bruce Power begins component replacement
07 March 2023 Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has shut down unit 3 in order to begin its...

US SMR project to continue despite increased costs
03 March 2023 Participants in the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) being developed by...

IAEA mission reviews Slovakia’s radwaste management
03 March 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Silex Systems raises funds for uranium enrichment
03 March 2023 Australia’s Silex Systems has completed a AUD120m ($81m)...

Rolls-Royce SMR faces financial problems
03 March 2023 UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR says its £500m ($600m) small modular reactor...

France or Russia to provide equipment to Paks-II if Germany refuses
03 March 2023 Hungary intends to receive control equipment from France or Russia for...

IAEA experts reach Zaporizhia NPP at fourth attempt
03 March 2023 A long-delayed rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at...

Westinghouse manufactures heat pipe for eVinci microreactor
03 March 2023 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has completed manufacture of...

Second cooling tower demolished at Germany’s Biblis NPP
03 March 2023 The second of four cooling towers at Germany’s Biblis NPP in southern...

UKAEA awards contracts to boost UK fusion industry
02 March 2023 The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts...

Orano DS implements accelerated decommissioning at Crystal River NPP
02 March 2023 US-based Orano Decommissioning Services (Orano DS) is implementing...

US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory supports development of Lightbridge fuel
02 March 2023 US nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation has completed work...

Eleven EU energy ministers champion nuclear energy
02 March 2023 Energy ministers from 11 EU countries have agreed to "foster...

Dow and X-energy advance efforts to deploy SMR
02 March 2023 US-based materials science company Dow and X-energy Reactor Company...

ČEZ identifies two more possible sites for SMRs
02 March 2023 Czech power utility ČEZ says it has tentatively identified two...

Commissioning of Akkuyu NPP to begin this year
02 March 2023 Rosatom in the third quarter of this year will begin work on...

Argentina reviews prospects for Neuquén heavy water plant
01 March 2023 The restart of Argentina’s Heavy Water Industrial Plant (PIAP -...

Orano TN Eagle cask selected for use at Switzerland’s Leibstadt NPP
01 March 2023 Orano NPS, a subsidiary of France’s Orano Group has been selected by...

South Korea plans to build fusion reactor after 2035
01 March 2023 South Korea has begun preparations to begin building a nuclear fusion...

Iran is constructing 2,000 MWe NPP in Khuzestan
01 March 2023 Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami...

NANO Nuclear announces second reactor design
01 March 2023 US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has announced development of a...

Ontario Tech seeks to install sub-critical assembly
01 March 2023 Ontario Tech University (OTU) is seeking to upgrade its high-tech...

February 2023

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Successful fusion experiments at Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X
28 February 2023 After successful recommissioning in autumn 2022, the Wendelstein...

More Canadian support for SMRs
28 February 2023 The Canadian government has launched an Enabling Small Modular...

Reactor pressure vessel delivered to UK’s Hinkley Point C NPP
28 February 2023 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 1 of the UK’s Hinkley Point C...

Clean plasma demonstrated at JET
28 February 2023 Experiments conducted at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy...

IAEA reports on nuclear safety, security and safeguards in Ukraine
28 February 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a report on...

Barakah 3 begins commercial operation
28 February 2023 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that...

Russia’s Smolensk NPP delivers first batch of cobalt-60
24 February 2023 Russia’s Smolensk NPP has sent to Leningrad NPP the first ever batch...

Drilling of first test deposition holes completed at Onkalo used fuel storage
24 February 2023 Finland’s radioactive waste management company, Posiva Oy has completed...

Nano Nuclear selected as founding member of HALEU Consortium
24 February 2023 US-based Nano Nuclear Energy has been selected as a founding member of the...

Westinghouse begins joint licensing process for microreactor in US and Canada
23 February 2023 Westinghouse Electric Company has filed a Notice of Intent to submit...

Siting permit requested for new Slovak NPP near Bohunice
23 February 2023 The Slovak Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ÚJD) has received a request...

Westinghouse signs contract with Poland for NPP pre-project work
23 February 2023 State-owned Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) has signed...

Iran says disputed issues with IAEA are being resolved
23 February 2023 The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad...

ČEZ begins talks with bidders for new Dukovany unit
23 February 2023 Czech power company ČEZ says it will bring forward negotiations...

Inner containment dome installed at unit 3 of China’s Changjiang NPP
23 February 2023 The inner dome of the containment building has been installed at the unit...

Constellation to uprate two Illinois NPPs
23 February 2023 US power utility Constellation is to invest $800m in new equipment...

Belarus strengthens co-operation with Russia’s TVEL
23 February 2023 Following a series of high-level meetings in Minsk, the Belarus Ministry...

Outer dome installed at unit 1 of China’s Zhangzhou NPP
23 February 2023 The outer dome has been installed at unit 1 of China National...

IAEA monitoring mission blocked from Zaporizhia NPP
23 February 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

EU Commission rejects plans to sanction Russia’s nuclear industry
22 February 2023 The European Commission (EC) has abandoned plans to sanction Russia's...

Poland’s AGH University to support nuclear industry development
22 February 2023 Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ - Polish Nuclear Power Plants) and...

Pakistan and IAEA boost nuclear co-operation
22 February 2023 Pakistan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will...

More delays for Vogtle 3&4
22 February 2023 US Georgia Power Company has again delayed the startup for two new...

Nano Nuclear Energy establishes fuel subsidiary
22 February 2023 US-based Nano Nuclear Energy has formed a subsidiary, HALEU Energy Fuel....

Loviisa NPP granted licence until 2050
21 February 2023 The Finnish government has granted a new operating licence for both units...

EDF increases cost estimates for Hinkley Point C
21 February 2023 Électricité de France (EDF) says the construction cost of the UK’s...

India to build new NPP in Haryana State
21 February 2023 India's Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh...

China begins work on Shandong nuclear heat pipeline
21 February 2023 China has begun construction of a 23km main nuclear heat transmission...

Record losses for EDF
21 February 2023 Newly appointed EDF CEO Luc Remont announced a record net loss of...

Ground-breaking ceremony for Belgian uranium recovery facility
17 February 2023 A ground-breaking ceremony has been held at the Belgian Nuclear...

Further delays for OL3
17 February 2023 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of...

Polish and Canadian regulators strengthen co-operation
17 February 2023 The Nuclear regulators of Poland and Canada signed a memorandum...

NANO Nuclear closes funding round
17 February 2023 US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has closed an oversubscribed $4.14m...

Public hearings to begin on construction Kursk-II NPP units 3&4
17 February 2023 Public discussions will be held during February and March on the siting...

Japan’s regulator falls into line with government policy
17 February 2023 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved by a majority vote...

Holtec manufactures key component for US fusion reactor
16 February 2023 US-based Holtec International has completed the fabrication and delivery of...

EU classifies some nuclear-derived hydrogen as green
16 February 2023 The European Commission (EC) has published new rules that could allow...

Sheffield Forgemasters to collaborate with Holtec on SMR-160
16 February 2023 UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters International (SFI) has signed a...

Hungary and France urge Germany to release equipment for Paks NPP
16 February 2023 Germany is still blocking Siemens Energy from implementing an agreement...

Construction licence issued for Pallas reactor
16 February 2023 The Netherlands Nuclear and Radiation Protection Authority (ANVS -...

Diesel generators installed at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
16 February 2023 Rosatom has installed two reserve diesel generator sets at unit 1 of...

Clean Core’s ANEEL fuel to begin pre-licensing review by Canadian regulator
16 February 2023 Chicago-based Clean Core Thorium Energy and the Canadian Nuclear...

Russia’s Mayak relaunches Ruslan reactor after modernisation
16 February 2023 Russia has relaunched its Ruslan reactor, originally started up in 1979...

South Korean partnership aims to develop SMR-powered ships
15 February 2023 South Korean industry, led by the leaders in maritime transport...

UKAEA and University of Birmingham to co-operate on fusion materials
15 February 2023 UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Birmingham...

Shine receives environmental permit for Mo-99 production facility
15 February 2023 US-based Shine Medical Technologies has received the final...

Poland’s Industria selects Rolls-Royce SMR for green energy projects
14 February 2023 Polish industrial group Industria has signed a memorandum of intent...

UK grant for Deep Isolation corrosion-resistant canister
14 February 2023 US-based Deep Isolation EMEA Ltd has been awarded a grant by the...

Centrus tests demonstration cascade for HALEU production
14 February 2023 US Centrus Energy Corp has completed construction of a demonstration...

Cameco signs major uranium supply deal with Ukraine
14 February 2023 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Canada’s Cameco Corporation...

IAEA reviews safety at Borssele NPP in the Netherlands
14 February 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Russia to produce special steels for SMRs
14 February 2023 Russia’s AEM-Spetsstal (AEM-Special Steels) will produce blanks for...

French safety institute to be merged with regulator and CEA
14 February 2023 The French government has announced plans to transfer the competences of...

Armenia to expand nuclear security cooperation with US
14 February 2023 The government of Armenia has approved signing a nuclear safety...

Japan approves extending reactor operation beyond 60 years
14 February 2023 Japan's Cabinet has formally adopted a policy approving the operation...

IAEA’s Grossi holds more talks in Moscow on Zaporozhia NPP
14 February 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

UK establishes new body to deliver its fusion programme
10 February 2023 UK Science Minister George Freeman has announced the establishment of a...

UAE, France and India agree energy co-operation
10 February 2023 The United Arab Emirates (UAE), France and India have established...

New units planned for Russia’s Smolensk NPP
10 February 2023 Russia’s Titan-2 is to build two new units with VVER-TOI reactors at...

Russia and Myanmar to sign co-operation agreement
10 February 2023 Russia and Myanmar have signed an intergovernmental agreement on...

French researchers use muons to model reactor
10 February 2023 Researchers at France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy...

Kyrgyzstan favours 300 MWe NPP
10 February 2023 If Kyrgyzstan builds a nuclear power plant, then its capacity should be...

Iran launches new uranium mine
10 February 2023 Mohamed Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI)...

Tokamak Energy builds super magnets
09 February 2023 UK-based Tokamak Energy has built the first set of new generation...

Japan’s regulator delays decision on reactor operating life
09 February 2023 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has been unable to reach...

France’s Nuclear Policy Council seeks to “remobilise” the nuclear sector
09 February 2023 France’s Nuclear Policy Council (CPN - Conseil de Politique...

Belgium considers continued operation of older reactors
09 February 2023 After recently shutting down one of Belgium's six remaining nuclear...

Estonia’s Fermi Energia chooses BWRX-300 for its SMR programme
09 February 2023 Estonia's privately held nuclear energy company, Fermi Energia, has chosen...

No earthquake damage reported at Akkuyu NPP
09 February 2023 The Akkuyu NPP, currently under construction in Turkey, was not damaged...

Fusion progress in Russia
08 February 2023 The GI Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of...

Pakistan launches unit 3 at Karachi NPP
08 February 2023 Unit 3 at Pakistan’s Karachi NPP (KANUPP) in Sindh province has...

European Parliament calls for Russia sanctions to include nuclear
08 February 2023 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution urging European Union...

Poland launches initiative to train nuclear engineers
08 February 2023 Poland’s Ministry of Education & Science has signed a letter of intent...

Welding completed at Rooppur 2 main circulation pipeline
08 February 2023 Welding has been completed on the main circulation pipeline at unit 2 of...

IAEA reports enhanced safety at Czech research reactor
07 February 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

CNL and Jubilant Radiopharma collaborate on Actinium-225
07 February 2023 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is to collaborate with US-based...

Belarus NPP unit 2 preparing for trial grid connection
07 February 2023 The first trial connection to the grid of unit 2 at the Belarusian NPP...

Argonne National Lab supports advanced nuclear concepts
07 February 2023 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)...

Iran criticises IAEA for inaccurate report
07 February 2023 Iran has criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after...

French regulator says safety of EPR1200 is acceptable
07 February 2023 At the request of the French Government, the Autorité de Sûreté...

Biblis NPP cooling tower demolished
06 February 2023 The first of four cooling towers has been demolished at Germany’s Biblis....

Inner containment installed at China’s Xudabao NPP unit 4
03 February 2023 The steel lining module of the inner containment has been installed at unit...

GSE Solutions contracted to support NuScale hydrogen plant model
03 February 2023 US-based GSE Solutions has been contracted to work with NuScale Power on...

Rosatom briefs Russian Prime Minister on nuclear industry progress
03 February 2023 Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev, at a briefing with Russian...

Construction progress at China’s Changjiang NPP unit 3
03 February 2023 The main girder of the ring crane for unit 3 of China’s Changjiang NPP...

ANSTO begins Lucas Heights remediation
03 February 2023 The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation has...

Invest Alberta supports deployment of Xe-100 SMR
02 February 2023 X-Energy Canada and Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) have signed a...

South Korea offers to build NPP for Turkey
02 February 2023 Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has submitted a preliminary...

Japan’s Takahama 4 experiences automatic shutdown
02 February 2023 Neutron detectors have triggered an automatic shutdown at unit 4 of...

MoltexFLEX awarded UK research grant to study graphite
02 February 2023 UK-based MoltexFLEX has been awarded a research grant by the Henry...

Belgium’s Tihange 2 closes
02 February 2023 Unit 2 of Belgium’s Tihange NPP has closed down after 40 years of...

Mochovce 3 begins supplying power to Slovakia’s grid
02 February 2023 Slovenské elektrárne (SE) said unit 3 at the Mochovce NPP has been...

The Zaporizhia NPP 1984 fire
01 February 2023 Russia’s SFERA-Pro History site, which investigates significant...

Renaissance Fusion raises funds to build nuclear fusion technology in Europe
01 February 2023 French start-up Renaissance Fusion based in Grenoble and Houston has...

Restart of Ringhals 4 delayed again
01 February 2023 Restart of unit 4 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP, closed for repairs to its...

Companies team up to build Canada’s first SMR
01 February 2023 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is teaming up with GE Hitachi Nuclear...

RPV test assembly completed for Kudankulam 5
01 February 2023 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

Brazil’s INB and IPEN strengthen co-operation on nuclear projects
01 February 2023 Nuclear Industries of Brazil (Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil - INB)...

Carroll Technologies highlights non-roadway collision deaths
01 February 2023 New research from industrial safety specialists Carroll Technologies...

January 2023

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Framatome-USNC JV set to produce TRISO particles and FCM fuel
31 January 2023 France’s Framatome and US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC)...

IAEA team reviews NPP site evaluation for Uzbekistan
31 January 2023 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded...

Canada’s nuclear labs to collaborate with particle accelerator centre
31 January 2023 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) are to collaborate with...

ČEZ invests in Dukovany upgrades
31 January 2023 Czech power company ČEZ expects to invest more than CZK2.3bn ($104m) in...

Finnish regulator approves licence extensions for Loviisa NPP
31 January 2023 Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK -...

Argentina seeks life extension for Atucha 1 as repairs continue at Atucha 2
31 January 2023 Argentina’s nuclear utility, Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA),...

Hungary will veto any EU sanctions against Russia's nuclear sector
31 January 2023 Hungary will veto any EU sanctions imposed on Russian nuclear...

Ukrainian cabinet approves start of work on new Khmelnitsky reactors
27 January 2023 Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has given the green light for work to begin...

Australian technology helping safeguard used nuclear fuel
27 January 2023 ​​​​​​​Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research...

Uranium mining waste threatens Niger’s water supply
27 January 2023 Millions of tons of uncontained radioactive waste are posing a threat to...

Oklo seeks licence for fuel recycling facility
27 January 2023 US-based Oklo has submitted a Licensing Project Plan (LPP) to the...

French joint venture contracted to support dismantling of Ignalina NPP
27 January 2023 Graphitech, a joint venture established in 2020 by French companies EDF...

Metal alloys to support nuclear fusion energy
27 January 2023 Scientists at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL),...

Russia postpones dismantling of unfinished Crimean NPP
27 January 2023 Crimea’s Ministry of Construction & Architecture has postponed dismantling...

NASA and DARPA to develop nuclear rocket engines
26 January 2023 NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are...

Framatome requests more time for safety upgrades at Flamanville 3
26 January 2023 France’s Framatome has asked for more time to change the nuclear...

Outer dome completed at Zhangzhou 1
26 January 2023 The outer dome of the containment building at unit 1 of China’s Zhangzhou...

Rosatom begins construction of radiopharmaceuticals plant
26 January 2023 Rosatom has begun construction of a new plant for the production of...

First Light Fusion to build demonstration facility at UKAEA's Culham Campus
26 January 2023 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and First Light Fusion have signed...

French Senate adopts nuclear bill at first reading
26 January 2023 The French Senate has adopted at first reading a bill promoting...

New impellers for OL3’s feedwater pumps
25 January 2023 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of...

US NRC certifies NuScale SMR
25 January 2023 NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) design has been certified by...

Nebraska to investigate possible SMR sites
25 January 2023 The Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), which owns and operates the...

Rosatom studies sites in Kyrgyzstan for small NPP
25 January 2023 Rosatom is studying sites in Kyrgyzstan for the possible construction of...

Krsko NPP gets environmental permit for life extension
25 January 2023 Slovenia's Environmental Protection & Spatial Planning has issued a permit...

IAEA task force reviews Fukushima water discharge plan
24 January 2023 The International Atomic Energy (IAEA) Task Force established to...

UK and Canadian regulators collaborate on advanced reactors
24 January 2023 The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has signed a Memorandum...

US NRC approves metal storage cask
24 January 2023 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the...

Licence renewal for Cameco Fuel Manufacturing
24 January 2023 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted a 20-year...

Canada’s Whiteshell reactor decommissioning enters final regulatory review
24 January 2023 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has accepted the...

Reactor vessel installed at Russia’s MBIR research facility
23 January 2023 The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at Russia’s MBIR...

Grossi spells out challenges in Ukraine
23 January 2023 Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi had held talks with...

Xe-100 SMR attracts South Korean investment
20 January 2023 South Korea’s DL E&C and Doosan Enerbility are to invest $25m in...

First concrete box of radioactive waste safely transferred from Berkeley NPP
20 January 2023 Radioactive waste from underground vaults at the UK’s closed Berkeley NPP...

Enusa and Westinghouse formalise VVER-440 fuel collaboration
20 January 2023 Spain’s Enusa Industrias Avanzadas and Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB...

French Senate considers nuclear acceleration bill
20 January 2023 The French Senate has provisionally amended the government’s bill on...

Bulgaria to begin discussions with USA on nuclear expansion
20 January 2023 Bulgaria's parliament has mandated the caretaker government to begin...

Fuel delivery completed for Belarus NPP unit 1
20 January 2023 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) has delivered fresh fuel to...

Mochovce 3 approved for energy start-up
20 January 2023 Slovakia's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (UJD - Úrad jadrového dozoru)...

Andra applies for geological repository construction licence
20 January 2023 The French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Andra) has...

EDF promotes Nuward SMR in Poland
19 January 2023 EDF has signed an Exclusive Cooperation Agreement with Respect Energy...

South Korea and UAE to expand nuclear co-operation
19 January 2023 South Korea and the United Arab Emirates agreed to strengthen...

Saudi Arabia to use domestic uranium for nuclear development
19 January 2023 Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman says Saudi...

More IAEA flags raised at Ukrainian NPPs
19 January 2023 Teams of nuclear safety and security experts from the International...

US Professor Thane Gustafson: Russia’s nuclear industry is unique
18 January 2023 As the Western nuclear industry flounders, Russia’s Rosatom is...

Approval granted for General Fusion’s demonstration project
18 January 2023 Construction is expected to begin this year of General Fusion’s...

US and Japan to test fast reactor fuels
18 January 2023 The US and Japan are undertaking a joint project to perform transient...

Vibrations detected at Vogtle 3 cause further delays
18 January 2023 Vibrations detected during pre-operational testing at unit 3 of...

Czech Republic updates plans for deep geological repository
18 January 2023 Czech Minister of Industry & Trade Jozef Síkela has said the site of...

New budget plan for NuScale project
18 January 2023 A new budget plan has been approved for deployment of US NuScale...

US NorthStar pushes forward with non-uranium isotope production
18 January 2023 US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes is pressing ahead with...

Tecnatom to implement simulator for China’s San’ao NPP
18 January 2023 Spain’s Tecnatom has announced that it will be responsible for...

Grossi holds talks with Italian leaders and Pope Francis
17 January 2023 Italy is a steadfast partner in the challenges facing the...

Russia proposes power plant for lunar base
17 January 2023 Scientists at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) and...

South Korea to increase nuclear share to more than 34% by 2036
17 January 2023 South Korea will increase the share of nuclear in total energy sources...

Rolls-Royce visits two potential UK sites for its first SMRs
17 January 2023 UK company Rolls-Royce SMR has visited the sites of the...

IAEA flag raised at Ukraine’s South Ukraine NPP
17 January 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Work underway to address ITER’s technical problems
16 January 2023 Work is underway to address defects which were identified in two key...

IAEA continues to press for ZNPP protection zone
16 January 2023 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is to advance proposals for...

Paks-II now scheduled for 2032
13 January 2023 Construction of two new reactors at Hungary's Paks-II NPP could be...

Furukawa to supply specialist tape to Tokamak Energy
13 January 2023 Tokamak Energy has signed an agreement for the supply of specialist...

Sweden prepares legislation for nuclear new build
13 January 2023 Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says Sweden is preparing...

MIT and co-researchers devise new tool for testing reactor components
13 January 2023 Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and...

Chinese EAST tokamak achieves improved plasma retention
13 January 2023 The new improved plasma retention mode has been demonstrated at...

Russia dismantles two uranium graphite reactors
13 January 2023 Russia’s Experimental-Demonstration Centre for...

Holtec’s SMR-160 Nuclear Steam Supply System could repurpose coal plants
13 January 2023 US-based Holtec International has announced a technical breakthrough that...

China’s Fangchenggang 3 connected to the grid
12 January 2023 Unit 3 of China's Fangchenggang NPP in Guangxi Autonomous Region has...

Belgium and Engie agree to extend operation of Doel 4 and Tihange 3
12 January 2023 Belgium and French power utility Engie have agreed to extend the life of...

More delays for ITER
12 January 2023 The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)...

Russia to build two more nuclear icebreakers
12 January 2023 The Russian government is investing RUB70bn ($1bn) in the construction of...

South Korea seeks to end dispute with Westinghouse
12 January 2023 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and parent company Korea Electric...

IAEA reports on Indonesia’s decommissioning and radwaste management
11 January 2023 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has delivered to the...

Curtiss-Wright signs agreement with Schweitzer Engineering labs
11 January 2023 US-based Curtiss-Wright Corporation and Schweitzer Engineering...

IAEA provides nuclear law course for students
11 January 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) legal experts have delivered...

CNNC achieves mass production of germanium isotopes
10 January 2023 China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation (CNEIC), which is part of the...

Holtec uses new technology for dismantling work at Indian Point NPP
10 January 2023 US-based Holtec International says it is using a new device, HI-CUT,...

Internal containment installed at Akkuyu NPP unit 1
10 January 2023 The dome of the internal containment (VZO) has been installed in the...

Copenhagen Atomics submits molten salt SMR design
09 January 2023 Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics has applied for its containerised small...

Zaporizhia NPP stable despite continued shelling
09 January 2023 Back-up power to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been...

South Korea’s Samsung advances its plans for a molten salt reactor
05 January 2023 South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has said it has...

New contract seeks to progress NuScale SMR deployment in Romania
05 January 2023 US-based NuScale Power and Romania’s RoPower Nuclear have signed a...

Rosatom develops new technology for decontamination of NPP equipment using ozone
04 January 2023 A technology unique to the Russian nuclear industry has been developed...

Gidropress to develop fast microreactor
04 January 2023 OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast...

Russia’s nuclear industry looks to robots
04 January 2023 Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored...

A good year for Loviisa NPP
04 January 2023 Finland’s Loviisa NPP had “a good production year in 2022”, according...

More delays for Japan’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant
04 January 2023 The completion of Japan’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in...

Russia completes preliminary design for molten salt reactor
04 January 2023 Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of...

OL3 resumes operation in test mode
04 January 2023 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of...

NuScale completes standard plant design project
04 January 2023 US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard...

Outer containment dome completed at Russia’s Kursk-II unit 1
04 January 2023 Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the...

Welding of main circulation pipeline begins at Kudankulam 3
04 January 2023 Welding of the main circulation pipeline (GTsT) has begun at unit 3 of...

UK announces nuclear fuel fund
04 January 2023 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...

Russia’s Kola NPP produces first hydrogen
03 January 2023 A new Russian designed electrolysis unit has produced its first hydrogen...

Hungary receives nuclear fuel delivery from Russia
03 January 2023 Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Péter Szijjártó said in a...

Japan confirms nuclear policy change
03 January 2023 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has decided to...

Russia completes fuel deliveries for China’s CFR-600 fast reactor
03 January 2023 Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel has completed all shipments to China...

Westinghouse and EDF contracted to help dismantle Ignalina NPP reactor cores
03 January 2023 Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP (INPP) has signed two contracts for the provision...

Beloyarsk NPP prepares for construction of BN-1200
03 January 2023 Rosatom plans to obtain a licence for the construction of a...

Bulgaria signs nuclear fuel deal with Framatome
03 January 2023 Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP has signed a 10-year agreement with Framatome...

Rosatom’s Likhachev on Russia’s nuclear future
03 January 2023 Despite the difficult economic situation and sanctions, Rosatom's...

NND applies for licences for Norway's nuclear facilities
03 January 2023 Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND - Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering)...

IAEA releases new report on Fukushima water treatment
03 January 2023 The IAEA Task Force established to review the safety of Japan’s plans...

Indonesia adopts regulation on uranium mining and prepares for possible NPP
03 January 2023 The head of nuclear research at Indonesia’s National Research &...

Bangladesh refuses entry to sanctioned Russian ship carrying components for Rooppur NPP
03 January 2023 The government of Bangladesh has denied entry to Russian ship Ursa...

Damage and diplomacy at ZNPP
03 January 2023 A 330 kV back-up power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power...

December 2022

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Draft design completed for Russia’s Shelf-M microreactor
23 December 2022 Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of...

Electrical equipment installed at Rooppur NPP unit 1
23 December 2022 Specialists from Russia’s Corporation AK (part of ESKM) have begun the...

Bruce Power 4 returns to service
23 December 2022 Unit 4 at Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has returned to service following...

SKB receives environmental permit for final repository extension
23 December 2022 Sweden’s nuclear fuel management company, SKB, has received an...

Nuvia to support decommissioning of Sweden’s Ringhals 2
23 December 2022 UK-based Nuvia said its subsidiary, Nuvia Nordic, had been selected...

Russia begins welding base plate of Brest reactor
23 December 2022 Welding has begun of the baseplate of the Brest-OD-300 reactor,...

Romanian government approves draft law for Cernavoda expansion
22 December 2022 A draft law on the agreement to build two new reactors at Romania’s...

Nuclear fuel developed for Russia’s new floating NPPs
22 December 2022 Rosatom has completed development of nuclear fuel for the RITM-200S...

Work begins on Leningrad-II NPP units 7&8
22 December 2022 ​​​​​​​First concrete has been poured for the foundation of the...

Indonesia remains a focus for Thorcon’s molten salt technology
22 December 2022 Inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas (BV) recently signed...

CGN postpones start-up of unit 3 at its Fangchenggang NPP
22 December 2022 China General Nuclear (CGN) has said that unit 3 at its Fangchenggang NPP...

Japanese district court rejects injunction to close Mihama 3
22 December 2022 ​​​​​​​Japan’s Osaka District Court has rejected an injunction...

Japan’s NRA approves reactor operation beyond 60 years
22 December 2022 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved new regulations...

Belarus considers additional nuclear power units
22 December 2022 Belarus is discussing the possibility of building a third power unit at...

SMR competition heats up in the UK
22 December 2022 ​​​​​​​Five major companies have made key announcements on their plans...

Ukrainian legislation brings nuclear power in line with EU regulations
21 December 2022 Three laws intended to bring Ukraine's legislation on the use of...

South Korea eyes NPP construction in Turkey
21 December 2022 The Korean Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) is negotiating with the...

USNC explores possible deployment of its MMR in Finland
21 December 2022 Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (UNSC) has signed a Memorandum...

Hungary extends service life of Paks NPP reactors
21 December 2022 The Hungarian government has announced the extension of the operating life...

Energy Fuels and Peninsula Energy contracted to supply US Uranium Reserve
21 December 2022 US uranium producer Energy Fuels, and Strata Energy - a subsidiary...

US NRC accepts TRISO-X’s application for fuel fabrication facility
20 December 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted an application...

Inner containment dome installed at Russia’s Kursk-II unit 2
20 December 2022 The upper part of the inner containment dome (VZO) has been installed at...

Iran welcomes increase in uranium enrichment capacity
20 December 2022 Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium has doubled since Iran began its...

UK National Nuclear Laboratory develops fuel for new space battery
20 December 2022 The UK Space Agency has commissioned the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)...

Westinghouse signs agreement with Poland's PEJ to progress NPP
20 December 2022 Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has signed a cooperation agreement...

More funding for US companies under DOE’s GAIN programme
20 December 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)...

First RPV completed for Hinkley Point C
20 December 2022 Framatome has completed manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel (RPC)...

Fortum presses ahead with SMR plans
20 December 2022 As part of Fortum’s two-year feasibility study announced in October...

Further Flamanville delays echo problems at Olkiluoto 3
20 December 2022 Electricite de France has announced that the schedule for construction of...

Protective covering for used fuel storage underway at Zaporizhzhia
19 December 2022 Russia is building protective structures to shield the used fuel...

Dispute over Hanhikivi-1 set to rumble on
16 December 2022 Fennovoima Oy’s decision to terminate the construction contract for...

Dismantling continues at US Vermont Yankee NPP
16 December 2022 Accelerated decommissioning of the boiling water reactor (BWR) at the...

Westinghouse receives UK grant to develop uranium conversion
16 December 2022 ​​​​​​​US-based Westinghouse has received a Direct Award Grant from the...

Terrapower’s natrium reactor project delayed by lack of HALEU
16 December 2022 US Terrapower’s advanced Natrium nuclear reactor proposed for...

Lightbridge strengthens partnership with Idaho National Laboratory
16 December 2022 US nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation has announced that...

Installation of first bridge crane begins at Akkuyu NPP unit 1
16 December 2022 At the construction site of the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey, installation has...

New fuel tested for Russia’s BN-1200 fast reactor
16 December 2022 Experimental fuel assemblies containing mixed dense nitride...

Temelín and Dukovany pass environmental audit
16 December 2022 Both the Temelin and Dukovany NPPs in the Czech Republic meet...

Neutron flux control equipment supplied for Brazil’s IPR-R1 research reactor
16 December 2022 Russia’s Specialised Research Institute of Instrument Engineering...

Regulatory approval for Belgium’s Myrrha project
16 December 2022 Belgium’s nuclear research centre, SCK CEN, has received formal approval...

Installation of Russia’s MBIR research reactor under way
16 December 2022 Work is under way to install Russia’s multi-purpose research reactor...

Fusion breakthrough for LLNL
15 December 2022 A fusion reaction that produced more energy than the laser energy used...

UK government funding for nuclear and hydrogen
15 December 2022 ​​​​​​​The UK government is committing to the future of nuclear power...

First plasma for Tokamak Energy’s fusion device
15 December 2022 Tokamak Energy has said its upgraded fusion energy device, ST40,...

Canadian partners to study deployment of Micro Modular Reactor
15 December 2022 Canada’s McMaster University, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC),...

Another milestone for Hinkley Point C
15 December 2022 The world’s biggest crane, known as Big Carl, has lifted the third and...

Korea commits funding for nuclear development
15 December 2022 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that Korea is committing...

Borssele preferred site for two new reactors
15 December 2022 The Dutch Council of Ministers has approved plans for construction of two...

Grossi attends conference on Ukraine in Paris
15 December 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

RPV welding begins for China’s Xudabao 3
14 December 2022 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part...

Vogtle Unit 4 completes cold hydro testing
14 December 2022 ​​​​​​​Georgia Power has announced the completion of cold hydro testing...

Framatome signs agreement for the construction of Sizewell C
14 December 2022 Framatome has signed an early framework agreement with Nuclear New...

IAEA finds improved nuclear security infrastructure in Sudan
14 December 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Nuclear...

China to cooperate with Gulf nations on nuclear energy
14 December 2022 China plans to cooperate with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries in...

Further delays for Olkiluoto 3
14 December 2022 The investigation of damage to supply water pumps at the EPR reactor at...

Key equipment manufactured for Kudankulam 5
14 December 2022 ZiO-Podolsk JSC (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division...

Kairos Power to produce fuel for Hermes demonstration reactor
13 December 2022 US-based Kairos Power has signed an agreement to produce TRISO fuel...

IAEA reviews Bangladesh’s regulatory framework
13 December 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

India announces plans to build more nuclear power plants
13 December 2022 India’s Union Minister of State, Dr Jitendra Singh, has announced that...

China’s HTR-PM reactors reach full power
13 December 2022 ​​​​​​​China has brought its two demonstration HTR-PM...

Framatome to supply fuel to NRG’s High Flux Reactor
13 December 2022 Framatome has signed two contracts with NRG to supply enriched...

Fortum and EDF to collaborate on SMRs
13 December 2022 Fortum and Electricité de France (EDF) have signed a Framework...

US DOE selects partners to engage communities on nuclear energy
13 December 2022 ​​​​​​​The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Energy...

IAEA carries out missions to Ukrainian NPPs
13 December 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has carried out nuclear...

BWXT starts production of TRISO fuel for US microreactor
13 December 2022 BWX Technologies (BWXT) has celebrated the landmark production of...

Pre-operation inspections begin at Rooppur NPP
13 December 2022 At unit 1 of Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh the inspection...

Grossi: Zaporizhzhia NPP faces “enormous dangers”
12 December 2022 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) faces “enormous dangers”,...

Kazakhstan delivers first fuel assemblies to China
09 December 2022 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company, Kazatomprom, has announced that...

X-energy joins forces with Ares to go public
09 December 2022 X-energy Reactor Company, a developer of small modular reactors (SMRs)...

Studsvik to support Westinghouse in developing Springfields facility
09 December 2022 Studsvik has signed a Technology Licence Agreement with...

Delays for Mochovce 3
09 December 2022 Operation of unit 3 at Slovakia’s Mochovce NPP is facing delays...

Hydraulic tanks installed at Kursk-II unit 2
09 December 2022 Rosatom has installed eight hydraulic tanks - part of the second stage of...

Jacobs wins new contract to support UK fusion programme
09 December 2022 Jacobs has been awarded a contract to support the UK's fusion energy...

US Department of Energy establishes HALEU Consortium
09 December 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has established a high-assay...

Rosatom to supply uranium products to Brazil’s Angra NPP
09 December 2022 ​​​​​​​A subsidiary of Rosatom’s Techsnabexport JSC Internexco GmbH...

IAEA reviews Bosnia and Herzegovina’s radiation safety
09 December 2022 ​​​​​​​An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated...

Thales and Marvel Fusion to upgrade laser system in Romania
08 December 2022 Thales and Germany’s Marvel Fusion will cooperate in upgrading the...

NuScale awards contracts to Framatome
08 December 2022 US-based NuScale has announced that it has awarded two new contracts...

Shin Hanul 1 begins commercial operation
08 December 2022 Unit 1 at South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP in Uljin, North Gyeongsang...

Novatron secures investment to develop fusion
08 December 2022 EIT InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy, supported...

Iran prioritises development of NPPs
08 December 2022 The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad...

Russia reaffirms support for ZNPP security zone
08 December 2022 While the past few days have seen no new statements from the...

IAEA undertakes safety mission to South Ukraine NPP
07 December 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has carried out a...

Tractebel to support life extension of Koeberg NPP
07 December 2022 Tractebel has said it will continue to provide engineering support to...

Rosatom to begin pilot operation of TVS-5 fuel
07 December 2022 Rosatom plans to start reactor testing of fifth-generation TVS...

Russian companies qualify for Paks-II project
07 December 2022 A Hungarian audit team from CJSC NPP Paks-II, together with...

NuScale Power and Shell to collaborate on clean hydrogen
07 December 2022 NuScale Power, together with Shell Global Solutions and...

US NRC renews GEH used fuel storage facility licence
07 December 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed the licence issued...

KAERI to supply fuel for Polish research reactor
07 December 2022 The Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has signed a...

More equipment for Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
07 December 2022 The Petrozavodsk branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

Reactor dome installed at Kudankulam unit 3
07 December 2022 The dome of the reactor building has been installed at unit 3 of...

Assystem signs MOU with Kazak National Welfare Fund
07 December 2022 France-based project management, engineering, and digital services...

Site preparation underway for Canada’s first SMR
07 December 2022 Site preparation is underway for Canada’s first grid-scale small...

Installation costs reduced at Russia’s Brest reactor
07 December 2022 Installation of the foundation slab for Russia’s Brest-OD-300...

Installation work begins at China’s SMR
07 December 2022 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said installation work has begun...

Bellows valves shipped to Bangladesh
07 December 2022 Russia’s Electrosevkavmontazh Corporation (ESKM) has shipped the first...

IAEA says Austria committed to the safe radwaste management
07 December 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

EDF secures further funding Hinkley Point C
06 December 2022 EDF has told City AM that it has secured 14 years of funding for the...

EDF submits proposal for Dukovany newbuild
06 December 2022 EDF has said its proposal to ČEZ, and its project company Elektrárna...

First part of geological survey completed at Temelin SMR site
06 December 2022 Czech energy company ČEZ has said that experts have examined the subsoil...

Centrus finalises contract with US DOE for HALEU production
06 December 2022 Centrus Energy has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary,...

Fate of ZNPP continues to be focus of rumour
05 December 2022 There is a concrete proposal and important progress has been made...

UK tests borehole sealing technology
01 December 2022 The UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has sealed existing boreholes...

European court dismisses Austrian concerns about Hungary’s Paks-II
01 December 2022 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has dismissed an action...

Fermi Energia launches cooperation with Ukraine’s Eco-Optima
01 December 2022 Estonia’s Fermi Energia and Ukraine’s Eco-Optima have signed a memorandum...

Canadian port considers ARC aSMR
01 December 2022 Canada’s Belledune Port Authority has announced it is working with...

UK confirms support for Sizewell C and buys out China’s stake
01 December 2022 UK Business Secretary Grant Shapps Shapps has visited the site of the...

ČEZ receives three bids for Dukovany new build
01 December 2022 Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a wholly owned subsidiary of Czech...

Europe backs Ukrainian claims to ZNPP as Russia strengthens control of the plant
01 December 2022 The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) has said...

Netherlands considers building two new NPPs
01 December 2022 The Netherlands Cabinet of Ministers are planning to install two new...

November 2022

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Kansai Electric to seek life extension for Takahama 3&4
29 November 2022 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co has said it will seek regulatory approval...

UAE regulator approves operational plans to 2026
29 November 2022 The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear...

IAEA says Sweden is committed to a high level of safety
29 November 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Besix appointed as contractor for Pallas reactor pit
29 November 2022 Pallas has chosen Besix as the contractor to build the pit and foundation...

Fortum and Helen consider SMR co-operation
29 November 2022 Fortum and Finnish energy company, Helen, are initiating a joint study...

KHNP and Candu Energy to cooperate in decommissioning
29 November 2022 A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Korea Hydro...

Japan considers NPP life extension
29 November 2022 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti) has presented a draft...

India looks to SMRs
29 November 2022 India’s Union Minister of State, Jitendra Singh, has said that India...

INB completes first stage of uranium enrichment plant
29 November 2022 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) on 25 November at the Nuclear...

Hydrogen energy storage project secures UK funding
29 November 2022 A consortium, involving the University of Bristol, has been awarded...

China completes core component for ITER
29 November 2022 China has completed fabrication of the first piece of enhanced heat...

MHI Delivers First Pump for Hinkley Point C
29 November 2022 Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has delivered the first...

First Light Fusion plans 60MWe pilot plant
29 November 2022 Oxford-based First Light Fusion has announced a new technical...

China to build nuclear-powered moon base
29 November 2022 China plans to build a base on the moon by 2028, ahead of landing...

ČEZ completes takeover of Škoda
29 November 2022 Czech energy group ČEZ has become the 100% owner of Škoda JS,...

Belarus NPP unit 2 approaches commissioning
29 November 2022 The overall readiness of unit 2 of the Belarusian NPP is more than...

Reactor bottom prepared for Akkuyu unit 4
29 November 2022 Specialists of the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-technology – Atommash (part...

Zaporizhzhia NPP to remain under Russian ownership
29 November 2022 The Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine is under Russian control...

US emplaces waste at new panel in WIPP and expands Idaho disposal facility
25 November 2022 US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Russia offers new fuel solutions for India
25 November 2022 ​​​​​​​Russia is offering new technologies and to improve the efficiency...

Orano boosts co-operation with Uzbekistan
25 November 2022 A tripartite strategic cooperation agreement has been signed by...

Westinghouse to design fuel for Fortum’s Loviisa NPP
25 November 2022 Fortum has signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company for...

Polar crane installed at Kursk 2
25 November 2022 A polar crane, with a carrying capacity of 390 tons, has been installed...

Fuel and electronics being prepared for Akkuyu NPP
25 November 2022 Nuclear fuel for the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkey are on track...

Japanese-Polish cooperation continues on high-temperature reactor technology
24 November 2022 ​​​​​​​The President of the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA),...

OL3 operation delayed at least to end of January
24 November 2022 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), owner-operator of...

Iran starts 60% nuclear enrichment
24 November 2022 Iran has started enriching uranium to a purity level of 60% at its...

US provides funding for Diablo Canyon NPP
24 November 2022 The US Administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE), has...

TVEL to supply fuel for Egypt’s research reactor
24 November 2022 Fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) has signed contract documents with...

Atomexpo attracts 65 countries
24 November 2022 The XII International Forum Atomexpo-2022 was held in Sochi (Russia)...

ITER says essential key components repairs will impact schedule
24 November 2022 “When building a machine as large and as complex as ITER, difficulties...

More delays for French reactors
24 November 2022 Electricite de France (EDF) has extended maintenance outages at three...

US NRC accepts application for molten salt research reactor
24 November 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has docketed Abilene...

IAEA’s Grossi holds talks with Russia
24 November 2022 Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost...

UK funding for Bay Hydrogen Hub project
23 November 2022 An EDF led consortium to utilise innovative technology which uses...

US to help Thailand develop nuclear power
23 November 2022 The USA will help Thailand develop nuclear power through a new class of...

UK confirms plans for Sizewell C
23 November 2022 The UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed the government's support...

KHNP hosts IAEA OSART mission at Saeul NPP units 1&2
23 November 2022 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has recently hosted an...

Preparatory work begins for construction of Pallas reactor
23 November 2022 Preparatory works have started to enable realisation of the construction...

IAEA reviews waste management in Germany
23 November 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Commissioning of used fuel drying station completed at Finnish encapsulation plant
23 November 2022 The drying station for used nuclear fuel became the first...

ITER Council reviews progress and challenges
22 November 2022 The ITER Council meeting to review the performance of the ITER...

IAEA task force reviews Japan’s plans for discharge of Fukushima water
22 November 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force – set up last year...

Belgian court permits decommissioning of Doel NPP unit 3
22 November 2022 Unit 3 of Belgium’s Doel NPP was shut down earlier this year in...

First concrete poured for unit 2 of Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
22 November 2022 A ceremony marking the pouring of first concrete for the foundation slab...

Tractebel supports construction of Brazil’s Angra 3
22 November 2022 A consortium led by Tractebel has finalised the first stage of a project...

Nuclearelectrica signs MOU to support Romanian SMR development
22 November 2022 Romanian nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica announced at the IAEA...

Nuclear industry promises action in the wake of COP27
22 November 2022 On his return from COP27, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Outer containment installed at Rooppur NPP
22 November 2022 Installation of the metal structures of the outer containment dome for...

Akkuyu NPP hosts WANO support mission
22 November 2022 An expert mission to support the Moscow Centre of the World Association...

Shelling resumes damaging Zaporizhzhia NPP while conflict also affects other Ukrainian NPPs
22 November 2022 Powerful explosions shook the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear...

US to support SMR projects in Ukraine and Europe
16 November 2022 Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Ukraine Minister...

Rolls-Royce SMR selected for West Cumbria
16 November 2022 Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected as the preferred nuclear...

GeoReN to support Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning in radwaste management
16 November 2022 Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND), which is responsible for...

EU Energy Commissioner looks at challenges facing nuclear
16 November 2022 ​​​​​​​Addressing the European Commission’s 15th European Nuclear...

Work resumes at Angra 3
16 November 2022 Eduardo Grand Court, the new president of Brazilian nuclear...

More IAEA security missions planned in Ukraine
15 November 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will in the coming weeks...

US supports clean hydrogen production at four NPPs
15 November 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has said that hydrogen has the potential...

Korea develops simulator for underwater dismantling of reactors
15 November 2022 The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has developed a...

KHNP begins site investigation for new NPP in Poland
15 November 2022 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has begun a site investigation for the...

IAEA focuses on access to water at COP27
15 November 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organised an event on...

Hungary plans life extension for Paks NPP
15 November 2022 Attila Steiner, Secretary of State for Energy at Hungary’s Ministry...

German parliament approves NPP life extension
15 November 2022 Lawmakers in the German Bundestag (parliament) have voted to keep...

General Atomics progresses nuclear thermal propulsion system design
15 November 2022 General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed...

IAEA completes inspection of Kharkiv nuclear facilities
15 November 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has completed a...

Korea’s Doosan Enerbility wins sub-contract for construction of El-Dabaa NPP turbine island
15 November 2022 Doosan Enerbility has signed a contract worth KRW1,600 billion ($1.2bn)...

DOE announces award for first production of HALEU for advanced reactors
15 November 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has received a $150 million...

Dome installation begins at Rooppur NPP unit 1
15 November 2022 Rosatom has begun installation of the domed part of the outer containment...

Akkuyu training centre construction workers complete their studies
15 November 2022 ​​​​​​​The first graduates of the training centre for blue-collar workers...

Grossi active at COP27
14 November 2022 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said nuclear science...

Steam generator replacement completed at US Watts Bar NPP
11 November 2022 The Steam Generating Team (SGT) - a joint venture between Framatome...

Sweden opens new radwaste storage facility
11 November 2022 A new Swedish interim storage facility for low- and...

US Exim Bank issues letters of interest for Cernavoda 3 and 4
11 November 2022 Exim Bank President, Reta Jo Lewis, has announced the issue of two letters...

Orano and TEPCO strengthen co-operation on fuel debris removal at Fukushima
11 November 2022 Orano has signed an engineering support contract with Tokyo Electric...

EDF reaffirms its commitment to supporting Polish nuclear power programme
10 November 2022 Following Poland’s announcement that its first NPP would be built...

UK’s Forth Engineering wins two nuclear contracts
10 November 2022 UK-based Forth Engineering has secured two separate contracts to carry...

EDF seeks to standardise corrosion repair work at its NPPs
10 November 2022 EDF has said it will standardise corrosion repair works at its NPPs in...

Fortum will use Russian nuclear fuel until 2030
10 November 2022 The use of Russian nuclear fuel is set to continue for several more years...

IAEA to play key role at COP27
10 November 2022 From 7 to 18 November 2022 the International Atomic Energy Agency...

Japan considers life extension for reactors
10 November 2022 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Meti) is...

Rolls-Royce SMR prioritises four NDA sites for new nuclear
10 November 2022 Rolls-Royce SMR, supported by the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...

US report looks at innovations to meet climate goals
09 November 2022 The US Administration has issued a new report, “US Innovation to Meet...

US announces $1.5 billion to strengthen National Laboratories
09 November 2022 The US Administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE), has...

Terrestrial Energy and TerraPraxis to cooperate on Repowering Coal
09 November 2022 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with...

Rosatom confirms construction of BN-1200 at Beloyarsk NPP
09 November 2022 Rosatom Director General, Alexei Likhachev, has confirmed Russia's...

TVO continues to investigate damage at OL3
09 November 2022 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), owner-operator of...

IAEA reviews Morocco’s nuclear emergency preparedness
09 November 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Emergency Preparedness...

Russia’s Kursk unit 2 to be permanently closed in 2024
09 November 2022 The RBMK-1000 reactor at unit 2 of the Kursk NPP will be permanently...

Kazakhstan begins start-up programme for IVG.1M research reactor using LEU fuel
08 November 2022 Work has begun at Kazakhstan’s Baikal-1 research reactor complex to...

Jamaica to include nuclear power in its energy mix
08 November 2022 The Jamaican Government is looking to incorporate nuclear power in...

IAEA to observe sampling of seawater near Fukushima Daiichi
08 November 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that a team of...

More delays for restart of French reactors
08 November 2022 French utility EDF has discovered a radioactive leak in the primary...

Cameco signs uranium supply agreement with China
08 November 2022 Cameco has signed a uranium supply agreement with the China...

GE receives US funding to advance used nuclear fuel reprocessing
08 November 2022 GE Research, the central technology development hub for the General...

Agreement signed on EDF’s acquisition of GE Steam Power’s nuclear activities
08 November 2022 GE and EDF have signed the binding agreement related to EDF’s acquisition...

Canada’s tax credit for clean technologies includes nuclear
08 November 2022 Canada’s 2022 Fall Economic Statement, released on 3 November by Deputy...

Akkuyu NPP retains legal services to help with construction company dispute
08 November 2022 Turkish company Akkuyu Nükleer Genel Merkezi, in which Russia’s Rosatom has...

Turkey considers construction of third NPP
08 November 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey may ask Russia...

External power restored to ZNPP
07 November 2022 External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear...

Russia delivers poloidal field coil for ITER
04 November 2022 Rosatom has said it is delivering a PF1 poloidal field coil to the...

Terrestrial Energy and Orano evaluate IMSR fuel packaging and transportation
04 November 2022 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has completed a regulatory evaluation...

Russia's tallest cooling tower completed at the Kursk-II NPP
04 November 2022 Construction of the evaporative cooling tower for unit 1 of Russia’s...

Oklo selected for US DOE project to enable recycling of used fuel
04 November 2022 Oklo, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Deep Isolation, and Case...

Upgrades completed at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP unit 3
04 November 2022 Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has said that two circulation conduits serving unit...

OPG applies for SMR construction licence
03 November 2022 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has completed a significant project...

India’s Kakrapar 3 ready for start-up
03 November 2022 Unit 3 of India’s Kakrapar NPP Project (KAPP) in Gujarat is expected to...

Heating project launched at China’s Hongyanhe NPP
03 November 2022 China’s Hongyanhe NPP in Liaoning Province has been officially put...

Permit issued for construction of Egypt’s El-Dabaa unit 2
03 November 2022 Egypt's Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA)...

Slovenia considers referendum on second unit for Krsko NPP
03 November 2022 Slovenia's government is considering holding a referendum on whether...

Westinghouse and KHNP may both build NPPs in Poland
03 November 2022 Poland’s government has formally adopted a resolution on the...

Shelling resumes at Zaporizhzhia; staff under pressure
03 November 2022 A recent landmine explosion cut the main power supply connection to one...

Westinghouse receives UK grant to develop advanced nuclear fuel
02 November 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 26 October it had been...

TerraPower and PacifiCorp to expand natrium technology deployment
02 November 2022 US nuclear innovation company TerraPower and regulated utility PacifiCorp...

Tepco and Hitachi set up joint venture to produce used fuel storage
01 November 2022 Tepco Holdings Co Ltd and Hitachi Zosen Co Ltd (Hitachi Shipbuilding)...

Tokamak Energy announces ST80-HTS advanced prototype
01 November 2022 Tokamak Energy has announced plans for its advanced prototype,...

IAEA mission to Philippines highlights efforts to enhance radiation protection
01 November 2022 Planned improvements to existing regulatory bodies and technical...

Investigation of damage continues at OL3
01 November 2022 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), owner-operator of...

IAEA Mission Commends Malta’s Management of Radioactive Sources and Waste
01 November 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Iran starts construction of research reactor in Isfahan
01 November 2022 Iran has begun construction of a 10 MW pool-type light water reactor...

Hungary says nuclear is essential for energy security
01 November 2022 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó has told Hungarian M1 TV...

Ghana to benefit from USA-Japan WECAN partnership
01 November 2022 The US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control & International...

China’s "artificial sun" sets new record
01 November 2022 China’s "artificial sun", the HL-2M tokamak, has set a new operation...

Lead coolant preparation system installed for Russia’s Brest reactor
01 November 2022 A lead coolant preparation system has been installed at Russia’s...

Nucleareurope releases position paper on SMRs
01 November 2022 Brussels-based nuclear trade association, Nucleareurope, has published...

US and Canada affirm support for Romania’s nuclear development
01 November 2022 Romanian Energy Minister Virgil Popescu has secured a series of...

Fuel simulators shipped for Akkuyu NPP unit 1
01 November 2022 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL has shipped nuclear fuel simulators to Turkey...

October 2022

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IAEA International Ministerial Conference concludes in Washington
31 October 2022 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and US Energy Secretary...

IAEA continues to press for Zaporizhzhia security zone and plans to investigate “dirty bomb” allegations
31 October 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Milestone reached at US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
28 October 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Melt trap body installed at unit 8 of China’s Tianwan NPP
28 October 2022 The body of the melt trap has been installed at unit 8 of the Tianwan...

Funding allocated for Idaho National Lab improvement
28 October 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the US...

Work continues at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP
28 October 2022 Rosatom has completed welding of the main circulation pipeline at the...

US restarts DUF6 conversion
28 October 2022 ​​​​​​​The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental...

Production of lutetium-177 begins at Bruce NPP
28 October 2022 An international collaboration between Bruce Power, Isogen (a Kinectrics...

Funding announced for Canada’s first SMR
27 October 2022 The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has finalised an agreement with...

Framatome ATF completes second cycle at Vogtle NPP
27 October 2022 Framatome has completed the second 18-month fuel cycle of its GAIA...

NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy advance SMR marine facility
27 October 2022 NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd have announced a new...

Clean-up project proceeds at Idaho National Laboratory site
27 October 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Holtec advances plans for SMR-160 deployment in Czech Republic
27 October 2022 Holtec International has concluded a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with...

Another closed reactor “cocooned” at US Hanford site
27 October 2022 Workers from the Central Plateau Clean-up Company (CPC Co), contracted by...

General Atomics announces plans for fusion pilot plant
27 October 2022 US-based General Atomics (GA) has announced a new concept for a fusion...

Westinghouse tries to exclude South Korea from Poland’s NPP project
27 October 2022 Westinghouse Electric Co has filed a lawsuit against Korea Hydro &...

WANO expresses concern about Zaporizhzhia NPP
27 October 2022 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has said on it...

Rolls-Royce SMR visits potential locations for first factory
25 October 2022 Over the next six weeks a team from Rolls-Royce SMR will visit locations...

US NRC validates NuScale’s Emergency Planning Zone boundary methodology
25 October 2022 NuScale has announced that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s...

Defuelling completed at Japan’s Monju FBR
25 October 2022 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has announced that defueling has...

Holtec and Hyundai agree to accelerate the SMR-160 programme
25 October 2022 Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd...

Beloyarsk NPP tests fuel for the Brest-300 fast reactor
24 October 2022 Tests of nuclear fuel for the Russian lead-cooled BREST-300 fast reactor...

Staff training begins at Rooppur NPP
24 October 2022 Bangladesh nuclear specialists are now trained not only at the...

TRISO-X breaks ground on advanced fuel facility
24 October 2022 RISO-X, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-energy, has broken ground and...

IAEA conference discusses safety of evolutionary and innovative reactor designs
21 October 2022 As evolutionary and innovative reactor designs get closer to deployment...

Russian expert comments on projected scheme to remove molten fuel from Fukushima reactors
21 October 2022 In their latest annual strategic progress report, experts from...

TechnicAtome and Framatome renew national defence cooperation
21 October 2022 Framatome has renewed its 2017 cooperation agreements with Technicatome....

French strike affects 20 nuclear power reactors
21 October 2022 Strikes have affected almost a third of France's nuclear reactors, a...

IAEA releases annual report on country nuclear power profiles
21 October 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agenry (IAEA) has announced the release...

Chinese Hongyanhe NPP district heating project approaches completion
21 October 2022 The project for district heating from the Chinese Hongyanhe NPP is in...

TsNIITMASH completes tests of a transport cask mock-up for Brest used fuel
21 October 2022 Russia’s Institute of Materials Science of JSC NPO TsNIITMASH - part...

IAEA reviews Singapore’s regulatory framework for radiation safety
21 October 2022 An IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission said Singapore...

VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessel installed Rooppur NPP unit 2
21 October 2022 Despite reports of delays in the construction of the Rooppur NPP...

More delays to OL3
20 October 2022 Damage has been detected in the inner parts of the feed water pumps of...

New Swedish government supports nuclear energy expansion
20 October 2022 Sweden's new centre-right coalition government which formally took office...

US Southern Company and TerraPower build world’s largest chloride salt system
20 October 2022 US Southern Company Services (SCS) and TerraPower recently built...

Germany extends nuclear power use until April
20 October 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country's three...

General Fusion and UKAEA agree to advance commercial fusion energy
20 October 2022 Canada’s General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)...

Fortum launches feasibility study to investigate sites for new nuclear
20 October 2022 Power company Fortum is starting a two-year feasibility study to...

Military action continues around Zaporizhzhia NPP as Ukrainian troops try to seize the plant
20 October 2022 Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has restored the...

Back-up power restored at Zaporizhzhia NPP
19 October 2022 Ukrainian engineers have managed to restore back-up power to the...

Idaho resumes waste shipments to US WIPP facility
19 October 2022 Shipments of nuclear waste from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) site...

Vogtle 3 starts nuclear fuel loading
19 October 2022 US Georgia Power has announced that fuel load into the reactor core at unit...

UKAEA extends its Materials Research Facility
19 October 2022 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has completed a GP10 million...

Brazil resumes remediation of monazite waste
19 October 2022 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has resumed remediation of the Torta...

Holtec completes design of HI-HEAT district heating system
18 October 2022 Holtec International has completed the design and computer simulation...

Laurentis Energy supports Synthos and SMRs in Poland
18 October 2022 Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners and Polish energy company, Synthos...

Melter starts up at US Hanford site
18 October 2022 The US Hanford site vitrification plant has started heating the first of...

IAEA mission reviews Finnish regulatory framework
18 October 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Steam generators begin installation at Rooppur 2
18 October 2022 Work has begun on the installation of steam generators at unit 2 of...

Russia says Akkuyu NPP will be launched on schedule
18 October 2022 Unit 1 of the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey will be launched on time, by the...

Petrozavodskmash manufactures first MCP for unit 7 of Tianwan NPP
14 October 2022 The Petrozavodsk branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part of the...

Belgium’s AVN demands inspection of Doel 3 before decommissioning begins
14 October 2022 Belgium’s Association Vinçotte Nuclear (AVN) has called for urgent...

Orano to increase uranium enrichment capacity
14 October 2022 Faced with requests from some of its customers that no longer wish to...

Hungary expects France and Germany to supply I&C equipment for Paks II
14 October 2022 Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations,...

Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh behind schedule
14 October 2022 The launch of the two unit Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh...

Construction of Russia’s Brest-300 reactor ahead of schedule
14 October 2022 The construction of Russia’s innovative lead-cooled Brest-300 fast...

Slovenia’s Krško NPP undergoes upgrade: IAEA assesses emergency preparedness
14 October 2022 A maintenance and refuelling outage is under way at the Krško Nuclear...

Cameco and Brookfield Renewable to acquire Westinghouse
13 October 2022 Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Renewable Partners, together with...

UKAEA and Tokamak Energy to collaborate on commercial fusion
13 October 2022 UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Tokamak Energy have signed a...

UK NDA supports siting SMRs in North Wales
13 October 2022 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Cwmni Egino have signed...

US GAIN vouchers awarded for advanced reactors and used fuel recycling
13 October 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy’s (NE’s)...

Strikes delay restart of French reactors
13 October 2022 A representative of France's FNME-CGT (National Federation of Mines...

OPG and ČEZ collaborate on SMRs
13 October 2022 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Czech power company ČEZ will...

Barakah unit 3 connected to UAE grid
13 October 2022 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that...

Situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP remains “fragile”
13 October 2022 External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear...

Electrical equipment supplied for fuel plant at Russia’s ODEK complex
11 October 2022 JSC Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU, part of Rosatom) has...

Increased funding for Norwegian nuclear decommissioning
11 October 2022 The Norwegian government proposes to increase the allocation for...

Hungary’s Paks-II NPP will not be subject to EU sanctions
11 October 2022 During a meeting of permanent representatives of the European...

Changes granted for used fuel storage at UK’s Hinkley Point C
11 October 2022 The UK's Environment Agency has agreed to changes to the environmental...

First containers sealed at Dounreay's low-level waste vaults
11 October 2022 Workers at the UK’s former fast reactor test facility at Dounreay in...

Tensions continue at Zaporizhzhia as Russia assumes control
10 October 2022 Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear...

More Russian equipment for ITER
07 October 2022 Russian enterprises have completed the manufacture and shipment of...

Internal containment fourth tier completed for unit 2 at Kursk-II
07 October 2022 Rosatom has completed installation of the fourth tier of the...

Zap Energy considers retrofitting fusion reactor at coal plant
07 October 2022 A new study by US-based Zap Energy will assess the feasibility of siting...

Installation of overhead cranes completed at Rooppur NPP unit 2
07 October 2022 Installation of overhead cranes has been completed in the turbine section...

KBR contracted to support UK Nuclear Waste Services
07 October 2022 Under a three-year agreement, US-based KBR has announced it will be...

IAEA breaks ground to expand and modernise Seibersdorf Laboratories
07 October 2022 A ground-breaking ceremony was held on 3 October at the IAEA’s...

Three French nuclear units to restart soon following repairs
07 October 2022 EDF has announced that repairs related to corrosion have been completed...

Westinghouse advances eVinci microreactor commercialisation in Canada
06 October 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a service agreement with...

UK selects site for first fusion energy plant
06 October 2022 The UK government has announced that the West Burton power station site...

Westinghouse and Ansaldo Nucleare to develop lead-cooled fast reactor technology
06 October 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company and Ansaldo Nucleare have signed a...

Hungary and Uzbekistan launch nuclear cooperation programme
06 October 2022 Hungary and Uzbekistan are launching a comprehensive nuclear...

Canada calls for proposals for CNRI programme
06 October 2022 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has issued a call for proposals for...

Brazil’s ENBPar and Rosatom sign MOU on green nuclear energy
06 October 2022 Brazil’s Empresa Brasileira de Participações em Energia Nuclear e...

Conflicting claims complicate status of Zaporizhzhia NPP
06 October 2022 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

US Eielson Air Force Base embarks on Micro-Reactor Pilot Program
05 October 2022 The US Department of the Air Force (DAF), in partnership with the...

RoPower Nuclear established to develop SMRs in Romania
05 October 2022 Romanian nuclear utility Compania Națională Nuclearelectrica (SNN)...

IAEA increases its projections for nuclear power growth
05 October 2022 The IAEA is addressing some of today’s biggest global challenges,...

Tests completed on transport container for Hualong One fresh fuel
05 October 2022 The CNFC-HL01 Hualong One fresh fuel transport container...

Brookfield says nuclear is a clean, safe and mature source of power
05 October 2022 Canada-based global asset management company Brookfield has released a...

TAU Systems to build a new generation of compact particle accelerators
04 October 2022 US-based TAU Systems is poised to bring particle accelerators to a...

Iran becomes a major producer of radiopharmaceuticals
04 October 2022 The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad...

Reactor pressure vessel test completed for China’s SMR
04 October 2022 Reactor pressure vessel hydraulic testing has been completed at...

UK’s MoltexFLEX launches new concept molten salt reactor
04 October 2022 UK-based MoltexFLEX has launched its FLEX reactor, which uses molten...

France prepares legislation to streamline NPP projects
04 October 2022 France is preparing legislation to reduce red tape related to nuclear...

Energoatom to establish network of electric charging stations
04 October 2022 Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers have adopted the ordinance "On...

Foundation completed for unit 1 of Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
04 October 2022 Egypt has completed construction of the foundation for the first...

Possible life extension for UK’s Hartlepool and Heysham NPPs
04 October 2022 France's EDF has said it will review whether there is a case to keep open...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Japan utilities to develop new nuclear reactor
04 October 2022 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd has said it will develop a...

NGOs take legal action over closure of Belgian NPPs
04 October 2022 Several Belgian NGOs are taking the Belgian state and energy...

Constellation reports progress on the first US nuclear-powered hydrogen facility
04 October 2022 Leaders from the US Department of Energy (DOE), the New York State...

Dome installed at unit 2 of China’s Taipingling NPP
04 October 2022 China General Nuclear (CGN) has completed the lifting of a 225-ton dome...

Dukovany unit 3 shut down for refuelling and maintenance
04 October 2022 Czech power company ČEZ has said that unit 3 of the Dukovany NPP has...

Bulgaria excludes Atomstroyexport from Russian sanctions
04 October 2022 The Bulgarian authorities have excluded from the anti-Russian sanctions...

Germany extends operation of two NPPs
04 October 2022 Germany’s Federal Minister for Economics & Climate Protection, Robert...

Zaporozhzhia NPP Director General released from detention
04 October 2022 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

September 2022

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Political developments undermine plans for talks on Zaporizhzhia protection zone
28 September 2022 The site of Ukraine’s Zaporozhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was hit by...

IAEA proposal for Zaporozhzhia safety and security protection zone wins support
28 September 2022 An IAEA proposal to establish a nuclear safety and security protection...

Westinghouse signs more MOUs with Polish suppliers
28 September 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed Memoranda of Understanding...

UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to partner with National Decommissioning Centre
28 September 2022 The unique strategic partnership, supporting research with a potential...

Jacobs support refurbishment of UK nuclear research labs
28 September 2022 US-based Jacobs has been selected as full lifecycle delivery partner...

Base plate for Russia’s Brest reactor delivered to construction site
28 September 2022 The base plate for Russia’s lead-cooled Brest-OD-300 fast reactor has...

RPV installed at Akkuyu 2
27 September 2022 Rosatom has installed the VVER-1200 reactor vessel at unit 2 of the...

Argonne National Laboratory and Constellation look at producing hydrogen at NPPs
27 September 2022 Constellation Energy Corporation and the Department of Energy’s...

Belgium shuts down Doel 3
27 September 2022 Belgium has shut down its first nuclear reactor as part of a planned...

Russia’s BN-800 achieves full power for first time with MOX core
27 September 2022 The BN-800 fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has for the...

Fire at Framatome fuel production site reported under control
27 September 2022 French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) says it has found...

Bloom Energy seeks to produce hydrogen at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island NPP
27 September 2022 California-based fuel cell company Bloom Energy has announced that it...

Details provided on resolution of Akkuyu construction dispute
27 September 2022 Akkuyu Nukleer has announced that the two construction companies involved...

US DOE opens funding opportunity for regional hydrogen hubs
27 September 2022 The US Department of Energy has opened applications for a $7...

Enec announces start-up of Barakah 3
27 September 2022 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that...

Demolition preparations progress at Alpha-4 enrichment facility
23 September 2022 US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management (EM) crews are...

Oklo restarts NRC licensing process for Aurora microreactor
23 September 2022 US-based Oklo, developer of the 1.5MWe Aurora microreactor, has submitted...

Heat treatment completed on reactor vessel for unit 5 of Kudankulam NPP
23 September 2022 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of the mechanical...

South Korea includes nuclear in its K-Taxonomy
23 September 2022 South Korea’s Ministry of Environment has released a revised draft of...

Spain standardises on Holtec’s Multi-Purpose Canister
23 September 2022 US-based Holtec International has announced that its HI-STORM MPC used...

IAEA says Slovakia is committed to a high level of safety
23 September 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Shelling causes more damage to Zaporizhzhia NPP
22 September 2022 Renewed shelling in the early hours of 21 September at the site...

SaskPower proposes two potential SMR sites
22 September 2022 Saskatchewan’s first small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) could be located...

Framatome installs first 3D-printed stainless steel fuel component at Forsmark NPP
22 September 2022 Framatome has completed installation of the first 3D-printed, stainless...

Netherlands government supports construction of Pallas reactor
22 September 2022 Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers has announced...

Czech Republic’s first SMR could be built at Temelín by 2032
22 September 2022 A small modular reactor (SMR) could be built in the Czech Republic at...

Shelling resumes at Zaporizhzhia after brief lull
21 September 2022 The head of the (pro-Russian) military-civil Administration of...

Curtiss-Wright and X-energy support deployment of Xe-100 SMR
21 September 2022 US-based Curtiss-Wright Corporation) and X-energy have signed a...

IAEA mission finds commitment to safety in Turkey
21 September 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

IAEA concludes first ever site review for SMR
21 September 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded...

Demolition of US Bulk Shielding Reactor complex begins
21 September 2022 Demolition has begun on the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)...

Shelling reported near South Ukraine NPP
20 September 2022 Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

ULC-Energy secures cooperation from Constellation
20 September 2022 Dutch company ULC-Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

Kazakhstan plans NPP by 2032
20 September 2022 Kazakhstan’s projected energy balance “shows the need to build a...

New Director General for ITER
20 September 2022 The ITER Council have appointed Dr Pietro Barabaschi as the...

IAEA laboratories analyse treated water from Fukushima Daiichi
20 September 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducting...

EDF says corrosion issues “on track” but problems remain
20 September 2022 Repair works on corrosion problems at some of French state-controlled...

Fermi Energia accepts bids from three SMR manufacturers
20 September 2022 Estonia’s Fermi Energia has sent a call for tenders to three new...

Future of Belgium’s Doel 3 still unclear
20 September 2022 Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) may consider...

China approves four new nuclear units
20 September 2022 China’s State Council has approved the construction of two CAP1000...

Refurbishment of Russia’s BN-600 gets underway
20 September 2022 JSC ZiO-Podolsk (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering Atomenergomash)...

Turkish construction company reinstated at Akkuyu NPP
20 September 2022 Work at the Akkuyu NPP being built by Rosatom in Turkey will continue at...

NRC renews operating licence for Westinghouse fuel fabrication facility
16 September 2022 ​​​​​​​The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a...

IAEA concludes long-term operational safety review of Oskarshamn NPP
16 September 2022 A team of experts from The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Russia sends gyrotrons to ITER
16 September 2022 Russia’s Project Centre ITER has said that the first Russian...

Vattenfall extends outage of Sweden’s Ringhals 4
16 September 2022 Swedish utility Vattenfall has delayed the restart of unit 4 at the...

EDF says nuclear output fell in August but forecasts increase in 2024
16 September 2022 EDF says that nuclear power generation at its French reactors in August...

US Centrus secures $320 million in new sales
16 September 2022 US Centrus Energy Corp has announced it has secured new nuclear fuel...

IAEA mission reviews nuclear regulation in Argentina
15 September 2022 An Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) team from the...

Reuter-Stokes and Paragon detection technology for NuScale SMR
15 September 2022 Reuter-Stokes and Paragon Energy have signed a contract to design...

TVEL to supply innovative fuel for Uzbek research reactor
15 September 2022 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of...

NuScale Power and KGHM move to support SMR deployment in Poland
15 September 2022 NuScale Power and KGHM Polska Miedź (KGHM) have signed the first Task...

US-Poland nuclear cooperation progress reflected in new roadmap report
15 September 2022 The USA has delivered its “Concept and Execution Report for Civil...

Rosatom begins excavation works at Hungary’s Paks-II NPP
15 September 2022 Rosatom has started excavation work at the construction site of the two...

US DOE identifies coal plant sites that could convert to nuclear
15 September 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a 127-page...

Some power lines restored to Zaporizhzhia NPP
15 September 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed...

Westinghouse and Spain’s Enusa to collaborate on VVER-440 fuel
14 September 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company and Enusa have announced that they intend...

IAEA sees strengthened operational safety at UAE’s Barakah NPP
14 September 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Sheffield Forgemasters partners GE Hitachi to support UK deployment of BWRX-300 SMR
14 September 2022 ​​​​​​​GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and UK-based Sheffield...

Fuel loaded at Mochovce 3
14 September 2022 Slovak energy company Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) has loaded the first...

More progress at Kursk NPP
14 September 2022 Rosatom has completed concreting the third tier of the inner containment...

NuScale Power, Habboush Group and ENTRA1 form strategic alliance
13 September 2022 US-based NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale) and Habboush Group (HG)...

First concrete poured for China’s Lufeng 5
13 September 2022 First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 5 at...

Russia’s BN800 fast reactor fully fuelled with mox
13 September 2022 The BN-800 fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has for the...

Last reactor shut down at Zaporizhzhia NPP
12 September 2022 The last operating reactor at Ukraine’s six unit Zaporizhzhia NPP (unit...

Agreement signed for nuclear-powered mineral resource centre in Yakutia
09 September 2022 Russia and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) have signed an agreement on...

New nuclear medicine facility for Belgium’s University Hospital Leuven
09 September 2022 Belgium’s Tractebel (part of French energy company Engie), along with...

Russia launches new complex to produce irradiate silicon
09 September 2022 A new complex for nuclear doping of silicon has entered commercial...

Poland and Romania to co-operate on deployment of NuScale SMR
08 September 2022 Polish copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedz and Romanian...

Rosatom signs nuclear co-operation agreement with Myanmar
08 September 2022 Rosatom and Myanmar’s Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry...

Temporary reprieve for two German NPPs
08 September 2022 Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate...

IAEA issues report on Zaporozhzhia and addresses UN Security Council
08 September 2022 On 6 September the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a...

Saudi Arabia supports modernisation of IAEA laboratories
06 September 2022 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has donated $2.5 million towards the...

Testing completed for Silex laser enrichment module
06 September 2022 The first full-scale laser system module developed by Silex Systems Ltd...

UK government allocates funds for next generation nuclear technology
06 September 2022 The UK government has allocated GBP3.3 million ($3.8m) to help develop...

Rolls-Royce SMR signs MOU with Škoda JS
06 September 2022 Uk-based Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Southern Nuclear notifies US regulator of plans to relicense Hatch NPP
06 September 2022 US Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Nuclear, has notified the US...

Ghana includes nuclear in its energy mix
06 September 2022 Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has approved the inclusion...

Uzbekistan receives EBRD grant to remediate legacy uranium sites
06 September 2022 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will...

Russia begins manufacture of RPV for unit 1 of Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP
06 September 2022 The Izhora branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part of the mechanical...

France aims to restart all its reactors this winter
06 September 2022 French state-owned utility EDF will restart all its nuclear reactors...

California extends the life of Diablo Canyon NPP
06 September 2022 California lawmakers have voted to extend the operating life of the...

Zaporizhizhia's physical integrity violated
05 September 2022 The physical integrity of the ZNPP plant has been violated not once...

Sizewell C gets extra government funding
05 September 2022 Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK government...

IAEA team begins inspection of Zaporizhzhia NPP; Grossi leaves after a few hours
01 September 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 14-member Support...

US begins study of floating nuclear plants
01 September 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Nuclear Energy University...

Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 reconnected to the grid
01 September 2022 The EPR reactor at unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) was reconnected...

China begins construction of hull for Russian floating NPP
01 September 2022 China has begun laying the keel of the hull for Russia’s first...

Mexico's Laguna Verde NPP unit 2 receives operating licence extension
01 September 2022 Mexico's Secretary of Energy (Sener) Rocío Nahle García has granted...

Ultra Safe Nuclear and Hyundai Engineering collaborate on microreactors
01 September 2022 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and South Korea’s...

Work starts on Phase 2 of Korea’s waste disposal facility
01 September 2022 A ground-breaking ceremony took place on 26 August for the second stage...

Installation licence renewed for Brazil’s Angra 3
01 September 2022 The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural...

Dry storage for used fuel begins operation at Argentina’s Atucha NPP
01 September 2022 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) has completed construction of a...

August 2022

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Armenia signs nuclear fuel contract with Russia’s TVEL
31 August 2022 Rosatom’s nuclear fuel company TVEL and Haykakan Atomayin...

Russia and Ghana to set up joint working group on SMRs
31 August 2022 Russia and Ghana have agreed to establish a Joint Working Group (JWG)...

Slovak regulator authorises commissioning of Mochovce NPP unit 3
31 August 2022 The Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (ÚJD - Úrad...

Rolls-Royce SMR & ULC-Energy collaborate on SMR development for the Netherlands
31 August 2022 Rolls-Royce SMR has signed an exclusive agreement with the Dutch...

Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education and Research begins operation in Philippines
31 August 2022 After more than three decades, the Philippines is again operating a...

Hungary issues construction licence for Russia to begin work at Paks-II NPP
31 August 2022 The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) has issued the licence...

Japanese fuel fabrication plant to resume activity
31 August 2022 Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co (MNF), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy...

Kazakhstan's first NPP to be an international project
31 August 2022 In a recent interview with Tengrinews the Prime Minister of...

Tepco postpones Fukushima debris removal pending adjustments to robot arm
30 August 2022 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) says it will have to delay...

NuScale Power and Fermi Energia to explore advanced nuclear application in Estonia
30 August 2022 US-based NuScale Power recently announced it has signed a memorandum...

KHNP to supply turbine islands for Rosatom at Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
30 August 2022 The Engineering Division of Russia’s Rosatom, JSC Atomstroyexport (ASE),...

IAEA team sets out to Zaporizhzhia NPP in Ukraine
30 August 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Support and Assistance...

Aktis Oncology announces actinium-225 supply agreements
26 August 2022 US-based Aktis Oncology, a biotechnology company discovering and...

Russia’s Nikiet wins tender to develop Shelf-M microreactor
26 August 2022 Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research and Design Institute of...

Equipment testing begins for Russia’s ODEK fuel fabrication module
26 August 2022 Comprehensive testing of the plant equipment for the fuel fabrication...

Polar crane installed at Akkuyu NPP unit 1
26 August 2022 The polar crane supplied by Syzran Tyazhmash has been installed at unit 1...

IAEA continues to press for visit to Zaporizhzhia NPP
25 August 2022 Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that...

X-energy considers further development of high-temperature gas reactor
25 August 2022 US-based X-energy recently completed a $40 million award with the...

Inner dome installed at China’s Zhangzhou NPP unit 2
25 August 2022 The inner dome for unit 2 of China’s Zhangzhou NPP has been installed...

Thorizon raises funds for waste-burning thorium molten salt reactor
25 August 2022 Dutch company Thorizon has raised €12.5 million for the development of...

Japan commits to nuclear revival
25 August 2022 Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that the government “will...

Holtec ramps up SMR-160 and green boiler programmes
25 August 2022 US-based Holtec International has welcomed the passage of the US...

Germany still undecided on nuclear phase-out delay
25 August 2022 German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has said in a recent statement...

Chernobyl NPP resumes radwaste processing
25 August 2022 Ukraine’s Chernobyl NPP (ChNPP) has resumed radwaste processing and...

Urenco ramps up net zero targets
23 August 2022 Uranium enrichment company Urenco has dramatically accelerated its net...

TVO wins arbitration case against Wärtsilä over diesel generators
23 August 2022 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has said that...

Poland approves draft regulatory changes for nuclear facilities
23 August 2022 Poland’s Council of Ministers have adopted a draft act amending...

Contract signed for construction of Leningrad NPP units 7&8
23 August 2022 Russia’s Titan-2 holding (part of Rosatom) has signed a contract for...

Japanese regulator approves upgrades to Kashiwazaki-Kariwa units
23 August 2022 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has officially approved...

Framatome to deliver neutron instrumentation system to South Carolina NPP
23 August 2022 Framatome has announced that it has been selected by an unnamed US utility...

American Bureau of Shipping to look at nuclear propulsion
23 August 2022 The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has been awarded a contract by the...

US Abilene Christian university applies to build molten salt research reactor
23 August 2022 The Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Texas has said that its...

Growing concern about Zaporizhzya NPP sparks international diplomacy
22 August 2022 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation opens pilot fuel manufacturing facility
22 August 2022 Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has opened its Pilot Fuel...

KSB wins coolant pump order from
19 August 2022 UK-based pump manufacturer KSB Ltd has been awarded a INR5 billion...

KHNP seeks nuclear co-operation with Czech Republic
19 August 2022 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a memorandum of...

Rosatom begins installing turbine condenser at Akkuyu NPP unit 1
19 August 2022 Despite the dispute between construction contractors at the Akkuyu NPP...

Concreting of Rooppur 2 dome begins
19 August 2022 Concreting has begun on the inner containment dome of the reactor building...

Romania’s Nuclearelectrica triples profit
19 August 2022 Nuclearelectrica (SNN), operator of Romania’s Cernavoda NPP has...

NRG and Curium sign contract to produce molybdenum-99
19 August 2022 NRG and Curium have signed a contract to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) at...

China restarts Taishan 1 after a year of repairs
18 August 2022 Unit 1 at China’s Taishan NPP in Guangdong province - the world's...

TerraPower announces fundraising of $750 million
18 August 2022 US-based TerraPower has announced the close of an equity raise that...

Major component installed at China’s Sanmen NPP unit 3
18 August 2022 The 1000-ton CA20 – a large steel structural module for fuel storage,...

Canada’s NWMO defers repository site selection to 2024
18 August 2022 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) said it now...

Inflation Reduction Act passed by the US House
18 August 2022 The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been sent to President Joe Biden...

Work begins on cooling tower for Russia’s Brest reactor
18 August 2022 Rosatom has installed the first tier of an evaporative cooling tower for...

Refurbishment of Darlington NPP unit 3 ahead of schedule
18 August 2022 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) reported its financial and operating...

Ukrainian regulator restores licences for Chernobyl exclusion zone
18 August 2022 The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) said on...

Terrestrial Energy signs MOU with Invest Alberta
16 August 2022 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy and Invest Alberta (the Government of...

UKAEA appoints consortium as engineering service delivery partner for STEP
16 August 2022 A consortium of nuclear fusion experts led by Atkins - a member of...

South Korean conference seeks nuclear industry revival
16 August 2022 South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang has...

Progress continues at Russia’s Experimental Demonstration Energy Complex
16 August 2022 Specialists of Russia’s Concern Titan-2 are continuing construction of...

Global nuclear industry submits statement to NPT Review Conference
16 August 2022 The global nuclear industry on 12 August submitted a statement to the...

Concreting of reactor containment begins at unit 2 of Kursk-II
16 August 2022 Construction workers have started concreting the third tier of the...

Covra plans new waste storage building
16 August 2022 The Netherlands’ Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (Covra) has...

Problems continue at Akkuyu NPP
16 August 2022 The companies' dispute over the construction at the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey...

Reactor pressure vessel installed at unit 2 of China’s Zhangzhou NPP
15 August 2022 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 2 of...

Deadline relaxed for release of treated Fukushima water
15 August 2022 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) now estimates that...

US removes highly enriched uranium from Japan
12 August 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear...

India’s L&T to build natural draught cooling towers for Rawatbhata atomic power project
12 August 2022 The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a significant...

E.On not prepared for continued operation of NPPs
12 August 2022 German energy company E.On had not planned to continue operation of its...

EDF demands $8.5bn to compensate for capped electricity prices
12 August 2022 Electricite de France (EDF) has asked its main shareholder, the French...

Trial operation begins at Bolivia’s nuclear research and technology centre
12 August 2022 Rosatom has launched a trial operation of the first industrial facilities...

French regulator modifies ruling on NPP thermal discharges
12 August 2022 French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has temporarily...

Ukrainian State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate to be restructured
12 August 2022 The Board of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU)...

Rosatom gives more details of construction dispute at Akkuyu NPP
12 August 2022 Akkuyu Nukleer (part of Rosatom) has issued an official statement on...

China approves launch of liquid-salt thorium reactor
11 August 2022 The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP), a division of the...

Olkiluoto 3 restarts following repairs
11 August 2022 The maintenance and repair work on the turbine side of the EPR reactor...

Dow to support deployment of X-energy SMRs
11 August 2022 US-based materials science company Dow, and nuclear energy innovation...

Deep Isolation and Amentum partner to commercialise nuclear waste disposal technology
11 August 2022 US-based Deep Isolation and Amentum have signed a Memorandum of Agreement...

India’s NPCIL orders Holtec fuel storage racks for Kudankulam
09 August 2022 US-based Holtec International has reported that Nuclear Power Corporation...

Fennovoima expects legal action from Rosatom
09 August 2022 Finland’s Fennovoima Oy, which was the customer for the construction of...

Localisation at Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP to be 25-50%
09 August 2022 Localization of the construction of the El-Dabaa NPP being built in Egypt...

French regulator orders safety upgrades at Bugey NPP
09 August 2022 French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has given EDF...

USACE contracts Westinghouse to decommission Alaskan reactor
09 August 2022 The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, has awarded...

Russia delivers more electrical equipment to Iter
09 August 2022 The 25th batch of Russian electrical equipment was successfully delivered...

Ansaldo contracted to support new Sellafield facility
09 August 2022 The first contract awarded as part of the Programme and Project Partners...

Ukrainian nuclear specialists to study AP1000 technology in USA
09 August 2022 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and US-based Westinghouse are...

Kazakhstan chooses site for second NPP
09 August 2022 Construction of a second NPP on the Irtysh River in the Kurchatov region...

IAEA’s Grossi expresses extreme concern about Zaporizhzhia NPP
08 August 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Steam generators installed at unit 2 of China’s Zhangzhou NPP
08 August 2022 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has reported that all three...

Work already underway at Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP
05 August 2022 Vladimir Minaev, director of the programme for the construction of NPPs...

US NRC issues final EIS for licence renewal of Westinghouse Columbia fuel facility
05 August 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said it has issued its...

IAEA’s Grossi addresses NPT review conference
05 August 2022 Addressing the opening session of the Tenth Review Conference of the...

Germany’s Konrad repository moves forward
05 August 2022 Germany’s Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE) has awarded a contract...

US NRC authorises Vogtle unit 3 fuel loading and operation
04 August 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorised Southern...

TVA and GEH co-operate on possible deployment of BWRX-300
04 August 2022 The US Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), in its third quarter fiscal...

UK’s Hinkley Point B closes after 46 years
04 August 2022 After more than 46 years of electricity generation in Somerset, the...

Fukushima officials approve treated water release but seek to minimise “reputational damage”
04 August 2022 Fukushima Prefecture and the town governments of Futaba and Okuma have...

Turkish Energy Ministry mediates in dispute over dismissal of Akkuyu NPP construction company
04 August 2022 The Turkish Energy Ministry is seeking to resolve a dispute between...

Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries receives funding for Ready4SMR Programme
03 August 2022 The Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) has announced that...

X-energy Canada and SIMSA support potential deployment of Xe-100 SMRs
03 August 2022 X-energy Canada and the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining...

Vogtle NPP faces more possible delays
03 August 2022 US Southern Company has reported second-quarter earnings of $1.1 billion...

Studsvik Scandpower and Blue Wave co-operate on artificial intelligence
03 August 2022 Sweden’s Studsvik Scandpower has formed a strategic partnership with...

South Korea to support research reactor regulation in Saudi Arabia
03 August 2022 The Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) has signed a $2.32...

SNC-Lavalin supports life extension of China’s Qinshan reactors
02 August 2022 Candu Energy, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has announced that it...

Last Energy plans to develop 10 SMRs in Poland
02 August 2022 US-based Last Energy, which is developing a new fully small modular...

South African regulator receives safety case for Koeberg life extension
02 August 2022 South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has confirmed that...

Mayak to start reprocessing of fuel from Beloyarsk AMB reactors
02 August 2022 Russia’s Mayak Production Association in Ozersk expects to begin...

Gemini containers used to ship waste to Sellafield
02 August 2022 The first UK shipment of legacy waste drums from Magnox Harwell to...

China’s CIMC ENRIC wins record export order from Europe for nuclear fuel transport containers
02 August 2022 China’s CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd announced that its subsidiary, Nantong...

Radioactive water leak reported at Japan’s Mihama NPP
01 August 2022 Unit 3 at Japan’s Mihama nuclear power plant in the Fukui prefecture...

Iran to construct research reactor in Isfahan
01 August 2022 Construction of a new research reactor in the central Iranian city of...

NRC certifies NuScale SMR for US use
01 August 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said that it directed staff...

July 2022

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Slovakia’s Bohunice reactors fully dismantled
29 July 2022 Two Soviet-era reactors at the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in the...

Sellafield signs agreements with Seddon and Jacobs
29 July 2022 UK-based Seddon Construction Ltd has been appointed by Sellafield to...

Petten starts research into fuel cladding for EDF
29 July 2022 Work has begun at NRG’s High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands,...

French regulator allows temporary modification of thermal discharges at NPPs during heatwave
29 July 2022 French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has decided...

Russia’s BN1200 may be built on decommissioned NPP sites
29 July 2022 The BN-1200 sodium-cooled fast reactor planned for unit 5 of...

DOE selects sodium-cooled fast reactor design for Versatile Test Reactor
28 July 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has said it has issued a record of...

UKAEA and Commonwealth Fusion Systems to advance fusion energy
28 July 2022 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Commonwealth Fusion Systems...

Westinghouse and EDF co-operate on accident tolerant fuel
28 July 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company have announced a partnership with EDF...

France to increase monitoring of EDF’s NPPs
28 July 2022 France is to intensify monitoring of EDF's power reactors to ensure there...

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and ARC Canada to advance fuel development
28 July 2022 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has announced that it has entered into...

NEA report looks at nuclear cogeneration
28 July 2022 A new report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), “Beyond...

South Korea plans interim used fuel storage by 2043
27 July 2022 South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has announced that...

Russia to clean up nuclear waste tailings dump
27 July 2022 Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) has ended...

Romania’s Nuclearelectrica selects Candu Energy to support Cernavoda refurbishment
27 July 2022 Candu Energy, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, has been selected...

Japan approves release of Fukushima water into the sea
27 July 2022 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved a plan to...

India’s Kakrapar 3 ready for start up
27 July 2022 Unit 3 of India’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat is...

Russia’s floating NPP supplies heat to second Pevek district
26 July 2022 The first heat from the floating NPP (FNPP), Akademik Lomonosov, has...

First Light Fusion signs agreement with Spain’s IDOM
26 July 2022 UK’s First Light Fusion (FLF) has entered a long-term collaboration...

Holtec progresses its plans for SMR construction
26 July 2022 US-based Holtec Intrnational is moving forward on its $7.4 billion plan...

Sellafield Magnox reprocessing plant closes
26 July 2022 The Magnox Reprocessing Plant at the UK’s Sellafield site took its final...

IAEA calls for restraint in Ukraine
26 July 2022 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

ENEC completes hot functional testing at Barakah 4
26 July 2022 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has says it has completed...

Belgium and Electrabel sign letter of intent on life extension of NPPs
25 July 2022 The Belgian government and French utility group Engie's subsidiary...

First concrete poured for Akkuyu 4
25 July 2022 First concrete has been poured for unit 4 at the Akkuyu NPPP...

Terrestrial Energy and Korea’s DL E&C sign MOU on IMSR cogeneration plant
22 July 2022 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy and DL E&C has signed a Memorandum of...

Reactor plant equipment installed at Kudankulam 3
22 July 2022 All reactor plant equipment has been installed at unit 3 of...

Russia’s Kola NPP to start hydrogen production in 2025 as it awaits construction licence for Kola-II
22 July 2022 The bench test complex for hydrogen production at Russia’s Kola NPP in...

Fusion company TAE Technologies closes $250 million financing round
21 July 2022 After achieving temperatures greater than 75 million degrees Celsius...

Kairos and Materion plant to produce coolant for high-temperature molten salt reactors
21 July 2022 US-based Kairos Power has said that, as part of a Cooperative...

Two IAEA mission review Chile’s research reactor
21 July 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced the completion...

UK launches fund to support nuclear fuel development
21 July 2022 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...

Test run for South Korea’s Shin Hanul 1
21 July 2022 South Korea’s Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) 2nd Vice Minister,...

Russia develops experimental complex for testing innovative fuels
21 July 2022 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) has developed a...

Olkiluoto 1 restarts operation
21 July 2022 A damaged fuel element was removed from the reactor at unit 1 of...

Westinghouse to assist in decommissioning Norway’s research reactors
21 July 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has announced a major...

South Korea to include nuclear in its taxonomy
21 July 2022 The Korean Ministry of Environment announced that nuclear power will...

UK launches consultation on used fuel storage at Hinkley Point C
21 July 2022 The UK Environment Agency has launched a consultation on the way used...

Germany considers extending life of nuclear plants
21 July 2022 Germany may extend the life of its three remaining nuclear power plants,...

First concrete poured for Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
21 July 2022 Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr Mohamed Shaker,...

Planning consent for Sizewell C
21 July 2022 The UK Planning Inspectorate Strategy said on 20 July that the Secretary...

IAEA delivers radiation monitoring equipment to Ukraine
20 July 2022 Ukraine has received a large batch of vital radiation protection...

Second RITM-200 ship reactor delivered for new Russian icebreaker
20 July 2022 ZiO-Podolsk (part of Rosatom’s engineering division, Atomenergomash) has...

Decommissioning of Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP on track
20 July 2022 The dismantling of Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP is making good progress,...

Control cabinets delivered for Kursk-II
20 July 2022 The delivery of automation cabinets for unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP...

Kazakhstan to generate 12% of electricity from nuclear by 2035
19 July 2022 The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan expects that by 2035 the share of...

Idaho National Laboratory demonstrates digital twin of a simulated microreactor
19 July 2022 Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) recently performed their...

US NRC issues EIS for Holtec’s interim storage facility
19 July 2022 US-based Holtec International has announced that the US Nuclear...

Fusion Industry survey shows significant increase in private investment
19 July 2022 The latest survey from the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) – “The...

No life extension for Belgium’s Doel 3 and Tihange 2
19 July 2022 Operations at unit 2 of Belgium’s Tihange NPP and unit 3 of the Doel...

Japan’s Kishida wants nine nuclear units in operation by winter
18 July 2022 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic...

China pours first concrete for Haiyang NPP unit 3
18 July 2022 First concrete has been poured for unit 3 of the Haiyang NPP in...

Uzatom signs MOU on nuclear infrastructure development
15 July 2022 Uzbekistan’s Nuclear Energy Development Agency under the Ministry of...

UK regulator says two outstanding matters must be resolved before granting Sizewell C licence
15 July 2022 The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on 11 July that the...

Reactor lid shipped for Kursk-II unit 2
15 July 2022 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-technology (part of the the...

Installation of Brest-300 reactor base to begin
15 July 2022 The builders of the Pilot Demonstration Energy Complex (ODEK) at the...

Tokyo court orders former Tepco officials to pay damages for Fukushima disaster
15 July 2022 The Tokyo district court has ordered four former executives of Tokyo...

Bechtel-Led Entity to operate US Waste Isolation Facility
15 July 2022 A Bechtel-led entity has won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract...

Kyoto Fusioneering designs test facility for fusion power plant equipment
14 July 2022 Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd (KF) has completed the preliminary design...

Two Polish companies apply for regulator’s opinion on SMR technology assessment
14 July 2022 Polish copper producer KGHM Polska Miedź and Orlen Synthos Green Energy...

South Korea’s Yoon urges rapid rebuilding of nuclear industry
14 July 2022 South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol has told Industry Minister...

Myanmar signs MOUs with Rosatom on nuclear co-operation
14 July 2022 During a recent visit to Moscow, Myanmar’s Minister of Science...

OPG and X-energy to deploy Xe-100 SMRs for industrial applications
14 July 2022 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and US-based X-energy have signed a...

NuScale Power and Paragon sign licence agreement for reactor protection system
14 July 2022 US-based NuScale Power and Paragon Energy Solutions have signed a...

Licensing process for Westinghouse AP1000 begins in Ukraine
14 July 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has announced a new contract...

New safety equipment for BN1200
14 July 2022 The BN-1200 fast neutron reactor planned for unit 5 of Russia’s Beloyarsk...

Dutch regulator receives licence application for PALLAS reactor
12 July 2022 The Netherlands nuclear regulator, Autoriteit Nucleaire Veiligheid...

Upper section of the steel containment shell installed at China’s SMR
12 July 2022 The upper section of the steel containment shell of China’s ACP100...

First used fuel from Spain’s Santa María de Garoña NPP goes to storage
12 July 2022 The first of five containers for used fuel that are planned to be stored...

Installation begins of roof of the turbine building at Kursk-II unit 2
12 July 2022 Russia’s Kursk NPP has said that Titan-2 has begun installing the roof of...

IAEA reviews Hungary’s nuclear emergency preparedness
12 July 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Emergency Preparedness...

Curio and Energy Northwest to partner on used fuel recycling
12 July 2022 US-based Curio has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...

Life extension for Russia’s BN600 fast reactor
12 July 2022 Beloyarsk NPP is to replace 24 steam generator modules to prepare for...

Planning consent for Sizewell C delayed
11 July 2022 The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy...

France to renationalise EDF
11 July 2022 French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has told the National Assembly that...

IAEA says transmission data restored with Zaporizhzhia
08 July 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Ukrainian operator...

IAEA reviews NRG’s management of ageing High Flux Reactor
08 July 2022 A team of seven international experts, on behalf of the International...

Sixfold increase in Rosatom’s capital investment in 10 years
08 July 2022 Gennady Sakharov: "The annual volume of capital investments of Rosatom...

Jamaica’s first Public Nuclear Medicine Centre opens with IAEA support
08 July 2022 Jamaica’s first public nuclear medicine centre has opened with...

Westinghouse announces organizational changes
08 July 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company has announced organisational and...

Spherical RCP housings installed at Kursk-II NPP unit 2
08 July 2022 In the reactor building of unit 2 at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP, all...

Molybdenum-99 to be produced at Darlington NPP
08 July 2022 Following extensive collaboration involving design, regulatory...

More equipment for Brazil’s nuclear submarine
08 July 2022 Brazil’s Nuclep has delivered more strategic equipment to the Brazilian...

Environmental permits for Sizewell C
07 July 2022 The UK Environment Agency (EA) has begun a 12-week public consultation...

South Korea plans 30% nuclear share by 2030
07 July 2022 South Korea will expand its generation of nuclear power to more than 30%...

Rolls-Royce SMR shortlists locations for first factory
07 July 2022 Rolls-Royce SMR on 4 July announced a list of potential locations for...

MHI delivers testing equipment to Iter
07 July 2022 Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has completed delivery...

Holtec announces a new district heating technology
07 July 2022 Holtec International has announced the HI-HEAT District Heater System...

EU parliament supports 'green' label for gas, nuclear investments
07 July 2022 The European Parliament has voted in favour of European Union (EU)...

Bruce Power awards contract to BWXT Canada for MCR project
07 July 2022 As part of its ‘Made in Ontario’ strategy to secure good jobs, strengthen...

Nucleoeléctrica Argentina signs agreement for long-term operation of the Atucha I
07 July 2022 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina has signed the Licensing Framework Agreement...

ASN lifts its enhanced monitoring of Flamanville 1 and 2
07 July 2022 French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has said that, in view...

Concreting of the inner containment dome completed at Rooppur
06 July 2022 Concreting of the dome of the inner containment (VZO) has been completed...

Studsvik Scandpower and VTT partner to develop Serpent software
06 July 2022 Sweden’s Studsvik Scandpower and VTT Technical Research Centre of...

Excavation completed of the first five tunnels at Finland’s disposal facility
06 July 2022 Excavation of the first five final disposal tunnels at Finland’s Onkalo...

South Korea’s sales push in Poland
06 July 2022 South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang has...

Key licences issued for Paks-II
06 July 2022 During a recent working meeting in Istanbul, Hungary’s Minister of...

Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP moves to 18-month fuel cycle
06 July 2022 Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP (NVNPP) has received permission from the...

Jacobs to support Norway Nuclear Decommissioning
06 July 2022 Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering (NND - Norway Nuclear Decommissioning) on...

US NNSA to purchase strategic uranium
06 July 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear...

IAEA completes nuclear security mission in Jordan
06 July 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Nuclear...

US DOE revises eligibility for civil nuclear credit programme
05 July 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has recently announced an amendment to...

EDF opens branch in Prague in face of increasing competition for Dukovany 5
05 July 2022 On the occasion of its Czech-French Partners’ Day for the Dukovany 5...

Former Fennovoima executives form new company to co-operate with Sweden’s Kärnfull Next
05 July 2022 Kind Atom Oy, a nuclear power consulting company founded by former...

Iran begins work on domestic-design NPP
05 July 2022 Iran has begun work on a domestic nuclear power plant with a capacity...

EC begins investigation into whether Czech plans for new Dukovany unit meets state aid rules
05 July 2022 The European Commission (EC) has said it has opened an in-depth...

US launches programme to transform mines into clean energy hubs
05 July 2022 The US Administration on 29 June through the Department of Energy...

Armenia and Russia discuss new NPP, radwaste and decommissioning
05 July 2022 Comprehensive discussions were held in Armenia with a high-level...

Arc Canada and Hatch to deploy advanced SMR technology
05 July 2022 ARC Clean Energy Canada (ARC Canada) and Canadian engineering firm Hatch...

SVI to support decommissioning at Hinkley Point A
05 July 2022 UK Magnox Ltd, on behalf of the Hinkley Point A NPP, has asked Steve...

IEA rediscovers nuclear power
04 July 2022 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a special report in...

Construction permit issued for Egypt’s El-Dabaa
04 July 2022 The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) has...

IAEA loses safeguards connections with Zaporizhzhia NPP and Chernobyl
01 July 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again lost the...

South Korea pushes for nuclear exports
01 July 2022 South Korea's Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Lee Chang-yang,...

BWRX-300 SMR to be deployed in Saskatchewan
01 July 2022 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has said that its BWRX-300 small...

Inner containment dome installed at unit 2 of Rooppur NPP
01 July 2022 Installation of the metal structures of the inner containment (VZO) dome...

Damaged fuel to be removed from Olkiluoto 1
01 July 2022 Indications of damaged fuel have been detected at unit 1 of...

LTO safety review completed at Mexico’s Laguna Verde NPP
01 July 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of...

Emergency core cooling system installation begins at Kursk-II unit 2
01 July 2022 All four hydraulic tanks of the emergency core cooling system (ECCS)...

Orano contracted to treat used fuel from Japan’s Fugen reactor
01 July 2022 France’s Orano has signed a major contract with the Japan Atomic...

Rapid development at Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP
01 July 2022 A key component of the additional (passive) safety system - the...

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Westinghouse and Framatome to supply fuel to Temelin NPP
30 June 2022 Czech power company CEZ Group has concluded contracts with...

Vattenfall begins study on construction of SMRs at Ringhals
30 June 2022 With electricity consumption in Sweden expected to increase rapidly in...

Dismantling of Spain’s José Cabrera NPP almost complete
30 June 2022 The dismantling of Spain’s José Cabrera NPP (Almonacid de...

US commits funding for Romanian SMR
30 June 2022 US President Joe Biden has said at the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Germany that...

Holtec completes acquisition of Palisades NPP and Big Rock Point
30 June 2022 US-based Holtec International has completed acquisition of the Palisades...

Kazakhstan signs MOU with KHNP
30 June 2022 Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants (KNPP) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power...

Framatome to provide decontamination at Bruce Power 3&4
30 June 2022 France’s Framatome has been awarded a contract to provide full...

CNNC begins construction of Sanmen NPP Phase II
30 June 2022 The first concrete was poured for unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant...

Pipe assemblies being prepared for China’s Xudabao and Tianwan NPPs
29 June 2022 The Petrozavodsk branch of Rosatom’s AEM-Technologies (part of...

EDF signs co-operation deals with nuclear sector Polish companies
29 June 2022 France’s EDF has signed five cooperation agreements with Polish companies...

Canada’s Bruce Power produces lutetium-177
29 June 2022 An international collaboration between Canada’s Bruce Power, Isogen...

IAEA Director General stresses need to visit Zaporizhzhia NPP
29 June 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is increasingly concerned...

Last Energy and Enea Group to develop SMRs for Poland
28 June 2022 US-based Last Energy, which is developing a small modular nuclear...

Ten-year extension for Canada’s Point Lepreau NPP
28 June 2022 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has announced that a...

Drastic staff cuts planned at Fennovvoima
28 June 2022 Finnish company Fennovoima has said that as a result of negotiations,...

China’s largest NPP at Hongyanhe becomes fully operational
27 June 2022 Unit 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first NPP to be built...

Iran talks set to resume
27 June 2022 EU Foreign Policy Chief Josef Borrell said during a recent visit to...

South Korean President affirms support for nuclear
24 June 2022 South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, said on 22 June that in order...

Tractebel to lead European space research on radioisotope power systems
24 June 2022 Following a recent contract awarded by the European Space Agency...

US DOE GAIN vouchers awarded to Orano and TerraPower
24 June 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has said...

Dukovany NPP output increased after cooling tower upgrade
24 June 2022 Following the modernisation and optimisation of the cooling towers,...

Installation begins of inner containment dome at Rooppur 2
24 June 2022 Installation has begun of the domed part of the inner containment (VZO)...

IAEA completes regulatory review in India
24 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Third tier of internal containment installed at Akkuyu 2
24 June 2022 The third tier of the internal containment (VZO) has been installed at unit...

UK regulators of fusion R&D to retain responsibility for fusion energy
23 June 2022 Future fusion energy facilities will continue to be regulated by...

Newcleo raises €300 million to develop mox fuel and advanced reactors
23 June 2022 Start-up nuclear technology company Newcleo has announced the close of...

US DOE awards MIT funds to study ATF for SMRs
23 June 2022 US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation...

Uzbekistan NPP plans on schedule
23 June 2022 Uzbekistan’s nuclear agency, Uzatom, has said that the implementation of...

CEZ to take over Skoda JS
23 June 2022 Czech state power company ČEZ Group is to become sole owner of Czech...

BN-800 fast reactor fully loaded with mox fuel
23 June 2022 The BN-800 fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP will be...

NuScale announces strategic shift to product services and delivery
23 June 2022 US-based NuScale Power will make a strategic shift from product...

Fuel loading begins at Barakah 3
23 June 2022 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has announced that after...

GE Steam Power to supply inks steam turbines to India’s BHEL
23 June 2022 GE Steam Power has signed a $165 million agreement with Indian...

NASA announces awards for nuclear power on the Moon
23 June 2022 NASA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to...

DOE awards more funding for nuclear R&D
22 June 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than $61 million to...

Rosatom expects to get back its investment in Finnish NPP project
22 June 2022 Rosatom has a good chance to get back the money spent on the Hanhikivi-1...

Local power supply established for Kursk-II NPP
22 June 2022 Russia’s Kursk NPP said on 16 June that power had been supplied for...

Sogin completes dismantling of Bosco Marengo fuel plant
22 June 2022 Italy’s Sogin, the public company responsible for decommissioning former...

Japan's top court clears government of liability for Fukushima disaster
22 June 2022 Japan's highest court has dismissed claims that the government should...

IAEA releases report water discharge at Fukushima Daiichi
21 June 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force established...

Framatome and Inria partner to accelerate NPP safety studies
21 June 2022 France’s Framatome has announced a strategic partnership with Inria,...

EDF confident fuel loading at Flamanville 3 will begin in 2023
21 June 2022 Fuel loading at unit 3 of the Flamanville NPP will begin on schedule in...

IAEA completes nuclear security advisory mission in Finland
21 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

ITER Council says progress has continued
21 June 2022 At its Thirtieth Meeting on 15-16 June 2022, the ITER Council convened...

More small reactors planned for Yakutia
20 June 2022 Russia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) signed an agreement of intent and...

Operating Licence issued for unit 3 of Barakah NPP
20 June 2022 The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the United Arab...

IAEA reports increased in-field nuclear verification
17 June 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted more than...

More problems for OL3
17 June 2022 The trial operation of the EPR reactor at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto...

Seaborg selected for EU innovation grant
17 June 2022 Denmark’s Seaborg has said it was one of only 74 innovative...

Jacobs awarded contract extension to support UK Net-Zero transition
16 June 2022 US-based Jacobs has been awarded a two-year extension to its...

Maryland coal plant may be repurposed for Xe-100 SMR
16 June 2022 US-based X-energy and the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) have teamed...

UK considers funding for new nuclear projects
16 June 2022 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said...

Olkiluoto NPP trials fuel assemblies with 3D-printed components
16 June 2022 During the refuelling outage at unit 2 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP, two...

US DOE to test thorium fuel
16 June 2022 US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy has announced its new...

Two European Parliament committees oppose taxonomy plans
16 June 2022 Lawmakers in the European Parliament have formed a cross-party...

Vattenfall to increase power at Forsmark NPP unit 1
16 June 2022 Sweden’s Vattenfall has prepared an increase in the power of the Forsmark...

CNNC and China Datang Group sign strategic cooperation agreement
16 June 2022 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a strategic...

US and Canadian regulators complete review of Terrestrial Energy’s IMSR
15 June 2022 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy announced recently that the Canadian...

US DOE Launches $8 billion programme for clean hydrogen hubs
15 June 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Intent (NOI)...

IAEA reviews Slovenia’s waste management
15 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

KEPCO and KHNP to cooperate with Westinghouse in overseas nuclear ventures
15 June 2022 The CEOs of two Korean state-run energy firms held separate meetings...

US DOE lists nuclear priorities
15 June 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has...

GLE and Constellation to assess potential cooperation in nuclear fuel supply chain
15 June 2022 Australia-based Silex Systems Limited has announced the execution of...

Bechtel and Toshiba to co-operate on Polish nuclear plant projects
15 June 2022 US-based Bechtel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with...

Canada’s NWMO completes successful engineering demonstration
15 June 2022 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) said it had completed...

NuScale reports increased losses, and cash infusion
15 June 2022 US-based NuScale Power has reported a higher net loss for the first...

Decommissioning research centre to be set up in Russia
15 June 2022 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) and the National Research...

Orano and SeAH Besteel deliver storage casks for US utility
14 June 2022 Orano TN Americas, a subsidiary of Orano NPS, and SeAH Besteel Co Ltd...

Framatome acquires Cyberwatch
14 June 2022 Framatome on has announced the acquisition of Cyberwatch, a team of...

KBR and Terrestrial Energy collaborate on green hydrogen and ammonia production
14 June 2022 Canada-based Terrestrial Energy has announced on it has signed an...

Kazakhstan selects NPP site
14 June 2022 Kazakhstan has chosen the area of Lake Balkhash in the Alma-Ata region...

High-efficiency fuel delivered to India’s Kudankulam NPP
14 June 2022 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL has supplied India with the first batches of...

US Assistant Secretary for nuclear energy discusses priorities
14 June 2022 Dr Kathryn Huff, recently appointed the US Department of Energy’s...

Framatome establishes Framatome Belgium
14 June 2022 Framatome has June announced the creation of Framatome Belgium, a...

Foratom becomes Nucleareurope
14 June 2022 Europe’s nuclear trade association, Foratom, officially became...

Korea’s Shin Hanul 1 connected to the grid
14 June 2022 Unit 1 of South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP was connected to the grid on 9...

IAEA completes safety review at Brazil’s Angra NPP
14 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Finnish minister says nuclear is needed to achieve net-zero
14 June 2022 Finland's Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Lintilä, has told the...

BWXT selected by US DOD to deliver prototype reactor
14 June 2022 BWX Technologies (BWXT) has said it will build the first advanced...

Brazil’s Eletronuclear and EDF renew co-operation agreement
14 June 2022 Brazilian nuclear utility Eletronuclear, a subsidiary of Eletrobras...

Iran begins removal of IAEA monitoring systems
13 June 2022 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told a press conference that...

First waste removed from Sellafield storage silo
13 June 2022 Teams at the UK’s Sellafield site are starting to remove the waste...

RPV installed at Kursk-II as equipment tests begin
13 June 2022 The VVER-TOI reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 1...

IAEA’s Grossi insists on visiting Zaporizhzhia NPP
13 June 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Ukraine’s Energoatom signs three agreements with Westinghouse
09 June 2022 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on 2 June at the site of the...

Petro Kotin formally appointed head of Ukraine’s Energoatom
09 June 2022 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 31 May appointed Petro Kotin as...

Vietnam may reconsider nuclear power
08 June 2022 Vietnam’s National Assembly Economic Committee has proposed that...

Dome completed at unit 1 of China’s Zhangzhou NPP
08 June 2022 Concreting of the internal protective dome at unit 1 of China’s Zhangzhou...

First concrete poured for China’s Tianwan NPP steam power project
08 June 2022 First concrete has been poured at China’s Tianwan NPP in Jiangsu Province...

Plans to restart Japan’s first BWR approved
08 June 2022 Japan’s Shimane Prefecture has approved a plan to restart unit 2 at...

Japanese court orders Hokkaido Electric not to restart Tomari NPP
08 June 2022 Japan’s Sapporo District Court has ordered that the reactors at the...

Philippines considers SMRs and reviving Bataan NPP
08 June 2022 Carlo Arcilla, director of the Philippines Nuclear Research Institute of...

Norway and Russia suspend co-operation on nuclear safety
08 June 2022 During a recent meeting of the Norwegian-Russian Commission on Nuclear...

Leningrad NPP units 7&8 to start construction in 2024/5
08 June 2022 The seventh and eighth VVER-1200 units at Russia’s Leningrad NPP (also...

Operation of unit 4 at India’s Kakrapar NPP delayed
07 June 2022 Construction of unit 4 of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd’s...

NNL makes breakthrough in production of Lead-212
07 June 2022 The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) said on 30 May that it had made...

UKAEA develops laser-welding ‘robotic snake’
07 June 2022 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has developed a new...

EDF’s NUWARD SMR to be case study for European regulatory review
07 June 2022 EDF has announced that its Small Modular Reactor NUWARD will be the...

IAEA continues to press for access to Zaporizhzhia NPP
07 June 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

IAEA completes support mission at Chernobyl
07 June 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded a mission on 3...

Production of equipment begins for Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
03 June 2022 Production of equipment has begun for unit 1 of El-Dabaa NPP due to...

ASN approves continued dismantling of Chooz A NPP
03 June 2022 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has said it has approved...

Dr Kathryn Huff confirmed as US Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
03 June 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 25 May confirmed that Dr Kathryn...

New radwaste plant for Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine
03 June 2022 Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine (AECC) is to commission...

No life extension for Hinkley Point B
03 June 2022 EDF Energy has sent a memo to staff in which it said it would not...

Westinghouse acquires BHI Energy
02 June 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 31 May that it had...

Zimbabwe makes progress in meeting radiation safety standards
02 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

IAEA says Cyprus committed to safe management of radwaste
02 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

CEZ to develop nuclear park for SMRs
02 June 2022 Czech power company ČEZ has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

Brazil confirms plans for Angra 3
02 June 2022 Brasil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear (part of state power...

Armenian NPP plans new radwaste and used fuel storage facilities
02 June 2022 The Armenian NPP in Metsamor is preparing to build a new storage facility...

Main circulation pipeline welding completed at Akkuyu 1
02 June 2022 Specialists have completed welding at the main circulation pipeline (MCP)...

Rapid progress at Russia’s pilot demonstration energy complex
01 June 2022 Russia’s Titan-2 said on 25 May that it is continuing construction of...

Temelin 2 receives permit for extended operation
01 June 2022 Czech power company ČEZ said on 27 May that it had received a permit...

Russia to build 16 new nuclear units by 2035
01 June 2022 Russia’s government has set a goal to bring the share of nuclear power...

IAEA: Lithuania committed to safe management of radwaste
01 June 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

May 2022

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Russia’s Kursk NPP to produce cobalt 60
31 May 2022 The first rod with an additional cobalt absorber (SDPK) containing...

Orano NPS signs agreement with South Korea for dry storage of used fuel
31 May 2022 France’s Orano NPS, a subsidiary of Orano, said on 23 May that it...

GEH SMR Canada to collaborate on deployment of BWRX-300 in Saskatchewan
31 May 2022 GEH SMR Technologies Canada and the Saskatchewan Industrial and...

Frazer-Nash Consultancy wins UK contract to model nuclear costs
31 May 2022 Frazer-Nash Consultancy has been awarded a contract by the UK...

Concreting of turbine building foundation begins at Akkuyu 4
31 May 2022 Rosatom began concreting of the turbine building foundation at unit 4 of...

Japan's Prime Minister promises firm action to restart NPPs
30 May 2022 Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said Japan will take firm steps...

Permit issued for anti-filtration curtain at Paks II
30 May 2022 The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) has issued a licence for...

Steam generator installed at Kursk-II NPP
27 May 2022 The first steam generator was installed in the design position at unit 1...

IAEA’s Grossi at Davos discusses nuclear power, Iran and Ukraine
27 May 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

US removes HEU from Japan
27 May 2022 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration...

Jacobs designs robot to tackle Fukushima debris
27 May 2022 US-based Jacobs has designed and built a robotic tool to obtain...

KAERI signs nuclear co-operation MOU with Bangladesh
27 May 2022 The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute announced on 25 May that it...

US DOE supports development of generation 4 reactors
27 May 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) said on...

NuScale signs agreements with Nuclearelectrica on SMR deployment
27 May 2022 US-based NuScale Power announced on 23 May a Memorandum of...

Belgian government awards funding for SMRs
27 May 2022 Belgium’s nuclear research centre, SCK CEN is to research small...

South Korea’s Shin Hanul 1 achieves criticality
26 May 2022 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on 22 May that unit 1 of...

Russia begins design for Smolensk NPP replacement
26 May 2022 This year, design work will begin for the construction of the...

Westinghouse and Hyundai Engineering to promote AP1000
26 May 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company and South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering...

Finland’s Green Party supports nuclear power
26 May 2022 Finland’s Green Party (Vihreät De Gröna) has voted by a large majority at...

Construction licence application withdrawn for Hanhikivi NPP
26 May 2022 Finnish company Fennovoima said on 24 May it had withdrawn its...

International review approved selected sites for new Czech NPPs
26 May 2022 The selection of sites for existing and new nuclear power units in the...

SNC-Lavalin to upgrade Romania’s Cernavoda 1
26 May 2022 Candu Energy, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, has been chosen by...

Argentina’s nuclear utility defends Atucha III project and criticises former regime
26 May 2022 Alejandro Estevez, a director of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA),...

Westinghouse promotes its SMR in Canada and USA
25 May 2022 Westinghouse has recently signed agreements with Canada’s...

Chernobyl wildfires pose no radioactive threat
25 May 2022 Ukraine told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 19 May that...

First concrete for unit 4 at China’s Xudabao NPP
25 May 2022 First concrete was poured for unit 4 of China’s Xudabao NPP in...

Accident tolerant fuel tests begin in Russia
25 May 2022 Experimental accident tolerant fuel (ATF) elements are being tested in...

UK considers SMR for Trawsfynydd
25 May 2022 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Cwmni Egino have...

Companies partner to promote microreactor research in Canada
25 May 2022 McMaster University, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), and Global...

Seaborg and South Korea’s BEES to co-operate on floating NPPs
24 May 2022 South Korea’s Best Engineering in Energy Solutions (BEES) and...

CGN begins to install equipment at Sanao NPP unit 1
24 May 2022 Announced on 20 May that installation work had begun on the nuclear island...

Defuelling of UK’s Hunterston B NPP begins
24 May 2022 Workers have started removing used nuclear fuel from the reactors at the...

Uganda Atomic Energy Council denies selection of site for NPP
24 May 2022 The CEO and Secretary of Uganda’s Atomic Energy Council (AEC),...

EDF revises cost and schedule for Hinkley Point C
24 May 2022 EDF said on 19 May that a review of the schedule and cost for the two...

NuScale signs MOU with Associated Electric Cooperative on SMRs
24 May 2022 US-based NuScale Power and Associated Electric Cooperative (AEC) signed...

European REPowerEU plan barely mentions nuclear
24 May 2022 The European Commission (EC) on 19 May presented the REPowerEU Plan,...

Jacobs selected by Tepco to support Fukushima clean-up
24 May 2022 US-based Jacobs has been selected by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco)...

IAEA will monitor treated water discharge at Fukushima
24 May 2022 The IAEA is committed to independently monitor the planned discharge...

EDF provides update on corrosion in French reactor fleet
24 May 2022 EDF said on 19 May that it is continuing its inspection programme and...

Netherlands extends its radwaste storage
24 May 2022 The Netherlands’ Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (Covra) in...

Future of Zaporizhzhia NPP remains unclear
23 May 2022 Recent statements by Russian officials seem to imply that Russia’s...

US Palisades NPP permanently closes ahead of schedule
23 May 2022 US power company Entergy has said that control room operators at...

South Korea's SK signs agreement with US TerraPower
20 May 2022 South Korea's SK Inc said on 17 May it had signed a memorandum...

IAEA plans more missions to Chernobyl
20 May 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to send its next...

Rehabilitation of Tajikistan’s uranium tailing dumps to begin
20 May 2022 The Central Design and Technological Institute (JSC TsPTI - part of...

Hungary seeks to speed up Paks NPP expansion
20 May 2022 Péter Szijjártó, recently confirmed by parliament as Hungary’s minister...

Foundation completed for turbine at unit 1 of Kursk-II NPP
19 May 2022 At Russia’s Kursk-II NPP the foundation for installation of a turbine...

US looks at nuclear propulsion for space travel in 2027
19 May 2022 The US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is advancing two different approaches...

Orano NPS contracts EDF Cyclife to transport steam generators for dismantling
19 May 2022 France’s Orano NPS, a subsidiary of Orano, said on 16 May it had...

MIT expands fusion research with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
19 May 2022 MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Centre (PSFC) will substantially expand...

UK to close Magnox Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield
19 May 2022 The UK’s Magnox reprocessing plant at Sellafield will stop reprocessing...

Kazakhstan studies technologies for NPP construction
19 May 2022 Kazakhstan continues to study various technologies, including for...

Germany expected to reject EU green investment label for nuclear
19 May 2022 Germany will oppose European Union (EU) plans to include nuclear energy as...

Japan’s nuclear regulator approves release of treated Fukushima water
19 May 2022 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has endorsed a plan to...

China localises production of fuel for AP1000 reactors
19 May 2022 China Nuclear Baotou Nuclear Fuel Components Co, part of China...

Framatome contracted for reactor vessel mitigation at US NPPs
18 May 2022 France’s Framatome has been awarded a contract to perform a...

Framatome and Vattenfall agree on long-term nuclear fuel contract
18 May 2022 France’s Framatome said on 11 May it has signed a new agreement...

MHI reports progress of business plan including nuclear
18 May 2022 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced the progress of its...

EDF seeks concessions on electricity prices
18 May 2022 French utility EDF said in written answers to shareholders' questions that...

IAEA mission finds progress in waste management in Denmark
17 May 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revealed that an...

IAEA reviews operational safety at France’s Civaux NPP
17 May 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Sargent & Lundy to support Bruce Power refurbishment
17 May 2022 Canada’s Bruce Power and Sargent & Lundy have entered into a...

US DOE releases environmental impact statement for Versatile Test Reactor
17 May 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Final Environmental...

Russian scientific institutes test SMR fuel rods
17 May 2022 Russian scientific institutes will begin testing fuel rods for small...

UK launches Future Nuclear Enabling Fund
16 May 2022 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...

Iter Director-General Bernard Bigot dies
16 May 2022 Dr Bernard Bigot, Director-General of the Iter Organisation passed away on...

Reactor and buildings demolished at US lab site
13 May 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

Dukovany NPP to change fuel suppliers
13 May 2022 The decision to secure fuel supplies from companies other than Russia’s...

Uganda acquires land for first NPP
13 May 2022 Uganda said on 11 May that it had acquired land for the construction of...

South Korea expected to end nuclear phase out
13 May 2022 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was formally inaugurated on 10 May....

Wyoming to Partner with Idaho National Laboratory on advanced energy
13 May 2022 The US State of Wyoming on 4 May signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Pre-assembly of outer containment dome begins at Rooppur NPP
13 May 2022 At the construction site of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh work has begun...

Cavendish Nuclear and X-energy collaborate on HTGRs in the UK
13 May 2022 Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, has signed...

Hanford achieves first transfer between tank waste treatment facilities
12 May 2022 The US Hanford Site reported on 10 May that crews recently completed...

Framatome acquires EFINOR energy and defence subsidiaries
12 May 2022 Framatome has announced the acquisition of the energy and...

EDF confirms reactor corrosion
12 May 2022 Nuclear output in France amounted to 91.7TWh - 7.5TWh less than over the...

DARPA seeks proposals for nuclear thermal rocket
12 May 2022 US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals...

Tractebel to support France’s Nuward SMR
12 May 2022 Belgium-based Tractebel Engineering, part of France’s Engie, said on 6...

Canada’s Bruce A units closed for vacuum building outage
12 May 2022 Canada’s Bruce Power’s Bruce A generating station closed all four...

Argonne National Lab to test liquid metal fast reactors
12 May 2022 The US Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) said on 10 May that it had added...

IAEA says remote transmission of safeguards data from Chernobyl fully restored
12 May 2022 Remote transmission of safeguards data from the Chernobyl NPP has been...

Hungary to supply Uzbekistan with NPP cooling technologies
11 May 2022 Hungary will establish cooperation with Uzbekistan in a number of...

Final SRS transuranic waste arrives at US WIPP facility
11 May 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

Kazakhstan restarts research reactor with LEU fuel
11 May 2022 Kazakhstan has relaunched its IVG.1M research reactor at the...

Iran begins procedures to build indigenous nuclear reactor
11 May 2022 Pejman Jamshidi, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran...

IAEA to develop roadmap for commercial hydrogen deployment
11 May 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 5 May that, to speed...

IAEA says monitoring restored at Chernobyl
11 May 2022 Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

EDF warns of more delays and cost increases for Hinkley Point C
10 May 2022 Electricite de France (EDF) says its Hinkley Point C (HPC) nuclear plant...

Rosatom to demand compensation from Fennovoima for Hanhikivi cancellation
10 May 2022 Russia’s Rosatom said in a press release distributed on 6 May that...

Conventional island foundation completed for China’s SMR
10 May 2022 The concrete foundation slab has been completed for the conventional...

IAEA supports nuclear law education at six universities
06 May 2022 Hundreds of aspiring professionals will benefit from programmes on...

US NRC awards academic grants for nuclear science and engineering
06 May 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on 4 May that it...

Vattenfall signs nuclear fuel supply deals with Westinghouse and Framatome
05 May 2022 Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall has secured a deal with...

Grossi holds talks with Rosatom in Turkey
05 May 2022 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

Grid connection for China’s Hongyanhe 6
05 May 2022 Unit 6 of China's Hongyanhe NPP in Liaoning province was connected to...

US and Armenia sign MOU on civil nuclear cooperation
05 May 2022 The USA and Armenia on 2 May signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

More delays announced at OL3
04 May 2022 Regular electricity production at unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP...

Norway’s Ulstein designs ship powered by molten salt reactor
04 May 2022 Norway’s Ulstein said on 29 April it had designed a 3R...

Rapid progress continues at Kursk-II NPP
04 May 2022 A pressure compensator for the VVER-TOI reactor plant has been installed...

Russia refutes CNN report about Chernobyl
04 May 2022 On 28 April, Russia sent the IAEA a refutation of disinformation about...

Fennovoima cancels Hanhikivi 1 project
03 May 2022 Finland’s Fennovoima has terminated its contract for the delivery of...

Zaporizhzhia NPP operating normally according to AFP
03 May 2022 Nearly two months after it was seized by Russian forces, there are few...

IAEA Director General returns from Ukraine; report issued
03 May 2022 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Authority...

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Kudankulam 3
03 May 2022 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) was installed at unit 3 of...

Contract signed for fuel supply to Egypt’s research reactor
03 May 2022 The Egyptian Atomic Energy Organisation (EAEA) and the Novosibirsk...

Spring Valley shareholders approve business combination with NuScale
03 May 2022 US-based Spring Valley Acquisition Corp, a publicly-traded special...

Finnish regulator approves periodic safety review for Loviisa NPP
03 May 2022 The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has issued...

IAEA releases report on water discharge from Fukushima Daiichi
03 May 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force, which is...

Digital twin is being created for Russia’s BREST-300 reactor
03 May 2022 The Pilot Demonstration Energy Complex (ODEK) with the BREST-OD-300...

April 2022

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Posiva models groundwater chemistry in Olkiluoto
28 April 2022 Finland’s Posiva Oy has launched a project for modelling the...

Boron pumps triggered at OL3
28 April 2022 Unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP was shut down on 26 April as part of a...

Kazakhstan-China agreement on nuclear materials to be ratified
28 April 2022 Kazakh Majilis (parliament) on 27 April approved ratification of...

Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy to co-operate on hydrogen production
28 April 2022 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...

China’s Hongyanhe 6 achieves first criticality
28 April 2022 Unit 6 at China’s Hongyanhe in Liaoning province achieved first...

CNNC begins production of carbon-14 at Qinshan reactor
28 April 2022 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on 26 April that unit 3 at...

Drainage infrastructure nearing completion at Akkuyu NPP
28 April 2022 As part of the work to install a unified drainage system at the...

Belarus 1 closed for maintenance as unit 2 prepares for start-up
28 April 2022 Unit 1 at the Belarusian NPP was put into scheduled preventive...

Bechtel seeks to develop nuclear supply chain with Polish companies
28 April 2022 US-based Bechtel has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with 12...

Argentina optimistic about nuclear ties with China
28 April 2022 Argentina hopes to begin construction of a new NPP later this year, José...

South Ukraine NPP to be renamed
28 April 2022 Within two weeks all legal and organisational issues related to renaming...

Energoatom receives permit for used fuel store
28 April 2022 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said on 25 April it had received...

IAEA’s Grossi delivers assistance to Chernobyl
28 April 2022 Nuclear safety, security and safeguards experts from the International...

Doosan to begin forging components for NuScale’s SMRs
28 April 2022 US-based NuScale Power and South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co have...

South Korea offers to construct Poland’s first NPP
28 April 2022 South Korea's state-owned Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) said it...

Poland’s KGHM and TAURON to co-operate on SMRs
27 April 2022 Polish companies KGHM and TAURON have signed a letter of intent...

Bechtel forges Polish partnerships for civil nuclear programme
26 April 2022 Bechtel has signed Memoranda of Understanding with 12 Polish companies...

IAEA receives required equipment list from Ukraine
26 April 2022 Ukraine has provided the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with...

Russia to construct new units at Leningrad and Novovoronezh NPPs
26 April 2022 Russia’s Leningrad NPP (LNPP) plans to obtain a licence for the...

US DOE to accelerate removal of used fuel from Savannah River Site
26 April 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) said that Environmental Management...

NuScale Power signs collaboration agreement with US Reactor Forging Consortium
26 April 2022 US-based NuScale Power and the US Reactor Forging Consortium (RFC)...

Indian regulator approves construction of two new units in Karnataka
26 April 2022 India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted permission...

ČEZ to use digitised techniques to build new Dukovany unit
25 April 2022 Construction of a new office building at the Dukovany nuclear power plant...

US DOE awards funds for direct air capture study at Byron
25 April 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $2.5 million grant...

IAEA focuses on fast reactors
25 April 2022 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, opening a recent...

Bilfinger supports retrieval of radwaste from Asse II mine
25 April 2022 Industrial services provider Bilfinger announced it is expanding...

Upper half of RPV manufactured for unit 3 of China’s Xudabao NPP
21 April 2022 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies, Atommash (part of...

Power restored between Chernobyl NPP and Ukraine regulator
21 April 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 19...

OPG and TVA to promote SMR development
21 April 2022 Two of North America's leading nuclear utilities have unveiled a...

Westinghouse to acquire BHI Energy
21 April 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a definitive agreement...

Rolls-Royce expects UK approval for SMR by 2024
21 April 2022 UK-based Rolls-Royce’s design for a small modular reactor (SMR)...

SNC-Lavalin to support refurbishment at Darlington and Bruce NPPs
21 April 2022 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group said on 20 April that its subsidiary Candu...

Pakistan’s Karachi 3 completes acceptance tests
21 April 2022 On 18 April, unit 3 of Pakistan’s Karachi NPP, a 1100 MWe Chinese...

Kairos launches advanced nuclear development consortium
21 April 2022 US-based Kairos Power said on 20 April it had assembled leading...

Japan's EX-Fusion raises funds to commercialise nuclear fusion
21 April 2022 Japanese startup EX-Fusion, which seeks to commercialise laser based...

DOE seeks applications for $6 billion programme to support NPPs
21 April 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to seek...

Framatome announces launch of Framatome Bulgaria
20 April 2022 France’s Framatome has announced the launch of Framatome Bulgaria, a...

NOTICE OF INTENT
19 April 2022 SOCIETATEA NATIONALA NUCLEARELECTRICA S.A. (“SNN”) is the sole nuclear...

IAEA completes regulatory review in Slovenia
19 April 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

IAEA says situation remains unchanged: Energoatom head gives details
19 April 2022 Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that...

IAEA Reviews Sri Lanka’s nuclear power infrastructure
19 April 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated...

US Defence Department to build Project Pele mobile microreactor
19 April 2022 The US Department of Defence’s (DOD’s) Strategic Capabilities Office...

Canada’s Moltex and SNC-Lavalin partner on nuclear energy
19 April 2022 Moltex Energy Canada and SNC-Lavalin Group on 15 April announced a...

Ignalina NPP prepares for demolition of Maišiagala radwaste storage facility
19 April 2022 Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP (INPP) is beginning preparatory work for...

MHI begins manufacturing dry cask for Ikata NPP
19 April 2022 Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has recently begun manufacturing...

Some Fukushima evacuees allowed to return to their homes
15 April 2022 The town of Tomioka in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture has started a...

US DOE announces awards for future nuclear scientists
15 April 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $5 million...

First African Association of Radiopharmacy established
15 April 2022 Specialists from twenty-one countries in Africa have for the first...

Tractebel launches office in Canada to support SMR action plan
15 April 2022 Belgium-based Tractebel Engineering, part of France’s Engie, has opened a...

Incident reported at US WIPP facility
15 April 2022 An incident at the US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad in New...

Rosatom plans to continue with Hanhikivi project
15 April 2022 RAOS Project, the Finnish branch of Rosatom, has said it will continue...

Linglong One reactor pit installed at Changjiang
15 April 2022 The steel reactor pit has been installed for the ACP100 multi-purpose...

Cerberus and Assystem to deliver reactor in-board shield design for STEP
15 April 2022 Cerberus Nuclear and Assystem have been selected to deliver the...

Russia suspended from OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
14 April 2022 Russian membership of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) was suspended...

IAEA’s Grossi plans Chernobyl visit
14 April 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 12...

BWXT advancing microreactor design project
14 April 2022 US-based BWX Technologies is proceeding apace to deliver microreactors...

Westinghouse signs up more Czech Firms to Build AP1000 reactors at Dukovany
14 April 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memorandums...

Canada’s Laurentis Energy to support SMR development in Estonia
14 April 2022 Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners has announced that it will work...

Framatome to support component modernisation at Forsmark NPP Power Plant
14 April 2022 France’s Framatome has said that it was recently selected to support...

ČEZ selects Westinghouse and Framatome to supply fuel to Temelin
14 April 2022 Czech power company ČEZ said on 12 April that US Westinghouse and...

William Cook Cast Products joins Nuclear AMRC
12 April 2022 The UK’s largest steel casting group, William Cook Cast Products, has...

Iran announces new nuclear developments
12 April 2022 Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said on 9 April that Iran's...

Bruce Power considers using excess energy for hydrogen production
12 April 2022 Canada’s Bruce Power said it plans to explore opportunities to...

IAEA prepares for missions to Chernobyl and other Ukrainian nuclear sites
11 April 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 9...

Denmark’s Seaborg works with Samsung to develop floating nuclear plant
11 April 2022 Seaborg Technologies, a private Danish startup, has signed a memorandum...

Hungary receives Russian nuclear fuel by air
11 April 2022 Hungary received the first shipment of nuclear fuel for the Paks...

Orano to transfer used fuel to storage at Diablo Canyon
11 April 2022 Orano's TN Americas was selected by Pacific Gas and Electric Company...

Canada completes deep borehole drilling programme
11 April 2022 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has completed a...

Holtec completes waste storage at Oyster Creek and Pilgrim
09 April 2022 US Holtec International announced on 4 April that, following the defueling...

Bruce Power and OPG to cooperate on new nuclear technology
08 April 2022 Bruce Power and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced an agreement...

More investment for NuScale
08 April 2022 Nucor Corporation had committed to a $15 million private investment in...

Latvia and USA to cooperate on SMRs
08 April 2022 The United States and Latvia in a joint statement on 4 April announced a...

India provides data on its nuclear power development
07 April 2022 India has imported just over 7600 tons of uranium over the past three...

UK energy strategy envisages 24GW of nuclear by 2050
07 April 2022 The UK's energy security strategy will see a significant acceleration...

X-energy’s TRISO-X selects Oak Ridge Horizon Centre for fuel fabrication facility
07 April 2022 US-based TRISO-X, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-energy, has selected...

IAEA reports no significant developments in Ukraine
07 April 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 6...

Karachi 3 reaches full power operation
07 April 2022 Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan reached full...

UK's First Light Fusion announces fusion breakthrough
07 April 2022 First Light Fusion (First Light), the University of Oxford fusion...

ARC Canada closes Series A financing
07 April 2022 ARC Clean Energy Canada (ARC Canada), an advanced small modular...

Westinghouse signs strategic partnerships with Slovenian firms
07 April 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company on 5 April signed memorandums of...

Technical University of Munich reduces waste from Tc-99m production
06 April 2022 A study at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of...

WANO forms partnership with human resource leaders
06 April 2022 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) announced that it...

Robot completes underground survey at Dounreay
05 April 2022 Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) announced that it is working with...

IAEA concludes long term operational safety review of Koeberg
05 April 2022 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed...

Holtec Partners with Hyundai on decommissioning projects in South Korea
05 April 2022 US-based Holtec International has signed an agreement with South...

New UK robotics hub opens in West Cumbria
05 April 2022 A new UK facility has opened in Whitehaven, in Cumbria, as the first...

NNSA remove plutonium from IAEA Nuclear Material Laboratory
05 April 2022 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

US NRC approves Kewaunee NPP licence transfer
04 April 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the transfer of...

IAEA Director General concludes meetings in Ukraine and Russia
04 April 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 1...

ČEZ allocates space for SMR at Temelin
04 April 2022 Czech power company ČEZ said that it had set aside a special space within...

Framatome reports industry-first underwater fuel weld
04 April 2022 Framatome announced that it had recently implemented an...

Rolls-Royce SMR begins UK Generic Design Assessment
04 April 2022 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 1 April announced, along...

ONR delicenses Imperial College London Consort Reactor site
04 April 2022 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has formally revoked the...

Poland submits environmental assessment for first nuclear plant
04 April 2022 Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (Polish Nuclear Power Plants) has submitted...

March 2022

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IAEA Director General visits Ukraine
31 March 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Milestone for UK waste project
31 March 2022 A major project to dispose of more than 1000 stainless steel drums of...

Orano acquires CERIS Group
31 March 2022 France’s Orano group announced that Orano Projets has acquired a...

Finnish city seeks to sell stake in Hanhikivi project
31 March 2022 The Finnish city of Vantaa said on 28 March that its municipal...

Canadian provinces agree strategic plan to advance SMRs
31 March 2022 The governments of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Alberta on...

More funding announced to further NuScale technology
31 March 2022 US-based NuScale Power, a leading developer of small modular reactor...

Joint venture to decommission US nuclear ship NS Savannah
31 March 2022 Radiation Safety and Control Services (RSCS) and...

Czech Technical University to construct new research reactor
31 March 2022 The Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (FNSPE) of the...

Uranium legacy sites remediated in Kyrgyz Republic
30 March 2022 The completion of remediation works at the former uranium legacy sites...

IAEA expresses continued concern about Chernobyl staffing
29 March 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

China’s Hualong One demonstration project completed at Fuqing
28 March 2022 Unit 6 of the China National Nuclear Cooperation's (CNNC’s) Fuqing...

Bulgaria signs energy cooperation memorandum with UK and US investors
28 March 2022 Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov on 23 March signed...

UK discusses energy security and accelerating nuclear projects
24 March 2022 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a roundtable at Downing Street...

IAEA urges agreement to enable assistance at nuclear facilities in Ukraine
24 March 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Indiana signs SMR bill into law
24 March 2022 Indiana's state governor Eric Holcomb has signed bill S. 271 into law,...

Mitsubishi Electric to design I&C System for Holtec
24 March 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced on 23 March that its US...

Sheffield Forgemasters joins the Sizewell C Consortium
24 March 2022 UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters announced that it is joining the Sizewell...

INL completes core overhaul for Advanced Test Reactor
23 March 2022 US Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has recently completed the sixth...

Framatome completes remote inspection of component for HPC
22 March 2022 Framatome announced it has completed the first remote...

Belgium postpones nuclear phase-out
22 March 2022 Belgium has decided to postpone its nuclear phase-out scheduled for...

IAEA says power restored to Zaporozhye
21 March 2022 Power has been restored to Ukraine's Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and...

Netherland's HFR restarts
21 March 2022 The High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten in the Netherlands – a major source...

Westinghouse Microreactor receives Canadian funding
21 March 2022 Westinghouse Electric Canada announced on 17 March an investment of...

Fortum submits application to extend Loviisa's operating licence
21 March 2022 Fortum Power and Heat Oy on 18 March submitted the Loviisa nuclear...

ČEZ launches a tender for new Dukovany unit
21 March 2022 Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Czech...

IAEA and Ukrainian regulator provide updates on nuclear facilities
17 March 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 16...

US DOE to fund recycling of used nuclear fuel
17 March 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 16 March announced up to $48 million...

BHEL dispatches steam generator for Rajasthan Atomic Power Project
17 March 2022 India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said on 14 March that it...

Agreement signed to launch nuclear heating project in China’s Liaoning province
17 March 2022 China’s State Power Investment Northeast Electric Power Company and...

IAEA and EU discuss strategic security and other issues
17 March 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 15 March that...

Brazil’s INB and Eletronuclear sign a new contract for the supply of nuclear fuel
17 March 2022 Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) said on 11 March that INB and...

Intermediate-level waste repatriated to Australia
17 March 2022 A consignment of intermediate-level waste (ILW) was delivered to the...

Orano receives US funds to reduce waste from advanced nuclear reactors
17 March 2022 Orano USA announced on 15 March that Orano Federal Services (FS) has...

Saudi Arabia launches nuclear energy company
17 March 2022 Saudi Arabia has established a holding company to develop nuclear...

Sogin submits map of eligible repository areas to Ecology Ministry
17 March 2022 Italy's Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) on 15 March...

Sweden’s Kärnfull Next and GE Hitachi to collaborate on SMRs
17 March 2022 Kärnfull Next, Sweden's first project development company focusing on...

Electricity production begins at OL3
14 March 2022 The EPR reactor at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3),...

Repairs underway at Ukraine’s nuclear sites
14 March 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that...

Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning awards contract for software development
14 March 2022 Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) has awarded NOK123 million...

Westinghouse Completes acquisition of 50% of Tecnatom
14 March 2022 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company stepped up its long-term...

Nagra completes deep drilling
10 March 2022 Switzerland’s National Cooperative for Disposal of Radioactive Waste,...

US partners with Ghana on SMRs
10 March 2022 The US Embassy in Ghana announced that the USA and Ghana have...

Orano wins several maintenance contracts
10 March 2022 France’s Orano said on 8 March that at the end of 2021 and beginning of...

Construction progress at Hinkley Point C unit 1
10 March 2022 The first reactor building at the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power...

Loss of power at Chernobyl not expected to impact essential safety functions: IAEA
10 March 2022 The IAEA said it agreed with the Ukrainian regulator that...

US DOE reveals blueprint for clean-up over the coming decade
10 March 2022 The US Department of Energy Office (DOE) of Environmental Management...

SCK CEN to expand facilities to accommodate RECUMO project
09 March 2022 Belgian research centre SCK CEN said that it has obtained all...

Philippines approves revival of nuclear power
09 March 2022 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order...

Assystem strengthens role in UK fusion
09 March 2022 Assystem announced that it has secured a place on three new United...

Grid connection for Pakistan's Karachi 3 nuclear plant
08 March 2022 Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan was...

Westinghouse and Perma-Fix agree to partner on UK nuclear waste facility
08 March 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company and Perma-Fix Environmental Services,...

IAEA’s Grossi offers to travel to Ukraine
07 March 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael...

Rolls-Royce SMR entering regulatory assessment process
07 March 2022 Rolls-Royce announced that its 470MW small modular reactor (SMR) design...

Fortum to apply for licence to extend operation of Loviisa
07 March 2022 Finnish power utility Fortum said it had decided to apply for new...

Eskom defers steam generator replacement at Koeberg until 2023
07 March 2022 South African power utility Eskom has decided to defer the steam...

IEA publishes 10-point plan to reduce EU reliance on Russian gas
07 March 2022 Measures implemented this year could bring down gas imports from Russia...

SNC-Lavalin to support development of CNL research facility
04 March 2022 Candu Energy has won a mandate to deliver specialised engineering and...

ORNL and TVA partner to drive carbon-free technologies
04 March 2022 The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and...

SCK CEN and IRE to increase lutetium-177 production
04 March 2022 Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN and the National Institute...

Milestone for China’s ACP-100 SMR
04 March 2022 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the lower section...

IAEA’s Grossi addresses Board of Governors on Ukraine
03 March 2022 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Turner & Townsend and Arcadis reappointed to support Magnox
03 March 2022 UK-based Turner & Townsend (T&T) and Arcadis have been re-appointed...

UK net zero policy criticised by Public Accounts Committee
03 March 2022 Achieving Net Zero: Follow up, a UK House of Commons Public...

Germany may reconsider nuclear
03 March 2022 Germany on 27 February indicated that it may consider extending...

BWXT and E.S. Fox to support Bruce 3 MCR
02 March 2022 BWX Technologies, Inc. has announced a contract awarded by Bruce Power...

GNS Group expands its container business
02 March 2022 Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH is expanding...

Restart of Japan’s Tokai 2 deferred again
02 March 2022 Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) said on 28 February that it does not...

First concrete poured for Tianwan 8 in China
01 March 2022 First concrete was poured on 25 February for unit 8 of China’s...

February 2022

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IAEA monitors nuclear facilities in Ukraine
28 February 2022 Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 27...

TerraPower and Southern Company to demonstrate molten salt reactor
28 February 2022 US TerraPower and Southern Company have finalised a subrecipient agreement...

CEA, Framatome and Naval Group to study nuclear propulsion
28 February 2022 France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Framatome and Naval Group...

Bechtel, Westinghouse, and GE Steam Power to consider nuclear projects in Poland
28 February 2022 US-based Bechtel and Westinghouse announced that they had signed a...

BWXT contracted to manufacture US naval nuclear reactor components and fuel
28 February 2022 US-based BWX Technologies announced that the US Naval Nuclear...

Framatome receives US NRC approval to transport higher enriched fuel
28 February 2022 France’s Framatome said it has achieved a significant milestone for...

Eletronuclear begins transferring used fuels from Angra 1 to storage
24 February 2022 Brazil’s nuclear utility, Eletronuclear has begun transferring used...

Start-up of Pakistan’s Karachi 3
24 February 2022 Unit 3 of Pakistan’s Karachi nuclear power plant, a Hualong One...

Petten HFR reactor expected to restart in a month
24 February 2022 The High Flux Reactor (HFR) project team at NRG in Petten in the...

Sandia National Laboratories updates software for assessing consequences of nuclear accidents
23 February 2022 The US Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has updated the Maccs code...

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority announces new regulations
23 February 2022 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM -...

IAEA says nuclear is vital for space missions
23 February 2022 Experts at an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) webinar “Atoms...

Rosatom establishes Rusatom Energy Projects
22 February 2022 Rosatom has registered a new company – JSC Rusatom Energy Projects...

India orders transport casks from Holtec for Kudankulam
22 February 2022 US-based Holtec International announced that its India based subsidiary...

Westinghouse and Kozloduy NPP strengthen nuclear cybersecurity
22 February 2022 Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB and has signed a contract for the...

Tradebe Inutec opens new UK nuclear waste treatment facility
22 February 2022 Tradebe Inutec, a provider of independent radioactive waste...

Nuvia to provide EDF with fuel flask multi-counter equipment at UK AGR plants
21 February 2022 UK-based Nuvia said on 15 February  that it had secured a contract to...

The Swedish Energy Agency supports solar parks and lead-cooled reactors
21 February 2022 The Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) said mid-February that it has granted...

Progress at Sellafield’s legacy waste store
21 February 2022 UK’s Sellafield Ltd Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store – Direct...

China expresses interest in Argentine technology for nuclear medicine
21 February 2022 During the past year, China’s State Power Investment Corporation...

Russia begins manufacture of reactors for world’s largest icebreaker
21 February 2022 Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk has started manufacturing equipment for the...

US DOE announces RFIs for clean hydrogen initiatives
21 February 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced two Requests for...

Russia to develop new VVER-S reactor by 2030
21 February 2022 By 2030, the construction will begin of an innovative pressurised...

NuScale Power and KGHM agree on deployment of SMRs in Poland
16 February 2022 US NuScale Power and Poland’s KGHM Polska Miedź (KGHM) have signed...

EDF launches recruitment drive
16 February 2022 EDF has announced that it is maintaining its recruitment volumes in 2022...

Frazer-Nash to support UKAEA Tritium Engineering Framework
16 February 2022 Frazer-Nash announced that it has been awarded a role on the United...

Eletronuclear signs a contract to resume construction of Angra 3
15 February 2022 Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear (a subsidiary of Eletrobras)...

Russian government allocates about RUB100 billion for new nuclear projects
15 February 2022 The Government of the Russian Federation will allocate about RUB100...

Canadian Advanced Manufacturing in Nuclear Alliance established
15 February 2022 The Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) has announced...

US DOE to demolish submarine reactor prototype at Idaho National Lab
15 February 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management...

Oskarshamn 3 to be closed to remedy fuel damage
15 February 2022 Swedish utility OKG has informed the Nordic electricity exchange Nord...

Macron commits to at least six new EPRs by 2050
14 February 2022 During a visit to Belfort on 10 February to mark the takeover of...

TVA authorises nuclear programme to explore innovative technology
14 February 2022 The US Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors on 10 February...

Oklo and Argonne National Lab to commercialise advanced fuel recycling
14 February 2022 US-based Oklo and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have signed an...

Mayak to begin remediation of V-17 storage reservoir for liquid radwaste
14 February 2022 Russia’s Production Association Mayak has announced plans to complete...

NRG identifies defect that closed the HFR
14 February 2022 The High Flux Reactor (HFR) project team at Petten in the Netherlands...

Czech and Slovak experts increase nuclear cooperation
14 February 2022 Czech power utility ČEZ and state-owned Slovak company JAVYS have signed...

EDF updates 2022 French nuclear output estimate
11 February 2022 EDF has revised its 2022 nuclear output estimate from 300-30TWh...

GE to sell part of Steam Power’s nuclear activities to EDF
10 February 2022 GE and EDF have signed an exclusive agreement for EDF to acquire part of...

South Africa initiates tender process for new research reactor
10 February 2022 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has launched a tender...

Regulators complete UK HPR1000 design assessment
10 February 2022 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment...

Ansaldo Nucleare wins contract to support Divertor Tokamak Test Facility
10 February 2022 Italy’s Ansaldo Nucleare said on 8 February that it has won a €21...

European researchers achieve fusion energy record at JET
09 February 2022 Record energy output results announced in February are the...

SNC-Lavalin appointed an engineering supplier by Rolls-Royce SMR
09 February 2022 SNC-Lavalin has been appointed an engineering supplier by Rolls-Royce...

Radiopharm and TerraPower to supply Actinium-225
09 February 2022 Australia’s Radiopharm Theranostics and US-based TerraPower have announced...

Bruce Power, General Fusion, and Nuclear Innovation Institute sign MOU
09 February 2022 Canada’s Bruce Power, General Fusion, and the Nuclear Innovation...

VNIINM continues development of uranium-silicide fuel
09 February 2022 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

Construction of Russia’s MBIR reactor exceeds targets
08 February 2022 The reactor vessel for Rosatom’s Multipurpose Fast Breeder...

Alaskan Governor introduces legislation on microreactors
08 February 2022 Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy on 1 February introduced the first bill in...

Regular electricity generation from OL3 now expected July 2022
08 February 2022 Electricity generation at the EPR reactor at unit 3 of Finland’s...

US DOE secures new fuel for TRIGA research reactors
08 February 2022 ​​​​​​​The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear...

US restores some sanction waivers on Iran
08 February 2022 The US Biden Administration on 4 February restored a number of...

First contract for Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant
08 February 2022 A £40 million ($54m) heating, ventilation and air conditioning contract...

West Virginia seeks to end ban on nuclear construction
04 February 2022 A bill removing the ban on construction of new nuclear power plants in the...

Tank waste treatment begins at US Hanford Site
04 February 2022 The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that workers have begun the...

Reactor vessel delivered for Akkuyu 2
03 February 2022 The Vostochny cargo terminal at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant...

EC confirms nuclear and gas as part of European taxonomy
03 February 2022 The European Commission (EC) approved in principle a Complementary...

Argentina signs contract with CNNC for Atucha III
03 February 2022 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) and the China National...

Fukushima simulant material to boost clean-up efforts
03 February 2022 University of Sheffield researchers have developed a new simulation of...

Terrestrial Energy and ANSTO sign agreement for used fuel management
03 February 2022 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)...

UK integrates nuclear waste services
03 February 2022 UK Nuclear Waste Services, launched on 31 January, brings together...

BN-800 on track to switch to mox fuel this summer
01 February 2022 Russia’s BN-800 fast neutron reactor at unit 4 of the Beloyarsk nuclear...

Covid delays Fangchenggang start-up
01 February 2022 Operation of the two demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors...

Tepco and JNFL to cooperate on Fukushima decommissioning
01 February 2022 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) and Japan Nuclear Fuel...

January 2022

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Power production at OL3 to start in first half of February
31 January 2022 Electricity generation at the EPR reactor at unit 3 of Finland’s...

Westinghouse ATF test assemblies to be installed at Vogtle 2
31 January 2022 US Southern Nuclear recently agreed to install four higher-enriched fuel...

Swedish government approves SKB’s final repository system
31 January 2022 The Swedish government has decided to allow SKB to build a final...

UK ONR grants permission for next construction phase at Hinkley Point C
31 January 2022 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted permission for...

JAEA to co-operate with MHI and Terrapower on fast reactor development
31 January 2022 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd...

National Audit Office looks at UK plans for AGR decommissioning
31 January 2022 A new report, “The decommissioning of the AGR nuclear...

US DOE announces clean-up progress at Savannah River Site
31 January 2022 ​​​​​​​The US Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management...

UK government prepares Sizewell C for future investment
31 January 2022 UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has announced £100...

Russia’s Electrochemical Plant sees record revenue from isotopes
28 January 2022 In 2021, the revenue from the sale of isotope products from...

US State Department supports SMR development in Estonia
28 January 2022 The United States and Estonia have agreed to cooperate under the...

Finland's Posiva contracted to advise Lithuania on possible geological repository
27 January 2022 The general criteria for Lithuania to dispose of its used nuclear fuel...

HFR restart delayed at Petten
27 January 2022 Restart of the high flux reactor (HFR) operated by NRG at Petten in...

Tecnatom to supply SMR simulator for Norway’s Institute of Energy Technology
27 January 2022 Spain’s Tecnatom announced that the Norwegian Institute of Energy...

Terrestrial Energy extends testing of IMSR fuel at Argonne National Lab
27 January 2022 Terrestrial Energy USA (part of Canada’s Terrestrial Energy) said it...

New isotope production system installed at Bruce Power to produce Lu-77
27 January 2022 Bruce Power and Isogen (a partnership between Kinectrics and Framatome)...

NUVIA secures new framework with UKAEA
27 January 2022 NUVIA UK said that its Consulting and Technical Services business line...

Energoatom begins comprehensive cold tests of used fuel storage facility
27 January 2022 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said it has completed independent...

BWXT begins TRISO nuclear fuel production campaign
26 January 2022 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced that it had been awarded a...

HotBENT project investigates safety material for underground waste disposal sites
25 January 2022 Geoscientists from the US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...

IAEA report looks at radioactive waste and used fuel management
25 January 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 21 January...

France’s CERAP to provide technical services for Barakah
25 January 2022 Nawah Energy Company (part the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation -...

US DOE launches new respiratory protection course
24 January 2022 A new respiratory protection course has been launched at the Hanford...

Sweden’s OKG to sell nuclear-produced hydrogen to external market
24 January 2022 Sweden’s nuclear power company OKG said on 20 January that it is entering...

French regulators says shutdowns should be “carefully weighed”
24 January 2022 The Chairman of France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN),...

Rosatom signs agreements in Dubai after presenting its SMRs
24 January 2022 Rosatom presented a product line of small-capacity nuclear reactors (SMRs)...

Kansai Electric returns unused fuel to UK
24 January 2022 Kansai Electric Power Company has returned 40 unused fuel assemblies...

Assystem secures commissioning alliance contract for Hinkley Point C
24 January 2022 Engineering company Assystem said it had been appointed as an...

Finnish Ministry submits informed conclusion on possible Loviisa life extension
20 January 2022 Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEE) on 14...

UKAEA awards SNC-Lavalin new contracts for STEP fusion project
20 January 2022 Canada-based SNC-Lavalin said on 18 January it had been awarded three...

Belgian regulator provisionally approves life extension for two reactors
20 January 2022 Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has...

Progress at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear plant as SGs are delivered
20 January 2022 Rosatom has installed the fifth tier of the internal containment (VZO)...

Pre-operational tests continue at OL3
20 January 2022 During the trial operation phase of the EPR reactor at unit 3 of...

Koeberg 2 closed for steam generator replacement
20 January 2022 Unit 2 of South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant was closed down on...

Energoatom’s Kotin shares his vision for Ukraine’s nuclear future
19 January 2022 In a wide-ranging interview with EnergoBusiness magazine on 10 January,...

Russian scientists develop plastic fuel claddings made of silicon carbide
19 January 2022 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

Westinghouse signs partnerships to build AP1000 reactors at Dukovany
17 January 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company said that it had signed memorandums...

IEA report on Canada welcomes SMR developments
17 January 2022 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Canada 2022: Energy Policy...

Russia to build BN1200 by 2035
17 January 2022 Russia plans to complete the construction of the fifth power unit with...

Kazatomprom provides update on situation in Kazakhstan
17 January 2022 National Atomic Company Kazatomprom  on 13 January provided an update on...

Ignalina dismantles 7600 tons of equipment and concrete in 2021
14 January 2022 In 2021, Ignalina NPP (INPP) dismantled 3429 tons of equipment and 4200...

General Fusion achieves technology milestone
14 January 2022 Canada’s General Fusion announced that it had achieved several...

Licensing documentation submitted for El-Dabaa 3&4
13 January 2022 The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) has applied for a...

Russian scientists develop chrome coatings to protect fuel assemblies
13 January 2022 Scientists of Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) are...

Deep borehole repository 'cost-effective' option for Slovenia's nuclear waste
13 January 2022 A preliminary study by the Slovenian Radioactive Waste...

UK’s Heysham 2 and Torness nuclear plants to close early
13 January 2022 EDF Energy has confirmed a change to the expected end of generation dates...

US tests new railcar for used fuel and radwaste transport
13 January 2022 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (ONE) said...

Rosatom to complete design of fuel reprocessing module for Brest reactor by 2024
13 January 2022 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC – part of Rosatom’s Fuel...

Contract awarded for plans to construct Asse interim storage facility in Germany
13 January 2022 Germany’s Federal Association for Final Storage (BGE) has taken another...

Further delays for Flamanville 3 blamed on pandemic
13 January 2022 France’s EDF said on 11 January that it had “adjusted the schedule for...

Bruce Power completes shipment of Cobalt-60
13 January 2022 Canada’s Bruce Power said on 7 January it had completed another harvest...

USNC licenses ORNL method to 3D print reactor components
11 January 2022 A novel method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors, developed by...

Cyclife acquires UK's Aquila Nuclear Engineering
11 January 2022 Cyclife, the EDF subsidiary in charge of international dismantling...

NRC denies Oklo licence application
10 January 2022 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 6 January issued...

France expects new nuclear reactors to begin operation in 2035-37
10 January 2022 The French government expects plans for new nuclear reactors should...

Canada’s NWMO releases transportation plans
10 January 2022 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) in early...

Final shutdown for UK’s Hunterston B
10 January 2022 The Unit B2 (Reactor 4) of the Hunterston NPP in North...

Cavendish and Jacobs sign MOU for UK treatment of Japanese fast reactor sodium coolant
06 January 2022 Cavendish Nuclear and Jacobs have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

New head of Hungary’s regulator confirmed in position
06 January 2022 Hungary’s President Viktor Orban on 1 January formally appointed...

Finland applies for licence to operate world’s first used fuel final disposal facility
06 January 2022 Finland’s radioactive waste management company, Posiva Oy, said on...

Grid connection for China’s Fuqing 6 as work begins on Changjiang 4
06 January 2022 On 1 January, unit 6 at China’s Fuqing nuclear power plant in...

KHNP pre-authorised to bid for construction work at El Dabaa nuclear plant
06 January 2022 As part of the current procurement of equipment and materials, as well as...

Kazakhstan looks at possible nuclear power plant sites
05 January 2022 Kazakhstan is considering the village of Ulken in the Alma-Ata region and...

Russian nuclear plants announce new electricity generation record
04 January 2022 Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of Rosatom) said on 2...

First concrete for unit 2 of China’s San'ao nuclear power project
04 January 2022 First concrete was poured on 30 December for unit 2 of China’s of the...

EU draft taxonomy includes nuclear and gas
04 January 2022 The European Commission (EC) has drawn up a draft plan to label some...

Radiopharmaceutical production equipment tested in Bolivia
04 January 2022 The world’s highest altitude Centre for Nuclear Technology Research...

Pakistan completes fuel loading at Karachi 3
04 January 2022 Pakistan on 31 December completed loading fuel into unit 3 of the...

Germany closes three of its six remaining nuclear reactors
04 January 2022 Germany shut down three nuclear power plants on 31 December, as part of...

Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor to be fully fuelled with mox in 2022
04 January 2022 Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor to be fully fuelled with mox in 2022

Russia’s Balakovo 1 restarts with Remix fuel assemblies
04 January 2022 Unit 1 of Balakovo nuclear power plant was connected to the grid on...

Fluor-led JV wins contract from NNSA
03 January 2022 The US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security...

December 2021

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US says it has adequate supplies of Mo-99 made without HEU
31 December 2021 US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M Granholm and US Secretary of Health...

Rosatom begins production of fuel for Western-design PWRs
30 December 2021 At Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP, part...

Framatome and Exelon to strengthen supply of Cobalt-60
30 December 2021 Framatome and Exelon Generation on 23 December announced the signature of...

Rosatom installs inner containment dome at Kursk-II-1
30 December 2021 Installation of the dome of the inner containment shell (VZO) at unit 1...

Swedish government approves extension of final repository
30 December 2021 The Swedish government on 22 December approved SKB’s application to...

TVEL ships testing equipment for China’s fast reactor
30 December 2021 Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod in Elektrostal (MSZ - part of Rosatom’s...

Poland selects site for first nuclear power plant
30 December 2021 Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe, the government company responsible for plans...

Final tier of inner containment shell completed at Rooppur 2
30 December 2021 Rosatom’s engineering division, ASE, said on 27 December that concreting...

EnergySolutions and Laurentis Energy Partners support new Canadian waste facility
30 December 2021 EnergySolutions Canada on 22 December announced a contract with...

Rosatom upgrades world's largest critical facility BFS-2
30 December 2021 Rosatom has upgraded the world's largest critical nuclear test facility,...

US DOE establishes Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
30 December 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the establishment of...

Rosatom to collaborate with steel company NLMK in hydrogen production
30 December 2021 Russian Steelmaker NLMK and Rusatom Overseas (part of Rosatom) on 27...

Contract extension for DUF6 conversion project in the USA
30 December 2021 Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings Corporation, in a joint venture...

Belgium to close nuclear plants by 2025 but supports SMR development
30 December 2021 Belgium's government said on 23 December that it expected to close down...

Fuel loading completed at Belarus 2
30 December 2021 The loading of fresh nuclear fuel was completed on 27 December at unit 2...

Rosatom begins development of nuclear fuel for upgraded FNPPs
30 December 2021 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL and JSC Afrikantov OKBM (chief designer...

French equipment delivered for Russia’s second DUF6 plant
30 December 2021 France’s Orano on 23 December delivered the first batch of equipment...

R&B Switchgear wins work at Culham
23 December 2021 Manchester-based R&B Switchgear Group, has been appointed to deliver...

First concrete for Kudankulam 6
23 December 2021 Rosatom on 20 December began construction of the sixth VVER-1000 reactor...

First Remix fuel assemblies loaded at Russia’s Balakovo nuclear plant
23 December 2021 The first batch of innovative uranium-plutonium Remix fuel was loaded...

Olkiluoto 3 EPR plant unit starts up
23 December 2021 The first criticality of the EPR reactor installed at unit 3 of the...

US certification for NAC International's OPTIMUS-L transport packaging
22 December 2021 NAC International Inc. announced it has received US Nuclear...

Russia permanently closes down Kursk 1
21 December 2021 After 45 years of operation, unit 1 at Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant...

Grid connection for unit 1 of China’s HTR-PM project
21 December 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on 20 December that...

Tokamak Energy reduces power required to cool HTS magnets
21 December 2021 Oxford-based Tokamak Energy has announced the breakthrough design...

MHI awarded Iter contract
21 December 2021 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd has been awarded a first contract...

India to boost nuclear power capacity to 22.5GW by 2031
21 December 2021 India’s Minister of State in the Department of Space and Department of...

VNIINM develops software to calculate behaviour of LWR fuel
21 December 2021 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

Qatari investment for Rolls Royce SMR
21 December 2021 UK-based Rolls Royce Group announced that it has reached agreement with...

Framatome and US DOE agree to cooperate further on accident tolerant fuel
21 December 2021 Framatome said on 15 December it had secured a new four-year...

NuScale wins work in Ukraine and signs MOU with Kazakhstan
20 December 2021 ​​​​​​​The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is awarding the...

USNC and Framatome awarded vouchers for advanced nuclear technologies
20 December 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy said...

Holtec claims decommissioning record for used fuel removal at Pilgrim
20 December 2021 US-based Holtec International said on 16 December that three days...

GEH, BWXT and Synthos to support SMRs in Poland
20 December 2021 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), BWXT Canada Ltd and Poland-based...

Ansto completes safety review
20 December 2021 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology...

IAEA and Iran agreement to replace cameras at Karaj Facility
17 December 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 15 December that...

Coming to a head
17 December 2021 Jeremy Gordon says that rising gas prices show that Europe can’t afford to...

Netherlands’ plan for 2025 supports nuclear newbuild
17 December 2021 The Netherlands' new coalition government on 15 December released...

US DOE requests industry help to develop HALEU supply
17 December 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 14 December issued a Request...

Deep Isolation says deep borehole disposal a cost-effective option
17 December 2021 Deep borehole disposal is a viable, cost-effective solution for all of...

AVEVA signs strategic deal with EDF
17 December 2021 UK-based industrial software company AVEVA has signed a long-term...

Centrus welcomes fabrication of sample ANEEL fuel
16 December 2021 US Centrus Energy Corp President and CEO Daniel B Poneman on 14...

US NRC approves licence transfer for Palisades and Big Rock Point
16 December 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 13 Dcember it had...

NuScale plans merger with Spring Valley Acquisition and opens simulation lab
16 December 2021 US-based NuScale Power said on 14 December it had entered into a...

Westinghouse awarded decommissioning contract at Gundremmingen
15 December 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company announced it has signed a contract on...

Akkuyu 1 pump station foundation under construction
14 December 2021 Construction workers have begun constructing the foundation slab for the...

UK Sellafield packages all foreign-owned wasted ready for return
14 December 2021 Sellafield announced that it had packaged all foreign-owned wasted ready...

IAEA reviews Uganda’s nuclear power infrastructure development
14 December 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated...

Framatome to supply instrumentation upgrade for Surry nuclear plant
13 December 2021 Framatome announced that it has been awarded the contract to upgrade...

Russia to build a centre for nuclear science and technology for Serbia
13 December 2021 Rosatom has signed a General Framework Agreement with the...

Oil industry cleaning process used at UK’s Harwell site
13 December 2021 Technology commonly used in the oil and gas industry has been adapted for...

Finland to reform Nuclear Energy Act
13 December 2021 Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE) said on 8...

NUKEM wins contract from Belgian waste agency
13 December 2021 Germany-based NUKEM Technologies (part of Rosatom) announced it has won...

Sheffield Forgemasters signs MOU with Rolls-Royce SMR
10 December 2021 Sheffield Forgemasters has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Studsvik could treat Norwegian used fuel in preparation for disposal
10 December 2021 A pilot study by the Swedish company Studsvik shows that the Norway’s...

Russia signs nuclear cooperation MOU with Nicaragua
10 December 2021 The MOU details a wide range of areas, in particular, raising...

Nuclep delivers part of containment vessel for Brazil’s prototype nuclear submarine
10 December 2021 Brazil’s nuclear heavy engineering company Nuclebrás Equipamentos...

Westinghouse announces milestone in advanced nuclear fuel development
09 December 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company said on 6 December it had received...

OL3 start-up may be brought forward
09 December 2021 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) on 8 December applied...

Bilfinger to work with Cyclife on dismantling nuclear power plants
09 December 2021 Germany-based industrial service provider Bilfinger said on 8 December...

First RPV dismantled at Sweden’s Barsebäck
08 December 2021 The in-situ part of the dismantling of the first reactor pressure...

KSTAR fusion reactor sets new record
08 December 2021 South Korea's National Fusion Research Institute announced in November...

Shikoku Electric restarts Ikata 3
08 December 2021 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Co restarted unit 3 at the Ikata nuclear...

US NRC accepts application for Kairos construction permit
08 December 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on 30 November it had accepted...

Deep Isolation acquires Freestone Environmental Services
08 December 2021 US-based Deep Isolation, a specialist in used fuel and high-level waste...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises funds to commercialise fusion
08 December 2021 Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced on 1 December that it has...

Rosatom uses new welding technologies at Rooppur
08 December 2021 Rosatom’s Engineering Division (ASE) said on 2 December the serial use of...

NuScale Power’s SMR plants named VOYGR
07 December 2021 US-based NuScale Power has unveiled the official name of its small...

Decommissioning milestone for Slovakia’s Bohunice nuclear plant
07 December 2021 Slovak company JAVYS announced that another important milestone had...

Rosatom’s Uranium One and Alpha Lithium to develop lithium deposit in Argentina
06 December 2021 Uranium One Holding NV (a Rosatom company) and Canada-based Alpha...

UK government confirms choice of HTGR for advanced reactor demonstration
06 December 2021 Greg Hands, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, said...

OPG selects BWRX-300 SMR for Darlington project
06 December 2021 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 2 December that it will work...

Spain rejects plans for Salamanca uranium project
03 December 2021 Spain's Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic...

Russia’s TVEL signs decommissioning agreements with French and Czech companies
03 December 2021 Rosatom’s Fuel Company and decommissioning industry integrator, TVEL JSC on...

IAEA concludes LTO safety review at Atucha nuclear plant
03 December 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

NAAREA and Assystem to co-operate on XSMR micro-reactor
03 December 2021 France’s NAAREA, which is developing 4th generation micro-nuclear power,...

IEA: France should review plans to reduce nuclear share
03 December 2021 The current rate of deployment of low-carbon energy technologies and...

EDF and Westinghouse sign MOU on Co-60
02 December 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF have signed a historic Memorandum...

EDF and Veolia create Waste2Glass joint venture
02 December 2021 EDF and Veolia announced they are creating Waste2Glass,...

Rosatom, EDF and CEA to cooperate on fuel cycle R&D
02 December 2021 Russia's Rosatom, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic...

EDF signs raft of agreements at WNE
02 December 2021 EDF on 1 December announced the signature of several industrial...

US DOE relaunches search for used nuclear fuel disposal site
02 December 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 30 November issued a request...

IAEA mission sees safety commitment by Russia’s Kalinin nuclear plant
02 December 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

UK’s  Hunterston B reactor 3 closes after 46 years
02 December 2021 The UK’s Hunterston B1 (Reactor 3) was permanently closed down on...

Australia selects waste disposal site
02 December 2021 Australia’s federal government announced that it has formally...

Siemens to manufacture equipment for Terrestrial Energy’s SMR
02 December 2021 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy and Siemens Energy Canada on 30 November signed...

November 2021

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PPP announce winners of new HVAC contract at Sellafield
30 November 2021 A new way of awarding long-term work packages at the Sellafield site in...

Russia amends loan agreement for Paks II
30 November 2021 Russia’s State Duma parliament on 25 November ratified a five-year...

UK NNL and DNV collaborate on nuclear derived hydrogen
29 November 2021 The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and Norway-based DNV...

Candu Energy to support Cernavoda nuclear expansion with US backing
29 November 2021 Canada’s Candu Energy, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group on 25 November won...

Czech company to support Egyptian regulator in licensing El-Dabaa
29 November 2021 Czech R&D company ÚJV Řež has signed a major long-term contract in Egypt...

ENSREG sees significant progress at Belarus nuclear plant
29 November 2021 The plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group...

Škoda JS develops storage cask for Czech repository
25 November 2021 By producing a model of a storage packaging assembly (cask) for used...

Foundation completed for Russia’s Brest reactor
25 November 2021 The foundation slab for Russia’s innovative fast neutron reactor...

IAEA’s Gross says talks with Iran inconclusive
25 November 2021 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael...

Westinghouse signs contract with Ukraine for first AP1000
25 November 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on...

Brazil’s INB launches new centrifuge cascade
25 November 2021 Brazil’s fuel cycle company Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) said...

Ansaldo Nucleare signs contract for lead-cooled reactor
25 November 2021 As part of the research into lead-cooled reactors, the consortium that...

Holtec and Hyundai to co-operate on development of SMR-160
25 November 2021 US Holtec International and South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering &...

Russia’s Electrochemical Plant launches new line of centrifuges
24 November 2021 Russia’s Electrochemical Plant (ECP – part of Rosatom’s Fuel Company...

Humboldt Bay 3 released for unrestricted use after decommissioning
23 November 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has terminated the licence...

More equipment for Kudankulam
23 November 2021 Russia’s Uralkhimmash (Sverdlovsk region, part of the OMZ group)...

Second phase of China’s Haiyang nuclear heating project begins operation
23 November 2021 The second phase of the nuclear energy heating project in Haiyang city,...

US DOE Awards $8.5 million for promising nuclear technologies
22 November 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $8.5 million to...

US NRC approves power uprate for Millstone 3
22 November 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it had approved a request...

Russia begins LEU supply to Kazakhstan
22 November 2021 The Uranium Enrichment Centre (UEC) in Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk Region...

US NRC increases oversight at Vogtle 3
22 November 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it will increase oversight...

Russian scientists patent production of coreless silicon carbide fibre
22 November 2021 Scientists at the Russia’s AA Bochvara Research Institute of...

Southern Company, DOE to lead demonstration of molten-salt reactor
22 November 2021 US Southern Company said on 18 November that it had established a...

Swedish delegation visits Chernobyl to discuss xenon monitoring
22 November 2021 On 16-17 November, Ukraine’s Chernobyl NPP (ChNPP) received delegation of...

Rosatom seeks to develop small NPPs with hydrogen batteries
22 November 2021 Polet-Service, commissioned by a subsidiary of Rosatom, is to...

Oklo and Centrus cooperate on HALEU fuel development
19 November 2021 US-based Oklo and Centrus Energy Corp on 17 November signed a...

Rosatom prepares advanced international research programme for MBIR
19 November 2021 After commissioning the MBIR multipurpose research reactor facility,...

NuScale, Prodigy and Kinectrics to propose regulatory framework for marine-deployed SMR
19 November 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced that it has signed a Memorandum...

Rolls Royce starts Generic Design Assessment for SMR
18 November 2021 Rolls-Royce has asked the UK government for clearance to begin the 4-5...

TerraPower selects site for Natrium reactor project
18 November 2021 US-based TerraPower, founded by Bill Gates, has announced Kemmerer,...

Life extension work completed at Armenian NPP
18 November 2021 Upgrading of unit 2 at the Armenian NPP was completed on 16...

Sberbank provides more loans for Akkuyu nuclear plant
18 November 2021 Russia’s Sberbank will provide Akkuyu Nuclear (part of Rosatom) with...

Paks II submits application for a manufacturing permit for RPVs
18 November 2021 Paks II Atomerőmű Zrt, the company responsible for the expansion of...

US Infrastructure Bill includes $62bn for DOE
18 November 2021 US President Joe Biden has signed into law the bipartisan Infrastructure...

Dual criticality for China’s HTR-PM
18 November 2021 The second reactor of China’s High Temperature Gas Cooled...

Mixed results from COP26
18 November 2021 Some 200 countries agreed to adopt the Glasgow Climate Pact on 13...

EDF awards Tecnatom inspection services contract for Hinkley Point C
17 November 2021 EDF has awarded Spain’s Tecnatom Group a contract valued at more than...

Diffuser removed from UK’s Windscale Pile chimney
17 November 2021 Nuclear clean-up teams have removed the huge diffuser at the top of...

Jacobs wins two nuclear contracts in Czech Republic
16 November 2021 US-based Jacobs said that it had won two new contracts to support the...

Pakistan’s Karachi 3 completes hot functional tests
15 November 2021 Unit 3 of the Karachi in Pakistan completed hot functional testing on...

Uranium One agrees sale of US subsidiary to Uranium Energy Corp
12 November 2021 Uranium One has entered into an agreement with the US company Uranium...

Fuelling begins at China’s Fuqing 6
11 November 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that loading of 177...

OPG's Darlington operating licence amended to allow production of Mo-99
11 November 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on 9 November that...

Rosatom manufactures first batch of VVER-1000 Remix fuel
11 November 2021 The first batch of uranium-plutonium Remix fuel for the VVER-1000 reactor...

Westinghouse and Energoatom begin work at Khmelnitsky 3
11 November 2021 US-based Westinghouse and Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom have...

Helion raises $500 million to fund demonstration fusion generator
10 November 2021 US fusion energy tech startup Helion Energy said it raised $500 million...

Roll-Royce secures funding for small modular reactor
09 November 2021 Roll-Royce has announced that following the raising of £195 million in...

IAEA mission sees significant improvement in Russia’s operational safety
09 November 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Framatome completes purchase of Rolls Royce nuclear I&C business
09 November 2021 Framatome announced it has completed the purchase of Rolls Royce...

US and UK launch Strategic Energy Dialogue
09 November 2021 UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng met with US Secretary...

Assembly begins of RPV upper shell for Kudankulam 5
09 November 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part Rosatom’s...

IAEA concludes operational safety review at Armenian nuclear plant
08 November 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA Safety Aspects of Long...

Assystem wins two contracts for new UK STEP fusion plant
08 November 2021 UK-based engineering company Assystem said on 4 November that it had...

OPG awards BWXT contract for components for Darlington refurbishment
08 November 2021 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and BWX Technologies on 4 November announced...

US DOE welcomes Romania’s teaming agreement with NuScale
08 November 2021 US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Romania’s Minister of...

IAEA concludes long term operational safety review at Forsmark
08 November 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

UAE completes construction of Barakah 3
08 November 2021 Unit 3 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the UAE had been completed...

US NRC receives initial application for SMR construction from Kairos
05 November 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 29 October it had...

India sets 2070 target for net-zero
05 November 2021 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his National Statement to the...

NuScale and Romania’s Nuclearelectrica team up to advance SMRs
05 November 2021 US-based NuScale Power said on 2 November that it is will team...

UAE companies form clean energy partnership
05 November 2021 Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi...

X-energy and Centrus to continue work of TRISO-X fuel
05 November 2021 US-based X-energy and Centrus Energy Corp on 2 November announced...

Orano acquires STSI from the Geodis group
04 November 2021 The Orano group and Geodis, a subsidiary of the SNCF Group signed...

Framatome delivers accident tolerant fuel to Calvert Cliffs
03 November 2021 Framatome announced that it has delivered the first 100% accident...

First steam generator delivered to Russia’s Kursk-II
02 November 2021 The first of four steam generators for the VVER-TOI reactor...

Survey of fusion energy companies released by UKAEA and FIA
02 November 2021 A new survey from the US-based Fusion Industry Association (FIA) and the...

Rosatom plans 10 new large nuclear units by 2035
02 November 2021 Rosatom plans to build about 10 large power units in Russia by 2035, and...

Turkish regulator issues construction licence for Akkuyu 4
02 November 2021 The Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NDK) Council on 29 October...

Inner dome installed at China’s Zhangzhou 1
02 November 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the inner dome...

High gas prices make nuclear energy optimal for hydrogen production: IAEA study
01 November 2021 Nuclear energy will be the most cost-effective means of producing...

Talen to build substations to supply new data centre
01 November 2021 US-based Talen Energy has selected Linxon to deliver three...

TAE Technologies partners with Japan's NIFS for fusion fuel research
01 November 2021 TAE Technologies has entered into a partnership with Japan’s...

Bulgarian Energy Holding and Fluor sign MOU to evaluate NuScale SMR
01 November 2021 Fluor Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

Kazakhstan considers nuclear power
01 November 2021 The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan has begun to study the possible...

X-energy and Kinectrics sign MOU for Helius Clean Energy Innovation Centre
01 November 2021 Canada’s X-energy and Kinectrics have signed a memorandum of...

October 2021

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US Air Force to construct micro-reactor
29 October 2021 The US Department of the Air Force (DAF) has selected Eielson Air Force...

UK adopts nuclear energy finance plan
29 October 2021 The UK on 26 October announced its Nuclear Energy (financing) Bill...

US DOE awards Oakridge clean-up contract to UCOR
29 October 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

UK budget allocates some funds for nuclear
29 October 2021 The UK government’s autumn budget, announced on 27 October, included up...

KHNP signs a heavy water sales contract with China’s Qinshan NPP
29 October 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) signed a heavy water sales contract...

Bilfinger to recover radwaste from Asse salt mine
28 October 2021 Germany’s Bilfinger said that, on behalf of the Federal Association for...

Terrestrial Energy awards BWXT contracts for IMSR steam generators
28 October 2021 Ontario-based Terrestrial Energy on 26 October awarded BWXT...

Idaho National Lab studies critical heat flux of nuclear fuel rods
28 October 2021 The US Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy said on 27...

Japan aims for increased renewables and more nuclear restarts
27 October 2021 Japan has adopted a new energy policy promoting nuclear and renewables...

Rosatom manufactures nuclear fuel assembly for the first land-based SMR
27 October 2021 Rosatom announced that Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ) part of the TVEL...

ASN approves EDF’s proposed remedy for Flamanville EPR nozzle design faults
27 October 2021 France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has approved EDF's...

Canada’s ARTMS registers cyclotron production of gallium-68
27 October 2021 ARTMS, a Canadian producer of medical isotopes has registered...

Bruce Power launches Bruce Power Net Zero Inc
26 October 2021 Canada’s Bruce Power on 21 October announced the launch of Bruce Power...

More delays for Vogtle 3&4
26 October 2021 US Georgia Power on 21 October announced a revised schedule for the Vogtle...

Another milestone for Russia’s Brest reactor fuel plant
26 October 2021 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) has completed the installation...

World’s first T-pylon is installed in UK
26 October 2021 The world’s first ‘T-pylon’, the first new design for an electricity pylon...

Kazakhstan sets up physical uranium fund
25 October 2021 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom announced that its Board...

Lightbridge fuel completes design plan for testing at INL
25 October 2021 US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge...

Doosan Heavy wins UAE contract
25 October 2021 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction announced on 21...

Atommash manufactures the reactor bottom for Akkuyu 3
22 October 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

UK Net Zero Strategy puts nuclear as a low priority
22 October 2021 The UK on 19 October published its Net Zero Strategy – Build...

Sandvik wins record order from UK for nuclear equipment
22 October 2021 Sweden’s Sandvik Materials Technology has announced a "record order"...

DOE awards $50 million to Exelon for control room modernisation
22 October 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $50 million cost-share...

Pressure vessel installed at China’s Zhangzhou 1
21 October 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the reactor...

IEA looks at the role of G7 countries in achieving net zero
21 October 2021 The latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) – “Achieving...

GE Hitachi and BWXT Canada agree to support BWRX-300 design
21 October 2021 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd have...

KHNP and CNL sign MOU on used fuel and decommissioning
19 October 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories...

IAEA completes long term operational review of Slovenia’s Krško
19 October 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-SALTO (Safety Aspects...

Environmentalists find no problems with Russia’s floating nuclear power plant
18 October 2021 Rosatom’s floating NPP (FNPP), the Akademik Lomonosov, moored at the city...

IAEA releases two reports in run up to COP26
18 October 2021 In the run up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26...

Canadian regulator renews OPG’s licence to develop SMR
18 October 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is renewing Ontario...

Rosatom plans hydrogen production at Kola nuclear power plant
18 October 2021 Rosatom plans by 2030 to prepare a commercially viable proposal for...

Fuel loading completed at South Korea’s Shin Hanul nuclear plant
18 October 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said on 13 October it had...

UKAEA shortlists five sites for STEP fusion plant
18 October 2021 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announced that five sites had...

Rusatom Overseas and Gazprom Neft to cooperate on hydrogen energy
17 October 2021 Rusatom Overseas (part of Rosatom) and Gazprom Neft on 12 October signed...

University of Bristol team undertakes research at Chernobyl NPP
17 October 2021 Researchers from the University of Bristol are leading activities...

EDF submits preliminary offer to Poland for the construction of EPR reactors
15 October 2021 EDF on 13 October submitted a non-binding preliminary offer to the...

Orano opens stable isotope lab
15 October 2021 France’s Orano group said on 11 October that it recently celebrated...

Canada’s Arc Clean Energy signs MOU to advance SMR deployment
15 October 2021 ARC Clean Energy Canada has signed a strategic Memorandum of...

Macron sees nuclear and hydrogen power as priorities
15 October 2021 President Emmanuel Macron said France would aim to become a leader in...

Nawah receives licence for regulated activities at Barakah 3
14 October 2021 The UAE Federal Nuclear Regulatory Authority (FANR) on 11 October approved...

IEA World Energy Outlook intended as handbook for COP26
14 October 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest World Energy...

Australian submarine deal sparks debate about nuclear energy
14 October 2021 In the wake of Australia’s decision to purchase nuclear-powered...

UK recycles decommissioned nuclear cargo vessel
14 October 2021 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said on 12 October...

Jacobs awarded contract extension to support UK's nuclear plants
13 October 2021 US-based Jacobs announced it has been awarded an extension to its...

RPV installed at Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh
12 October 2021 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 1...

Residential town for Kursk-II builders to be ready in 2022
12 October 2021 Russia’s Titan-2 said that it is building a residential town for the...

IAEA mission reports safety commitment by France’s Paluel NPP
11 October 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Spain renews licence for Ascó I and II
11 October 2021 Spain’s Official State Gazette (BOE) on 7 October published an Order...

Armenia discussing new nuclear plant with Russian mining company
11 October 2021 The Armenian government is negotiating with the Russian mining...

US DOE announces funds for nuclear hydrogen
11 October 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $20 million in funding...

US NRC receives update on cause of radiation alert at Maryland research reactor
11 October 2021 The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards...

Specialised vehicle developed for Belgium’s ONDRAF
08 October 2021 Belgium’s radioactive waste management company, ONDRAF, said on 6...

DOE completes demolition of buildings at Energy Technology Engineering Centre
08 October 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed demolition of the...

Russia’s Triniti achieves refuelling of the T-11M tokamak
08 October 2021 Russia’s Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research...

CNL reports breakthrough in hydrogen storage
08 October 2021 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) said on 5 October that it had achieved...

Romania’s Government approves energy plan
07 October 2021 Romania’s Government on 4 October approved the Integrated National Plan...

Minerals Council of Australia looks at SMRs
07 October 2021 The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) on 6 October released a new...

Russia masters production of zirconium sponge
07 October 2021 Russia’s Chepetsk Mechanical Plant in Glazov (ChMP part of Rosatom’s...

Westinghouse to acquire 50% of Tecnatom
07 October 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company said on 4 October it had signed a...

Hot testing completed at Belarus 2
07 October 2021 Hot testing has been completed at unit 2 of the Belarus nuclear power...

US suspends authority to ship nuclear materials to China
07 October 2021 The US Federal Register on 1 October published a notice by the...

First ANEEL thorium-based advanced nuclear fuel pellets manufactured
06 October 2021 US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy said the first fuel pellets of...

Framatome to provide cybersecurity solution for German nuclear facility
06 October 2021 Framatome announced it has signed a contract with RWE Nuclear GmbH to...

UK government publishes fusion strategy
05 October 2021 The UK government on 1 October published a strategy setting out how it...

Fuel unloaded from Leningrad 2
05 October 2021 Unloading of nuclear fuel has begun fromthe RBMK-1000 reactor at unit 2...

Five vendors express interest in Ghana’s planned nuclear plant
05 October 2021 Five vendors have responded to the “Request for Interest” issued by...

Rosatom presents latest projects at European conference on research reactors
05 October 2021 Rosatom presented its latest projects in the field of nuclear technology...

Orano acquires Daher’s nuclear activities
05 October 2021 Orano group on 1 October confirmed the acquisition by Orano Nuclear...

More time needed for Paks II construction licence
04 October 2021 The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) said on 30 September that...

Report looks at use of nuclear and renewables to “decarbonise” hydrogen
04 October 2021 Aurora Energy Research has released a report investigating the benefits...

South Africa to construct new research reactor
04 October 2021 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) issued a statement on...

IEA head tells US-sponsored conference that nuclear is important for climate mitigation
04 October 2021 Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told...

Armenian NPP modernises cooling towers
04 October 2021 The Armenian nuclear power plant said on 28 September that it had...

US Defense Department looks to micro-reactors
04 October 2021 The US Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO)...

Exelon invests in long-term nuclear power plant operation
04 October 2021 US Exelon announced that, after the Illinois General Assembly has...

IAEA designates collaborating centre in France for graphite reactor decommissioning
04 October 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency and EDF's Decommissioning and...

September 2021

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Terrestrial Energy and Orano sign fuel supply agreement
30 September 2021 Canada-based Terrestrial Energy said on 29 September that it had entered...

Russia confirms nuclear as green while EU remains undecided
30 September 2021 The assignment of the status of a "green" energy source to nuclear...

New UKAEA fusion research centre begins operation
30 September 2021 A new UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) fusion energy research...

International Task Force meets to review safety of Fukushima water release
30 September 2021 A Task Force established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

Czech energy law adopted: Temelin expansion may follow new Dukovany unit
30 September 2021 Czech President Miloš Zeman on 27 September signed into law the Act...

Romania’s Nuclearelectrica establishes subsidiary for uranium concentrate processing
30 September 2021 Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Națională Nuclearelectrica (SNN)...

NuScale SMR simulation lab opens in Idaho
30 September 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)...

Bruce Power receives regulatory approval for Lutetium-177 production
29 September 2021 Bruce Power said on 24 September that it had received approval from...

CNL completes refuelling of SLOWPOKE-2 research reactor
27 September 2021 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced that it has safely completed...

OKBM Afrikantov presents low-power reactor designs for the Arctic
27 September 2021 Russia’s OKBM Afrikantov has presented details of new developments...

SMR developers look to Poland
27 September 2021 Poland has become a focus of interest for companies seeking to develop...

Russia begins pilot operation of accident tolerant fuel
27 September 2021 Rosatom on 20 September began pilot operation of fuel elements of a...

Orano inaugurates new innovation centre at former uranium mining site
24 September 2021 French Prime Minister Jean Castex has inaugurated Orano’s new Centre...

Tokamak Energy demonstrates new magnet technology for fusion power
23 September 2021 Nuclear fusion developer Tokamak Energy said it has demonstrated...

ITI selected for Dounreay EC&I framework
23 September 2021 UK-based ITI announced it has been chosen to support the next stages of...

US NRC releases draft paper on micro-reactors licensing strategies
23 September 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a draft white...

REMIX fuel elements complete operational tests at Balakovo
23 September 2021 Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL said that VVER-1000 fuel assemblies...

Lithuania limits electricity imports from Belarus
21 September 2021 After Lithuania’s State Energy Regulatory Authority (VERT) approved new...

Spain’s economic support measures cause concern to nuclear industry
21 September 2021 Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree-Law to fulfil...

Cameco and X-energy to co-operate in support of Xe-100 SMRs
21 September 2021 Cameco has entered a non-binding and non-exclusive Memorandum...

Commissioning of Holtec’s SMR-160 by 2030 deemed 'credible'
21 September 2021 Holtec International’s Nuclear Advisory Council, during a bi-annual...

Laurentis launches Helium-3 production at Darlington NPP
21 September 2021 Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Ontario Power...

Poland looks to replace coal with natural gas, nuclear and renewables
20 September 2021 Poland’s Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy...

Germany closes Gorleben salt dome
20 September 2021 The closure of Germany’s Gorleben mine was announced on 17 September in...

SNC-Lavalin consortium awarded drive mechanism contract Bruce Power
20 September 2021 Candu Energy, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group announced on 16 September...

IEA says climate targets will accelerate Czech coal phase-out
20 September 2021 The Czech Republic needs to prepare for an earlier phase-out of coal...

EBRD supports clean-up of uranium waste in Central Asia
20 September 2021 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on...

IAEA increases projections for nuclear power use in 2050
20 September 2021 For the first time since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011,...

US NRC delays release of La Crosse and Zion sites for unrestricted use
20 September 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has extended its...

IBA and SCK CEN to collaborate in production of Actinium-225
17 September 2021 Belgium’s Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and Belgian Nuclear Research Centre...

China opens first HLW vitrification plant
17 September 2021 China's first plant for the vitrification of radioactive waste has...

Five companies selected in NDA waste segregation competition
17 September 2021 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced that...

Speakers revealed for virtual conference on nuclear decommissioning
16 September 2021 Nuclear Engineering International magazine is pleased to confirm the...

NRC grants licence for used fuel storage in Texas, sparking opposition
16 September 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 13 September granted a...

Westinghouse to upgrade Temelin NPP’s I&C systems
16 September 2021 Westinghouse Electric and the Czech power company ČEZ have signed a...

Terrestrial upgrades molten salt reactor design
16 September 2021 Ontario-based Terrestrial Energy on 14 September announced its...

NuScale expands its supply chain
16 September 2021 US-based NuScale Power said that it is advancing the manufacturing...

Unit 2 starts up at Barakah nuclear power plant
15 September 2021 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (Enec’s) operating and...

Conference agenda for Nuclear Decommissioning: Plans and Innovations
15 September 2021 Virtual Conference Agenda for Nuclear Decommissioning Plans...

First criticality for China’s HTR-PM demonstration project
15 September 2021 Unit 1 of the two high-temperature gas-cooled reactors at...

IAEA sees progress at Slovakia’s Mochovce nuclear plant
14 September 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-Operational Safety...

Rosatom begins training Egyptian specialists for El-Dabaa NPP
14 September 2021 “Today is a historic day for Egyptian students - they connect their...

Ciech and Synthos Green to cooperate on nuclear energy use
14 September 2021 Polish chemical company Ciech has signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate...

New generation centrifuges installed at Russia’s Electrochemical Plant
14 September 2021 Russia’s Electrochemical Plant (ECP) in Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk...

IAEA and Japan agree timeline for safety review of Fukushima water release
14 September 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Japan have agreed on...

Northstar and POINT Biopharma sign supply agreement for actinium-225
14 September 2021 US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and POINT Biopharma Global on...

Oak Ridge former enrichment site ready for reuse
13 September 2021 The US Department of Energy’s Office (DOE’s) of Environmental Management...

Iran and IAEA agree to continue co-operation
13 September 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 12 September published...

Second tier of the internal containment installed at Akkuyu 2
13 September 2021 The second tier of the internal containment shell (ICS) has been installed...

Illinois House passes clean energy bill
13 September 2021 A clean energy bill, Senate Bill 2408, which includes a plan to...

IAEA says Denmark is committed to a high level of safety
13 September 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that an...

Slovakia to end import and processing of used fuel
13 September 2021 The Slovak government on 8 September approved a total ban on the import...

Russian mobile laser tested for Arctic accident and emergency use
10 September 2021 Rosatom said on 8 September that it had taken part in the first...

IAEA begins monitor and review of water release at Fukushima Daiichi
10 September 2021 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials are in Japan...

Italy’s launches Seminar to discuss National Repository
10 September 2021 The opening plenary session of Italy’s National Seminar on 7...

UKAEA releases Fusion Materials Roadmap
10 September 2021 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and The Henry Royce Institute...

WNA Nuclear Fuel Report urges uranium development
09 September 2021 The World Nuclear Association (WNA) on 8 September launched the 2021...

Fortum and Uniper to co-operate in nuclear decommissioning
09 September 2021 Power company Fortum is entering into close co-operation with its...

Atommash begins manufacture of reactor bottom for Akkuyu 3
09 September 2021 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of...

EnCore Energy and Azarga Uranium establish uranium ISR company
09 September 2021 US-based EnCore Energy Corp and Azarga Uranium Corp have entered into...

Partners sought to develop underwater survey robot
08 September 2021 Engineering firm Forth, the company leading the creation of the...

IAEA finds some of North Korea’s nuclear activities “deeply troubling”
07 September 2021 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

Russia plans to build experimental hydrogen trains on Sakhalin island
07 September 2021 Following a review of the concept and results of an integrated...

MOUs signed as Ukrainian delegation visits USA
07 September 2021 Memoranda of understanding have been signed between US companies,...

Norway and USA sign agreement to deal with HEU
06 September 2021 Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø and US Secretary...

WNA stresses nuclear's resilience
06 September 2021 ​​​​​​​Nuclear reactors generated a total 2553TWh of electricity in...

Kazakh President urges consideration of nuclear power
06 September 2021 Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in a video address to...

WANO peer review completed at Novovoronezh
06 September 2021 A group of international experts from the World Association of Nuclear...

India's BHEL wins order for turbine islands for Gorakhpur and Kaiga
06 September 2021 India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said it has received orders...

More equipment being readied for Akkuyu nuclear plant
06 September 2021 Russsia’s Izhorskiye Zavody (Izhora Plant - part of the OMZ Group)...

IAEA supports Lebanon in assessing integrity of buildings
06 September 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 2 September that...

Framatome completes acquisition of BHR Group
06 September 2021 Framatome announced that it has completed its acquisition of...

IAEA and ISO commit to developing international standards
03 September 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the...

Energoatom and NuScale Power to explore SMR deployment in Ukraine
02 September 2021 NuScale Power and Ukraine's state-owned nuclear power...

Ukraine agrees to construct Westinghouse AP1000 reactors
02 September 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukrainian nuclear...

US NNSA awards NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes funds for Molybdenum-99
02 September 2021 US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes announced on 30 August that it...

NuScale Power Completes Second Energy Exploration (E2) Centre
02 September 2021 NuScale Power on 31 August announced the opening of the...

NuScale Power Selects Rock Creek Innovations for the Highly Integrated Protection System
02 September 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced on 30 August that it had selected Rock...

US NNSA launches RadSecure radiological security initiative
02 September 2021 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

Doosan Heavy to support X-energy's HTGR development
02 September 2021 Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said on 27 August it had won...

ENSREG inspection started at the Belarusian NPP
02 September 2021 Experts from the European Nuclear Safety Regulatory Group (ENSREG)...

Steam generators for Akkuyu 2 being delivered to construction site
02 September 2021 Russia’s Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part...

Nuclear technology company Newcleo acquires Hydromine
02 September 2021 UK-based nuclear technology company Newcleo on 31 August announced...

Tractebel to evaluate plutonium 238 as fuel for space exploration
02 September 2021 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Belgium’s...

Westinghouse co-operates with federal prosecutors over VC Summer project
02 September 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company said in a statement on 30 August that it...

X-energy to provide fuel fabrication services for nuclear powered rocket
02 September 2021 US company X-energy said on 30 August that the US Defense Advanced...

Rosatom trains specialists for Yakutia low power NPP
02 September 2021 By 2028, a low-power nuclear power plant with a small RITM-200 reactor is...

Vattenfall and SKB warns against delays to Swedish repository
02 September 2021 Power company Vattenfall warned on 31 August that it will have to close...

New head appointed at Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation
02 September 2021 Mohammad Eslami on 29 August was appointed new head of the Atomic...

TVA wins dispute over Bellefonte NPP sale but is ordered to refund down payment
02 September 2021 A US district judge on 28 August ruled in favour of the Tennessee...

Polish companies co-operate to develop SMRs
02 September 2021 Polish chemicals group Synthos and energy group ZE PAK on 31 August signed...

Illinois Senate passes bill which could prevent closure of NPPs
02 September 2021 The Illinois Senate passed a bill early 1 September that aims to...

The floor slab of Russia’s MBIR research reactor installed
02 September 2021 Rosatom said on 31 August that a key event had taken place at...

US NRC releases preliminary findings from Vogtle 3 special inspection
02 September 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC on 27 August released its...

Unit 2 starts up at Barakah NPP
02 September 2021 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) announced on 27 August...

Seaborg completes experiments to optimise its molten salt reactor design
01 September 2021 The Danish nuclear reactor company Seaborg Technologies is...

Petrozavodskmash tests 3D scanning system
01 September 2021 A three-dimensional scanning system has been tested at the...

South Africa’s energy regulator back new build
01 September 2021 South Africa’s National Energy Regulator (Nersa) on 26 August gave...

Physical protection approvals for Paks-II
01 September 2021 The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) on 25 August approved the...

US NRC seeks public comment on draft EIS for North Anna NPP licence renewal
01 September 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 27 August that it...

Concreting of exhaust tower begins at Kursk-II unit 2
01 September 2021 At the cooling tower for unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP, concreting of...

August 2021

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Deep Isolation wins contract to study deep borehole disposal in Slovenia
31 August 2021 US-based waste management specialist Deep Isolation has announced a...

Unit 2 starts up at Barakah NPP
31 August 2021 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) announced on 27 August...

Ghana expects to begin nuclear generation in 2030
31 August 2021 Dr Stephen Yamoah, Executive Director of Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG), said...

IAEA Review of Japan's Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
31 August 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts on 27...

Sweden approves expansion of used fuel storage
31 August 2021 Sweden's government said on 26 August that it had approved plans to...

Russia’s Atomenergoprom reports revenue increase
31 August 2021 Russia’s JSC Atomenergoprom on 26 August published consolidated...

ANSTO collaboration aims to progress Australia's move towards a hydrogen economy
31 August 2021 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, (ANSTO) said...

US NRC releases preliminary findings from Vogtle 3 special inspection
31 August 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 27 August released its...

Holtec reports decommissioning progress at US NPPs
31 August 2021 US-based Holtec Decommissioning International (HDI), a subsidiary of...

Treated water from Fukushima to be released to the sea through 1 km tunnel
26 August 2021 The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) plan...

CNNC installs fully assembled polar crane bridge at Zhangzhou NPP
26 August 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation said on 24 August that a polar...

US Sandia Labs develop modelling software to support advanced reactor safety
26 August 2021 US Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) said on 24 August that it was...

Russia’s NO RAO reports on radwaste facilities in Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk
26 August 2021 Russia’s national operator for radioactive waste management, NO RAO, on...

Orano US delivers transport casks to KHNP
26 August 2021 Orano US said on 24 August that it had delivered its first TN-LC®...

Virtual reality simulator tested at the Leningrad NPP
26 August 2021 The first tests of a virtual reality (VR) simulator for training...

Belenergomash supplies bellows expansion joints for Kudankulam 5&6
26 August 2021 The Belgorod plant of Russia’s United Metallurgical Company...

US scientists investigate uranium cubes from Nazi Germany’s nuclear programme
26 August 2021 Scientists at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)...

Atommash begins manufacture SPZAZ hydraulic tanks Akkuyu 1
26 August 2021 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part...

Russia’s Triniti uses mobile laser complex for metal dismantling
25 August 2021 Russia’s Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research...

First fuel loaded into China’s HTR-PM
25 August 2021 China Huaneng said the first batch of nuclear fuel was successfully...

Steam generators for unit 1 of China’s Zhangzhou pass acceptance inspection
25 August 2021 Three steam generators for the Hualong One reactor at unit 1 of the...

Belgian think tank seeks reversal of nuclear phase out
25 August 2021 Belgian think tank Horizon 238 on 21 August addressed a letter to...

Argentina looks to China and Canada for support to build two new NPPs
25 August 2021 Argentina is pushing ahead with plans to build two new nuclear power plants...

Turkish students receive Russian master’s degrees for work at Akkuyu NPP
25 August 2021 All 22 Turkish graduates, who completed their education under...

Orano delivers used nuclear fuel transport cask to KHNP
24 August 2021 US-based Orano TN announced today that it has delivered its first...

Turkish students receive Russian master’s degrees for work at Akkuyu
24 August 2021 All 22 Turkish graduates, who completed their education under...

Work on ventilation system for US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ahead of schedule
24 August 2021 The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico had reached a...

Energomashspetsstal ready to supply blanks to Hanhikivi 1 following audit
24 August 2021 Ukraine-based Energomashspetsstal (EMSS - part of Russia’s Rosatom)...

Orano signs contracts for return of radwaste to Germany
24 August 2021 France’s Orano announced that German utility companies PreussenElektra,...

More delays announced for OL3
23 August 2021 Regular electricity production from the EPR plant at unit 3 of the...

US DOE prepares for radwaste vitrification at Hanford
23 August 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

IAEA and Japan launch project to monitor water release at Fukushima
23 August 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Japan onhave agreed...

Exelon receives US DOE grant to support hydrogen production
23 August 2021 US Exelon Generation has received a Department of Energy (DOE) grant...

Chernobyl NPP receives licence to operate New Safe Confinement
23 August 2021 ​​​​​​​Chernobyl NPP (ChNPP) on 20 August received a licence for operation...

BWXT to supply heat exchangers to Bruce Power
23 August 2021 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) is to supply four moderator heat...

Foundation slab concreted at Russia’s BREST-OD-300 reactor
23 August 2021 The foundation slab has been concreted at the BREST reactor,...

WNA says nuclear must be represented at COP26
19 August 2021 Nuclear energy must get a fair representation at the 26th UN Climate...

Urenco Metals Recycling Facility moves to next stage
19 August 2021 UK-based Urenco on 18 August approved the progression of the Urenco...

UKAEA and STFC to accelerate fusion energy research using advanced computing
19 August 2021 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) said on 17 August that the...

Safety review halted at Japan’s Tsuruga NPP over data tampering
19 August 2021 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 18 August decided to...

Terrestrial Energy, Westinghouse and UK NNL collaborate on IMSR Fuel
19 August 2021 US-based Westinghouse, the UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), and...

Mohovche NPP should ensure Slovak energy security
19 August 2021 Electricity consumption in Slovakia should increase over the next five...

Vattenfall signs agreement with Westinghouse for decommissioning work at Ringhals NPP
19 August 2021 Vattenfall has signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB...

US National Ignition Facility makes progress towards fusion ignition
19 August 2021 An experiment at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s...

Iran says nuclear developments do not violate NPT or safeguards commitments
19 August 2021 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on 18 August...

UK releases its first-ever Hydrogen Strategy
19 August 2021 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on...

China completes testing of HTR-PM steam turbine
18 August 2021 China Huaneng said on 16 August that testing of the steam turbine...

US National Labs recycle radioactive source
18 August 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management...

NuScale and Xcel partner on SMR operation
18 August 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced on 16 August that it had signed a...

Ukraine to stop exporting used nuclear fuel to Russia by 2025
18 August 2021 Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the state economic programme...

Fugro completes site characterisation for Turkey’s planned Sinop NPP
18 August 2021 Geo-data specialist company Fugro said on 12 August that it had completed...

Work begins on foundation pit for unit 4 of the Akkuyu NPP
18 August 2021 Preparations have begun for the construction of unit 4 at the Akkuyu...

UNECE says nuclear power essential to achieve climate goals
18 August 2021 The urgent need to reduce emissions and slow global heating, should...

SCC completes remediation of liquid radioactive waste pools
18 August 2021 At Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC, part of Rosaom’s Fuel...

US Infrastructure Bill passed by Senate
18 August 2021 The $1,200 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, passed by the...

US report advocates nuclear-derived zero-carbon fuels to decarbonise marine shipping
18 August 2021 A report from the US Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has found that...

Jacobs selected for engineering work at Koeberg NPP
18 August 2021 US-based Jacobs said on 12 August it had been selected to carry out...

General Atomics marks completion of first central solenoid module for ITER
17 August 2021 US-based General Atomics (GA) on10 August marked the completion and...

EDF, Westinghouse and KHNP agree to take part in Dukovany tender
17 August 2021 Elektrárna Dukovany II, part of Czech power utility ČEZ in June sent...

China opens electron beam facility to treat medical wastewater
17 August 2021 Asia’s first demonstration facility for medical wastewater treatment...

CNSC and US NRC produce joint report on Xe-100 reactor
17 August 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said on 11 August that it...

X-energy expands TRISO-X to commercialise its advanced nuclear fuel
12 August 2021 US-based X-energy announced on 9 August that it will expand its fuel...

UK Nuclear organisations urge more rapid nuclear development
12 August 2021 Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

RPV and steam generators delivered to Rooppur unit 2
12 August 2021 A VVER-1200 reactor vessel and four steam generators for unit 2 of...

Laurentis Energy Partners wins Owner’s Engineer contract for Romanian Candu refurbishment
12 August 2021 Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners on 9 August announced a contract award...

Russia’s NITI to decommission specialist nuclear test stand
12 August 2021 Russia’s AP Aleksandrov Scientific Research Technological Institute...

All fuel removed from Leningrad unit 1 prior to decommissioning
12 August 2021 Russia’s Leningrad NPP announced on 10 August that the last fuel assembly...

Australian government names preferred site for waste facility
12 August 2021 Australia’s Federal Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, on...

Respected German intellectual pleads for nuclear
12 August 2021 In his column for Zeit online on 10 August, Theo Sommer, the...

Jacobs to supply First Plasma Radiological Environmental Monitoring System for ITER
12 August 2021 US-based Jacobs said on 10 August that it had been selected to design...

Doosan Heavy to supply anti-seismic system for China’s Tianwan NPP
12 August 2021 Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said on 11 August that it had signed...

WANO experts conduct pre-launch peer reviews of Russian nuclear icebreakers
12 August 2021 Russia’s Atomflot (part of Rosatom) said on 6 August that experts from...

3D Printed reactor components installed at Browns Ferry NPP
11 August 2021 Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the...

EDF completes sale of its interest in CENG
11 August 2021 EDF announced on 9 August that it has completed the sale of its...

IPCC report details climate change and need for rapid action
11 August 2021 “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean...

Flyability launches the Elios 2 RAD drone for nuclear inspections
11 August 2021 Switzerland’s Flyability on 5 August launched the Elios 2 RAD, an...

Rusatom Overseas received a licence for Yakutia NPP
11 August 2021 Rusatom Overseas said on 6 August it had received a licence from...

Russia manufactures main circulating pump elbows for China’s Tianwan and Xudabao NPPs
11 August 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-technology Atommash (part of...

Finland publishes draft programme on used fuel and radwaste management
11 August 2021 Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Ministry of...

Canada Strengthens Nuclear Collaboration with Romania
11 August 2021 Canada’s Department of Natural Resources on 5 August announced that...

US NRC seeks comment on Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility licence renewal
11 August 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 6 August that it...

UK NIA says electricity imports undermine energy security
11 August 2021 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) noted on 5 August that the UK...

Kaeri establishes automatic isotope production system for Zr-89
11 August 2021 The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Kaeri) announced on 3 August...

Jacobs joins Nuclear AMRC to drive supply chain innovation
11 August 2021 Jacob has joined the UK’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research...

Cavendish Nuclear wins waste management contract for Hinkley Point A
11 August 2021 Cavendish Nuclear said on 5 August that it had been awarded a contract...

RPV annealing completed at Armenian NPP
11 August 2021 For the first time, work has been undertaken to extend the service life...

Demolition of Three Mile Island cooling towers postponed
11 August 2021 TMI-2 Solutions, is a subsidiary of EnergySolutions, which is responsible...

IAEA completes inspection of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye NPP
05 August 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 14 July to 2...

Curtiss-Wright to develop control systems for Xe-100 HTGR
05 August 2021 US-based Curtiss-Wright Corporation and X-energy jointly announced on...

Construction begins of Xudabao 3
05 August 2021 China National Nuclear Power (CNNP), a subsidiary of China National...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory to examine Westinghouse Accident Tolerant Fuel
05 August 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL...

Russia’s TVEL announces managerial changes
05 August 2021 Rosatom' TVEL Fuel Company on 3 August said managers had been replaced...

Talen Energy announces zero-carbon Bitcoin mining joint venture
05 August 2021 US-based Talen Energy Corporation announced on 3 August that, as part of...

Kansai Electric to restart Takahama 1 in 2023
05 August 2021 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co said on 2 August that it will restart...

Russian scientists complete project to predict the properties of Fukushima corium
05 August 2021 Russia’s Techsnabexport (Tenex) in a consortium with specialists from...

Rosatom's Engineering Division reunifies design section
05 August 2021 Rosatom said on 3 August that its Engineering Division had created a...

Romania pursues nuclear co-operation with USA
05 August 2021 Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) on 30 July received...

NuScale announces investment of $152m
05 August 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced on 3 August that recent private...

Leningrad NPP to provide liquid oxygen for medical purposes
05 August 2021 Russia’s Leningrad NPP said on 3 August that it had established a...

Leningrad II undergoes safety inspection
05 August 2021 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom on 3 August confirmed the safety of...

KHNP wins order to supply transformers to Cernavoda
05 August 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said on 4 August that, in...

Jacobs to lead key decommissioning projects at Dounreay
05 August 2021 US-based Jacobs said on 4 August that it had been selected to lead...

Framatome acquires nuclear division of RCM Technologies Canada
05 August 2021 France’s Framatome on 2 August announced its acquisition of the nuclear...

Chernobyl NPP to receive a licence to operate New Safe Confinement
05 August 2021 Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) will receive a licence to operate...

Ukraine’s EMSS completes equipment for Akkuyu NPP
05 August 2021 Ukraine (Donetsk)-based Energomashspetsstal (EMSS - part of...

High ranking Egyptian nuclear delegation visits Russia dispelling rumours of tension
04 August 2021 A high-ranking Egyptian delegation headed by the Minister of Electricity...

China’s Hongyanhe 5 begins commercial operation
04 August 2021 Unit 5 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province...

The Chernobyl NPP fills and seals first module at ISF-2 storage
04 August 2021 The first concrete module in the new used nuclear fuel storage...

Dome installed at Rooppur 1
04 August 2021 At the construction site of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, the...

NRC issues final environmental impact statement on Texas used fuel store
03 August 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 29 July issued its...

Unit 1 of China’s Taishan NPP taken off line for repair
03 August 2021 China General Nuclear (CGN) said on 30 July that unit 1 of Taishan NPP...

Hydrogen centre established at Russia’s Power Machines
03 August 2021 A Centre for Hydrogen Technologies has been established at Russia’s...

Rusatom Healthcare to build radionuclide therapy centres
03 August 2021 Rusatom Healthcare (part of Rosatom) intends to build at least...

Qinshan plant to supply district heating
03 August 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on 28 July launched a...

Operation of unit 3 at Olkiluoto NPP postponed for a month
03 August 2021 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said on 30 July that it had...

Equipment installed at fuel plant for Russia’s pilot demonstration energy complex
03 August 2021 Equipment for the production of mixed dense nitride uranium-plutonium...

Japan’s High Temperature Test Reactor resumes operation
03 August 2021 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency on 30 July resumed operation of the...

Georgia Power announces revised schedule and cost for Vogtle
03 August 2021 Georgia Power on 29 July announced a revised schedule and cost forecast...

Energoatom considers SMRs for Ukraine
03 August 2021 Hartmut Yakob, Vice President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on...

NRC agrees to licence renewal for Oconee NPP
03 August 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 28 July accepted for review...

Helion prepares to build Polaris fusion prototype
03 August 2021 US fusion energy developer Helion Energy said on 27 July that it had...

IAEA says Japanese data on Fukushima marine samples is accurate
03 August 2021 Japanese laboratories monitoring radionuclides in seawater, marine...

Exelon submits decommissioning plans for Byron and Dresden NPPs
03 August 2021 Exelon Generation, owner and operator of the US Byron and Dresden NPPs,...

Energy Fuels investigates possible recovery of thorium, and radium
03 August 2021 Energy Fuels on 29 July announced a strategic alliance with...

US NRC launches special inspection at Davis-Besse NPP
03 August 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched a special...

IAEA reviews long term operational safety at Spain’s Ascó NPP
03 August 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

July 2021

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STATEMENT: Response to Government announcement on the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) demonstration programme
29 July 2021 In response to today’s Government announcement that plans have moved a...

Russia assembles upper half-shell of the reactor for Tianwan 7
29 July 2021 Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

Taipower applies to close down Maanshan NPP
29 July 2021 Taiwan’s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) announced on 26 July that Power...

More delays Japanese used fuel store
29 July 2021 Japan’s interim used fuel storage facility under construction in...

UK Defence Ministry takes over Sheffield Forgemasters
29 July 2021 UK Sheffield Forgemasters said on 28 July that it is being acquired by...

Enresa authorised to tender for used fuel storage systems
29 July 2021 Spain’s Council of Ministers on 27 July authorised decommissioning and...

European unions call again for nuclear to be part of the EU taxonomy
29 July 2021 European unions on 27 July reiterated calls for the European Commission...

El Dabaa nuclear project reported delayed by political tensions
29 July 2021 According to local press reports, the delay of the El-Dabaa NPP to...

China responds to reports of possible exclusion from UK nuclear projects
29 July 2021 Following media reports that the UK government was considering...

First concrete poured for Bolivian nuclear centre
29 July 2021 Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora and Rosatom’s First...

First tier of the internal containment installed at Rooppur NPP
29 July 2021 Installation of the first of the three tiers of the domed part of...

Consortium chosen for preliminary work to complete Angra 3
29 July 2021 Brazil’s nuclear utility Eletronuclear announced on 23 July that a...

UAMPS downsizes NuScale SMR project
27 July 2021 Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) said on 19 July that it...

RPV for China’s Zhangzhou 1 passes factory acceptance tests
27 July 2021 At a meeting on 22 July the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 1 of...

Court suspends tender for construction of Ignalina waste storage facility
27 July 2021 Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivis does not believe there is any...

Rosatom tests different methods of remote monitoring to improve NPP construction
27 July 2021 The development of remote monitoring tools is part of Rosatom’s...

Rosatom Director checks progress at Kursk-II NPP
27 July 2021 Progress at the Kursk-II NPP - Russia’s largest nuclear plant...

Russia’s Kola NPP tests new fuel and prepares for hydrogen production
27 July 2021 Russian third-generation nuclear fuel RK-3 for VVER-440 reactors...

Tepco business plan defers restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
27 July 2021 Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP in Niigata Prefecture will not be...

DOE announces funding to support scientific innovation and clean energy development
27 July 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 20 July announced awards totalling...

UK looks to ban CGN from participation in nuclear projects
27 July 2021 The UK government is investigating ways to block China General...

Jordanian Uranium Mining Company has processed 70 tonnes of ore
27 July 2021 The Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC), Khaled...

Rosatom consolidates its role in development of the Arctic
26 July 2021 Rosatom and GDK Baimskaya on 23 July signed an agreement to jointly...

EDF comments of fuel rod leak at Taishan NPP
26 July 2021 At a board meeting of TNPJVC on 22 July, EDF explained its position on...

China begins construction of underground HLW research laboratory
26 July 2021 China has begun constructing its first underground research laboratory in...

Bilfinger Salamis UK secures Hinkley Point C inspection contract
26 July 2021 Bilfinger Salamis UK  has won a multi-million pound, five-year,...

Bakerhicks win first stage of NNL nuclear ‘game changer’ challenge
26 July 2021 UK-based design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks said...

Westinghouse announces contract extensions
26 July 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company said that it has been awarded...

More South Korean investment for NuScale
23 July 2021 NuScale Power announced on 22 July that South Korea’s Samsung...

Framatome achieves milestone in development of advanced fuel technology
23 July 2021 France’s Framatome said on 21 July it had achieved a significant...

Greenland plans to reimpose ban on uranium mining
22 July 2021 The new Greenland government (Naalakkersuisut) is preparing to outlaw...

UK NDA rationalises waste management
22 July 2021 The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said on 12 July that the...

Westinghouse fuel assemblies delivered to Rovno NPP
22 July 2021 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said on 21 July that an...

US GAIN programme supports sensors for SMRs and fuel development
22 July 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy said on...

Integrity and leak rate tests completed at Fuqing 6
22 July 2021 China Nuclear Power Engineering Company (CNPE) said tests were completed...

Exelon faces closure of its Illinois NPPs if new legislation is not adopted
22 July 2021 US power utility Exelon said on 19 July that the four nuclear plants...

Doosan Heavy makes further investment in NuScale
22 July 2021 NuScale Power announced on 20 July that Doosan Heavy Industries...

China moves forward with thorium molten salt reactor
22 July 2021 A team of government researchers in China have unveiled the design for...

Ansto seeks licence to expand its interim waste store
22 July 2021 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, (Ansto) said...

South Korea to supply research reactor technology to Bangladesh
21 July 2021 South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said on 15 July that the...

Plans progress for SMR in Russia’s Yakutia
21 July 2021 The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East plans to create...

Atommash assembled half-shells for Akkuyu unit 1
21 July 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

Belgian report forecasts increased emissions as NPPs close
21 July 2021 A recent report by Belgium’s the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB),...

Two US companies seek to use nuclear for bitcoin mining
21 July 2021 US-based Oklo on 14 July announced a 20-year commercial partnership...

Permit issued for second unit at Slovenia’s Krško NPP
21 July 2021 Slovenia’s Infrastructure Ministry on 19 July issued an energy permit for...

CEZ increases output at Temelin
20 July 2021 Czech power utility CEZ said on 15 July it had increased the output of unit...

US companies eye Polish NPP market
20 July 2021 US companies Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company on 15 July...

Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant moves forward
20 July 2021 Construction is continuing at the Sellafield Product and Residue...

Nigeria reactivates Russian-Nigerian Joint Coordination Committee
20 July 2021 Nigeria’s Federal Government on 15 July inaugurated the...

Kairos Power to establish its Hermes demonstration reactor in Tennessee
20 July 2021 US Kairos Power officials, along with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee...

IAEA concludes Salto review of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP
20 July 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

GEH creates jobs in Ontario to support BWRX-300 development
20 July 2021 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) on 15 July announced the creation of...

Foratom welcomes EC’s Fit for 55 package
20 July 2021 European nuclear trade association Foratom on 14 July welcomed the...

Doel 2 shut down after hydrogen leak
20 July 2021 Unit 2 at Belgium’s Doel NPP was shut down manually during the night of...

International Consolidated Uranium enters the US uranium sector
20 July 2021 Canada-based International Consolidated Uranium (CUR) and Energy Fuels on...

Bruce Power completes unit 6 MCR reactor removals ahead of schedule
20 July 2021 Bruce Power’s Major Component Replacement (MCR) is entering into a new...

Canada’s NII and Bruce Power launch Net Zero Partnerships programme
20 July 2021 Canada’s Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) and Bruce Power on 15...

Aquila announces it is seeking a new parent company
16 July 2021 UK-based Aquila Nuclear Engineering is seeking a new parent company.

Doosan Babcock and Altrad to support UK fusion research
16 July 2021 Doosan Babcock has signed a three-year contract to provide a range...

Cavendish wins nuclear waste contract at Hinkley Point A
15 July 2021 Cavendish Nuclear announced it has been awarded a contract worth nearly...

Fuel loading begins at South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP
15 July 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) on 14 July began loading fuel...

Spain’s regulator rejects Berkeley’s plans for uranium mine in Salamanca
15 July 2021 Spain's Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear - CSN) on...

EDF opens office in Warsaw
15 July 2021 France’s EDF announced on 12 July that it had opened an office in Warsaw...

NASA announces funding for nuclear thermal propulsion reactor
15 July 2021 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on 13...

Holtec prepares to increase production of HI-STAR casks
15 July 2021 US-based Holtec Inernational said on 12 July that its...

Ghana and USA sign nuclear co-operation MOU
15 July 2021 The USA and Ghana on 13 July signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

US NPP sees first reload of Framatome’s GAIA fuel
15 July 2021 France’s Framatome said on 12 July that the first reload of its GAIA...

Dominion to supply services and equipment to South Korean NPPs
15 July 2021 US-based Dominion Engineering Inc (DEI) said on 12 July that it has...

China begins construction of ACP100 SMR
15 July 2021 China on 13 July began construction of the world's first commercial...

Remediation completed at former New Haven nuclear facility in USA
15 July 2021 The US Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection...

Atommash manufactures the first steam generator for Akkuyu 2
15 July 2021 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies part...

UK National Grid looks at energy scenarios for net zero in 2050
15 July 2021 A new report by UK grid operator National Grid ESO on 2021 Future...

UK cross-sector report plans zero-carbon hydrogen from nuclear
15 July 2021 The UK's Nuclear Sector Deal’s Innovation Group on 14 July published a...

IAEA begins construction of Training Centre to Counter Nuclear Terrorism
14 July 2021 The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

UAE’s Nawah signs OEM support agreement with Westinghouse
14 July 2021 The UAE’s Nawah Energy Company, the Emirates Nuclear Energy...

Russian research on tritium cycle supports fusion development
14 July 2021 Russia’s AA Bochvar Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM – part...

South Korea’s Shin Hanul 1 approved for operation
13 July 2021 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) on 9 July...

CNSC accepts Final Environmental Impact Statement for Near Surface Disposal Facility
13 July 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 12 July announced...

CNL to develop ‘finned’ Candu fuel
13 July 2021 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) said on 9 July that the use of...

KPMG looks at feasibility of new build in Netherlands
12 July 2021 Consultancy firm KPMG on 7 July released a report on nuclear energy...

BHEL wins steam generator order from NPCIL
12 July 2021 India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)said on 9 July it had won...

IAEA to monitor safety of water release at Fukushima
12 July 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Japan on 9 July agreed...

Cargo testing completed of pump casings for Akkuyu NPP
12 July 2021 The Petrozavodsk branch of AEM-Technologies JSC (part of Rosatom’s...

Westinghouse signs I&C contract with Dominion Energy
12 July 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company said on 8 July it had signed an...

Ideon and Orano deploy world’s first borehole muon tomography
12 July 2021 Canadian Earth ‘x-ray’ start-up Ideon Technologies and France’s Orano...

Rolls-Royce and Cavendish Nuclear sign SMR partnership agreement
12 July 2021 Rolls-Royce and Cavendish Nuclear on 8 July signed a Memorandum...

Westinghouse to supply turbine control and protection system to China’s Chanjiang NPP
12 July 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on 8 July announced a contract...

Contract awarded for tech support at US WIPP repository
12 July 2021 A $100 million contract was awarded for technical support at the...

MEPS argue for green nuclear
12 July 2021 Some 86 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have sent a letter to...

IAEA completes nuclear security advisory mission in Belarus
12 July 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of International...

Ideon and Orano deploy world’s first borehole muon tomography solution
08 July 2021 Canadian Earth ‘x-ray’ start-up Ideon Technologies and France’s Orano...

Reactor pressure vessel for Russia’s MBIR to be delivered later this year
08 July 2021 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the world's most powerful...

US to begin decommissioning of mothballed SM-1A reactor in Alaska
08 July 2021 The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is set to begin decommissioning...

GE Hitachi applies to renew used fuel storage facility licence
08 July 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 6 July that staff...

Euratom Programme receives €300 million for fusion research
08 July 2021 The European Commission (EC) on 2 July adopted the Euratom Work...

ZiO-Podolsk to supply steam generator modules for China’s CFR-600
08 July 2021 Representatives of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), led...

Argentina signs contract to complete Carem25 SMR
08 July 2021 On 2 July, a new and defining stage in the development of Argentina’s...

US DOE funding aims to reduce cost of nuclear new build
08 July 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 7 July announced $5.8 million in...

Russia develops small gas analyser for use on drones
08 July 2021 The Roskhimzashchita holding of Russia’s state corporation Rostec on 7...

Cameco, GEH and GNF-A co-operate on commercialisation of BWRX-300 SMR
08 July 2021 Canada’s Cameco, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Global...

Students to take part on construction of Russia’s Brest reactor
08 July 2021 The management of Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC, part of...

Rosatom to consider new investors for Baltic NPP
08 July 2021 Rosatom said on 7 July that it is open to dialogue with potential...

Aecon contracted to replace steam generators at Bruce NPP
08 July 2021 Canada-based Aecon Group announced on 5 July that the Steam...

Rosatom completes reorganisation of Atomstroyexport
06 July 2021 Rosatom has completed the reorganisation of JSC Atomstroyexport (JSC ASE)...

Orano secures contracts with utilities
06 July 2021 France’s Orano said on 5 July that it has secured more than €380...

Iran restarts Bushehr nuclear power plant as diplomacy continues in Vienna
06 July 2021 Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant resumed operations on 3 July following...

Two expert groups report to EC on nuclear’s role in the green taxonomy
06 July 2021 Two expert groups, tasked by the European Commission (EC) to assess the...

US NRC discontinues preparation for 40-year licence renewals
06 July 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has decided to discontinue...

Russia tests low speed turbines for VVER-TOI reactors
06 July 2021 The Leningrad Metal Plant (LMZ – part of Power Machines) said that it...

Petrozavodskmash begins manufacture of MCP pipes for Kudankulam 5
06 July 2021 The Petrozavodsk branch of Rusia’s AEM-Technologies (part of...

India designs special steel plates for NPCIL
06 July 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India has designed and manufactured the...

UK government Green Financing Framework excludes nuclear
06 July 2021 The UK's Green Financing Framework, released on 1 July by the...

More US support for Polish nuclear
05 July 2021 The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on 30 June announced...

Taiwan permanently closes Kuosheng 1
05 July 2021 Unit 1 at Taiwan's Kuosheng nuclear power plant was shut down and entered...

Licensing documentation submitted for Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear plant
05 July 2021 Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has handed over the...

Cameco to resume production at Cigar Lake
05 July 2021 Canada’s Cameco said on 4 July that it is returning its regular workforce...

Russia’s AEM-Technologies to invest heavily in expansion and upgrades
05 July 2021 Russia’s largest manufacturer of equipment for nuclear...

EU anti-nuclear states urge excluding nuclear from green taxonomy
05 July 2021 A group of five EU member states led by Germany have sent a letter to...

Framatome to provide engineering services to UAE
05 July 2021 Nawah Energy Company, the subsidiary created by joint venture...

University of Illinois seeks licence to construct USNC micro-reactor
01 July 2021 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on 28 June submitted...

Energoatom and Westinghouse to co-operate on new NPPs
01 July 2021 Petr Kotin, Acting President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom...

Energoatom to co-operate with Canadian Nuclear Industry Organisation
01 July 2021 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and the Canadian Nuclear...

Studsvik signs strategic agreements to dismantle German NPPs
01 July 2021 Sweden’s Studsvik said on 29 June it had been working in dismantling...

Shine to receive financing from Koch
01 July 2021 US-based Shine Medical Technologies announced on 28 June that it had closed...

Gidropress manufactures control rod drives for Rooppur
01 July 2021 Russia’s Gidropress (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

Framatome to upgrade used fuel store at Paks NPP
01 July 2021 Framatome on 28 June announced it had won a contract with the...

Polish companies co-operate on SMRs
01 July 2021 Polish oil & gas company PKN Orlen on 29 June signed a cooperation...

NuScale announces investment deal with GS Energy
01 July 2021 US-based NuScale Power on 30 June announced that it has finalised...

First concrete for Kudankulam 5
01 July 2021 First concrete was poured on 29 June to mark the start of construction...

ENEC plans R&D co-operation with EDF
01 July 2021 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said on 30 June that it...

New generation centrifuges installed at Russia’s Electro-Chemical Plant
01 July 2021 Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL said on 28 June that a second line of...

OPG awards GE Steam Power a contract to support Darlington refurbishment
01 July 2021 GE said on 30 June that Ontario Power Generation (OPG) had selected GE...

TVEL made responsible for CIS back-end services
01 July 2021 The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Economic Council on 28...

Cameco’s Cigar Lake mine licence renewed
01 July 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 28 June said it will...

North Wind contracted for US naval laboratory clean-up
01 July 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management on...

UK parliamentary group urges nuclear new build
01 July 2021 The UK urgently needs to restore nuclear capacity to at least 10GWe Net...

June 2021

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US supports optimisation of Ukraine’s Zaporozhe NPP
30 June 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy said on 28...

Oklo receives DOE funding for advanced fuel recycling
30 June 2021 California-based Oklo on 25 June announced a $2 million cost-share award...

Hongyanhe 5 connected to the grid
30 June 2021 Unit 5 of China’s Hongyanhe NPP in Liaoning province was connected to...

Vogtle 3 reaches normal operating pressure
30 June 2021 Georgia Power on 25 June announced plant systems at unit 3 of the Vogtle...

Iran stops sharing images with IAEA
29 June 2021 The Iranian parliament said on 27 June that an agreement to share images...

NNL looks at advanced nuclear fuel cycle roadmaps for a clean energy future
29 June 2021 UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has released a document, “Fuelling...

Romania ratifies agreement with US for cooperation on Cernavoda
29 June 2021 Romanian nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica on 24 June announced the...

Canadian study sees role for very small modular reactors in mining areas
29 June 2021 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 23 June that very small...

US and Canada to expand energy co-operation for net zero
29 June 2021 US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M Granholm and Canadian Minister of...

Japan revises its green growth strategy
29 June 2021 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on 18 June updated...

GE position paper sees nuclear as critical to achieving net zero
29 June 2021 GE has produced a Positioning Paper that discusses GE’s view on the...

Curtiss-Wright joins US DOE’s Project SAFARI
29 June 2021 US-based Curtiss-Wright Corporation on 24 June announced that it has...

CNA and JAIF to co-operate on nuclear power and climate
29 June 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) and the Japan Atomic Industrial...

Rosatom’s Angarsk facility wins contract for decommissioning projects
24 June 2021 Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine (AECC – part of Rosatom’s...

Bechtel Cavendish Nuclear Solutions wins Sellafield contract extension
24 June 2021 Sellafield Ltd. has awarded Bechtel Cavendish Nuclear Solutions (BCNS)...

NRC launches special inspection at Vogtle 3
24 June 2021 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 21 June that it has...

More US funding for advanced nuclear technology
24 June 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 22 June announced more than $61...

UK revises arrangements for AGR decommissioning
24 June 2021 The UK government said on 23 June that the Department for Business,...

SSM updates national plan
24 June 2021 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) said on 21 June it had...

SKB wants single government decision on final repository and intermediate storage expansion
24 June 2021 Sweden’s Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has pressed the...

Duke Energy seeks licence extension for Oconee NPP
24 June 2021 Duke Energy on 21 June filed an application with the US Nuclear...

USNC to test its fuel in NRG’s Petten reactor
24 June 2021 Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced on 22 June...

Rosatom to survey contaminated areas near Elektrostal plant
24 June 2021 Russia’s Rosatom on 22 June signed a state contract with...

Japan’s ageing Mihama 3 reactor restarts
24 June 2021 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co on 23 June began operating unit 3 at...

IAEA Mission commends JAEA decommissioning and waste management programme
24 June 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has...

Helion Energy achieves 100 million degrees Celsius fusion fuel temperature
24 June 2021 US-based Helion Energy said on 22 June that it had become the first...

Centrus becomes first US licensed HALEU production facility
24 June 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) said on...

Concreting completed of inner containment fourth tier at Rooppur 2
24 June 2021 The concreting of the cylindrical part of the inner containment of...

ČEZ sends security questionnaires to EDF, Westinghouse and KHNP for Dukovany tender
24 June 2021 The Elektrárna Dukovany II company of the ČEZ group on 21 June sent...

Rolls Royce launches net zero pathway
23 June 2021 Rolls Royce on 17 June launched its report, “Leading the Transition to...

Full-scale simulator installed at the Rooppur NPP
23 June 2021 A full-scale simulator is being installed at the Rooppur NPP...

Bushehr NPP taken offline due to technical fault
23 June 2021 The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said in a statement on 20...

US Darpa awards contracts for Draco programme
22 June 2021 The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) said on 11 June...

Shine to commercialise Lu-177 production
22 June 2021 US-based Shine Medical Technologies on 14 June signed a...

Rosatom sets up training programmes on fast reactors for European and Chinese specialists
22 June 2021 Rosatom and three leading Russian universities have united in a...

Construction of Russia’s tallest cooling tower begins at Kursk-II unit 2
22 June 2021 Work has begun at unit 2 of the Kursk-II NPP site to construct another of...

New units and hydrogen production planned for Kola NPP
22 June 2021 Russia’s Kola NPP said on 18 June that the time frame for the construction...

ITER reports on progress
22 June 2021 At its 28th Meeting on 16-17 June, the ITER Council convened via remote...

Ikata 3 to resume operation in October
22 June 2021 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Co said on 16 June that it planned to...

Ignalina NPP publishes decommissioning safety analysis report
22 June 2021 As part of the licensing process for the decommissioning of...

IAEA explains fuel cladding failures
22 June 2021 In the wake of the furore over inaccurately reported “leaks” at...

First shot fired by First Light Fusion Big Gun
22 June 2021 UK Science Minister and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for...

China’s Hongyanhe 5 achieves first criticality
22 June 2021 Unit 5 of the China's Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in Liaoning province...

Bulatom seeks level playing field for Belene Project
21 June 2021 Bulgaria’s nuclear society, Bulatom, on 14 June published its position on...

Belarus NPP receives fresh fuel for the first refuelling of unit 1
21 June 2021 Belarusian nuclear power plant has received fresh nuclear fuel for the...

Exelon NPPs face closure without legislative support but rescue still possible
21 June 2021 Chicago-based Exelon on 16 June notified the PJM electricity...

MBIR to become focus for regional development in Russia
21 June 2021 The head of Russia’s Ulyanovsk region, Alexey Russkikh, on 17 June took...

Georgia Power seeks rate increase to pay for Vogtle
21 June 2021 Southern Company, on behalf of Georgia Power, on 15 June filed a Common...

NEA looks at future funding of decommissioning and radwaste management
21 June 2021 The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) on 18 July released a new...

Canada’s General Fusion to build demonstration plant in the UK
17 June 2021 General Fusion has agreed to build and operate its Fusion Demonstration...

Foratom urges EU support for nuclear medicine
17 June 2021 European nuclear trade association Foratom on 14 June released a...

Holmium-166 used to treat liver cancer
17 June 2021 The Dutch medical device company Quirem Medical recently started using...

Hitachi to supply Europe’s largest battery to OL3
17 June 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids and Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) have signed...

TVEL supplies superconductors to CERN
17 June 2021 The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland...

China reports minor fuel rod damage but no leak at Taishan NPP
17 June 2021 China's Ministry of Ecology & Environment (MEE) said on 16 June that...

UK Dalton Institute releases practical paper on nuclear’s role in achieving net zero
17 June 2021 The Dalton Nuclear Institute at the UK’s University of Manchester on 15...

US NRC approves licence amendment for Centrus to produce HALEU
17 June 2021 US-based Centrus Energy Corp announced on 14 June that the US...

Progress reported at construction site of Russia’s BREST reactor
17 June 2021 Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL said on 15 June that the day after...

KAERI and Samsung Heavy to develop nuclear powered ships
16 June 2021 The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) President Won-Seok...

Conflicting reports about leak at Taishan NPP
16 June 2021 Framatome said on 14 June that China’s Taishan Nuclear Power Plant...

Final used fuel removed from Lepse
16 June 2021 The final 19 used fuel assemblies have been removed from Russia’s...

Canada’s NII to study nuclear hydrogen
16 June 2021 Canada’s Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) said on 10 June that it...

Rosatomflot and Turkish shipyard sign contract for nuclear icebreakers floating dock
16 June 2021 Russia’s FSUE Atomflot and Kuzey Star Shipyard Denizcilik Sanayi ve...

Canada’s oil sands producers collaborate to achieve net zero
16 June 2021 Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy, Imperial, MEG Energy and...

Qatar calls for IAEA inspection of Israel’s nuclear facilities
16 June 2021 Qatar said on 12 June that all Israeli nuclear facilities should be...

G7 communique makes only a passing reference to nuclear
15 June 2021 The final communique of the Group of Seven (G7) leaders who met in...

US DOE announces funding for stellarator research
15 June 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 8 June announced $6.4 million in...

General Atomics prepares to ship first module of ITER’s Central Solenoid
15 June 2021 After a decade of design and fabrication, US-based General Atomics said on...

Iraq looks to revive its nuclear programme
15 June 2021 Iraq is working on a plan to build nuclear reactors in face of...

IAEA Reviews Kenya’s Nuclear Infrastructure Development
15 June 2021 Kenya has made progress in implementing the recommendations of an...

IAEA calls for company support through the Nuclear Saves Partnerships
15 June 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) Nuclear Saves...

Energoatom signs contract with Westinghouse for licensing of fuel for Rovno NPP
15 June 2021 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on 10 June signed a contract...

Belarus 1 begins commercial operation
15 June 2021 The Belarus acceptance committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister...

WNA report says regulatory harmonisation needed to speed SMR deployment
10 June 2021 A new report published on 8 June by the World Nuclear Association says...

Third tier of inner containment installed at Akkuyu 1
10 June 2021 The third tier of the internal containment shell has been installed at unit...

IEA sees no place for nuclear in financing clean energy transitions in emerging economies
10 June 2021 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest flagship report,...

Rosatom to supply Brazil with key medical isotopes
10 June 2021 Isotop JSC (part of Rusatom Healthcare, Rosatom’s radiation...

US DOE launches Energy Earthshots with hydrogen initiative
10 June 2021 US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M Granholm on 7 June launched the...

Vogtle 4 equipment “energised” but delays to unit 3 still expected
10 June 2021 US Georgia Power announced on 7 June that plant equipment for unit 4 of...

Toshiba manufactures toroidal field coils for ITER
10 June 2021 Japan’s Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions (Toshiba ESS) announced on 8...

Kinetrics to establish campus for clean energy innovation
10 June 2021 Canada’s Kinectrics said on 7 June that it proposes to design, build...

UK’s Dungeness B to begin defueling
10 June 2021 UK-based EDF Energy said on 7 June it had decided to move Dungeness B...

NNL launches strategic plan on nuclear science benefits
10 June 2021 The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) said on 8 June that it was...

EPRI paper looks at non-electricity markets for advanced reactors
10 June 2021 The US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on 2 June published...

Rosatom begins construction of lead-cooled BREST fast reactor
10 June 2021 The construction of a 300 MW nuclear power unit with an innovative...

Rosatom teams up with Roscosmos
09 June 2021 On June 3, during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Rosatom...

Tianwan 6 begins commercial operation
09 June 2021 Unit 6 of China’s Tianwan NPP in Jiangsu province began commercial...

Uzbekistan hosts IAEA INIR mission
09 June 2021 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts on 3...

Rusatom Overseas joins project for low carbon hydrogen production
09 June 2021 Rusatom Overseas (part of Rosatom) on 4 June signed a memorandum...

Rosatom to partner on electric vehicle development
09 June 2021 On June 4, 2021, Rosatom signed an agreement at the St...

Contract amendments signed on completion of Olkiluoto 3
09 June 2021 Finnish power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) on 2 June signed the...

Costa Rica signs nuclear co-operation agreement with Russia
09 June 2021 Rosatom and the Atomic Energy Commission of Costa Rica (CAEC) on 3...

Curtiss-Wright to replace the existing computer system at Columbia Generating Station
09 June 2021 US-based Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear announced on 3 June that it had...

Issue of operating licence for Belarus unit 1 prompts protests from Lithuania
08 June 2021 The Belarus NPP on 2 June received an operating licence for unit 1 from...

New publication from the NICE Future initiative
08 June 2021 The NICE Future initiative on 3 June released a new publication, “Pathways...

WIPP management contract up for renewal
08 June 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

China approves construction of demonstration ACP100
08 June 2021 China National Nuclear Power (CNNP), a subsidiary of China National...

Clean Energy Ministerial focuses on nuclear future
08 June 2021 Nuclear energy offers electricity grids flexibility and enables them...

Russia begins pilot production of Remix fuel assemblies
08 June 2021 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk, part of Rosatom’s...

Barclays report says nuclear is essential for decarbonisation
08 June 2021 Nuclear energy's high load factors and reliability could make...

Terrapower to site advanced reactor demonstration project in Wyoming
08 June 2021 US-based TerraPower, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and PacifiCorp on 2...

UK/Japan partnership look to license HTGR in the UK
03 June 2021 Penultimate Power has teamed up with the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency...

Iran accelerates its nuclear development as talks continue
03 June 2021 As talks continue in Vienna on reactivation of the 2015 Joint...

Tvel plans to develop robots for decommissioning
03 June 2021 Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel said on 2 June that Russia’s Presidential...

Westinghouse acquires Laveer Engineering
03 June 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 1 June that it had...

Yakutia approves SMR plans
03 June 2021 The Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has approved...

New training centre commissioned at Rooppur NPP
03 June 2021 A new modern centre for training specialists in the construction...

Nuclear organisations say nuclear is essential for net zero
03 June 2021 More than 100 nuclear societies and NGOs, part of the Nuclear for...

IEA report on energy investment barely mentions nuclear
03 June 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Investment 2021...

Framatome acquires Valinox Nucléaire
03 June 2021 France’s Framatome said on 1 June that it had acquired Valinox Nucléaire...

NDL consortium wins two decommissioning projects at Dounreay
03 June 2021 The UK-based Nuclear Decommissioning Ltd (NDL) consortium has won a...

CEZ applies for a zoning decision for a new Dukovany unit
03 June 2021 Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), a subsidiary of Czech power company ČEZ,...

RPV installed at Akkuyu unit 1
03 June 2021 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) has been installed at unit 1 of Akkuyu...

Sellafield Ltd confirms contract with Metalcraft for waste storage boxes
02 June 2021 Stainless Metalcraft, part of Avingtrans PLC’s Process Solutions and...

Atommash assembles lower half of Tianwan 7 reactor
02 June 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies (part of...

Russia’s Kursk II on schedule
02 June 2021 The frame of the turbine hall at unit 1 of the Kursk-II NPP in Russia...

Moltex completes Phase 1 of CNSC Vendor Design Review
02 June 2021 Canada’s Moltex Energy said on 25 May that it had completed Phase 1 of...

Navajos protest against plans for radwaste transfer
02 June 2021 Indigenous communities and environmental organisations are concerned about...

ITER contracts Spain’s ENSA for welding work
02 June 2021 The ITER Organisation said on 31 May that it had concluded a contract...

Indian Point transferred to Holtec for decommissioning
02 June 2021 US Entergy Corporation on 27 May completed the sale of the subsidiaries...

Rosatom sets up environmental division
02 June 2021 “Last year we not only became a federal operator for the management...

WANO review completed at Zaporozhye NPP
01 June 2021 A two-week peer review by the World Association of Nuclear Operators...

Japan’s IHI Corporation invests in NuScale Power
01 June 2021 Japan’s IHI Corporation said on 27 May that it had decided to enter the...

DOE contract awarded for clean-up of INL site
01 June 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

UK to take unused nuclear fuel from Norway
01 June 2021 The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway said on 27 May that...

Vattenfall becomes minority shareholder in Fermi Energia
01 June 2021 Sweden’s Vattenfall on 31 May signed an agreement with Estonian...

Another world record for China’s EAST fusion reactor
01 June 2021 China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion...

More equipment under manufacture for Akkuyu NPP
01 June 2021 Ukraine’s Energomashspetsstal (EMSS), a subsidiary of Rosatom’s...

US budget requests more than $36bn to combat climate change
01 June 2021 The US Administration on 28 May sent to Congress the President Joe...

US DOE prepares to tackle Hanford tank wastes
01 June 2021 The US Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) said...

May 2021

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WSP to design expanded Forsmark repository
27 May 2021 Sweden-based WSP said on 24 May that, together with Golder (now part of...

Westinghouse to open shared service centre in Poland
27 May 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on 24 May announced further...

Ukraine regulators begin inspection of Chernobyl as waste transfer begins
27 May 2021 The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine (SNRCU) said on...

Russian government invests in Tokamak upgrade
27 May 2021 The Russian government said on 26 May that RUB4.9 billion ($66,6m) will...

IEA report on Spain says nuclear phase-out “bears watching”
27 May 2021 In its latest Energy Policy Review of Spain released on 26 May,...

Atommash assembles lower half of reactor for Tianwan 7
27 May 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies (part of...

NuScale signs MOU with Washington state-based utility
27 May 2021 US-based NuScale Power and Grant County Public Utility District (Grant...

Cleaning robot developed for Finland’s Loviisa NPP
27 May 2021 An inspection and cleaning robot developed by Finnish Jyväskylä University...

Belarus 1 completes pilot operation
27 May 2021 Pilot operation of unit 1 at the Belarusian NPP has been completed,...

Zio Podolsk ships more equipment for Bangladesh’s Rooppur NPP
27 May 2021 Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

US Advanced Test Reactor closed for 10-year overhaul
27 May 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) said...

MHI Completes Four TF Coils for ITER
27 May 2021 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) said on 24 May it had...

UKAEA research breakthrough a game-changer for fusion
27 May 2021 Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) “have...

Rosatom modifies nuclear fuel for Loviisa NPP
26 May 2021 Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL said on 24 May that it had completed...

Used fuel transfer to storage completed at Oyster Creek
26 May 2021 The last multi-purpose canister containing irradiated fuel from the US...

IAEA’s Grossi averts crisis with Iran
25 May 2021 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael...

Netherlands selected for Shine’s European medical isotope facility
25 May 2021 US-based Shine Medical Technologies announced on 19 May that it has...

More delays for Vogtle
25 May 2021 US Georgia Power said on 18 May that because of delays in completing...

Russian companies begin equipment manufacture for Xudabao
25 May 2021 The Petrozavodsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of...

US funding supports materials research for molten salt environments
25 May 2021 US-based QuesTek Innovations announced on 17 May that it had been...

UK Government confirms commitment to nuclear
25 May 2021 The UK Government on 18 May announced it will bring forward...

Jacobs partners with NNB on Hinkley Point C
24 May 2021 US-based Jacobs said on 20 May it had signed a partnership agreement with...

French parliamentary office looks at hydrogen
24 May 2021 France’s Parliamentary Office for evaluation of scientific and...

DOE funding for research on advanced nuclear reactor waste
24 May 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 19 May announced up to $40 million...

Fuel loading begins at Mihama 3
24 May 2021 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Company on 20 May began loading 157...

Pakistan’s Karachi-2 begins operation
24 May 2021 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on 21 May virtually inaugurated unit...

UK’s low carbon industries demand urgent grid decarbonisation
24 May 2021 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy...

Canada’s first MMR achieves licensing milestone
24 May 2021 Canada’s Global First Power Ltd (GFP) announced on 19 May that its...

Russia designs satellites and orbital stations based on nuclear-powered tug technology
24 May 2021 Russia's state space agency Roscosmos on 22 May presented the design...

TVO and Areva-Siemens reach consensus on OL3
20 May 2021 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said on 17 May that it had reached...

Belgian scientists develop drones for radiation monitoring
20 May 2021 Belgian aeronautical firm Sabca and Belgian nuclear research centre SCK...

Russian scientists develop anti-radiation building materials
20 May 2021 Russian scientists at the Ural Federal University (UFU) have created...

Russia develops robotic arm to help repair NPP steam generators
20 May 2021 The R&D Workshop ASK of Uralatomenergoremont (a subdivision of the branch...

Kalinin NPP specialists modernise containment monitoring system
20 May 2021 During the recent scheduled outage of unit 3 at Russia’s Kalinin...

Jacobs to provide asset management solutions to UK NDA
20 May 2021 US-based Jacobs said on 18 May that it had been selected to provide...

New process speeds up development of molten salt nuclear battery
20 May 2021 The US University of Idaho said on 17 May that researchers had verified a...

Framatome achieves milestone in developing robotic-assisted handling system for decommissioning
20 May 2021 France’s Framatome on 18 May announced completion of a key milestone in...

Cyclife wins contracts from PreussenElektra to dismantle steam generators
20 May 2021 Cyclife Sweden, part of EDF Group’s decommissioning and waste...

Russia launches T-15MD tokamak at the Kurchatov Institute
20 May 2021 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on 18 May took part in the...

Nuclear initiative aims to save rhinos
20 May 2021 The Rhisotope Project, formally launched on 13 May, aims to investigate...

Centrus announced new nuclear fuel sales contracts
20 May 2021 US Centrus Energy Corp announced on 17 May that it had secured new...

Bloom and INL to test hydrogen production using nuclear energy
20 May 2021 US-based Bloom Energy on 18 May announced an agreement with Idaho...

Foratom urges investment policy planning for low-carbon technologies
20 May 2021 European nuclear trade association Foratom has released its...

IEA’s net zero report draws response from WNA
20 May 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a new report, “Net Zero by 2050:...

Construction begins of new units at China’s Tianwan and Xudabao NPPs
20 May 2021 Construction formally began on 19 May at units 7&8 of China’s Xudabao NPP...

UK SMR consortium completes phase one design
20 May 2021 The consortium, led by Rolls-Royce, which is developing a small...

Zambia reinstates uranium mining licence for GoviEx
18 May 2021 Canada’s GoviEx Uranium announce on 10 May that it had received a letter...

KHNP submits application for permission to dismantle Kori 1
18 May 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)on 14 May submitted an application to...

First Light Fusion installs hyper-velocity gas gun
18 May 2021 UK-based First Light Fusion, which is researching energy generation...

Doosan and KNHP to collaborate on hydrogen production
18 May 2021 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) announced on...

Canada’s indigenous companies seek participation in SMR development
18 May 2021 Three Canadian First Nation economic organisations on 11 May...

Spanish regulatory changes unlikely to affect uranium mining plans
18 May 2021 Uranium mining company Berkeley Energia Limited noted on 14 May...

Chinese scientists develop intelligent fault diagnostics for NPPs
18 May 2021 Recently, a research group from the Institute of Nuclear Energy...

Belarus ready to export nuclear electricity if necessary
18 May 2021 Although the Belarusian NPP is primarily designed to satisfy the...

Decommissioning milestone at UK’s Chapelcross NPP
18 May 2021 The UK’s Magnox Limited said on 12 May that it had delivered a...

OPG, CNL and SNC-Lavalin to collaborate on decommissioning
18 May 2021 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced on 13 May that its Centre...

NuScale signs MOU for marine SMR development
17 May 2021 US-based NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy, a Canadian company...

Leningrad NPP uses unique robot to repair used fuel pool
17 May 2021 Leningrad NPP said on 14 May that for the first time it had used a...

Key nuclear organisations demand recognition of nuclear as a low carbon energy
17 May 2021 In a joint statement issued on 14 May, the Canadian Nuclear...

Poland gets serious about HTGRs
17 May 2021 Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) and the Ministry...

Slovak regulator issues permit for commissioning of Mochovce 3
17 May 2021 Slovakia’s nuclear regulator, the Office for the Supervision of Nuclear...

Zambia reinstates uranium mining licence for GoviEx
13 May 2021 Canada’s GoviEx Uranium announce on 10 May that it had received a letter...

Tests at Zaporozhye NPP prepare Ukraine for integration with European grid
13 May 2021 Ukraine nuclear utility Energoatom, together with Ukrenergo, on 8-9...

Tianwan 6 connected to grid
13 May 2021 Unit 6 at China national Nuclear corporation’s Tianwan NPP in...

Lightbridge demonstrates manufacturing process for SMR fuel rods
13 May 2021 US-based Lightbridge Corporation on 11 May announced it had demonstrated...

Atommash shipped new type steam generators for Kursk NPP-2
13 May 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of...

Kansai to restart Mihama 3 in June
13 May 2021 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co said on 12 May that it will restart...

Framatome to complete upgrades at Krško NPP
13 May 2021 France’s Framatome said on 11 May that it had recently signed two...

EnergySolutions acquires Kewaunee NPP for decommissioning
13 May 2021 US-based EnergySolutions announced on 12 May that it had entered into...

Ignalina NPP begins removing damaged fuel from unit 2
13 May 2021 Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP (INPP) on 5 May began dismantling damaged...

GE Hitachi and GE Digital introduce digital NPP outage planning solution
13 May 2021 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and GE Digital on 11 May...

Fission reactions increasing at damaged Chernobyl NPP
13 May 2021 Fission reactions have been reported again in uranium fuel masses...

Prysmian Group to supply cables for Hinkley Point C
13 May 2021 Milan-based Prysmian Group will supply cables to NNB Generation...

UK Generic Design Assessment opened to advanced reactors
13 May 2021 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 11...

Enusa recontracted to supply fuel to Spain’s NPPs
11 May 2021 Spain’s state-run Enusa Industrias Avanzadas said on 10 May that it has...

IAEA Fusion Energy Conference attracts record participation
11 May 2021 The 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC), which is being held...

Westinghouse acquires ABB safety system platform
11 May 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on 5 May announced the acquisition...

US DOE announces funding for Research on Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics
11 May 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 6 May announced $10 million...

US may consider nuclear subsidies
11 May 2021 The White House has indicated privately to lawmakers and stakeholders that...

TVA and Kairos to collaborate on Hermes SMR
11 May 2021 US-based Kairos Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on 6...

Posiva begins excavation of final deposition tunnels for final repository
11 May 2021 Finland’s Posiva Oyj, the operator responsible for the final disposal of...

Framatome to provide a test system for Jules Horowitz Research Reactor
11 May 2021 Framatome said on 5 May that it had been selected by the French...

3D-printed valve body tested at Olkiluoto NPP
06 May 2021 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) and Fortum are jointly testing...

Terrestrial Energy signs engineering services contract with Hatch
06 May 2021 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy said on 4 May that it had signed an...

US NRC approves 80-year operating life for Surry NPP
06 May 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 4 May that it had...

Foratom promotes the role of nuclear in hydrogen production
06 May 2021 European nuclear trade association Foratom on 4 May released a position...

Deep Isolation and Dominion co-operate on waste storage
06 May 2021 US-based Deep Isolation, a specialist in used fuel and high-level waste...

Brazilian dry storage facility begins operation
06 May 2021 Holtec International on 4 May said the first multi-purpose...

Inspection completed of fuel for unit 2 of Belarus NPP
06 May 2021 Nuclear fuel delivered in April for unit 2 of the Belarus NPP is ready...

NEA looks at long-term management of severe accident
06 May 2021 A new report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Long-Term...

IEA report looks at critical minerals in clean energy transitions
06 May 2021 A special report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), The Role...

Westinghouse expands Candu capabilities
04 May 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 3 May that it has signed...

US State Department commits funds to support SMRs
04 May 2021 The US State Department said on 27 April that, “consistent with...

A new Energy Minister for Ukraine
04 May 2021 German Galushchenko, Vice President for development at Ukrainian...

Planned redundancies at UK nuclear fuel plant provoke protests
04 May 2021 Trade unions said on 28 April that they are resisting plans to make up to...

Pumps supplied to Rooppur NPP
04 May 2021 Russia’s Hydromashservice (part of the HMS Group), under an agreement...

Russia extends loan period for Hungary’s Paks-II
04 May 2021 Russia has agreed to extend by five years the credit use period on the...

Russia continues testing accident tolerant fuels
04 May 2021 Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM –...

Turbine building roof installed at Russia’s Kursk-II
04 May 2021 The roof of the turbine building for unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP is...

Kazakhstan to build waste storage for contaminated soil from weapons test site
04 May 2021 Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC) said on 29 April that it plans...

Final closure of Indian Point NPP
04 May 2021 US Entergy Corporation's Indian Point Energy Centre unit 3 was finally...

Lithuanian Environmental Protection Agency approves reactor dismantling
04 May 2021 Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP (INPP) said on 29 April that it was preparing...

IAEA discusses opportunities and challenges of microreactors
04 May 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 26-29 April hosted...

Russian President supports Rosatom’s project for five more FNPPs in Chukotka
04 May 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin on 30 April formally gave his support...

Market summary shows nuclear remains main contributor to Europe’s power mix
04 May 2021 Nuclear power was the largest single contributor to Europe’s fuel mix in...

Reactor internals shipped for Akkuyu 1
04 May 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

Rosatom initiative shows why humanity needs nuclear
04 May 2021 “Why Humanity Needs Nuclear”, the launch event on 30 April of Rosatom’s...

Radwaste leak reported at US Hanford site
04 May 2021 The Washington state Department of Ecology (WDE) on 29 April cited the...

April 2021

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Swedish municipality approves waste storage expansion
29 April 2021 The Swedish municipality of Östhammar on 27 April approved...

Japan to restart ageing reactors at Takahama and Mihama
29 April 2021 Unit 3 at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Mihama NPP and units 1&2 at...

Vogtle 3 begins hot functional testing as water tank is installed at Vogtle 4
29 April 2021 Georgia Power on 26 April announced that hot functional testing had begun...

Rosatom and EDF to co-operate on green hydrogen development
29 April 2021 Russia’s Rosatom and France’e EDF on 26 April signed a strategic...

Zero emissions certificates for New Jersey NPPs
29 April 2021 The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) said on 27 April it...

Virtual tour launched of Russia’s Leningrad NPP
29 April 2021 Russia’s Leningrad NPP on 27 April launched an online tour of the...

Japan’s NRA approves decommissioning plan for Fukushima Daiini
29 April 2021 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 28 April approved...

US Browns Ferry 2 resumes operation
29 April 2021 US Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said unit 2 of its Browns Ferry NPP...

Fennovoima revises construction licence application for Hanhikivi-1
29 April 2021 Finnish company Fennovoima said on 28 April that it had submitted to...

First poloidal field coil moved to Iter’s Tokamak pit
29 April 2021 The first of the six Poloidal Field (PF) coils has been transported to...

More equipment for Iter
29 April 2021 UK-based CMP said on 27 April that it had supplied thousands of...

IAEA and EBRD to work together on Chernobyl decommissioning
29 April 2021 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Bank...

Rosatom lists targets for 2021
29 April 2021 In a video address to employees of Russia’s nuclear industry on 28...

Slovakia to extend waste incineration plant as Jaslovské Bohunice IV decommissioning continues
29 April 2021 The Slovak Environment Ministry on 23 April approved the extension of...

NEA publication looks at SMRs
29 April 2021 A new publication by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), “Small...

Rosatom signs MOU with Burundi
27 April 2021 Rosatom and the Burundi Ministry of Water Resources, Energy and Mines on...

Turkish regulator inspects equipment for Akkuyu
27 April 2021 Representatives of the Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NDK) on 19...

Brookfield may sell stake in Westinghouse
27 April 2021 Canada-based Brookfield Business Partners is exploring options including...

Operating licence issued for Ukraine dry storage facility
27 April 2021 The collegium of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine...

Iran Restores Power at Damaged Natanz Facility
27 April 2021 Iran has restored power supply at the damaged Natanz nuclear...

Atkins awarded design contract for fusion energy research centre
27 April 2021 Atkins, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group, said on 21 April that it had...

Rosatom to develop hydrogen infrastructure on Sakhalin island
27 April 2021 Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic,...

Kazatomprom sells share of subsidiary to CGN
27 April 2021 Kazakhstan National Atomic Company Kazatomprom on 22 April signed a Sale...

UEX acquires JCU (Canada) Exploration
27 April 2021 UEX Corporation announced on 22 April that it had signed a...

Rosatom launches Atoms for Humanity Global Nuclear Awareness Campaign on 30 April
27 April 2021 In order to power a better future, we need a clean and reliable source...

EDF signs agreement to construct six EPR reactors in India
26 April 2021 On 22 April 2021, Electricite de France (EDF) submitted to the Nuclear...

Iraq considers nuclear energy
26 April 2021 The Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority said on 22 April that...

Nuclear industry urges climate leaders to consider nuclear power
26 April 2021 Ahead of the US-led climate summit on 22-23 April, nuclear...

Leaders’ Summit on Climate attracts world leaders, businessmen and environmentalists
26 April 2021 The US-led Leaders’ Summit on Climate, held on 22 and 23 April as a...

Steel Bricks named as component for GE Hitachi’s ‘disruptive’ BWRX-300 small modular reactor
22 April 2021 The Steel Bricks™ modular construction system has been identified as a...

First fuel loading begins at Tianwan 6
22 April 2021 The loading of the first group of fuel assemblies into unit 6 of...

New integrated nuclear transport system for UK
22 April 2021 A new specialist nuclear transport organisation was officially launched...

US Marvel Project seeks to accelerate microreactor deployment
22 April 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) said...

Cold testing begins at Karachi 3
22 April 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said cold testing had begun...

X-energy and Kinectrics to collaborate on Xe-100 SMR
22 April 2021 Canada’s X-energy and Kinectrics on 21 April signed a...

Russia’s UECC automates centrifuges
22 April 2021 Russia’s Urals ElectroChemical Combine (UECC) has implemented a...

Jacobs provides support for UK advanced reactor development
22 April 2021 US-based Jacobs said on 21 April that it is providing technical support...

Cavendish wins funding for waste sorting system
22 April 2021 UK-based Cavendish Nuclear, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

BWXT wins US Navy contracts for nuclear fuel and components
22 April 2021 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 20 April that it had...

No earthquake damage to Bushehr NPP
22 April 2021 Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant sustained no damage when the...

Fuel delivered for Belarus NPP unit 2
22 April 2021 Nuclear fuel assemblies were delivered by train to the Belarusian NPP...

More equipment for Rooppur
22 April 2021 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-technology (part of...

Aquila to support design of replacement labs at Sellafield
22 April 2021 UK-based Aquila Nuclear Engineering has been selected by the...

Rosatom excluded from Dukovany tender
22 April 2021 Czech Trade and Industry Minister Karel Havlicek told Pravo newspaper on...

EC indicates nuclear will be added to EU Taxonomy
22 April 2021 In a communication on 21 April, the European Commission (EC) effectively...

Tepco formally banned from restarting Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
20 April 2021 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 14 April issued an...

Czech researchers propose used fuel as a source for district heating
20 April 2021 Researchers at the Czech Technical University in Prague and the University...

Russia seeks clarification on Japans plans to release Fukushima water
20 April 2021 The Russian Foreign Ministry on 14 April asked Japan to "approach...

Canadian provinces propose SMR projects
20 April 2021 Canadian Premiers of New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta on...

Belarus regulator reveals plans for radwaste management
20 April 2021 The head of radiation safety regulation at the Belarus Department for...

Iranian talks make progress despite enrichment activities
19 April 2021 A second round of talks in Vienna on Iran's nuclear programme on 17...

Framatome projects receive funding from government stimulus package
19 April 2021 France’s Framatome said on 16 April that some of its projects had...

Rosatom signs MOUs with Ethiopia
19 April 2021 Rosatom on 15 April signed two memorandums of understanding (MOUs)...

Ignalina NPP to take waste from Lithuania’s decommissioned Maishyagala waste storage facility
19 April 2021 Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) has received a permit...

China formally approves five new nuclear units
19 April 2021 China’s state council has approved the construction of five nuclear...

More equipment for Akkuyu NPP
19 April 2021 Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

Armenia discusses new NPP with Russia
19 April 2021 Armenia is discussing with Russia the possible construction of a new...

Resolve Optics develops radiation-resistant fixed focus lens for Ahlberg Cameras
19 April 2021 Resolve Optics has developed a radiation-resistant fixed focus lens...

Iran steps up nuclear activity following attack on its Natanz facility
15 April 2021 In the wake of suspected sabotage at Iran’s Natanz enrichment facility on...

Contaminated water from Fukushima to be discharged to the sea
15 April 2021 The Japanese government on 13 April formally announced that the treated...

Japan restarts Takahama 4
15 April 2021 Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co restarted unit 4 at its Takahama NPP...

SNC-Lavalin's Isotek expands sales agreement with Terrapower
15 April 2021 SNC-Lavalin's Isotek Systems (Isotek) announced on 13 April that its...

Concreting of the shell of Russia’s tallest cooling tower begins
15 April 2021 Concreting has began at the cooling tower of unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II...

UK ONR gives permission for limited operation of Hunterston B
15 April 2021 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 13 April gave EDF...

China to begin construction of Hualong Two in 2024
15 April 2021 China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) said on 14 April that it expects to...

GNS develops special CASTOR® cask for Japan
15 April 2021 German-based GNS (Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service) said on 13 April that...

US solicits designs for nuclear powered spacecraft
15 April 2021 The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) said on 12...

Canada produces its first TRISO fuel
15 April 2021 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced on 13 April , that it...

Another “sustainable” loan for Akkuyu Nuclear
15 April 2021 Akkuyu Nuclear (the Rosatom subsidiary that is building Turkey’s first...

China begins construction of underground lab to research waste disposal
13 April 2021 China is building a massive underground laboratory to research...

Russia to begin serial production of fuel for Western PWRs
13 April 2021 Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant (part of Rosatom’s...

Uranium production to resume in Canada
13 April 2021 Canada’s Cameco and Orano Canada on 9 April both announced plans to...

Two more new units for Leningrad NPP
13 April 2021 Two new power units are planned to be built Russia’s Leningrad-II...

Major renovation of Triga reactors completed
13 April 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) said on...

US NRC proposes fine against Florida Power & Light Company
12 April 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 8 April that it...

VVER-TOI RPV shipped to Kursk NPP
12 April 2021 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies JSC (part of...

Melt trap installed at Kudankulam 4
12 April 2021 The body of the core melt localisation device (melt trap) was installed...

Tepco penalised for lax security at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
12 April 2021 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said on 7 April that it will accept a...

Iran unveils nuclear achievements as talks continue in Vienna
12 April 2021 Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on 10 April unveiled 133 new...

Estonia appoints nuclear working group
12 April 2021 At a cabinet meeting on 8 April, the Estonian government approved...

Belarus disconnects power lines with Lithuania for testing
12 April 2021 Belarus has disconnected cross-border transmission lines (PTL) with...

Rosatom’s engineering division meets international ISO standards
12 April 2021 The engineering division of Rosatom - ASE EC JSC, ASE JSC,...

General Atomics to develop nuclear reactor to power moon missions
12 April 2021 The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) said on 9 April...

US fusion company expects commercial fusion power plant by the end of the decade
12 April 2021 California-based TAE Technologies said on 8 April that it had raised...

Terrestrial Energy signs contract with ENGIE Laborelec for technical services
12 April 2021 US-based Terrestrial Energy said on 8 April that it had contracted with...

Russia’s AEM-Technologies sets record for equipment manufacture
08 April 2021 AEM Technologies (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

WANO experts check unit 2 of Belarus NPP
08 April 2021 Experts of the Moscow centre of the World Association of Nuclear...

Contract awarded to decommission US nuclear-powered merchant ship
08 April 2021 The US Department of Transportation, through the Maritime...

Russia builds second depleted uranium hexafluoride processing plant
08 April 2021 Russia’s Electrochemical plant (ECP) (part of Rosatom’s fuel company...

Framatome contracted supply long-term operation support to Dominion Energy
08 April 2021 Framatome said on 6 April that it had recently signed a...

Russia’s Pevek to switch to closed heat supply from floating NPP
08 April 2021 The town of Pevek in Russia’s Arctic Chukotka Autonomous District will...

BWXT wins contract extension for Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant clean up
08 April 2021 US-based BWX Technologies on 6 April announced a contract extension from...

Iran talks seen as constructive
08 April 2021 US and Iranian officials said initial indirect talks in Vienna on 6...

Fennovoima 2020 report says Hanhikivi project is progressing well
08 April 2021 Introducing the 2020 report by Finnish company Fennovoima, CEO Joachim...

NGOs call for nuclear's inclusion in EU taxonomy
08 April 2021 As pressure continues for nuclear to be included in the European taxonomy,...

Barakah NPP begins commercial operation
06 April 2021 Commercial operation of unit 1 at the UAE's Barakah NPP began on 6 April....

Aecon to support development of Terrestrial Energy’s Molten Salt Reactor
06 April 2021 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy on 1 April signed an engineering and...

NuScale forms strategic partnership with Japan’s JGC Holdings Corporation
06 April 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced on 5 April that it had finalised...

Two more units for Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP
06 April 2021 Two more power units are to be be built at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP in...

Orano closes Cominak uranium mine in Niger
06 April 2021 Orano’s Cominak uranium mine at Akouta in Niger closed on 31 March after...

Installation of inner containment begins at unit 1 of Kursk-II
06 April 2021 Installation of the dome part of the inner containment shell has begun...

Iran demands sanctions are lifted before any direct talks with Washington
06 April 2021 Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi...

IEA lists seven principles to achieve net zero
06 April 2021 Energy and climate leaders from more than 40 countries took part in...

Framatome launches central European subsidiary
06 April 2021 France’s Framatome on 1 April announced the launch of Framatome Kft, a...

Belarus NPP unit 2 80% complete
06 April 2021 Belarus Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said on 4 April that unit 2 of...

First Arabelle steam turbine rotor delivered to Akkuyu NPP
06 April 2021 AAEM (a joint venture of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

Biden’s American Jobs Plan focuses on green energy with some support for nuclear
06 April 2021 US President Joseph Biden on 31 March announced a $2,000bn American Jobs...

Russia develops lasers for 3D printers
01 April 2021 The All-Russian YI Zababakhin Scientific Research Institute of...

New Mexico files lawsuit against NRC over waste facility plans
01 April 2021 The US state of New Mexico on 29 March filed a 47-page lawsuit against the...

Russia launches new irradiation technologies centre
01 April 2021 Russia's largest regional centre for irradiation technologies is ready...

OPG and Moltex launch project to recycle Candu fuel
01 April 2021 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 30 March that its Centre for...

Upgrading begins at Russia’s Beloyarsk 3 fast reactor
01 April 2021 Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk (part Rosatom’s mechanical engineering...

India's credit line for Bangladesh covers nuclear projects,
01 April 2021 India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on 27 March that...

Upgrading begins at Slovakia’s Mohovce NPP
01 April 2021 This year's series of general overhauls (GO) of the Mohovce NPP in...

More equipment for Akkuyu NPP
01 April 2021 Russia’s YuE Sedakov Research Institute of Measuring Systems (NIIIS),...

General Atomics develops compact tokamak concept for fusion
01 April 2021 Scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in the USA have released...

First concrete poured for China’s Changjiang 3
01 April 2021 First concrete was poured on 31 March for the basemat of unit 3 at...

Doosan Heavy exports used fuel cask to USA
01 April 2021 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said on 25 March that...

Doosan Heavy wins contract to supply I&C equipment to China
01 April 2021 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said on 31 March that...

Bruce Power commits to achieve Net Zero by 2027
01 April 2021 Canada’s Bruce Power said on 31 March that it is continuing to contribute...

March 2021

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Polish state takes over nuclear company in preparation for NPP construction
30 March 2021 The Polish state treasury has taken full ownership of PGE EJ1, the...

Morocco launches new nuclear training centre
30 March 2021 Morocco’s Minister of Energy, Mines, and the Environment, Aziz Rabbah, on...

Bolivia’s nuclear centre will see first two phases launched this year
30 March 2021 Russia’s Ambassador to Bolivia, Mikhail Ledenev, and representatives of...

Fuel loading begins at Finland’s OL3
30 March 2021 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said on 27 March that...

EC’s JRC says nuclear “does no significant harm”
30 March 2021 A Science for Policy report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the...

Canada’s NWMO publishes plan to progress geological repository
29 March 2021 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation’s (NWMO) has published a...

Czech Trade Ministry’s Dukovany tender proposals spark controversy
29 March 2021 The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade on 25 March approved further...

IAEA designates Slovakia’s’ JAVYS as a Collaborating Centre
29 March 2021 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has designated the...

Russia amends terms for Belarus NPP loan agreement
29 March 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the ratification of...

Lightbridge and Framatome go their separate ways
29 March 2021 Following the announcement earlier in March that US-based...

Seven European leaders seek active support for nuclear
29 March 2021 The leaders of seven European Union (EU) states on 19 March wrote to...

Atommash begins manufacturing passive safety systems for Akkuyu NPP
25 March 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

EC authorises compensation to EDF for early closure of Fessenheim NPP
25 March 2021 The European Commission announced on 23 March that it had authorised,...

More delays for US Vogtle NPP
25 March 2021 Georgia Power Company said in a filing with the US Securities and...

Lightbridge and Framatome agreement to dissolve Enfission joint venture
25 March 2021 US-based Lightbridge Corporation and France’s Framatome announced on 22...

Japan’s NRA defers Tepco’s plans to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
25 March 2021 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 24 March decided to...

Centrus expects to begin HALEU production in 2022
25 March 2021 US-based Centrus Energy Corp on 23 March provided an update on...

US DOD awards contracts for development of advanced microreactor
25 March 2021 The US Department of Defense (DOD) said on 22 March that it had...

Belarus 2 is ready for testing
25 March 2021 Assembly of the reactor has been completed at unit 2 of the Belarus NPP...

Nawah completes fuel loading at Barakah 2
25 March 2021 The UAE Nawah Energy Company, the operations and maintenance subsidiary...

Romania consolidates its nuclear sector in wake of uranium company collapse
25 March 2021 Romania’s state-owned nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica is taking measures...

Spanish government approves renewal of operating licence for Cofrentes NPP
23 March 2021 Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Challenge...

Leningrad-II-2 begins commercial operation
23 March 2021 Unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad-II NPP (also known as Leningrad 6)...

Russia completes key equipment for Iter
22 March 2021 Russia is supplying 25 sophisticated high-tech systems for the...

Petten reactor switches to low enriched uranium
22 March 2021 The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) in the Netherlands said...

Pakistan’s Karachi-2 connected to the grid
22 March 2021 The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) announced on 18 March said...

Nuclear included in Russia’s green Taxonomy
22 March 2021 Nuclear energy will be included in Russia’s list of green...

Terrestrial Energy awards pump contract to KSB
22 March 2021 Canada-based Terrestrial Energy said on 17 March that it has...

Russia’s Kursk-II still ahead of schedule
22 March 2021 Concreting of the foundation slab of the block pumping station for unit 2...

Moltex receives Canadian funding from molten salt SMR
22 March 2021 Canada-based Moltex Energy said on 18 March that it had received...

Iran plans cold tests of Arak reactor
22 March 2021 The Atomic Energy Organisation Iran (AEOI) said on 19 March that it will...

Russia's Angarsk plant launches lithium products
22 March 2021 Russia’s Angarsk Electrol-Chemical Plant (AECC), part of Rosatom’s...

As one Japanese court approves operation of Ikata 3 another bars restart of Tokai 2
22 March 2021 Japan’s Hiroshima high court on 18 March reversed its earlier order to...

Spain announces plans for dismantling Garona NPP
18 March 2021 Spain’s government on 16 March announced its plan for dismantling the...

SCE releases plans for used fuel removal from San Onofre NPP
18 March 2021 US Southern California Edison (SCE) said on 15 March that it had...

Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine improves its fuel fabrication skills
18 March 2021 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) is mastering the fabrication...

US funding for accelerator technology
18 March 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 16 March announced $18 million in...

UKSMR consortium joins Foratom
18 March 2021 The UKSMR consortium led by Rolls-Royce said on 15 March that it had...

Westinghouse seeks participation in Poland’s nuclear programme
18 March 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 15 March that it intends...

Japan’s regulator finds massive security breaches at Tepco’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
18 March 2021 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said on 17 March that...

UK’s Hinkley Point B NPP to resume limited operation
18 March 2021 The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 17 March gave EDF...

TVEL to supply fuel for Egypt’s research reactor
18 March 2021 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) said on 16 March that it is...

KHNP seeks participation in Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP project
18 March 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said on 17 March that it plans...

China launches tritium breeding blanket project for Iter
18 March 2021 The first project of China’s Helium-Cooled Ceramic Breeder Test...

BHEL wins tender to supply six turbine islands to NPCIL
18 March 2021 India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said on 17 March that it...

Progress continues at Belarus NPP
18 March 2021 Unit 1 of the Belarus NPP (BelNPP) has been connected to the grid,...

French regulator finds design deviation of three main primary circuit nozzles at Flamanville 3
18 March 2021 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority)...

More equipment for Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP
18 March 2021 Russia’s YuE Sedakov Research Institute of Measuring Systems (NIIIS),...

GE tests largest ever last-stage blade for Arabelle turbine’s rotor
17 March 2021 US-based GE Steam Power said on 15 March that it had designed,...

Work begins on Akkuyu 3 as Sovcombank confirms sustainable development loans
17 March 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of the...

Fuel loading begins at Barakah 2
17 March 2021 The UAE’s Nawah Energy Company, the operations and maintenance subsidiary...

Dismantling of mothballed Alaska NPP to begin in 2022/3
16 March 2021 The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has decided to remove solid waste...

BWXT wins US contracts for uranium conversion and HALEU fuel line
16 March 2021 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 11 March that its BWXT...

IAEA study looks at severely damaged used fuel 10 years after Fukushima
15 March 2021 IAEA-led international research on the management of severely damaged...

IBA and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes expand collaboration
15 March 2021 Belgium’s (Ion Beam Applications (IBA), a leading provider of proton...

Russia’s Leningrad-II unit 2 ready for commercial operation
15 March 2021 Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 10 March issued a conclusion on...

SNC-Lavalin issues blueprint to achieve net zero by 2050
15 March 2021 A new blueprint issued by Canada’s SNC-Lavalin on 11 March says...

ECCS tanks installed at unit 1 of Kursk-II NPP
15 March 2021 All four hydraulic tanks of the emergency core cooling system (ECCS)...

IEA assesses Turkey’s energy sector
15 March 2021 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest country report on Turkey...

Lithuania signs agreements for development of geological repository
15 March 2021 The Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) and the Lithuanian Geological...

Japan court rejects request to suspend operation of Genkai 3&4
15 March 2021 A Japanese court on 12 March rejected a request to units 3&4 at...

UNECE report examines how nuclear energy can support sustainable development
15 March 2021 A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) explores...

Rosatom’s development plans
11 March 2021 Rosatom’s publication, Strana Roastom, said on 9 March that by 2045,...

Site licence issued for new Dukovany units
11 March 2021 Czech company Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II), part of the ČEZ Group, on...

Operating licence issued for unit 2 of Barakah NPP
11 March 2021 The UAE Nawah Energy Company, the operations and maintenance subsidiary...

BWXT and GMS set up joint venture to supply radioisotopes to Asia-Pacific region
11 March 2021 US-based BWXT Medical Ltd (a subsidiary of BWX Technologies) and...

ANSTO becomes IAEA Collaborating Centre
11 March 2021 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)...

First concrete poured for Akkuyu unit 3
11 March 2021 First concrete was poured for the third unit of Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP on...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s message on Fukushima
11 March 2021 “Ten years ago today, the Great East Japan Earthquake shook Asia’s...

UNSCEAR report says no discernible health effects expected following Fukushima accident
11 March 2021 The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic...

GEH and Fermi Energia strengthen collaboration on SMR development
10 March 2021 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Estonia’s Fermi Energia...

Dummy fuel assemblies loaded into Belarus NPP unit 2
10 March 2021 Loading of dummy fuel assemblies (ITVS) into the reactor at unit 2 of...

Final report on UK NDA’s handling of Magnox tender calls for change in culture
10 March 2021 The final report of the independent inquiry into the UK...

South Korean Ministry sets up support system for nuclear exports
09 March 2021 South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has established...

SNC-Lavalin joins Canada’s Nuclear Innovation Institute
09 March 2021 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group has become a Founding Member of the...

Russia completes tests of accident tolerant fuel
09 March 2021 Rosatom’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) and the AA...

Rosatom looks to lithium batteries for storage
09 March 2021 Renera, Rosatom’s Energy storage systems integrator, part of Fuel...

Orano acquires Daher’s German nuclear activities
09 March 2021 France’s Orano Group and the Daher Group on 4 March signed an agreement...

Jacobs wins contract to clean up Dounreay shaft and silo
09 March 2021 US-based Jacobs and its supporting partners have been awarded a...

IAEA’s Grossi reaches agreement for technical discussions with Iran
09 March 2021 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael...

IEA releases report on Japan’s energy sector
09 March 2021 Japan will need to move quickly to make headway on the steep...

Germany to compensate energy utilities for nuclear phase out
09 March 2021 The longstanding legal dispute between the German federal government...

China’s new Five-Year Plan aims for carbon neutrality by 2060
09 March 2021 China's installed capacity of nuclear power will reach 70 GWe, according...

Ensreg says Belarus NPP has adequately addressed priority issues
09 March 2021 The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (Ensreg) has approved...

Progress continues at Bangladesh’s Rooppur NPP
04 March 2021 Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk (part of Atomenergomash, the mechanical...

Rosatom allocates funds for innovative projects
04 March 2021 Rosatom engineering division said on 1 March in 2021 it will allocate...

Dutch consortium set up to develop of molten salt reactors
04 March 2021 The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) in the Netherlands said on...

Pakistan’s Karachi 2 achieves criticality
04 March 2021 The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) said on 2 March that unit-2...

Spain’s Enusa wins first contract with South Korea
04 March 2021 Spain’s nuclear fuel company Enusa Industrias Avanzadas said on 2 March...

Russia establishes special site to fabricate fuel for China’s CFR-600
04 March 2021 A special production site to fabricate fuel for China’s CFR-600 fast...

BWXT subsidiary awarded contract for US conversion services
04 March 2021 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

NEA report looks at Fukushima 10 years on
04 March 2021 The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency on 3 March published a new report -...

Rosatom announced tender for molten salt research reactor
04 March 2021 Russia’s Rosatom on 2 March announced a tender for the development...

Fuel element designed for Russia’s BREST reactor
03 March 2021 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

Progress at Finland’s Onkalo repository project
03 March 2021 Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy said on 26...

Russia’s Kursk NPP uses new technique to remove graphite
03 March 2021 Russia’s Kursk NPP, which comprises four RBMK reactors, has used...

Used fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi unit 3
03 March 2021 Work to remove all the used nuclear fuel from the storage pool at unit 3...

Rosatom combines COVID quarantine periods with training for workers at NPP sites abroad
03 March 2021 The engineering division of Rosatom, Atomenergomash, has launched a...

Brazil to resume work on Angra 3
03 March 2021 Brazil’s nuclear utility, Eletronuclear, on 25 February published in...

Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia sign SMR MOU
02 March 2021 Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Leningrad-II unit 2 in final stages of commissioning
02 March 2021 Russia’s Leningrad NPP said on 26 February it had launched a...

Orano’s financial report sees improved performance despite pandemic
02 March 2021 France’s Orano, releasing its financial results on 26 February, said...

Japan’s FEPC reaffirms plans for mox use assuming Rokkasho facilities begin operation
02 March 2021 Japan’s Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) on 26...

Polish Minister looks to nuclear
02 March 2021 Poland is moving towards a low carbon economy with wind farms and...

Exelon to establish two separate companies
02 March 2021 US power company Exelon announced on 24 February that its Board of...

Russia’s ADE-2 industrial uranium-graphite reactor to become museum
02 March 2021 Russia’s ADE-2 industrial uranium-graphite reactor at the Mining and...

Granholm sworn in as US Energy Secretary
02 March 2021 Jennifer Granholm was sworn in on 25 February as the 16th US Secretary...

French regulator approves 10 more years of operation for oldest reactors
02 March 2021 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority)...

February 2021

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Tepco failed to repair broken seismometers at Fukushima NPP
25 February 2021 Since last year, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) had failed...

European Council approves continued financing for ITER
25 February 2021 The European Council in a press release on 22 February said it had adopted...

Licence extension for South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP does not mean new units will be built
25 February 2021 South Korea's energy ministry on 22 February decided to extend the...

Framatome reports 2020 financial results
25 February 2021 France’s Framatome on 22 February released its financial results for...

Czech researchers receive US patent for anti-corrosion of fuel rods
25 February 2021 Scientists from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and...

CNNC and CGN sign fuel contracts and pledge greater co-operation
25 February 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNCC) and China General Nuclear...

Bruce Power marks successful first year of MCR
25 February 2021 Canada’s Bruce Power said on 24 February that it was celebrating a...

Russia’s BN-800 refuelled with mox: full mox core planned for 2022
25 February 2021 The first full refuelling of Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor at unit 4 of...

Spanish regulator extends operating licence for Cofrentes NPP
23 February 2021 The Plenary of Spain's nuclear regulator, Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear...

India’s Larsen & Toubro wins order for civil works at Kudankulam NPP
23 February 2021 India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said in a regulatory filing on 18 February...

Crane installation begins at Kursk-II NPP
23 February 2021 The first overhead electric crane with a lifting capacity of 15 tons has...

Installation of equipment begins at Russia’s Brest demonstration energy complex
23 February 2021 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC), part of Rosatom’s fuel...

Satellite images show significant new construction at Israel’s Dimona reactor site
23 February 2021 Commercial satellite imagery obtained by International Panel on...

Australian fusion energy start to begin experimental programme
23 February 2021 Australian fusion energy start-up HB11 Energy Holdings said on 19...

OPG subsidiary wins contract to support refurbishment of Romania’s Cernavoda 1 reactor
23 February 2021 Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Canada’s Ontario Power...

Russia’s TVEL and St Petersburg Polytechnic to develop digital engineering technologies
23 February 2021 Russia’s St Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) on 16 February signed...

UK nuclear industry agrees hydrogen roadmap
23 February 2021 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) on 17 February announced that...

ANS study calls for US to double spending on nuclear R&D
23 February 2021 A Task Force on Public Investment in Nuclear Research and...

US to develop Dynamic Radioisotope Power System for lunar missions
23 February 2021 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) said...

IAEA and Iran agree a compromise to allow further diplomacy on nuclear deal
23 February 2021 Following a visit to Tehran by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, IAEA...

Estonia’s Fermi Energia seeks $1m to launch SMR planning procedure
18 February 2021 Start-up nuclear energy company Fermi Energia on 16 February announced...

Belarus NPP confirms commitment to safety
18 February 2021 Belarus nuclear regulator Gosatomnadzor announced on16 February that...

Armenian NPP prepares for life extension
18 February 2021 The scheduled repair and maintenance outage at the Armenian nuclear...

Metal blanks completed for Russian NPPs in India and China
18 February 2021 OMZ-Spetsstal (part of Russia’s OMZ Group) on 16 February shipped...

Chinese company contracted to work on Tianwan 7&8
18 February 2021 JEPC3, a subsidiary of China's China Energy Engineering (CEE), has won...

Infrastructure for five floating NPPs being considered for Russian Arctic
18 February 2021 Construction of port infrastructure for five floating NPPs (FNPPs)...

NuScale signs MOU with Kozloduy NPP
18 February 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced on 17 February that it has signed...

US report looks at space nuclear propulsion for Mars exploration
18 February 2021 A new publication by the US Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

Russia’s MBIR research reactor scheduled for start up in 2028
18 February 2021 Rapid progress is being made towards commissioning of the world's...

Swedish companies seek funding for SMR development
18 February 2021 German utility Uniper Sweden, Swedish reactor company Blykalla and...

Russia’s Inter Rao sells stake in Akkuyu Nuclear as training and construction progress
18 February 2021 Russian generating company Inter RAO has sold its stake in Akkuyu...

Unfinished Shcholkino nuclear power plant to be demolished in Crimea
18 February 2021 The buildings of the Shcholkino NPP in the Crimea, which was mothballed...

Canada’s New Brunswick announces more SMR funding
18 February 2021 New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, in his annual state of the...

Framatome signs agreement on training with Poland’s Wrocław University
18 February 2021 France’s Framatome said on 11 February that it had signed an agreement...

European Parliament demands suspension of Belarus NPP
18 February 2021 The European Parliament (EP) on 11 February adopted a resolution...

Finland to proceed with research reactor decommissioning following return of fuel to USA
18 February 2021 On 10 February 2021, the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland...

Russia begins manufacture of equipment for China’s Xudabao NPP
18 February 2021 Russia’s Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies (part...

More US funding for nuclear research
18 February 2021 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

GE Hitachi announced establishment of GEH SMR Technologies Canada
18 February 2021 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) on 11 February announced the formation of...

Russia launches PIK research reactor
18 February 2021 Russia’s PIK neutron reactor was brought to power operation at the...

Earthquake strikes Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture
18 February 2021 Japan suffered a powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale on...

IEA report on India sidelines nuclear
15 February 2021 A recent 251-page report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) -...

Two key Russian nuclear institutes to merge
15 February 2021 Rosatom has decided to merge two of Russia’s key nuclear institutes – the...

Russia’s Troitsk Institute pushes ahead with thermonuclear and plasma research
15 February 2021 Russia’s Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research...

Belgian radwaste agency signs contract for treatment and storage facilities
11 February 2021 The Belgian agency for the management of radioactive waste, NIRAS/ONDRAF...

Construction licence issued for Russia’s Brest reactor
11 February 2021 The head of Russia’s Federal Service for Environmental, Technological...

Honeywell to resume uranium conversion
11 February 2021 US–based Honeywell said in a statement on 9 February that it has...

Orano completes inspection of NUHOMS nuclear fuel store
10 February 2021 Orano has announced that regulatory inspections of the NUHOMS® used...

Framatome to upgrade I&C at Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
09 February 2021 Framatome has recently signed a contract to upgrade a component of...

US NRC approves power uprate for Oconee
09 February 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a request by...

Kozloduy NPP signs licensing contract for Westinghouse fuel
08 February 2021 Westinghouse Electric Company announced it has signed a VVER-1000...

UK Planning Inspectorate releases report on Wylfa Newydd
08 February 2021 The UK Planning inspectorate on 4 February released its report on the...

Welsh government signs MOU with Sizewell consortium
08 February 2021 The Government of Wales (UK) on 5 February signed a memorandum...

Yugoria insures construction of Russia’s MBIR reactor
08 February 2021 Russia’s Yugoria Group of Insurance Companies and the...

More key milestones for ITER
08 February 2021 San Diego-based General Atomics (GA) said on 4 February that, after...

Lithuania approved Ignalina decommissioning plan
08 February 2021 The Lithuanian government on 3 February approved a programme for...

Reinforcement begins of the turbine unit base for Kursk-II unit 1
08 February 2021 The builders of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP have completed their first key task...

European union say nuclear must be part of European Taxonomy
08 February 2021 Nuclear energy must be part of the European taxonomy as part of of the...

Belarus to implement IAEA recommendations
05 February 2021 The government of Belarus on 2 February approved the National Action Plan...

Russia’s Mayak proceeds with decommissioning, remediation and modernisation
04 February 2021 Russia’s Mayak Production Association (part of Rosatom) in...

Poland approves new energy policy
04 February 2021 Poland’s cabinet on 2 February adopted "Poland's energy policy until...

Silex completes acquisition of GLE
04 February 2021 Silex Systems Limited of Australia and Canada’s Cameco Corporation...

IAEA develops drone technology to aid remediation
04 February 2021 A new technology using drones, developed by the International Atomic...

Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel completes first fuel cycle
04 February 2021 France’s Framatome announced that its GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant...

Estonia looks to deep boreholes for radwaste disposal
03 February 2021 A new Deep Isolation study commissioned by advanced reactor...

Sweden’s Studsvik to remove research reactor fuel from Norway
02 February 2021 Swedish radwaste management company Studsvik has signed an agreement...

Energoatom marks life extension of Ukraine's Zaporozhye 5
01 February 2021 The design life of unit 5 at Ukraine’s Zaporozhye nuclear power plant...

European Parliament to consider resolution on safety of Belarus NPP
01 February 2021 The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy...

China’s first Hualong One begins commercial operation
01 February 2021 China’s first Hualong One reactor at unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear power...

US Energy Secretary designate on green jobs and Yucca Mountain
01 February 2021 In her confirmation hearing on 27 January before the Senate Energy...

Czech Republic excludes China from Dukovany tender
01 February 2021 There was general agreement that Chinese companies should not take part...

Horizon withdraws planning application for Wylfa nuclear project
01 February 2021 Hitachi subsidiary Horizon Nuclear Power on 28 January notified the...

January 2021

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Bushehr nuclear plant expansion continues
29 January 2021 Iran Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a press conference on...

Major overhaul of Russia’s Balakovo 4 completed
29 January 2021 Storage pool racks have been replaced at unit 4 of Russia’s Balakovo...

Swiss regulator reports no serious incidents in 2020
29 January 2021 Switzerland’s Federal Nuclear Inspectorate (ANSI -...

More equipment for Akkuyu NPP
29 January 2021 Ukraine’s Energomashspetsstal (EMSS) based in Kramatorsk (Donetsk...

Foratom and Canadian Nuclear Association strengthen collaboration
29 January 2021 The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) and the European Atomic...

Hinkley Point C sees delays and increased costs due to COVID-19
28 January 2021 EDF, in a press release on 27 January, announced some delays and...

Flush testing begins at Vogtle 4
28 January 2021 US Georgia Power said unit 4 at its Vogtle nuclear powr plant had...

Taiwan to hold August referendum on restarting Lungmen
28 January 2021 A national referendum on activating Taiwan’s long-mothballed Lungmen...

Biden appoints new head of NRC
28 January 2021 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that President Joe...

Ukrainian government takes over management of Energoatom
27 January 2021 On 20 January, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers decided to transfer...

Japanese court exonerates government from responsibility for Fukushima disaster
27 January 2021 A Japanese high court on 21 January ordered Tokyo Electric Power...

Bulgarian regulatory approval received for AVANTech waste processing system
26 January 2021 US-based radwaste company AVANTech has received Bulgarian regulatory...

New Russian circulation pump undergoes lifetime testing
26 January 2021 Russia’s Central Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering (TsKBM - part of...

All change at US DOE
25 January 2021 The election of Joe Biden as US President is already being reflected...

Bulgaria considers using Belene reactors to expand Kozloduy plant
25 January 2021 The Bulgarian government has approved a report by the Minister of Energy...

US to rejoin the Paris Agreement as Biden announces policy changes
25 January 2021 US President Biden used his Inauguration Day on 20 January to launch...

US NRC agrees to review Westinghouse ADOPT™ fuel
25 January 2021 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 20 January that its...

UK think tank urges more nuclear construction
25 January 2021 Investment in at least one more commercial nuclear power plant is...

Russia to take back depleted uranium from CERN
25 January 2021 The Russian government has approved an agreement with the...

Atommash begins to manufacture RPV Russia’s Kursk-II-2
22 January 2021 Atommash, the Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies has...

Hot tests completed at US Salt Waste Processing Facility
22 January 2021 The US Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management...

Chemical permit granted for Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant
22 January 2021 The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (TUKES) has granted a chemical...

Russia’s Sevmash introduces modular construction for nuclear submarines
22 January 2021 A block-modular method of construction introduced at Russia’s Sevmash...

US DOE and DOD agree to increase cooperation in space research
22 January 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Defence (DOD)...

Darlington 3 is ready for reactor disassembly
21 January 2021 Canada’s Darlington Refurbishment Project has completed a...

Russia ships reactor internals for Rooppur 1
21 January 2021 The Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies has manufactured...

Osprey contracted to deliver oversized equipment to Hinkley Point C
21 January 2021 UK company Osprey Group has won a multi-million pound contract to deliver...

UK and Japan to collaborate on new technologies for decommissioning and fusion
21 January 2021 The UK and Japan have signed a £12 million ($16.3m) research and...

Russian academic consortium set up to develop new nuclear technologies
20 January 2021 Nine Russian scientific institutes, centres and universities have united...

New contracts for GSE's Nuclear Industry Training and Consulting
20 January 2021 US-based GSE Systems announced that its Nuclear Industry Training...

WM2021 goes virtual
20 January 2021 The 47th annual conference presented by Waste Management Symposia (WMS),...

Russian scientists develop a supersorbent for radioactive iodine
20 January 2021 Scientists at Russia’s DI Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology...

Shearwater Energy and NuScale plan UK hybrid wind-SMR energy project
19 January 2021 UK-based clean energy company Shearwater Energy Ltd is developing a...

NRG and PALLAS to join forces
19 January 2021 The NRG Foundation and the Preparation Pallas-reactor Foundation...

Russian equipment accepted for Japan’s JT-60SA tokamak
19 January 2021 Equipment for Japan’s JT-60SA tokamak manufactured by Russia’s DV...

Resolve Optics expands range of non-browning zoom lens
18 January 2021 Resolve Optics has announced a new Model 192-001 non-browning 6x zoom...

Specialised used fuel processing facility to be built at Russia’s Mayak
18 January 2021 Russia’s Production Association Mayak has signed a contract with the...

Repatriation of HEU from Canada to USA
18 January 2021 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

More investment for General Fusion
18 January 2021 Canada-based General Fusion on 14 January announced the close of...

UniTech awarded agreement for waste management at DOE sites
18 January 2021 US-based UniTech Services Group announced that it had been awarded a...

US DOE achieves most of its 2020 environmental clean-up priorities
18 January 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

US awards grant to Romania’s Nuclearelectrica for SMRs
18 January 2021 The US Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Romania’s...

Design contract secured for Dounreay Waste Repackaging Facility
18 January 2021 The Decommissioning Services Framework (DDF) Alliance has been awarded...

Armenia to extend nuclear plant service beyond 2026
18 January 2021 Armenia plans to extend the service life of its nuclear power plant...

Frazer-Nash Consultancy joins Nuclear AMRC
15 January 2021 Systems, engineering and technology company Frazer-Nash Consultancy...

Ignalina reports on decommissioning progress in 2020
15 January 2021 In 2020, 4212 tons of equipment and 3579 tons of concrete waste...

KHNP seeks construction approval for Shin Hanul 3&4
15 January 2021 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp. (KHNP) has requested an extension...

Russian robot helps to dismantle graphite reactors
14 January 2021 Russia’s Special Design and Technological Bureau of Applied Robotics...

Key milestones to be adjusted for Vogtle 3&4 but in-service dates maintained
14 January 2021 US-based Georgia Power expects to adjust key milestones at the Vogtle...

UK Space Agency and Rolls Royce to co-operation on nuclear propulsion
14 January 2021 The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is joining forces with Rolls-Royce for a...

India’s Kakrapar 3 connected to grid
14 January 2021 Unit 3 of the Kakrapar NPP (KAPP), India’s first 700MWe pressurised...

Unit 1 of the Belarusian nuclear plant brought to 100% capacity
14 January 2021 On 12 January, Belarus 1 was brought to nominal power – 3200MWt and 1170MWe...

Demand Increases for Nuclear Metal Tubing as Higher Energy Consumption Leads to Plans for New Reactors Worldwide
14 January 2021 Currently, nuclear energy makes up around 10% of the world’s electric...

Costain to partner with U-Battery on advanced modular reactor
13 January 2021 UK-based Costain announced that it is collaborating with...

First fuel shipped to China’s HTR-PM project
13 January 2021 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has shipped its first batch of...

Russia takes delivery from GE of turbine for Akkuyu 1
13 January 2021 Atomenergomash (Rosatom’s engineering division) began acceptance of...

Sovcombank delivers loan for Akkuyu NPP as work continues
13 January 2021 Akkuyu Nuclear, a subsidiary of Rosatom has received a loan from...

US Executive Order promotes SMRs and HALEU fuel for space and defence
13 January 2021 The US White House on 12 January released the text of an executive...

IEA to produce roadmap to achieve net-zero by 2050
13 January 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that it will produce...

NuScale and UAMPS to facilitate development of Carbon Free Power Project
13 January 2021 US-based NuScale Power announced that together with Utah Associated...

Nuclear workforce resilient to challenges posed by COVID-19
12 January 2021 Sixty per cent of those working in the nuclear industry feel confident...

Ansaldo Nucleare and Monsud to supply emergency power system for ITER
12 January 2021 Fusion For Energy has signed a five-year contract with Ansaldo Nucleare...

Framatome to acquire Evopro nuclear and process automation
11 January 2021 Framatome has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Hungary-based...

UK to start testing system to seal deep boreholes
11 January 2021 A cutting-edge engineering system to seal deep boreholes is being tested...

European states to co-operate on waste management
11 January 2021 The European Repository Development Organisation has been established as...

Koeberg 1 closed after steam generator leakage
11 January 2021 South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, said on 4 January that unit 1 at...

Candu Energy wins contract extensions from Bruce Power
10 January 2021 Candu Energy Inc., a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been awarded...

Russia’s Kursk-II on schedule with RUB25bn invested in 2020
08 January 2021 More than RUB25 billion ($337m) was invested in the construction of...

Zaporozhye 5 licensed to operate until 2030
08 January 2021 Ukraine’s nuclear utility, Energoatom, on 5 January received a licence...

US report urges aggressive approach to fusion research
08 January 2021 An 80-page report by the US Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory...

Tianwan 4 handed over to China as upgrading of simulators begins
08 January 2021 Rosatom announced that unit 4 of the Tianwan NPP had been handed over to...

Belgian regulator allows restart of Tihange 2
07 January 2021 Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has approved the...

Czech government approves four possible repository sites
07 January 2021 The Czech government approved the selection of four recommended sites for...

Rosatom opens first in Russia Centre for Additive Technologies
07 January 2021 The Centre for Additive Technologies (CAT) of Rusatom - Additive...

China begins construction of SanAo nuclear power plant
07 January 2021 The concrete was poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 at the SanAo...

UK to defer Wylfa planning decision again
07 January 2021 The UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy...

India’s BHEL wins huge order for PHWR equipment from NPCIL
07 January 2021 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited announced that it has won a...

Russia’s OMZ manufactures components for China’s Xudabao 4
07 January 2021 Russia’s OMZ manufactures components for China’s Xudabao 4...

Studsvik signs new agreement with TVEL
07 January 2021 Sweden’s Studsvik announced on 4 January that its Fuel and...

Red Book says identified uranium resources are enough for 135 years
06 January 2021 The latest edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and...

Energomashspetsstal adopts new technology to manufacture steam turbine rotors
06 January 2021 Ukraine’s Energomashspetsstal, a subsidiary of Rosatom’s engineering...

Russia plans new generation of FNPPs
06 January 2021

Rosatom to begin work on land-based SMR
04 January 2021 In January, Rosatom will begin work on the site of the future small...

Framatome to provide technical support for design of Hanhikivi APCS
04 January 2021 France’s Framatome and Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU, part...

More equipment shipped to Kudankulam
04 January 2021 A ship carrying two batches of equipment for India’s Kudankulam NPP...

South Korea to increase renewables at expense of coal and nuclear
04 January 2021 South Korea said on 28 December that it will gradually diversify its...

China begins construction of second CFR-600 fast reactor
04 January 2021 China began construction work on 27 December on a second...

Sweden closes Ringhals 1
04 January 2021 Unit 1 of Sweden’s Ringhals nuclear power plant was permanently shutdown...

UK signs Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Euratom
04 January 2021 The UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said...

Further US funding for advanced reactors
04 January 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 22 December announced $20 million...

Containment tightness tests completes at Leningrad-II-1
04 January 2021 Tests of the tightness of the inner containment of the reactor have...

UK’s First Light Fusion raises $25 million
04 January 2021 The UK’s First Light Fusion, an Oxford-based research company focusing...

Krsko nuclear plant restarts after earthquake triggers shutdown
04 January 2021

US DOE invites public comment on draft EIS for VTR
01 January 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 21 December invited the public to...

New agreement provides more funding for Mohovce completion
01 January 2021 Italy's Enel announced on 22 December that its subsidiary Enel Produzione...

December 2020

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Japanese power companies promote use of mox fuel
22 December 2020 The Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) of Japan said it...

Fennovoima conditionally accepts basic design documents for Hanhikivi 1
22 December 2020 Finnish energy company Fennovoima said on 21 December that it...

Iran will abide by JCPOA if the US rejoins but rejects any renegotiation of its terms
22 December 2020 Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about...

American Bureau of Shipping assesses Seaborg’s Compact Molten Salt Reactor
21 December 2020 The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) said on 17 December that it had...

Canada seeks to lead the world in SMR and hydrogen development
21 December 2020 Small modular reactors (SMRs) represent a promising new...

Hot tests completed at Ukraine’s ISF-2 storage facility
21 December 2020 Hot tests have been completed at Ukraine’s ISF-2 dry used nuclear...

Russia’s Sovcombank provides loan for Turkey's nuclear project
21 December 2020 Russia’s Sovcombank said on 18 December that it will provide...

Swedish NPPs meet independent core cooling requirements
21 December 2020 Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM- Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) said...

Progress continues on Russia’s Kursk II
21 December 2020 Testing of the reactor pressure vessel for unit 1 of the Kursk II...

Nexans to supply cables for Hinkley Point C
21 December 2020 France’s Nexans has announced that it will supply nuclear rated cables to...

Westinghouse contracted to dismantle Sweden’s Ågesta
21 December 2020 Westinghouse Electric Company said on 17 December that it had signed...

UK’s Bradwell B granted electricity generating licence
21 December 2020 The UK's gas and electricity markets regulator, Ofgem, has granted...

Russia signs contract for design of nuclear space tug
18 December 2020 Russia’s nuclear tug, Nuklon, will be able to deliver 10 tons of cargo to...

Feasibility study completed on SMRs for Poland
18 December 2020 Poland’s Synthos Green Energy has announced completion of a...

More delays for Rokkasho mox plant
18 December 2020 Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL), the operator of Japan's first...

Russia's Kurchatov Institute completes hybrid power plant design
18 December 2020 Specialists at Russia’s Kurchatov Institute, working on the development of...

UK ONR restructures
17 December 2020 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 16 December announced plans...

NNWI report looks at nuclear’s role in hydrogen production
17 December 2020 The UK-based New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI), an industry...

More DOE funding for advanced reactors
17 December 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 16 December announced $30 million...

CNNC develops narrow-gap argon arc welding equipment
17 December 2020 After two years of work, China has developed narrow-gap argon arc...

NuScale finalises agreement with Sarens
17 December 2020 US-based NuScale Power announced that it had finalised an agreement...

More progress for Vogtle 3&4
17 December 2020 The shield building roof has been lifted into place at Vogtle 4 and...

Framatome manufactures metallic uranium fuel objects using 3D-printing
17 December 2020 France’s Framatome recently manufactured the world’s first...

IEA’s first Electricity Market Report sees demand falling due to COVID-19
17 December 2020 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) first Electric Market...

Pressure to exclude Russia and China from Dukovany tender
17 December 2020 The Czech Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security on...

Japan’s NRA inspects JAPC headquarters following data changes
16 December 2020 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) launched an on-site inspection...

TVO to restart Olkiluoto 2 following cooling water incident
16 December 2020 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) expects unit 2 of its...

Kairos Power selects site for salt-cooled high-temperature test reactor
16 December 2020 US-based Kairos Power announced that it plans to deploy it Hermes...

Melt trap installed at Akkuyu 2
16 December 2020 The housing for the core melt localisation device has been installed at...

Framatome and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories team up on nuclear
15 December 2020 Framatome and US-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) have...

UK to start talks on Sizewell C as Energy White Paper released
14 December 2020 The UK Government has confirmed it will enter advanced negotiations with...

New fuel loaded into Paks 3
14 December 2020 Eighteen bundles of modified VVER-440 fuel have been loaded into unit 3...

GDES wins nuclear maintenance contract in France
14 December 2020 Spanish company GD Energy Services (GDES) has been awarded a new contract...

NRA approves Japan’s mox plant at Rokkasho
11 December 2020 Japan’s mixed-oxide (J-MOX) fuel plant under construction in Rokkasho,...

Electricity generation costs examined in new IEA/NEA report
11 December 2020 The recently published joint publication by the International Energy...

TVEL to introduce new nuclear fuel at Kudankulam
10 December 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL will introduce new nuclear fuel and extended...

Macron champions nuclear energy
10 December 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron, addressing employees at nuclear...

Barakah 1 achieves 100% rated capacity
10 December 2020 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced on 7 December...

UK Carbon Budget makes little mention of nuclear
10 December 2020 In its 448-page “Sixth Carbon Budget:The UK’s path to Net Zero” published...

Orano and KHNP to co-operate on dismantling nuclear facilities
09 December 2020 France’s Orano and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have signed...

Rolls-Royce sells its nuclear instrumentation business
09 December 2020 Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement to sell its civil nuclear...

Energoatom stresses importance of Ukraine-EU energy bridge
09 December 2020 The Ukraine - European Union energy bridge will allow Ukraine’s...

DOE announces funding for nuclear data
09 December 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 7 December announced a plan to...

EPZ calls for continued nuclear power in the Netherlands
09 December 2020 Carlo Wolters, director of Netherlands power company EPZ, has called for...

Paks-II construction licence expected in 2021
07 December 2020 Obtaining a licence for the construction of new units at Hungary’s...

Westinghouse signs I&C contract with Southern Nuclear
07 December 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an instrumentation...

Russia sets up Association for the Development of Additive Technologies
07 December 2020 A Memorandum of Association for the Development of Additive Technologies...

China commissions HL-2M tokamak
07 December 2020 China’s HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,...

TVA and Framatome to load 3D-printed fuel assembly bracket at Browns Ferry
07 December 2020 The US Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will load four new 3D-printed...

Gidropress ships more equipment for Rooppur
07 December 2020 Russia’s OKB Gidropress (part of Ropsatom’s engineering...

US NRC transfers licence for TMI 2 to EnergySolutions for decommissioning
07 December 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the transfer of...

Hot testing continues at Chernobyl used fuel storage
04 December 2020 As of 1 December, 186 used fuel assemblies have been transported from the...

Turboatom manufactures main part of the turbine for Khmelnitsky 3
04 December 2020 Kharkov-based Turboatom has already manufactured the main part of the...

OPG defuels Darlington unit 3 in preparation for refurbishment
04 December 2020 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has completed its defuelling campaign...

Orano accelerates deployment of digital solutions
03 December 2020 France’s Orano has signed multi-year contracts worth a total of nearly...

Fermi Energia and Vattenfall to cooperate on SMRs
03 December 2020 Swedish power company Vattenfall, which participated in the feasibility...

Fuel loading begins at Karachi 2
03 December 2020 Pakistan on 28 November began loading fuel into the Chinese-built Hualong...

UKAEA seeks site for STEP fusion reactor
03 December 2020 On 2 December, the UK government announced that the siting portal for...

IAEA conducts first virtual safety review mission in Lithuania
03 December 2020 In the first Safety Peer Review Mission to be held virtually,...

Licensing milestone for BWRX-300 SMR
03 December 2020 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced on 1 December that the US...

Another plasma record for Korea’s fusion researchers
03 December 2020 South Korea’s National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI) on 24...

Hot tests begin at Tianwan 6
03 December 2020 Hot testing began on 28 November at unit 6 of China’s Tianwan NPP in...

Feed pumps dispatched for India’s Kudankulam 3
03 December 2020 Russia’s TsKBM has manufactured and shipped the feed pumps for the...

Reactor cover manufactured for Akkuyu 1
02 December 2020 The Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of...

Assystem to continue supervisory role at Akkuyu
02 December 2020 France’s Assystem has been selected to oversee the construction of the...

VNIINM devises new method of manufacturing spacer grids for MNUP-fuel
01 December 2020 Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM -...

OPG releases Climate Change Plan
01 December 2020 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has released its Climate Change Plan...

Operators’ town for Akkuyu under construction
01 December 2020 Russian-Turkish company Titan2 IJ Ichtash Inshaat Anonim Shirketi is...

Framatome and Metroscope partner on modelling tools
01 December 2020 Framatome has recently signed a partnership agreement and Metroscope,...

November 2020

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Rosatom to make arctic and tropical hybrid of floating nuclear plant
30 November 2020 Russia’s Rosatom plans to update its floating nuclear power plant project...

India approves first concrete for Gorakhpur 1&2
30 November 2020 India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) said on 27 November that, at...

UK Public Accounts Committee criticises NDA
30 November 2020 The UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 27...

Iranian parliament adopts bill to revive nuclear activities
30 November 2020 In the wake of the assassination of Iranian nuclear physicist...

UK government changes its stance on nuclear development
30 November 2020 The UK Treasury has released two documents relevant to future UK policy...

Grid connection for China’s first Hualong One
30 November 2020 The world's first Hualong One reactor at unit 5 of China’s Fuqing...

Parliamentary committee of Australia’s Victoria reports on nuclear power
30 November 2020 The Environment and Planning Committee of the Parliament of...

Kawasaki Heavy to withdraw from nuclear sector
30 November 2020 Japanese engineering firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) said on 24...

Russian scientific organisations join forces on fusion development
30 November 2020 The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Kurchatov Institute and...

Rosatom reveals plans for foreign nuclear plant construction
26 November 2020 Rosatom plans to begin pouring "first concrete" for unit 3 of the...

South African regulator launches consultation on new nuclear
26 November 2020 South Africa’s National Energy Regulator (Nersa) on 23 November issued a...

EDF Energy invites interest in DAC project at Sizewell C
26 November 2020 EDF Energy subsidiary Nuclear New Build Generation Company (NNB GenCo -...

Pre-construction licence issued for Paks II
26 November 2020 Hungary's energy regulator MEKH has issued an electricity...

BWXT develops 3D printing for high-temperature alloys and refractory metals
26 November 2020 Engineers and designers at US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT), teamed with...

Rolls-Royce to supply pressure transmitters to Hinkley Point C
25 November 2020 Rolls-Royce has signed a contract for the delivery of safety-critical...

Two Japanese towns agree to initial survey for HLW disposal
25 November 2020 The Japan Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NUMO) has begun an...

Russian academic consortium established to study hydrogen
25 November 2020 Six leading educational and scientific organisations in Russia...

South Korea to fund for cooperation with the Russia on hydrogen
24 November 2020 South Korea has decided to set up a special fund for cooperation with...

Iran rejects criticism of its nuclear activities following IAEA report
24 November 2020 IAEA Director General Grossi’s latest quarterly report to the Board...

Japan’s Sendai 1 resumes operation
24 November 2020 Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Co on 17 November restarted Sendai 1, an...

ITER says schedule maintained despite COVID-19
24 November 2020 The Council of the ITER Organisation said on 19 November that it had...

EC to consider hydrogen produced from nuclear power as low-carbon
24 November 2020 The European Commission (EC) will consider hydrogen produced from...

Hinkley Point B to be closed by 2022
23 November 2020 EDF Energy said on 19 November that it will begin defuelling the...

DOE said to prefer INL for Versatile Test Reactor
23 November 2020 The US government has said Idaho is its preferred choice rather...

Deep Isolations signs agreements with NAC and Estonia’s Fermi Energia
23 November 2020 California-based nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation has closed...

Belarus 1 restarts after transformer breakdown
23 November 2020 Unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant resumed operations on 19...

Global First Power signs Project Host Agreement with CNL
23 November 2020 Canada’s Global First Power Ltd (GFP) has signed a Project Host...

UK's ten point plan supports small and advanced reactors
20 November 2020 The UK government has outlined plans to invest £525 million ($686 million)...

Reactor being assembled for Russia’s Yakutia icebreaker
20 November 2020 Assembly of the first reactor for Russia’s Yakutia nuclear icebreaker...

Belarus considers second nuclear plant
20 November 2020 The construction of a second nuclear power plant in Belarus is...

More collaboration on NuScale SMR
20 November 2020 US Fluor Corporation has reached an agreement with Sargent & Lundy...

Barakah 1 reaches 80% power
19 November 2020 Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the joint venture nuclear operations...

First canister of used fuel loaded at Chernobyl storage facility
19 November 2020 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced...

Construction licence issued for Akkuyu 3 nuclear power plant
19 November 2020 Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has issued a licence...

Canada’s New Brunswick promotes SMRs
19 November 2020 Canada’s New Brunswick Power (NB Power), Moltex Energy, and Advanced...

Canada to develop integrated radioactive waste management strategy
19 November 2020 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) is to lead...

Framatome’s Le Creusot plant increases production
19 November 2020 Framatome has ramped up production of replacement component parts at...

General Fusion commissions AL_A to design fusion plant
18 November 2020 Canada-based General Fusion has partnered with architecture firm, AL_A,...

Framatome joins Sizewell C consortium
18 November 2020 Framatome has joined the Sizewell C Consortium, a group of more than...

SCC says tests confirm serviceability of uranium-plutonium nitride fuel
18 November 2020 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine has produced more than 1000...

US DOE releases hydrogen plan
18 November 2020 US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Hydrogen Program Plan to provide...

RPV delivered to Rooppur construction site
17 November 2020 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and a steam generator has been...

Russia sends more equipment to ITER
17 November 2020 Rosatom has manufactured elements for a new system of the ITER...

Leningrad II-2 begins supplying heat
17 November 2020 Unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad-II nuclear power plant (also known as...

Terrestrial Energy and NRG begin tests on IMSR graphite
16 November 2020 US-based Terrestrial Energy has started a graphite irradiation...

Ontario confirms its commitment to nuclear technology development
16 November 2020 Canada’s Province of Ontario on 13 November announced its ongoing...

ANSTO develops new radiation detection device
16 November 2020 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)...

Casings for the main circulation pumps shipped to Akkuyu
16 November 2020 The Petrozavodsk branch of AEM-Technologies said on 13 November that it...

China’s Hualong One passes EUR compliance assessment
16 November 2020 China's third-generation nuclear power technology, Hualong One (HPR...

Contract signed to develop specialised piping for BREST reactor
16 November 2020 Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk plant has signed an agreement with the TMK Group for...

Sweden’s Vattenfall wins nuclear phaseout case against Germany
16 November 2020 Germany’s constitutional court in Karlsruhe on 12 November demanded...

Shine begins commercial sales of lutetium-177
13 November 2020 US-based Shine Medical Technologies announced on 4 Novemberthat...

BWXT restarts TRISO fuel line
12 November 2020 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced that its BWXT Nuclear...

Rolls-Royce signs MOUs on SMRs with Exelon and CEZ
12 November 2020 UK-based Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with...

US consortium reported to be interested in Wylfa project
12 November 2020 The Financial Times has reported that a group of US companies had...

Fuel testing begins for Terrestrial Energy’s molten salt reactor
12 November 2020 Terrestrial Energy USA and US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne...

First RPV arrives at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear plant
11 November 2020 The 330t reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 1 of Turkey's Akkuyu...

Leningrad-II 2 begins pilot operation and Leningrad 2 closes
11 November 2020 Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 6 November issued a permit for the...

NuScale Power announces 25% increase in capacity of its SMR modules
11 November 2020 US-based NuScale Power said on 10 November that it had re-assessed...

Russian government fails to meet Rosatom’s request for project funding
11 November 2020 The Russian government has failed to allocate the funds that Rosatom...

Belarus 1 a step closer to reaching design capacity
10 November 2020 The power level of unit 1 at Belarusian nuclear power plant was raised up...

Only one power reactor remains in operation in Japan
10 November 2020 Japan will have only one nuclear reactor – Genkai 4 – operating for the...

Estonia forms working group on nuclear energy
10 November 2020 The Estonian government has decided to establish a national Working Group...

US DOE proceeds with clean-up of Energy Technology Engineering Centre
10 November 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) said that workers had completed one of...

General Atomics wins ITER contract
10 November 2020 US-based General Atomics (GA) has been awarded a contract by US ITER,...

Korean prosecutors investigate early closure of Wolsong 1
10 November 2020 Korean prosecutors on 5 November raided the Ministry of Trade, Industry...

Framatome’s 3D-printed fuel elements complete initial trials
10 November 2020 France’s Framatome announced that its 3D-printed nuclear fuel elements...

USA formally withdraws from Paris Agreement
09 November 2020 After a three-year delay, the USA on 4 November became the first country...

Mochovce 2 restarts after power upgrade
09 November 2020 Unit 2 of Slovakia’s Mochovce nuclear power plant has restarted, following...

UK’s Core Power supports molten salt reactor development
06 November 2020 UK-based Core Power said that it has joined an international team to...

Kazatomprom’s expectations for 2020 remain unchanged
06 November 2020 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has announced its...

Iranian parliament approve bill specifying increased uranium enrichment
05 November 2020 Iran’s parliament on 2 November approved a bill requiring the Atomic...

Holtec accelerates US NRC design certification for SMR-160
05 November 2020 Holtec International said that its drive to secure design certification...

Long outage planned for Armenian nuclear plant in 2021
05 November 2020 The Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor will be under repair in...

Holtec and Hitachi GE to provide used fuel storage to Japan
05 November 2020 US-based Holtec International said on 2 November that, along with...

Cold testing completed at China’s HTR-PM unit 2
05 November 2020 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that cold testing...

Synthos Green Energy to assess feasibility of Micro Modular Reactor
04 November 2020 Poland’s Synthos Green Energy (SGE) has signed a cooperation agreement...

Finland and Bulgaria share experience on radwaste
04 November 2020 Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and the National and...

Grid connection for Belarus' first nuclear power plant
04 November 2020 Belarus has joined the growing number of countries using nuclear power...

IAEA to oversee collection of marine samples near Fukushima
03 November 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has commissioned...

Rosatom plans ground-based SMR for Yakutia
03 November 2020 Rosatom is planning to build a small nuclear power plan in Yakutia. A...

Construction resumes at Bolivian nuclear research centre
03 November 2020 Work has resumed at Centre for Nuclear Research and Technology (CNIT)...

New IAEA publication looks at SMR development
03 November 2020 The 2020 edition of the biennial International Atomic Energy Agency...

EDF adjusts the cost of its nuclear fleet upgrades
03 November 2020 EDF has announced that it is adjusting its the Grand Carénage...

Urenco joins Sizewell C Consortium
02 November 2020 Uranium enrichment company Urenco has joined a consortium of businesses...

Japanese regulator approves safety programme for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa
02 November 2020 Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) has approved the...

New arrangement to boost supply of Lutetium-177
02 November 2020 Germany’s ITM Medical Isotopes and Canada-based Isogen have signed a...

Trial run of turbine completed at Belarus 1
02 November 2020 Unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear plant, a 1200MW Russian-designed...

Poland’s Synthos seeks regulatory opinion on BWRX-300
02 November 2020 Poland’s Synthos Green Energy (SGE) has submitted documentation to...

October 2020

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UK’s MAST Upgrade achieves first plasma
31 October 2020 After a seven-year build, the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s £55 million...

Sellafield Ltd signs 2-year contract extension with Atos
29 October 2020 UK-based Sellafield Ltd has signed a two-year contract extension with Atos,...

Japan postpones decision on release of Fukushima water
29 October 2020 Japan has deferred a decision to release treated radioactive water from...

Bulgaria signs nuclear co-operation MOU with USA
29 October 2020 Bulgaria and the USA have signed key documents on 5G networks security...

Kenya defers nuclear plans
29 October 2020 Kenya’s nuclear development plans have been deferred beyond the previous...

New Russian institute established for nuclear construction
29 October 2020 Rosatom and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NRU MGSU)...

Romania and France to partner on Cernavoda expansion
29 October 2020 Romania and France on 26 October signed a declaration of intent for...

OPG opens Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability
29 October 2020 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has celebrated the official opening of...

Holtec sees growing interest in its SMR-160
29 October 2020 US-based Holtec said earlier this month that it was “pleased to observe”...

Resolve Optics announces close-up lens for monitoring of radioactive processes
28 October 2020 The Model 214 Non-Browning fixed focus lens from Resolve Optics is...

Altrad secures UK decommissioning contract
27 October 2020 Industrial service provider Altrad has been awarded a four-year contract...

Start up for Belarus nuclear power plant
27 October 2020 Belarus nuclear power plant has received permission for a phased increase...

Energoatom sees good prospects for nuclear with Western support
27 October 2020 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has made significant progress...

Rosatom delivers Lutetium-177 to Italy
27 October 2020 Rosatom subsidiary V/O Izotop has delivered the radioisotope lutetium-177...

Grid connection for Leningrad-II 2
26 October 2020 Unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad-II nuclear power plant has been connected to...

China’s Fuqing 5 achieves criticality
26 October 2020 Unit 5 of China's Fuqing nuclear power plant in Fujian province – a...

Poland signs nuclear deal with USA
26 October 2020 Poland on 22 October signed an intergovernmental agreement with the USA...

Sogin continues with dismantling Latina nuclear plant
22 October 2020 Italy’s Sogin has completed the demolition of the screens of the...

Arktika formally commissioned
22 October 2020 The world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker, Russia’s Arktika,...

Canada returns to ITER
22 October 2020 The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Organisation...

Extension approved for Belgoprocess radwaste site in Belgium
22 October 2020 Belgium’s Belgoprocess, which is responsible for the management...

Georgia Power completes cold hydro testing at Vogtle 3
22 October 2020 Georgia Power has completed cold hydro testing for unit 3 of the...

Rosatom plans waste-free uranium plant
21 October 2020 Russia plans to build the world's only uranium plant using...

Russia’s Kursk II nuclear plant still ahead of schedule
21 October 2020 Workers at Russia’s Kursk II nuclear power plant have begun concreting of...

Progress for Oakridge MPEX fusion project
21 October 2020 US Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar...

Canada’s NWMO secures more land for potential repository
20 October 2020 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has released a...

DOE awards funds to UAMPS for NuScale reactor construction
20 October 2020 e US Department of Energy (DOE) has approved a $1.355 billion...

NNL and JAEA to co-operate on HTGRs
20 October 2020 The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the Japan Atomic Energy...

Special fire trucks delivered for Russia’s FNPP
20 October 2020 Five unique vehicles made specifically to ensure the fire safety of...

Canada supports SMR development with funds for Terrestrial Energy
19 October 2020 Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains announced a...

Russia’s Arktika nuclear icebreaker to completes ice tests
19 October 2020 Russia’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker of project 22220, Arktika,...

Bruce Power announced NZ-2050 strategy
19 October 2020 Bruce Power president and CEO Mike Rencheck announced NZ-2050, the...

More equipment shipped for Bangladesh nuclear plant
19 October 2020 The Petrozavodskmash branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies has begun...

Japan’s NRA approves restart plans for Kashiwazaki-Kariva 7
19 October 2020 The Japan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) has approved a report from...

Jacobs to lead EU programme investigating material fatigue in nuclear plant
16 October 2020 US-based Jacobs has been selected to lead an international consortium...

Bulgaria to start talks with US on nuclear technology
15 October 2020 Bulgaria is to start talks with the United States on nuclear technology...

Robots for Finnish encapsulation plant
15 October 2020 Finland’s Metecno Oy, a special industrial machine manufacturer, and...

ASN authorises fuel delivery for Flamanville 3
15 October 2020 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) has authorised the arrival of...

Swedish town approves used fuel repository
15 October 2020 Sweden's radioactive waste management company, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering...

US funding for Terrapower and X-energy
15 October 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 13 October announced it has selected...

World Energy Outlook 2020 examines pathways out of the pandemic crisis
15 October 2020 The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2020 focuses...

Russian scientists develop atomic battery
15 October 2020 Scientists from Russia’s National Research Technological University...

Framatome and General Atomics collaborate in development of fast modular reactor
14 October 2020 US-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) intends...

Tvel completes development of new fuel for Paks nuclear plant
13 October 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL has completed a project to develop and...

Ultra Safe Nuclear looks to deploy microreactors in US by 2026
13 October 2020 Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) is proposing to...

Special steel protection for Russian icebreaker Leader
13 October 2020 Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker, Leader, will be protected by an ice...

Ignalina temporarily suspends waste packaging; seeks assessment of final disposal sites
12 October 2020 Lithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power plant said on 9 October that it...

Two Japanese towns show interest in hosting waste facility
12 October 2020 The town of Suttsu in Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture has applied for...

Belarus nuclear plant achieves criticality but commissioning is delayed
12 October 2020 Unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant achieved criticality on 11...

Rosatom sets up energy storage business
12 October 2020 Russia’s Rosatom has established an industry integrator in the energy...

Romanian signs nuclear agreement with the USA
12 October 2020 US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Romania’s Minister of...

Bruce Power and Westinghouse to develop eVinci Micro Reactor
12 October 2020 Canada’s Bruce Power and Westinghouse Electric Company on 9 October...

Cold tests completed at Tianwan 6
12 October 2020 Cold testing has been completed at Tianwan 6 in China (Photo:...

Terrapower names Bechtel as construction partner for Natrium reactor
11 October 2020 US-based TerraPower has named Bechtel as its plant design,...

Dismantling of Russia’s old Voronezh nuclear heating plant proves difficult
08 October 2020 The dome of the unfinished Voronezh nuclear heating plant (VAST),...

Ukraine’s Naftogaz and Energoatom co-operate on hydrogen production
08 October 2020 Ukraine’s Naftogaz and Energoatom on 5 October signed a memorandum on...

Harworth completes nuclear fusion research facility at UKAEA
08 October 2020 The UK’s Harworth Group plc, a land and property developer, said on 5...

DOE begins hot commissioning of Salt Waste Processing Facility
08 October 2020 The US Department of Energy on 5 October transferred the first batch...

Russia’s NIIAR modernises SM-3 research reactor
08 October 2020 Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad said on...

US and Russia sign final amendment to uranium suspension agreement
08 October 2020 The US Department of Commerce (DOC) and Russian state nuclear...

First ventilated cooling tower completed at Russia’s Rostov NPP
08 October 2020 The construction of the first block of fan cooling towers for unit 3...

Tecnatom wins services contract with Krsko NPP
08 October 2020 Spain’s Tecnatom said on 5 October that the Krško NPP in Slovenia had...

Japan’s NRA approves Ikata 2 decommissioning plan
08 October 2020 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said on 7 October that...

Framatome opens US uranium recovery facility
08 October 2020 France’s Framatome said on 6 October that it had opened its $20...

Westinghouse to conduct engineering analyses for life extension of Brazil’s Angra 1
08 October 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 5 October that it had signed...

South Korea looks to floating NPPs
08 October 2020 Korea Electric Power Technology (Kepco E&C) said CEO Bae-Soo Lee had signed...

Canada’s OPG presses ahead with SMR development
08 October 2020 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 6 October that it...

Working group reports on situation at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky nuclear plant
06 October 2020 The condition of the future construction site of units 3&4 at...

Chernobyl nuclear plant to test South Korean decommissioning technologies
06 October 2020 Chernobyl nuclear power plant is to become a testing ground for South...

Fortum and MIT to collaborate on modelling tool for small reactors
06 October 2020 Finnish utility Fortum and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on...

Polish government to take over PGE nuclear company
05 October 2020 The shareholders of Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE EJ1), which was set up...

Philippines considers reviving Bataan nuclear power project
05 October 2020 Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on 1 October ordered energy...

Japan’s Sendai 1&2 to restart earlier than expected
05 October 2020 Kyushu Electric Power Company said on 1 October that it will restart...

Glimmer of hope for nuclear projects in Wales
05 October 2020 The UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial...

Orano wins service contracts with EDF
05 October 2020 France’s Orano announced it had won several contracts with EDF for a total...

Duke Energy completes transaction enabling start of D&D at Crystal River
05 October 2020 Accelerated Decommissioning Partners and Duke Energy on 1 October completed...

NAC International subsidiary acquires SECUR
02 October 2020 US-based NAC International (NAC) has formed a new wholly owned...

Gryphon Technologies to support development of HALEU propulsion system
02 October 2020 Gryphon Technologies has been awarded a $14 million task order by the...

Russia approves modernisation of PIK reactor
02 October 2020 Russia’s Glavgosexpertiza experts have approved the project for...

Candu Owners Group and NEA to cooperate in PHWR research
02 October 2020 The Candu Owners Group (COG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Jacobs to support UKAEA fusion technologies
01 October 2020 US-based Jacobs announced it has been selected by the United Kingdom...

China completes development of CAP1400
01 October 2020 China’s State Power Investment Corp (SPIC) said in late September...

Westinghouse increases fuel supplies to Ukraine
01 October 2020 Westinghouse Electric Co said on 30 September that it had signed an...

GNS provides used fuel packaging for Germany’s Isar nuclear plant
01 October 2020 Germany’s Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) said on 30 September...

Brazil prepares to revive uranium project
01 October 2020 The project for the exploration of uranium in Brazil’s northeast...

Official acceptance for Pakistan’s Chashma 4
01 October 2020 Unit 4 of the Chashma nuclear power plant in Pakistan has passed its...

Germany’s BGE reports on possible final repository sites as UK prepares to return waste from reprocessing
01 October 2020 Germany’s waste management organisation, Bundesgesellschaft für...

September 2020

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L3Harris to develop simulator for Terrestrial Energy's IMSR
30 September 2020 Terrestrial Energy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract to develop...

GE completes steam turbine and generator outage at Cernavoda
29 September 2020 GE Steam Power said it completed a major steam turbine and generator...

Cavendish Nuclear to continue supporting UK nuclear fleet
29 September 2020 Cavendish Nuclear will continue to provide complex engineering support...

Russia to co-operate with Afcone
29 September 2020 Russia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation...

Iraq sets up committee tasked with building a research reactor
29 September 2020 Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has ordered the formation of...

Netherlands considers more nuclear power
28 September 2020 Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Eric Wiebes has...

Bechtel and AECOM Energy & Construction fined for fraudulent work at US Hanford site
28 September 2020 US federal prosecutors on 22 September announced a settlement involving...

UK ONR permits Hunterston 4 to restart for limited period
28 September 2020 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 24 September provided...

Giant pipeline installed at Russia's Kursk II
28 September 2020 A giant pipeline is being installed at the construction site of...

New UN report looks at nuclear energy and sustainable development
27 September 2020 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is developinga new...

US DOE presses ahead with Versatile Test Reactor
27 September 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approved Critical Decision 1 for...

Darlington takes step towards producing Mo-99
25 September 2020 Ontario Power Generation (OPG), its subsidiary Laurentis Energy...

X-energy signs agreement with Hatch to promote SMR development
25 September 2020 US-based X-energy continues to advance its Xe-100 small modular...

US and Kazakhstan continue with HEU elimination programme
25 September 2020 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

IEA Netherlands energy review focuses on renewables and hydrogen
24 September 2020 The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its Netherlands 2020 Energy...

World’s largest nuclear icebreaker leaves for home port of Murmansk
24 September 2020 The lead universal nuclear icebreaker "Arktika" left the Baltiysky...

Ukraine’s president orders draft bill on development of nuclear energy
24 September 2020 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 22 September issued a decree...

New innovation and business network boosts Finnish SMR expertise
24 September 2020 Mitigating climate change to sustainable levels requires strong changes...

Major concreting tasks completed at Akkuyu nuclear plant
24 September 2020 Concreting of the foundation plates of the reactor building and the...

EU Court of Justice rejects Austrian appeal against Hinkley Point C
24 September 2020 The European Court of Justice on 22 September rejected Austria's...

French companies launch nuclear reactor digital twin project
24 September 2020 France’s Framatome has partnered with the EDF Group, the French...

Canadian companies collaborate on heavy water recycling
24 September 2020 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Centre for Canadian...

SKB cleared to continue waste facility operations
24 September 2020 Swedish radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering...

Switzerland’s Mühleberg enters formal decommissioning
22 September 2020 BKW, the owner-operator of Switzerland’s Mühleberg nuclear plant, said...

Kansai Electric completes safety improvements at two nuclear plants
22 September 2020 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co announced that safety improvement...

Milestone reached at Russia’s Kursk II NPP
22 September 2020 At the construction site of Russia’s Kursk II, the ceiling of...

New used fuel facility being completed at Russia’s Mayak
21 September 2020 The Moscow-based Central Design and Technological Institute (TSPI)...

Closer monitoring required of Seabrook NPP concrete degradation
21 September 2020 The US Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB), under the Nuclear...

New contract for Hanford cleanup to start in October
21 September 2020 US company Amentum announced that the US DOE had provided the...

Sizewell C takes centre stage in UK nuclear plans
21 September 2020 Following the collapse of the project to build a new nuclear plant at...

US DOE sets up Office of Arctic Energy
21 September 2020 US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette joined Senate Energy and...

IAEA concludes long term operational safety review at Ringhals
21 September 2020 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

IAEA sees continued role for nuclear
20 September 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency has released its latest...

First container of damaged used fuel sent to storage at Ignalina
18 September 2020 The first container holding damaged nuclear fuel has been placed in...

Rolls-Royce to supply pressure transmitters for China's Zhangzhou 1&2
17 September 2020 Rolls-Royce has been awarded a multi-million euros contract by China...

Tenex to conduct study for Fukushima Daiichi
17 September 2020 Tenex-Japan Co, a subsidiary of Russian nuclear trade...

Horizon to cease activities on UK nuclear projects
17 September 2020 UK-based Horizon Nuclear Power announced that it will cease its activities...

World Nuclear Association appoints Sama Bilbao y León as new director general
17 September 2020 The World Nuclear Association said on 15 September that Agneta Rising...

Milestone achieved at Hinkley Point C unit 2
17 September 2020 EDF Energy said this week that construction of the second reactor at...

European Parliament committee seeks stringent emission reduction targets
17 September 2020 European nuclear trade organisation FORATOM has welcomed the...

Eskom to install new steam generators at Koeberg
17 September 2020 South African power utility Eskom said was on schedule to install six...

TerraPower and Centrus to co-operate on HALEU fuel
17 September 2020 US-based TerraPower announced on 15 September that its plans to team up...

Tvel supplies fuel for Hungary’s research reactor
16 September 2020 Russian nuclear fuel company Tvel (part of Rosatom) has supplied Hungary...

Further delays for Japan’s Ohma
15 September 2020 Japan’s Electric Power Development Co (J-Power) has announced further...

Doosan Heavy to supply pressuriser to Iter
15 September 2020 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said the consortium...

Atommash assembles reactor vessel for Russia’s Kursk II
15 September 2020 Atomenergomash has assembled two halves of the new generation...

Nuvia wins contract to work on deep shaft and Silo at Dounreay
15 September 2020 The UK’s Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), on behalf of the...

Europe to investigate concrete degradation
14 September 2020 A new European Union collaborative research project co-ordinated by...

Six Korean reactors shut down due to salinity during recent typhoons
14 September 2020 The recent shutdown of six nuclear reactors at South Korea’s Kori and...

UK announces funding for robots, batteries and medical technologies
14 September 2020 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and...

NASA studies General Atomics reactor design for Mars missions
14 September 2020 US-based General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has delivered...

Bruce Power and BWXT collaborate on life extension projects
14 September 2020 Bruce Power and BWXT Canada Ltd have announced that they are collaborating...

Tianwan 5 begins commercial operation
10 September 2020 Unit 5 at Tianwan nuclear plant in China's Jiangsu province, began...

Westinghouse EnCore Fuel loaded at Belgium’s Doel 4
10 September 2020 Westinghouse Electric Company and Spain’s ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas...

Permit issued for commissioning Chernobyl ISF-2 used fuel storage
10 September 2020 Ukraine’s Chernobyl NPP on 7 September received a permit from the...

Hot testing completed at Pakistan’s Karachi 2
10 September 2020 Unit 2 at Pakistan’s Karachi Nuclear Power Plant has completed hot...

US DOE funding for Tokamak research
10 September 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $17 million in funding...

Heavy equipment sent to India’s Kudankulam NPP
10 September 2020 A special consignment of large-size or heavy equipment for the Kudankulam...

Iran building advanced facilities in Natanz
10 September 2020 The Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar...

Final positioning for lower cylinder of the Iter cryostat
10 September 2020 The ITER Organisation announced that the lower cylinder of the cryostat...

EDF served with improvement notice over safety at Heysham NPP
10 September 2020 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 7 September served...

Equipment upgraded at US Savannah River site to expedite plutonium down-blending
10 September 2020 The management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site...

US Dominion seeks second licence renewal for North Anna
10 September 2020 US utility Dominion Energy has filed an application with the...

Belgian court rules against closure of Tihange 2
09 September 2020 Pressure to reverse the decision by Belgium’s Federal Nuclear Control...

Fuel loading begins at China’s Fuqing 5
07 September 2020 Fuel loading has started at Fuqing 5, China's first...

Refurbishment work gets underway at Canada’s Darlington 3
07 September 2020 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 3 September that work has begun on...

More US funding for fusion projects
07 September 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $29 million in...

Key life extension equipment delivered to Armenian NPP
07 September 2020 Equipment required for reactor pressure vessel annealing has been...

Belarus confident of electricity exports despite Baltic trade ban
07 September 2020 The Belarus Deputy Energy Minister, Mikhail Mikhadyuk, said on 3...

Framatome partners with ADAGOS to bring artificial intelligence to the nuclear sector
04 September 2020 Framatome has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with...

Rolls-Royce to supply Neutron Flux Monitoring Systems for Zhangzhou
04 September 2020 Rolls-Royce announced it has been awarded a multi-million euros contract...

Rosatom looks to digitalisation
04 September 2020 The Russian government, state nuclear corporation Rosatom and...

US DOE agreed to remove plutonium from South Carolina
04 September 2020 South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced a $600...

NIA report unveils blueprint for cheaper nuclear power
03 September 2020 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has launched a new report, in...

Slovakia’s Mohovce 3 commissioning slowed by insufficient documentation
03 September 2020 Slovakia’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ÚJD) said on 2 September...

USNC opens SMR fuel facility in USA
03 September 2020 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has established a new...

Leningrad II unit 2 reaches controlled minimum power
03 September 2020 Unit 2 at Russia’s Leningrad II NPP (also known as Leningrad 6) has...

Georgia Power says US Vogtle project is still on target
03 September 2020 Georgia Power on 31 August announced in a filing with the Georgia...

Santee Cooper and Westinghouse agree settlement on VC Summer equipment
03 September 2020 US utility Santee Cooper has finalised terms of a settlement...

TerraPower launches Natrium reactor
01 September 2020 US-based TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) have announced...

Drone used to examine equipment at Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine
01 September 2020 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk has begun to use a...

Waste storage facility to be built in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region
01 September 2020 Russia’s national operator for waste management, NO RAO, has received...

August 2020

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US NRC issues final safety evaluation for NuScale SMR
31 August 2020 US-based NuScale Power announced on 28 August that the US Nuclear...

Kazatomprom sees some positive prospects
31 August 2020 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has announced...

Electricity generation at OL3 delayed until 2022
31 August 2020 Finnish power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said on 28 August that...

Exelon to close Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants
31 August 2020 US-based Exelon Generation has announced that it intends to retire its...

UK’s Hunterston B to be decommissioned
31 August 2020 DF Energy announced that it will begin decommissioning its Hunterston...

Core melt trap delivered for Turkey’s Akkuyu 1
31 August 2020 Russia’s Akkuyu Nuclear, the project management company building...

Bechtel selected for contract talks on US test reactor
28 August 2020 US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) said on...

Russia’s MBIR research reactor passes expert scrutiny
28 August 2020 Russia’s Federal Autonomous Institution Glavgosexpertiza (Main Department...

Iran and IAEA reaffirm cooperation
27 August 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran have agreed...

Early decommissioning for US Duane Arnold following storm damage
27 August 2020 The US Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Linn County, Iowa, will...

IAEA team sees safety improvements at Czech research reactor
27 August 2020 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

Russia ships steam generators to Akkuyu nuclear plant
27 August 2020 Russia’s Atommash plant in Volgodonsk (a branch of AEM-Technologies,...

Korean patent for Lightbridge
27 August 2020 US-based fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation announced that...

Japan’s Rokkasho reprocessing plant postponed again
27 August 2020 Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) has announced that it will again...

SMR-160 passes phase one of Canadian vendor design review
27 August 2020 US-based Holtec International said that its SMR LLC subsidiary had...

Rosatom to fabricate REMIX fuel at Siberian Chemical Combine
26 August 2020 The Investment Committee of Russia's Rosatom has approved a project...

Framatome to provide field instrumentation to Hinkley Point C
26 August 2020 Framatome announced it has signed a contract with Hinkley Point C to...

Salt Waste Processing Facility to start operating at Savannah River
26 August 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has authorised radioactive (hot)...

Korean government approves used fuel storage expansion
24 August 2020 The South Korean government has approved the expansion of used fuel...

Construction of Egypt’s first nuclear plant to begin in 2021
24 August 2020 Amjad Al-Wakeel Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority...

Cameco and Bruce Power support next generation nuclear technologies
24 August 2020 Canada’s Cameco and Bruce Power have announced a series of...

US funds AI and Machine Learning Research for Fusion Energy
24 August 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 20 August announced a plan to provide...

Milestone for Bruce Power’s isotope production project
24 August 2020 Canada’s Bruce Power and Isogen, an Ontario-based joint venture...

Umbrella branding for Rosatom
24 August 2020

Russian mox plant receives five-year licence
20 August 2020 Russia’s Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk has received...

Grid connection for Barakah 1
20 August 2020 Unit 1 of the Barakah nuclear plant has been connected to the UAE grid,...

Power uprates for Slovakia’s Mohovce 1&2
20 August 2020 Modernisation projects at units 1&2 of the Mohovce nuclear power plant...

Kazatomprom to maintain uranium production cuts
20 August 2020 Kazakhstan's National Atomic Company Kazatomprom said that it will maintain...

Work to begin to remove damaged fuel from Ignalina
20 August 2020 The last assemblies of undamaged used nuclear fuel have been removed from...

New IAEA Technical Cooperation Project with Chernobyl NPP
20 August 2020 A new technical cooperation project between the Chernobyl NPP (ChNPP) and...

Switzerland’s Nagra favours interim waste storage at Zwilag
20 August 2020 Switzerland’s National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive...

TVO launches EIA for Olkiluoto very low-level nuclear waste final disposal
19 August 2020 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), which is planning to build...

Fortum initiates EIA procedure for Loviisa NPP
18 August 2020 Finnish power utility Fortum has initiated an Environmental Impact...

More progress in cleaning up the Russian Arctic
18 August 2020 Russia’s Lepse floating technical base (PTB) in the Murmansk Region will...

US DOE awards $5.1 million for advanced nuclear technology
18 August 2020 US DOE awards $5.1 million for advanced nuclear technology

UK NDA awards R&D contracts
18 August 2020 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said on 13 August that...

Energoatom disputes new energy market pricing formula
17 August 2020 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said on 13 August that it considers...

Ultra Safe Nuclear contracts UK’s Howden to supply helium technology
17 August 2020 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) said on 13 August that it...

Russian institutes develop welding quality control method for ITER
13 August 2020 Non-destructive testing specialists at Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnic...

Transport packages ordered for Sellafield legacy waste
13 August 2020 UK-based TSP Engineering will produce transport packages for Sellafield...

Used fuel transferred to storage at US San Onofre NPP
13 August 2020 The 73rd and final multi-purpose canister (MPC) of used nuclear fuel...

Leningrad II NPP unit 6 completes WANO pre-start peer review
13 August 2020 Experts from the Moscow Centre of the World Association of Nuclear...

Progress at India’s Kudankulam NPP
13 August 2020 Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T India), with the technical...

Jacobs deploys Raman spectroscopy to identify radioactive contamination
13 August 2020 US-based Jacobs said on 11 August that it is deploying a new type of...

Russia to build an additional facility to process DUFH
13 August 2020 In line with plans to reduce its stockpile of depleted uranium...

Chinese fast reactor completes testing with manual shutdown
13 August 2020 A manual emergency shutdown test of the China Experimental Fast...

Belarus unit 2 to be commissioned in 2022
13 August 2020 The second unit of the Belarus NPP will be commissioned in 2022,...

X-Energy submits its SMR for Canadian Vendor Design Review
13 August 2020 US company X-energy announced on 11 August that it had initiated a...

Grid connection for China’s Tianwan 5
13 August 2020 Unit 5 of China’s Tianwan NPP in Jiangsu province has been connected to...

Land use permit granted for Spain’s Salamanca uranium project
13 August 2020 Berkeley Energia Ltd announced on 11 August that it had been granted...

French regulator releases IAEA report on Flamanville 3
12 August 2020 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) on...

ZiO-Podolsk to supply steam generators for BREST reactor
12 August 2020 Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk will manufacture steam generators for the reactor...

First reactor pressure vessel assembled for Bangladesh NPP
12 August 2020 Russia’s AEM-technologies has pre-assembled the reactor for unit 1 of...

More delays for restart of UK’s Hunterston and Dungeness NPPs
12 August 2020 EDF Energy said on 7 August that it was once again extending the outages...

SNN launches notice of intent for qualification of natural uranium ore concentrate
11 August 2020 SOCIETATEA NATIONALA NUCLEARELECTRICA S.A. (“SNN”), the sole nuclear...

Used fuel removal from Russia’s Andreeva Bay to be completed by 2027
11 August 2020 The unloading of used nuclear fuel from Russian storage facilities at...

Kenya seeks regulatory approval for NPP
11 August 2020 Kenya’s Nuclear Power and Energy Agency, (NuPEA), formerly Kenya...

Contract awarded to supply refuelling machines for Akkuyu NPP
11 August 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) said...

Alberta supports Canada’s SMR development plans
11 August 2020 Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta, Canada, on 7 August signalled the...

Fuel loading begins at Belarus NPP
11 August 2020 Fuel loading has begun at unit 1 of the Belarus NPP, Russian state...

Jacobs to support development of Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor
06 August 2020 US-based Jacobs announced it has been selected to support development...

Russia to open radiopharmaceutical plant in Obninsk
06 August 2020 Rusatom Healthcare, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) will build...

Sogin begins dismantling Latina NPP
06 August 2020 Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin), which is...

NAC receives Canadian certification for OPTIMUS packaging
06 August 2020 US-based NAC International (NAC) has received certification for...

Kazatomprom to resume uranium production as pandemic restriction ease
06 August 2020 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom on 3 August announced...

UK Radioactive Waste Management launches research office to support geological disposal
06 August 2020 The UK Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) on 4 August launched the...

UK National Grid to use new design pylons to link Hinkley Point C
06 August 2020 The UK National Grid said on 29 July that 116 new-design T-pylons along...

French Financial Markets Authority fines EDF over Hinkley point C
06 August 2020 In its decision of 28 July 2020, France’s Autorité des Marchés...

US study looks at nuclear export opportunities
06 August 2020 A new report by US consulting firm UxC for US trade association the...

Unit 1 of UAE’s Barakah NPP begins operation
03 August 2020 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) on 1 August announced that...

China’s Tianwan 5 achieves criticality
03 August 2020 Unit 5 of the China's Tianwan nuclear power plant in Jiangsu...

Nasa’s new Mars rover powered by RTGs
03 August 2020 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 30...

Equipment installation begins at Russia’s Kursk II NPP
03 August 2020 The first technological equipment has been installed at unit 1 of...

EDF reports nuclear output down and warns of construction delays
03 August 2020 EDF's Board of Directors on 29 July approved the condensed...

Third tier of inner containment completed at Rooppur 1
03 August 2020 The third tier of the inner containment shell of the reactor building at...

July 2020

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Philippines sets up committee to consider nuclear power
31 July 2020 Philippines Energy Ministry said on 29 July that President Rodrigo...

Japan’s Rokkasho plant clears safety checks but future still uncertain
31 July 2020 Japan’s long-delayed nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Rokkasho in...

US company and South Korea to co-operate on MMR
31 July 2020 US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) on 29 July signed a...

Indonesia signs MOU on molten salt reactor
31 July 2020 US-based nuclear company Thorcon International and Indonesia’s...

Technology upgrade for Russia’s MSZ fuel company
31 July 2020 Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ) in Elektrostal, part of state...

Work begins in Kyrgyz Republic to clean up Soviet-era uranium
31 July 2020 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on 28...

US Senate adopts Nuclear Energy Leadership legislation
31 July 2020 The US Senate has passed the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA) after...

US to develop a reactor for use in space
31 July 2020 Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the managing and operating contractor for...

Spain extends NPP operation for the last time
31 July 2020 Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition on 25 July extended the...

ČEZ and Czech government agree on Dukovany expansion
31 July 2020 The Czech government on 28 July signed agreements with power utility ČEZ...

Assembly of ITER begins in France
30 July 2020 The ITER group, in a ceremony on 28 July marked the start of the...

UK seeks innovative methods for waste segregation
30 July 2020 The UK on 27 July launched a GBP3.9 million ($5m) competition to...

Outer containment installed at China’s Fuqing 6
30 July 2020 The outer containment dome has been installed at unit 6 of China’s Fuqing...

More finance for Canada’s General Fusion
29 July 2020 Canada’s General Fusion has closed additional financing in support of...

Mox plant at Russia’s MCC manufactures first full mox core for BN-800
28 July 2020 The first complete reloading of mixed oxide (mox) fuel for Russia’s...

UK ONR publishes strategy to 2025
28 July 2020 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has published its Strategy...

Ukraine signs agreement with GE and receives European loans
28 July 2020 US-based GE Steam Power announced that it has been selected by...

Spain’s GDES wins its first decommissioning contract in Sweden
27 July 2020 Spain’s GDES said on 24 July that it had been awarded a contract to...

SNC-Lavalin to design equipment for Darlington nuclear plant
27 July 2020 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin announced it had been awarded a contract for...

US removes restrictions on nuclear financing
27 July 2020 The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has announced...

Curtiss-Wright signs exclusive agreement with Ringo Valves
27 July 2020 US-based Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear Division (Curtiss-Wright) announced on...

OPG launches Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability
27 July 2020 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 22 July that it is launching...

Russia to set up engineering centre for RBMK decommissioning
24 July 2020 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom announced an engineering centre for...

Deep Isolation and NAC sign long-term agreement
24 July 2020 US-based Deep Isolation has signed a long-term cooperation and...

Fuel removal from Russia’s Lepse nearing completion
24 July 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on 22 July that it...

Resolve Optics supports visual inspection in nuclear environments
24 July 2020 UK-based Resolve Optics has reported that its non-browning lenses are...

A milestone for Myrrha
24 July 2020 The Myrrha project at Belgium's Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN)...

Framatome and Lockheed Martin sign teaming agreement
24 July 2020 France’s Framatome has recently signed a teaming agreement with...

India’s Kakrapur 3 achieves criticality
23 July 2020 Unit 3 of India’s Kakrapar nuclear plant in Gujarat achieved criticality...

Canada looks to robotic solutions
23 July 2020 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin and Kinova have signed a two-year...

Czech government approves financing model for new Dukovany unit
23 July 2020 The Czech government has approved a model for financing a new nuclear unit...

Bruce Power, Isogen and BWXT partner for isotope production
23 July 2020 Canada’s Bruce Power, with Isogen and BWXT ITG Canada have partnered...

US DOE selects Amentum for D&D services
23 July 2020 Amentum, a contractor to US federal and allied governments, announced on...

Equipment shipped for Akkuyu turbine hall
23 July 2020 Russia’s AAEM Turbine Technologies and ZiO-Podolsk have manufactured...

Radiation warning signs to be installed along Russia’s Techa River
22 July 2020 Some 300 radiation warning signs are to be installed along the Techa...

Operating licence issued for Leningrad II unit 2
22 July 2020 Russia’s Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and...

Russian regulator issues licence for new waste facility at Seversk
22 July 2020 Russia’s Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and...

Russia sends cyclotron to Thailand
22 July 2020 Russia’s DV Efremov Scientific Research Institute of...

US DOE issues RFI for Waste Isolation Plant operation
22 July 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 16 July issued a Request for...

IAEA and GIF call for faster deployment of next generation reactors
22 July 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Generation...

Russia’s Kursk II project moves forward
22 July 2020 The technical design of the automated process control system (APCS) for...

Jacobs opens UK Engineering and Technology Centre
21 July 2020 US-based Jacobs has opened a new Engineering and Technology Centre in...

India and EU formalise nuclear co-operation agreement
21 July 2020 India and the European Union (EU) formalised the long-negotiated...

Rosatom to start training for Hanhikivi-1 personnel
21 July 2020 Russia’s Rosatom Group companies - RAOS Project Oy, the general supplier...

Bruce Power celebrates Reactor Maintenance Platform for MCR project
21 July 2020 Canada’s Bruce Power, Shoreline Power Group, Promation Nuclear, and...

Brazil’s Eletrobras brings forward investment for Eletronuclear
21 July 2020 Brazil’s power utility Eletrobras announced in a securities filing on 17...

Rooppur unit 1 RPV undergoes hydraulic tests
21 July 2020 The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies JSC (part...

First ever measurement of tokamak dust particles
20 July 2020 For the first time ever, through the Broader Approach agreement, a...

Barakah 2 completed at UAE nuclear plant
16 July 2020 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has completed construction...

EDF opens new UK engineering design centre
16 July 2020 A new engineering design centre has been opened in the UK to support the...

International study finds plutonium particles were released during Fukushima accident
16 July 2020 Researchers have found that small amounts of plutonium were included...

RPV for Akkuyu 1 undergoes hydraulic tests
16 July 2020 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM Technologies (part of Rosatom’s...

Report: pandemic recovery is an opportunity to invest in nuclear
15 July 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic recovery has presented a window of opportunity...

US study finds advanced reactors can be cost effective
15 July 2020 A new study by LucidCatalyst for the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-1 switches to 18-month fuel cycle
15 July 2020 Unit 1 of Russia’s Novovoronezh II nuclear plant (also known as...

Leningrad II-2 ready for startup
15 July 2020 Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-II (LNPP-II) is ready for physical startup,...

NuScale progresses SMR Vendor Design Review in Canada
15 July 2020 US-based NuScale Power announced that it completed its second submittal...

French Auditor’s report unsure of EPR plans
14 July 2020 Introducing a new report from France’s nuclear auditor, released last...

UK funding for advanced reactors
13 July 2020 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy announced...

China's Tianwan 5 completes fuel loading
13 July 2020 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on 10 July that unit 5 of...

China to build six to eight new reactors a year between 2020 and 2025
13 July 2020 China is expected to increase nuclear power plant construction steadily...

Canada’s Darlington 1 breaks record for nuclear plant operation
13 July 2020 Unit 1 at Canada’s Darlington nuclear power plant has set a new...

New EC 'Green Deal' strategies ignore nuclear power
13 July 2020 The European Commission (EC) on 8 July presented two strategies as part...

Akkuyu Nuclear head gives update on Turkish construction project
10 July 2020 Anastasia Zoteeva, director general and chair of the Board of Directors...

Tender announced to provide fuel for Russia’s PIK reactor
09 July 2020 Russia’s BP Konstantinova Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics...

AEM Technologies completes upper half of RPV for Rooppur 2
09 July 2020 Rosatom’s engineering division Atomenergomash has manufactured the upper...

Hinkley Point C expects to see 1200 new jobs and 300 apprentices
09 July 2020 Staffordshire-based Capula and Exyte Hargreaves from Lancashire are...

Kataysky Pumping Plant to supply pumps to Akkuyu
09 July 2020 Russia’s Kataysky Pump Plant (KNZ – part of RATM Holdings) has won...

US DOE awards decommissioning contracts for legacy sites
09 July 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Sizewell C NPP unlikely to affect other states
09 July 2020 The UK secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,...

Ignalina rejects proposals for waste facilities
08 July 2020 Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) has rejected all three proposals...

Russia’s AECC wins contract to decommission mothballed installations at VNIINM
07 July 2020 a’s Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Plant (AECC) in Irkutsk has signed a...

General Atomics to deliver radiation monitoring systems to Millstone 3
07 July 2020 General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a...

Russia develops robot linked with virtual reality for high radiation environments
07 July 2020 Avtomatika Concern, an affiliate of the Russian state-run corporation...

US report recognises nuclear as zero-carbon energy source
07 July 2020 The US House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has released a...

Incident damages building at Iran’s Natanz enrichment facility
06 July 2020 Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on...

Canada’s NWMO selects Geofirma Engineering for repository test drilling
06 July 2020 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has...

Foratom welcomes EC decision to assess nuclear’s eligibility for green finance
06 July 2020 The European Atomic Forum (Foratom) has welcomed the European...

Second tier of internal containment completed at Akkuyu 1
06 July 2020 Installation of the second tier of the reactor building's...

IAEA reports on elevated radiation levels in northern Europe
06 July 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 2 July that the...

Armenian nuclear power plant shut for maintenance
05 July 2020 The Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor was brought to a 65-day halt...

WNA releases position paper on long-term operation
03 July 2020 The World Nuclear Association (WNA) has released a new technical...

X-energy to supply fuel for Japan’s HTGR
03 July 2020 US-based X-energy has teamed with Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Industries (NFI) to...

South Ukraine 2 fully loaded with Westinghouse fuel
03 July 2020 Unit 2 at Ukraine’s South Ukraine nuclear power plant was fully loaded...

Construction licence application submitted for Paks II
02 July 2020 On 30 June Hungary’s Paks II Ltd submitted a construction licence...

Site licence application submitted for Sizewell C
02 July 2020 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on 30 June that it...

Russia’s FNPP begins providing heat to Pevek
02 July 2020 The first heat from Russia’s Akadmik Lomonosov floating nuclear power...

Orano acquires KSE, strengthening its maintenance offering
02 July 2020 France’s Orano has acquired KSB Service Energie (KSE) and of its...

BWXT wins contract to expand TRISO fuel production
02 July 2020 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 1 July that its...

First concrete poured for Akkuyu unit 2
02 July 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun pouring the...

Jacobs to provide infrastructure support for UK LLWR
01 July 2020 Jacobs has been selected by LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) to...

MEH installation gets underway at Hinkley Point C
01 July 2020 The first five of 156 tanks have been installed at the Hinkley Point...

Clean energy hub proposes nuclear development for Moorside
01 July 2020 France’s EDF and 14 other companies and trade unions have announced...

Fessenheim closes down
01 July 2020 France's oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim was finally shut down on...

June 2020

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Backup diesel generators installed at Leningrad II 2
30 June 2020 Work on standby diesel generators has been completed at unit 2 of...

IAEA reports on nuclear plant operation and safeguards
30 June 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its annual...

Russia’s Kalinin NPP modernises information-computing system
30 June 2020 As part of the overhaul of Kalinin 1, specialists have begun to modernise...

Saskatchewan to establish an office to coordinate nuclear policy
30 June 2020 The Government of Saskatchewan has announced plans to establish an office...

Sizewell C planning application accepted for examination
30 June 2020 The UK Planning Inspectorate on 24 June accepted for examination the...

OPG cancels plans for nuclear waste store
29 June 2020 Canada's Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has cancelled plans to bury...

Construction licence expected for Russia’s Brest reactor
29 June 2020 Russia’s Breakthrough Project Management expects to obtain a licence to...

IEA urges EU to financially support nuclear
29 June 2020 Ambassadors from the European Union’s 27 member states agreed on 24 June...

Iran completes maintenance outage at Bushehr
29 June 2020 Iranian experts have completed overhaul and maintenance work on unit 1 of...

World Nuclear Association publishes summary of Fuel Report
29 June 2020 The World Nuclear Association has published a first-of-a-kind...

Russia prepares to build new nuclear reactors at Leningrad and Smolensk
26 June 2020 Preparations are underway in Russia to build new nuclear power units in...

Russian webinar examines nuclear and climate change
26 June 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom jointly with the...

US NRC to review application by Centrus for HALEU production
26 June 2020 US-based Centrus Energy Corp announced that its application to...

Coronavirus sees “resequencing” of activities at Vogtle nuclear project
25 June 2020 Georgia Power has announced a resequencing of certain planned activities...

NEA launches policy briefs on nuclear’s role in economic recovery
25 June 2020 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Nuclear...

UK NIA report sets out plans for clean economic recovery
25 June 2020 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has released a new report -...

Polish minister urges European support for nuclear
25 June 2020 Polish Climate Minister Michał Kurtyka on 22 June, in an open letter to...

Russia restructures loan for Belarus nuclear power plant
25 June 2020 The Russian government on 22 June approved a draft protocol restructuring...

Minerals Council of Australia climate plan draws criticism
25 June 2020 The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has released an action...

Orano completes dismantling of France’s Ulysse research reactor
25 June 2020 After five years of works, the project to completely dismantle...

Lucideon joins NNL's advanced fuel cycle research programme
24 June 2020 The international materials technology company, Lucideon, has signed...

US DOE modifies legacy waste disposition contract with Isotek
24 June 2020 Isotek Systems business and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have signed...

Rwanda parliament ratifies agreement on Russian-supplied nuclear centre
23 June 2020 The Rwandan Parliament on 15 June ratified an agreement with Russia on...

Rosatom seeks foreign partners for MBIR reactor
22 June 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is hoping for foreign partners...

Holtec reaches agreement on decommissioning of Pilgrim nuclear plant
22 June 2020 Officials in Massachusetts have dropped a lawsuit against US-based...

US DOE awards $65m for nuclear research
22 June 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $65 million...

Rosatom considers life extension for BN-600 fast reactor to 2040
22 June 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 18 June received...

New analysis supports new nuclear for the UK
22 June 2020 UK-based Energy Systems Catapult said on 18 June that a new analysis...

Rosatom, Framatome and GE agree to cooperate on Belene project
21 June 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has agreed to cooperate with...

Necsa welcomes South Africa's consultation on nuclear new-build
18 June 2020 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has welcomed the...

Leningrad II unit 2 approved for start up
18 June 2020 Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 17 June issued a permit for...

Belgian regulator favours geological disposal
18 June 2020 Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) on 15 June issued...

US-based Last Energy invests in Estonian SMR project
18 June 2020 US-based risk investor Last Energy has made an undisclosed investment...

Flushing of safety systems begins at Belarus 2
18 June 2020 Experts have begun flushing of active and passive safety systems at unit 2...

Westinghouse to provide support services to Nordic BWRs
18 June 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a cooperation...

European ministers urge support for hydrogen
18 June 2020 Seven European countries have issued a joint declaration to the...

Holtec deploys portable robot for canister lid closure welds
18 June 2020 US-based Holtec has announced the deployment of a portable robotic...

Rosatom begins testing 3rd generation fuel for Dukovany nuclear plant
18 June 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun resource...

New collaboration to boost nuclear industry in North Wales
18 June 2020 A new partnership between the Nuclear AMRC and M-SParc aims to help...

Rosatom starts to install equipment at pilot demonstration energy complex
17 June 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL (past of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) said...

US regulator accepts Oklo's Aurora licence application for review
16 June 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review a...

Armenia to use budget funds to complete upgrade of Metsamor nuclear plant
16 June 2020 The Armenian government has decided to provide a loan worth AMD 63.2...

Cavendish Nuclear delivers electrical panel for Hunterston B
15 June 2020 Cavendish Nuclear announced it has used remote testing to overcome...

IEA says nuclear is not on track to meet sustainability goals
15 June 2020 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest Clean Energy Progress...

NIRAB recommends the development of SMRs and AMRs
15 June 2020 The UK’s Nuclear Innovation Research and Advisory Board (NIRAB) said in...

Hot testing completed at Leningrad II-2
15 June 2020 Hot tests have been completed at unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad II...

US DOE delivers power system for NASA Mars launch
15 June 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy has delivered...

I&C modernisation completed at Belgium’s Doel 1&2
15 June 2020 France’s Framatome said its digital instrumentation and control (I&C)...

GE-Hitachi awarded Olkiluoto outage services contract
11 June 2020 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced it has been awrded a contract...

Fortum and Uniper agree on dismantling Swedish nuclear plants
11 June 2020 Finland’s Fortum and Uniper Sweden have signed an agreement on a...

Mox transition for Russia’s Beloyarsk 4
11 June 2020 In 2022, the BN-800 fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk...

Equipment being prepared for Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear plant
11 June 2020 Poland’s APS Energia has won a tender organised by Russia’s Titan 2 (part...

SNC-Lavalin wins inspection contract at Cernavoda
11 June 2020 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin announced that its subsidiary Candu Energy had won...

Holtec launches heavy load transporter
11 June 2020 The first HI-TRAN 300 vertical heavy load hauler designed by its...

Joint venture set up for MMR demonstration in Canada
10 June 2020 Global First Power (GFP), Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and...

Bilfinger wins £350m contracts for work on Hinkley Point C
10 June 2020 Industrial services provider Bilfinger has won two new contracts worth...

Construction of administration building for Finland’s Hanhikivi to start this summer
10 June 2020 Finland’s Fennovoima has announced that construction of the...

Rosatom says pandemic restrictions are easing but urges caution
09 June 2020 The director general of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Westinghouse and Guardhat collaborate on digital systems
09 June 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and industrial technology...

US NRC proposed ruling on SMRs supported by DOE
09 June 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 5 June published in the...

Progress continues at Russia’s Kursk II
09 June 2020 At the construction site of Russia’s Kursk II nuclear power plant, the...

Energoatom seeks to end Ukraine energy sector crisis
09 June 2020 German Galushchenko, vice president of development at Ukrainian...

NRG and Pallas foundation to share personnel
09 June 2020 The Netherlands' NRG Foundation and the Foundation Preparation...

Refurbishment of Canada’s Darlington 2 completed
08 June 2020 After more than a decade of planning and three years of safe, quality...

Russia’s AEM Technologies opens new assembly building
08 June 2020 A special site has been constructed at the Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s...

Tepco and Toshiba join forces to upgrade Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant
08 June 2020 Tepco Holdings Corporation and Toshiba Energy Systems Corporation have...

Europe’s nuclear industry addresses an open letter to EU leaders
08 June 2020 In an open letter on 3 June addressed to “EU Decision-makers” and signed...

More patents for Lightbridge
08 June 2020 US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has...

Restart of Japan’s HTGR approved
04 June 2020 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) said on 3 June it had obtained...

Decommissioning milestone at Slovakia’s Bohunice VI
04 June 2020 Slovakia’s nuclear and decommissioning company Jadrová a vyraovacia...

Russia produces equipment for nuclear plant in Bangladesh
04 June 2020 The Petrozavodsk branch of Russia’s AEM has produced eight back-turn...

Assystem to participate in UK and Chinese fusion projects
04 June 2020 France’s Assystem announced that it will play a key role in the...

IAEA launches spent fuel and radioactive waste database
04 June 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in close cooperation with...

EDF terminates supply contract with rival companies
04 June 2020 France’s EDF has terminated the Arenh contracts linking it with the...

UKAEA signs framework agreement
03 June 2020 UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a multimillion-pound...

Framatome acquires BWX Technologies' US nuclear services business
03 June 2020 Framatome has completed its acquisition of BWX Technologies' US...

Base completed for Hinkley Point C unit 2
02 June 2020 A “major milestone” has been reached in the building of the UK’s...

US NRC streamlines licensing for advanced reactors
02 June 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted 4-0 to approve...

Contract awarded for Demo fusion project
01 June 2020 A consortium comprising Ansaldo Nucleare, Empresarios Agrupados...

Belarus receives IAEA radiological monitoring equipment
01 June 2020 In the wake of the forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone...

US start-up raises funds for fusion project
01 June 2020 Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a US-based startup commercialising...

ASN’s 2019 report calls for more quality and rigour
01 June 2020 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) on 28 May published its report...

Uzbekistan develops low carbon energy strategy
01 June 2020 Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy on 28 May began drafting a...

May 2020

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Framatome to provide engineering services to UK nuclear fleet
29 May 2020 France’s Framatome on 26 May signed a framework agreement with EDF in the...

Lithuania and Belarus agree on notification of nuclear accidents
29 May 2020 Lithuania’s State Atomic Energy Safety Inspectorate (Vatesi) on 25 May...

UK regulator reduces cost of Hinkley Point grid link
29 May 2020 UK energy regulator Ofgem on 22 May confirmed its decision to cut...

Final module put in place at Vogtle 3
28 May 2020 The final module for unit 3 of Georgia Power's Vogtle nuclear power plant,...

US companies collaborate on molten salt reactor
28 May 2020 US-based Kairos Power and Materion Corporation has announced the formation...

Plans for Sizewell C submitted to UK Planning Inspectorate
28 May 2020 EDF Energy on 27 May applied to the UK Planning Inspectorate for...

European Commission’s recovery plan criticised by Foratom
28 May 2020 The European Commission (EC) on 27 May put forward its proposal for a...

Armenian nuclear plant delays scheduled outage
28 May 2020 The planned maintenance outage at Armenia's nuclear power plant has...

Puerto Rico considers nuclear
27 May 2020 A Preliminary Feasibility Study for Small Modular Reactors and...

Nuvia awarded a place on Higher Activity Waste Framework
27 May 2020 NUVIA, as the leader of the ORCHID consortium of companies, has won a...

Russia ships equipment for Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear plant
27 May 2020 Russia’s Atommash said on 22 May that it had shipped the first components...

Russia seeks to use Pu-238 as spacecraft energy source
26 May 2020 Russian nuclear scientists are preparing proposals for...

Australia’s technology roadmap finds no place for nuclear
26 May 2020 In a Technology Roadmap Discussion Paper released on 21 May, the...

Japan’s Sendai 2 reactor suspended pending safety upgrades
26 May 2020 Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Co on 20 May suspended operations at of...

Russia’s SCC decommissions sublimation plant installation
26 May 2020 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC), part of state nuclear...

Canada’s ARTMS signs financing deal
25 May 2020 Canada’s ARTMS, a leader in developing technology that transforms...

Akademik Lomonosov begins commercial operation
25 May 2020 The world's only floating nuclear power plant (FNPP), the Akademik...

Russia processes 100,000 tons of depleted uranium hexafluoride
25 May 2020 Russia’s Electrochemical Plant (ECP) at Zelenogorsk in Krasnoyarsk in...

Ukraine hopes to complete used fuel storage by September
25 May 2020 Energoatom said that construction and installation work at the...

Preparatory construction for Brest-300 reactor begins in Russia
22 May 2020 Preparatory work has begun at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in...

South Africa’s Niasa looks at nuclear financing and SMRs
22 May 2020 The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (Niasa) has outlined a...

Russia confirms interest in Czech Dukovany project
22 May 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has confirmed to Tass that...

New emergency zones for Swedish nuclear power plants
22 May 2020 Sweden’s Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) announced this week, that...

UK's LLWR awards metal framework contracts
21 May 2020 UK-based LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) has awarded a four-year...

Forsmark 2 power uprate receives final approval
21 May 2020 Sweden's Forsmark 2 has been approved for routine operation at an...

Orano completes dry storage campaign at Fort Calhoun
21 May 2020 Orano TN recently completed a two-year dry storage system installation...

Canadian partnership to provide low cost nuclear power to remote areas
20 May 2020 RWT Growth and StarCore Nuclear Canada have announced a partnership to...

Cold testing completed at Barakah 4
20 May 2020 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has completed cold...

Leningrad II cooling tower undergoes hydrostatic testing
18 May 2020 Hydrotesting of the catchment basin of evaporative cooling tower 3 at unit...

X-energy to test its TRISO fuel at MIT
18 May 2020 US-based X-energy has reached an agreement with the Massachusetts...

US DOE awards Hanford Tank Closure Contract
18 May 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 14 May awarded the Tank Closure...

Cooling towers demolished at Germany's Philippsburg nuclear plant
18 May 2020 Two cooling towers at Germany's Philippsburg nuclear power plant have...

US DOE launches Advanced Reactor Demonstration Programme
15 May 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the launch of the...

Life extension approve for Spain’s Almaraz nuclear plant
15 May 2020 Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has authorised the operation of...

Progress continues at Vogtle 3&4
14 May 2020 The Integrated Head Package (IHP) has been set in place atop the...

US DOE announces more funding for advanced nuclear reactor systems
14 May 2020 The US Department of Energy on 13 May announced $27 million in funding...

RPV welded for unit 1 of Bangladesh nuclear power plant
14 May 2020 The Volgodonsk branch of AEM Technologies had completed the closing weld...

IAEA global initiative to combat Covid-19 attracts donations
14 May 2020 Biopharmaceutical leader Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has...

Belarus 1 prepares for fuel loading
14 May 2020 Fuel loading at unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant is planned...

Cameco to restarts Ontario operations but is cautious about the future
13 May 2020 Canada’s Cameco announced that it is resuming production at its Port...

Jacobs to study irradiated graphite for UK Radioactive Waste Management Ltd
12 May 2020 US-based Jacobs announced it has been selected by Radioactive...

South Africa reconsiders nuclear newbuild
12 May 2020 South Africa intends to start developing a plan for a new 2500MWe...

UK’s Sizewell B in partial outage to help with grid management
12 May 2020 The UK’s 1198MWe Sizewell B pressurised water reactor was powered down...

South Korea confirms energy policy favouring renewables
12 May 2020 South Korea has reaffirmed plans to phase out of nuclear energy...

UAE nuclear power plant to achieve criticality “very soon”
12 May 2020 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said last week, following...

Prominent Russian academic promotes nuclear production of hydrogen
12 May 2020 Nikolay Ponomarev-Stepnoy, Scientific Advisor to the Director General...

Ukraine’s Energoatom begins to put its house in order
11 May 2020 At its meeting on 6 May, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed...

Outage at Russia’s Kola 1 completed ahead of schedule
11 May 2020 The routine repair and maintenance outage at unit 1 of Russia’s Kola...

EU Advocate General supports Hinkley Point project despite Austrian protests
11 May 2020 Gerard Hogan, advocate general of the European Union Court of Justice said...

Armenia will use new funds to upgrade nuclear plant in face of pandemic delays
11 May 2020 Armenia will use new funds to upgrade nuclear plant in face of pandemic delays

China's nuclear heating project approved
11 May 2020 An expert panel has given a performance appraisal to approve the...

MOD awards places on nuclear technical services framework
07 May 2020 The UK's Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded places on...

First fuel arrives for Belarus NPP
07 May 2020 Nuclear fuel for unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant has arrived at...

Westinghouse produces 3D-printed component for US nuclear plant
07 May 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced on 4 May that a...

Alloy 617 qualified in US, paving way for use in high-temperature reactors
07 May 2020 A team at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the USA in collaboration...

France and Germany begin development of uranium-molybdenum fuel
07 May 2020 France’s Framatome and the Technical University of Munich have begun...

Belgium produces Mo-99 for the USA using LEU fuel
06 May 2020 Belgium’s Institute for Radioelements (IRE) has produced its first...

Kazatomprom to supply uranium to Argentina
06 May 2020 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom announced on 5 May that...

Uranium mine remediation progresses in Central Asia
05 May 2020 Efforts to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia are...

IAEA reactor simulators get more use during Covid-19 lockdown
05 May 2020 Students and professionals in the nuclear field are making use of...

More delays in restarting Japan’s Onagawa 2
05 May 2020 The completion of additional required safety measures at unit 2 of...

OKG extends planned outage at Oskarshamn 3
05 May 2020 The board of Swedish power utility OKG has decided to extend the...

IEA looks at the impact of Covid-19 on global energy
04 May 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global...

Indian Point 2 permanently closes
04 May 2020 Unit 2 at the US Indian Point nuclear power plant closed on 30 April as...

Scientists demand proper assessment of nuclear in EU Taxonomy
04 May 2020 More than 100 scientists and environmentalists have signed a letter to...

Operating record for Bruce Power as Covid-19 support Council announced
04 May 2020 Canada’s Bruce Power said on 1 May that unit 1 at the Bruce nuclear...

IAEA advises against radiation to sterilise respiratory face masks
04 May 2020 Radiation is an effective and established tool to sterilise...

US DOE extends contract to clean up West Valley Demonstration Project
04 May 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has extended the cleanup contract with...

Swedish regulator reports on radiation safety at Forsmark
01 May 2020 The radiation safety at Forsmark's Kraftgrupp AB's three boiling...

Russia’s Rosenergoatom looks to expand isotope business
01 May 2020 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

April 2020

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Finnish regulator undertakes remote assessment of Hanhikivi-1 project
30 April 2020 Scheduled inspection of RAOS Project, the supplier of the Hanhikivi 1...

South Korea completes first vacuum vessel section for Iter
30 April 2020 The first section for the vacuum vessel (section 6) for the...

Czech scientists to develop a drone for radiation monitoring
30 April 2020 Scientists from the Czech Technical University in Prague are planning...

Centrus to develop HALEU fuel to power ARC-100 fast reactor
30 April 2020 US-based Advanced Reactor Concepts (ARC) and Centrus Energy have signed...

Czech government approves agreements with CEZ on new Dukovany unit
30 April 2020 The Czech government on 27 April approved two draft agreements (a...

Silex resumed laser enrichment activities
30 April 2020 US-based Silex said Global Laser Enrichment on 27 April resumed operations...

Milestone achieved on China's HTR-PM
29 April 2020 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced a...

Atkins to verify the safety of reactor protection software at Hinkley Point C
29 April 2020 Atkins, part the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been selected to independently...

Framatome to supply nuclear fuel for Holtec's SMR-160
29 April 2020 US-based Holtec International has chosen Framatome as nuclear fuel...

ITER receives equipment from Russia and Italy
29 April 2020 A consignment of Russian equipment has been delivered to the...

Lightbridge to design metallic fuel samples for US DOE
28 April 2020 Lightbridge Corporation, has entered into a cooperative research...

IAEA’s SMR Regulators’ Forum makes safety recommendations
28 April 2020 New safety recommendations for small modular reactors (SMRs) are...

US recommends bold steps to assert global nuclear fuel market domination
28 April 2020 The US Nuclear Fuel Working Group's (NFWG) has published a report,...

Seven nuclear plants get Covid-19 work-hour extension
27 April 2020

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories agrees collaboration with Moltex Energy
27 April 2020 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has entered into a...

Framatome to modernise crane I&C system at FRM II
27 April 2020 Framatome has been awarded a multimillion-euro contract to modernise...

GEH to hold webinar on BWRX-300
27 April 2020 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is planning to conduct a webinar for...

Rosatom prepares leadership back-up to cope with Covid-19
27 April 2020 Duplicate management teams will be put in place in the Russian...

Petition calls for Indian Point nuclear plant to continue operating
23 April 2020 A group of more than 5000 environmentalists, business people,...

Work resumes on nuclear projects in Argentina
23 April 2020 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) is restarting work,...

Horizon seeks extension of highway planning consent for Wylfa Newydd
23 April 2020 Horizon Nuclear Power is seeking an extension to its planning consent...

Mixed progress for Japan’s nuclear plant restarts
23 April 2020 Operators of Japan's Takahama, Genkai and Tokai nuclear power plants...

Decommissioning work resumes at Ignalina
23 April 2020 Lithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power plant, which is...

BWXT moves forward with TRISO fuel
23 April 2020 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced that its TRISO nuclear...

IAEA concerned about possible radioisotope shortage
22 April 2020 The production of radioisotopes used in medicine has continued during...

Rolls-Royce wins contract to upgrade Loviisa I&C system
22 April 2020 Rolls-Royce has been awarded a significant contract by Finnish power...

Vogtle project cuts workforce due to pandemic
20 April 2020 Georgia Power is cutting nearly 2000 workers from the Vogtle...

Progress at Pakistan’s Karachi nuclear power plant
20 April 2020 China National Nuclear Corporation announced that concreting of the...

Infrastructure approved for Russia’s floating nuclear plant
20 April 2020 Russia’s Glavgosexpertiza has examined documents relating to the...

EDF decreases its annual nuclear output forecast for 2020
16 April 2020 French energy group EDF estimates that its nuclear output will be in...

Framatome contracted to provide operational support to China’s Taishan
16 April 2020 Framatome has signed a long-term service contract with China’s...

Jacobs awarded several nuclear fusion contracts
15 April 2020 US-based Jacobs said it has been awarded several contracts worth more...

Ansaldo Nuclear uses robot in decommissioning Italy's Caorso nuclear plant
15 April 2020 Ansaldo Nuclear has supplied a bespoke robot to extract and recover...

Criticality achieved Canada’s Darlington 2 following refurb
15 April 2020 Unit 2 at Ontario Power Generation's Darlington nuclear power plant...

EDF Energy gives details of Sizewell C consultation process
15 April 2020 EDF Energy has given assurances that proposals for the planned Sizewell...

Iran pushes ahead with nuclear development despite pandemic restrictions
15 April 2020 The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar...

December dates announced for the World Nuclear Exhibition
15 April 2020 The World Nuclear Exhibition will now take place from 8 to 10 December...

TVEL to design new Russian synchrotron centre
14 April 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) said...

US DOE announces funding for lower-cost fusion concepts
14 April 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced the winners of...

Russia’s Kursk II on schedule
14 April 2020 At the construction site of Russia’s Kursk II nucler power plant, the...

Chernobyl forest fire threatens radwaste store
14 April 2020 The forest fire in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which began on 4 April...

Rosatom launches auction for Angarsk decommissioning work
14 April 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom scheduled an auction for 14...

TVA and University of Tennessee to evaluate SMRs
14 April 2020 The University of Tennessee (UT) and the Tennessee Valley Authority...

Ukraine’s nuclear veterans sound the alarm about management of Energoatom
14 April 2020 Ukraine’s Union of Veterans of Nuclear Energy and Industry on 10...

China completes installation of reactor internals at Karachi 3 in Pakistan
14 April 2020 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that installation of...

Belarus nuclear plant to begin operation later this year
14 April 2020 Belarus Energy Minister Viktar Karankevich told TV channel ONT on 11...

TVEL to supply fuel for Egypt’s research reactor
10 April 2020 Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant (NZHK), part of...

Kazatomprom to suspend uranium mining for three months
10 April 2020 The Kazakhstan national atomic company Kazatomprom, the world’s...

Scientists identify COVID-19 protein using Australian Synchrotron
10 April 2020 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) said on...

Fortum to decommission Finnish research reactor
09 April 2020 Finnish power utility Fortum said on 8 April it had been awarded a...

All change again at Energoatom
09 April 2020 The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Petr Kotin, director...

TVO applies for permission to load fuel at Olkiluoto 3
09 April 2020 Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has applied to the Finnish Radiation and...

Framatome to deliver reactor protection system for Kursk II
09 April 2020 Framatome has won a contract to deliver the reactor protection system for...

Cameco puts UF6 plant in safe shutdown
08 April 2020 Canadian uranium producer Cameco is placing the UF6 plant at its Port...

Rosatom evacuates some employees from Bangladesh nuclear site
08 April 2020 Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom has repatriated 178...

Bilfinger to design core melt stabilization systems for Hinkley Point C
08 April 2020 Industrial services provider Bilfinger has secured a contract to...

UniTech does not foresee disruption to PPE supplies to nuclear industry
07 April 2020 US-based UniTech Services Group continues to provide personal...

Russian researchers calculate void formation in ageing nuclear fuel
07 April 2020 Russian physicists have discovered how to calculate the formation...

Wylfa Newydd planning decision delayed again
06 April 2020 A planning decision over the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant in Anglesey...

Ontario Power Generation produces equipment to protect health-care workers
06 April 2020 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is utilising 3D printing...

Rosatom supplies valves for ventilators and mask sterilisation services
06 April 2020 Russia’s Rusatom - Additive Technologies (RusAT, part of fuel company...

Nuclear island almost complete at Leningrad II-2
04 April 2020 Work to finish the nuclear island at unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad II...

Tepco reports on fuel removal and contaminated water disposal
03 April 2020 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) estimates that JPY1370 billion or...

Power supply installed for Belarus 2
03 April 2020 On 31 March, the first 10kV power supply section was connected to unit 2...

Russia’s Beloyarsk 3 licensed for five more years
03 April 2020 Unit 3 of Russia’s Beloyarsk nuclear plant has received a licence to...

IAEA to ship test equipment to countries combatting COVID-19
02 April 2020 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 1 April that it...

Ignalina announces tender for waste storage
02 April 2020 Lithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power plant, which has been closed for ten...

Russia’s Balakovo nuclear plant tests Remix fuel
02 April 2020 A long-scheduled repair and maintenance outage at Russia’s Balakovo 3...

BWXT Subsidiary wins US Navy contract
02 April 2020 The US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme exercised contract options in...

Flamanville 3 startup pushed back to 2024
02 April 2020 A decree published by the government in France’s Official Journal on 25...

Canada’s NWMO publishes report on nuclear waste management
01 April 2020 Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) expects to select...

March 2020

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Update on UK nuclear new-build projects
31 March 2020 Nuclear power plant construction projects in the UK have been taking...

Japanese regulator issues draft review of HTTR
31 March 2020 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan (NRA) has issued a draft...

Energoatom takes action to minimise impact of COVID-19 at Ukraine's nuclear plants
31 March 2020 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom announced new restrictive measures on...

Coronavirus impacts dismantling of Germany's Philippsburg nuclear plant
31 March 2020 German energy company EnBW said the coronavirus outbreak has impacted...

OPG completes refurbishment of Darlington 2
31 March 2020 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has completed refurbishment of unit...

CEZ applies to build new nuclear units at Dukovany
30 March 2020 Czech power company CEZ on 25 March submitted an application to the...

Bruce Power completes Cobalt-60 shipments
30 March 2020 Canada’s Bruce Power has completed its final shipments of Cobalt-60 for...

Dynamic SNC completes dry run of upending tool for ITER tokamak
30 March 2020 The Dynamic SNC consortium announced, 25 March, that it had completed...

VERA nuclear reactor simulation software licensed for commercial use
27 March 2020 A software package developed by the US Department of Energy’s...

NRC renews operating licence for Honeywell uranium conversion plant
27 March 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed the operating...

IEA calls for clean energy response to COVID-19 crisis
27 March 2020 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called on governments to put...

Used fuel containers ordered for Spanish nuclear power plants
27 March 2020 Spain’s Council of Ministers on 23 March authorised the National...

Rosatom to modernise neutron-flux monitoring equipment at Kozloduy 5&6
26 March 2020 Rusatom Service, the electric power division of Russia's state atomic...

Fennovoima issues progress report on Hanhikivi
26 March 2020 Finland’s Fennovoima has issued a progress report on the Hanhikivi 1...

Progress at China’s HTR-PM
26 March 2020 The reactor pressure vessel, steam generator and hot gas duct at unit 2...

US DOE funding for isotope production R&D
26 March 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $16 million in...

Rosatom looks to smaller reactors
24 March 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is hoping to start construction...

Rolls-Royce and EUAS ICC to evaluate SMRs for use in Turkey
24 March 2020 UK-based Rolls-Royce and Turkey’s EUAS International Incorporated...

Ansto produces scandium-47 for the first time
24 March 2020 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) said ...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-1 to trial load following
23 March 2020 Unit 1 of Russia’s Novovoronezh II NPP (also known as Novovoronezh 6) is...

Westinghouse signs fuel and services contract with AEP
23 March 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a nuclear fuel and...

Vattenfall joins Estonian SMR study
23 March 2020 Swedish utility Vattenfall said on 18 March that it was joining the...

Spain’s Tecnatom to upgrade simulator at Brazil’s Angra 2
20 March 2020 Brazilian nuclear utility Eletronuclear has chosen the Tecnatom’s Tesis+...

TVEL to supply fuel for Czech research reactor
20 March 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation of Rosatom)...

Reprieve for US Beaver Valley nuclear power plant
20 March 2020 Energy Harbor Corp has announced that its Beaver Valley nuclear power...

Japan’s Sendai 1 closes to complete safety upgrades
20 March 2020 Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Co shut down unit 1 at its Sendai nuclear...

Russia increases support for Bangladesh's Rooppur nuclear plant
19 March 2020 Russia and Bangladesh have increased their cooperation in the field...

Oklo submits licence application to US NRC advanced reactor
19 March 2020 California-based Oklo has submitted its application for a mini-reactor to...

Kazakhstan completes sale of interest in uranium enrichment venture
19 March 2020 Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has completed the sale...

Expansion of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator underway
19 March 2020 Expansion of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator fusion device at Germany's...

New IAEA publication offers guidance for newcomer countries
18 March 2020 A new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publication...

US regulator issues EIS for New Mexico interim storage facility
18 March 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a draft...

New meteorological tower for Leningrad II
17 March 2020 The new meteorological tower at the Leningrad II NPP will collect data from...

Green light for Pallas reactor
17 March 2020 The Netherlands Council of State has given the green light for the...

Tenders invited for work to dismantle UK Naval test reactor site
17 March 2020 The UK Ministry of Defence has invited firms to tender for work...

Robotic fire extinguishing complex for Russia’s Kalinin nuclear plant
16 March 2020 Russia’s Kalinin nuclear power plant is to become a pilot site for...

EU green investment 'rules' ignore nuclear
16 March 2020 The European Commission has published the rules for sustainable finance,...

Russia spare parts for Ukrainian nuclear power plants
16 March 2020 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has purchased Russian spare parts...

Belgium’s Doel nuclear plant may close early following court ruling
12 March 2020 A ruling by Belgium’s constitutional court could mean the Doel nuclear...

Refurbishment of Darlington 2 almost complete
12 March 2020 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is preparing for two major...

US DOD awards contracts for micro-reactor design work
11 March 2020 The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded three teams, BWX...

Wood Nuclear acquired by US Jacobs
11 March 2020 US nuclear services group Jacobs announced on 9 March that it had...

Lampson International wins contract to transport decommissioned reactor
11 March 2020 The US Department of Defense has announced that Lampson International...

TVO contracts Westinghouse for-service inspections at Olkiluoto nuclear plant
11 March 2020 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a long-term contract with...

Further US funding for fusion energy
11 March 2020 The US Department of Energy has announced $30 million in funding for...

Life extension for US Peach Bottom nuclear power plant
10 March 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted plant operator Exelon...

Progress continues at Russia’s Kursk II
10 March 2020 Russia will allocate some RUB22 billion($320 million for the construction...

Russia’s VNIINM works on TRISO fuel for HTGRs
10 March 2020 Scientists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

KSB and Terrestrial Energy to collaborate on molten salt reactor pumps
09 March 2020 Germany’s KSB and Canada-based Terrestrial Energy have signed a memorandum...

Georgia Power orders nuclear fuel for Vogtle 4
09 March 2020 Georgia Power has ordered the first nuclear fuel load for unit 4 of...

Europe and Japan tighten co-operation on fusion
06 March 2020 Europe and Japan have signed a joint declaration on fusion energy aimed...

Westinghouse plans UK clean energy park
05 March 2020 Westinghouse Electric Company has announced plans to establish a Clean...

Fukushima evacuees permitted to return to parts of Futuba
05 March 2020 Japan's government on 4 March partially lifted an entry ban for Futuba,...

Hot tests completed at Fuqing 5
05 March 2020 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on 2 March that...

GE to provide maintenance services to Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear plant
05 March 2020 GE announced on 4 March that it has been selected by Teollisuuden Voima...

Beloyarsk BN-600 prepares for life extension
05 March 2020 The BN-600 fast reactor at unit 3 of Russia’s Beloyarsk nuclear power...

Canada and UK labs agree action plan
05 March 2020 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced it has developed an Action...

Isotope production progresses in Canada
04 March 2020 France’s Framatome and Canada-based Kinectrics have launched a...

Fuel loading completed at unit 1 of Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE
03 March 2020 With completion of nuclear fuel loading at unit 1 of the Barakah...

Russia to transition VVER-1200 to longer fuel cycle
03 March 2020 Novovoronezh scientists will be the first to transfer a generation...

Ontario's Solicitor General apologises for Pickering false alarm
03 March 2020 Canada’s Solicitor General, Sylvia Jones, has issued a statement about...

Orano reports growth in 2019
03 March 2020 The Board of Directors of France’s Orano has approved the...

IAEA head visits Fukushima
02 March 2020 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has visited the Fukushima...

Russia’s FNPP spurs local development
02 March 2020 Pevek, the most northern port in Russia, has hosted a meeting to discuss...

Extended outages at French nuclear power plants
02 March 2020 French power utility EDF has extended outages at three of its...

CNL to collaborate with NB Power and UNSC on SMRs
02 March 2020 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has finalised a Memorandum...

Armenia considers further life extension for Metsamor
02 March 2020 The new strategy for energy in Armenia to 2040 will require the extension...

February 2020

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TVEL and Spanish engineering companies to co-operate on decommissioning
28 February 2020 Russian fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom)...

Regulator confrims Onagawa 2 meets Japanese nuclear safety requirements
28 February 2020 Japan’s The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 26 February...

Clean energy alliance formed in Canada
27 February 2020 Canadian firms, academics and public-sector organisations have come...

EDF Energy extends outages at Hinkley and Hunterston nuclear plants
27 February 2020 EDF Energy has extended two planned outages at the UK’s Hinkley Point B...

Local residents pay for decommissioning of Kazakhstan’s BN-350 reactor
27 February 2020 During a public hearing of the feasibility study on the environmental...

Finland focuses on SMRs for district heating
27 February 2020 The VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland announced that it has...

Rosatom issues tender for pyrochemical reprocessing
25 February 2020 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on has launched a tender to...

US Oak Ridge Lab to collaborate with TVA on advanced reactors
25 February 2020 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Belarus inspected by regulator in preparation for fuel loading
25 February 2020 The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian...

US Idaho Lab to provide Oklo micro-reactor with access to HALEU fuel
25 February 2020 The US Idaho National Laboratory will provide California-based Oklo...

UK and Australian specialists join forces
24 February 2020 Nuclear specialists from the UK and Australian industrial/defence...

Russia plans more advanced floating NPPs
24 February 2020 By mid-2020, Russia’s Iceberg Central Design Bureau (St Petersburg) is...

Australian fusion company secures patents for laser-boron technology
24 February 2020 Australian fusion start-up HB11, a spin-off from the University of New...

US GAO criticises DOE handling of Hanford site
24 February 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) needs to do more to prevent the failure...

Framatome secures service contracts for Olkiluoto 3
24 February 2020 France’s Framatome on 19 February signed a series of service contracts...

Framatome and General Atomics join forces on BWR fuel development
21 February 2020 Framatome is partnering with General Atomics to study the use of...

Ansaldo Nuclear supports refuelling at China's Tianwan nuclear plant
21 February 2020 Ansaldo Nuclear has supplied a Fuel Handling Machine Control System...

IAEA pre-Salto team reviews Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear plant
21 February 2020 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts on 19...

Fuel loading begins at UAE’s Barakah nuclear plant
20 February 2020 The United Arab Emirates on 19 February began loading the first nuclear...

Fessenheim to close as Flamanville 3 completes hot testing
20 February 2020 French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said yesterday that the...

Czech Republic committed to building new Dukovany unit
20 February 2020 An agreement between the Czech government and power utility CEZ on...

Studsvik granted patents for Waste Treatment Technology
20 February 2020 Sweden’s Studsvik has been granted patents for Treatment of...

UK sets out approach to evaluate sites for geological disposal facility
19 February 2020 The UK Radioactive Waste Management on 18 February published its approach...

Holtec completes acceptance tests for casks for Ukraine
19 February 2020 US-based Holtec International has completed the production and...

UK’s Bilfinger wins Hinkley contract
19 February 2020 UK-based civil engineering firm Bilfinger said on 17 February that it had...

Repatriation of used fuel completed from Canada to USA
18 February 2020 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

More US funding for fusion research
17 February 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 13 February announced up to $50...

Construction milestone announced for US Vogtle
17 February 2020 Workers at Georgia Power's Vogtle nuclear plant in the USA on 11...

China’s HPR1000 moves forward in UK Generic Design Assessment process
14 February 2020 The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has completed Step 3 of...

Finance discussed as unit 1 of Belarus NPP prepares for start-up
14 February 2020 Unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear plant is preparing for start-up, Belarus...

Chernobyl fungus used in space experiments
14 February 2020 American astronauts plan to take samples of fungus from the walls of...

IEA stresses need to combat climate change
14 February 2020 International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol on...

Welding completed on reactor pressure vessel for Turkey’s Akkuyu 1
13 February 2020 Russia’s AEM Technologies Volgodonsk branch on 12 February completed a...

BWXT wins contract for uranium-molybdenum HALEU fuel
13 February 2020 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) had awarded an initial...

GNS wins major orders from PreussenElektra
13 February 2020 Germany’s GNS group has received an order from PreussenElektra (PEL) for...

Flamanville 3 turbine tested
13 February 2020 Operators at unit 3 of France’s Flamanville nuclear plant on 8...

Sweco to design Swedish repository
11 February 2020 Swedish engineering consultancy company Sweco has been commissioned by...

IAEA data animation shows nuclear to be key to combatting climate change
11 February 2020 A new animation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) shows...

Russia looking at isotope-modified nitride nuclear fuel
11 February 2020 Russian scientists are considering the future use of isotope-modified...

Trump withdraws support for Yucca Mountain
10 February 2020 US President Donald Trump on 6 February signalled a change of policy on...

IAEA director general Grossi seeks to recalibrate Agency’s work
10 February 2020 IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi, during a visit to the USA,...

Egyptian specialists undergo training at Russia's Kursk nuclear plant
10 February 2020 Egyptian specialists are currently undergoing training at Russia’s Kursk...

Orano secures contracts in Japan and France
10 February 2020 France’s Orano has signed a contract with Japan's Nuclear Fuel Industries...

French regulator requests improvement in EDF’s Fessenheim decommissioning plan
10 February 2020 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) has asked EDF to improve plans...

South Africa seeks to revive PBMR project
10 February 2020 South African state-owned power utility Eskom is seeking to dispose of...

Tradebe Inutec begins work on Winfrith waste facility
10 February 2020 UK Tradebe Inutec has launched the groundwork and construction phase of...

Contract awarded for Pilgrim decommissioning
07 February 2020 US-based Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI), a joint...

Hot testing begins at Leningrad II-2 nuclear plant in Russia
07 February 2020 Hot testing has begun at unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad II NPP, chief...

Tender candidates confirm participation in Bulgarian nuclear project
06 February 2020 All five shortlisted candidates are ready to file binding bids in the...

TVA awards contracts to Framatome
06 February 2020 France’s Framatome has signed multimillion-dollar contracts with the...

Atkins and Assystem win Iter contracts
06 February 2020 Atkins, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has secured a five-year...

US and Brazil agree nuclear cooperation
06 February 2020 Brazil and the USA on 3 February signed agreements on extending the...

SNC-Lavalin wins four KHNP contracts
06 February 2020 Canada’s Candu Energy, a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, had been awarded...

Russia to undertake graphite research for China’s HTGR
05 February 2020 Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad...

Japan completes its first superconducting coil for ITER
04 February 2020 Japan has completed its first 360-tonne D-shaped toroidal field coil for...

Italian companies support DTT fusion project
04 February 2020 Italian companies ENEA and Eni have announced that they will work together...

Kazatomprom to sell its interest in Russian enrichment company
04 February 2020 Kazakh uranium producer Kazatomprom has agreed to sell its 50%...

Italy ships radwaste for treatment in Slovakia
03 February 2020 The first shipment of 162 drums containing radioactive resins and sludge...

Indigenous community rejects waste repository plans in Ontario
03 February 2020 The 4500-member Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) announced on 31 January that...

GEH begins US licensing process for BWRX-300 SMR
03 February 2020 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) said on 30 January that it had...

Finland’s STUK prepares for SMR licensing
03 February 2020 Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) on 30...

Candu Energy wins contracts for Bruce refurbishment
03 February 2020 Canada’s Candu Energy, a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, has been awarded...

Westinghouse acquires Rolls Royce nuclear assets
03 February 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 31 January that it...

January 2020

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Japanese reactor restarts delayed for safety upgrades
31 January 2020 Japan’s Kansai Kansai Electric Power Company intends to shut down...

Spain’s Ensa installs heat exchangers for Jules Horowitz Reactor
30 January 2020 Spain’s Equipos Nucleares (Ensa) on 22 January completed the installation...

Russia begins commercial use of mox at Beloyarsk
30 January 2020 The first serial batch of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (mox) fuel was...

US DOE announces funding for particle accelerator technology
30 January 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to provide $10...

A new simulator for Bruce Power
30 January 2020 Canada’s Bruce has completed a new, innovative reactor training...

Molecule modification could improve reprocessing
29 January 2020 ​The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel could become safer and more...

Fukushima Daiini decommissioning to take 44 years
29 January 2020 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) estimates that it will take 44 years...

Step toward licence extension for Peach Bottom nuclear plant
29 January 2020 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 27 January approved plans...

US Oak Ridge to process remaining uranium-233
28 January 2020 The US Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

Highest cooling tower in Russia to be built at Kursk II
28 January 2020 The evaporative cooling tower at Russia’s Kursk II NPP will be the highest...

Rolls Royce targets UK SMRs for 2029
28 January 2020 UK engineering firm Rolls-Royce aims to commission small modular reactors...

Russian floating nuclear plant supplies 10GWh of electricity to Chukotka
27 January 2020 Russia’s floating NPP (FNPP), Akademik Lomonosov, now moored at Pevek in...

Turkey looks to cancel Japan Sinop project
27 January 2020 Turkey is reassessing its major partner for a second NPP to be built in...

Tianwan 3 handed over to China as Russia prepares to build unit 7
27 January 2020 Russia and China on 20 January signed the final acceptance protocol for...

Italian shipyard wins Iter contract
27 January 2020 Italian state shipyard Fincantieri has been awarded an order, worth...

UK Tokamak Energy raises new investment
27 January 2020 UK-based Tokamak Energy announced on 20 January that it had raised GBP...

Russia’s Tenex wins tender for fuel supply to South Korea
25 January 2020 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power on 21 January awarded Russia's...

IAEA mission sees strengthened safety inspections in Japan
25 January 2020 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Russia proceeds with tests of new fast reactor fuel
25 January 2020 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk said on 22 January...

GEH and Terrapower to collaborate on US VTR development
24 January 2020 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower on 21 January announced...

Romania cancels China deal on Cernavoda but proceeds with life extension
24 January 2020 Romania’s Government will pull out of the deal with China for...

Bruce Power begins Major Component Replacement at unit 6
24 January 2020 Canadian utility Bruce Power said on 20 January that it is beginning...

UK firms team up to deliver hydraulic solutions to the nuclear sector
22 January 2020 UK-based Industrial and Marine Hydraulics (IMH) and Advanced...

Leaks found in the Fukushima ice wall
21 January 2020 Coolant has been found leaking at four locations from pipes in...

Westinghouse to upgrade control system at Kozloduy nuclear plant
21 January 2020 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with...

France plans nuclear price adjustment
21 January 2020 The French government says it plans to introduce a "price corridor"...

Orano completes FOAK used fuel transfer
20 January 2020 Orano TN has completed the transfer and storage of used fuel to a...

Fessenheim closure confirmed for 2020
20 January 2020 Frances oldest operating reactors, Fessenheim 1 and 2 will be...

Frazer-Nash to study lead-lithium flow loop cooling for STEP
20 January 2020 The UK Atomic Energy Authority has appointed Frazer-Nash to deliver a...

Closure of Canada’s Pickering could be postponed for one year
18 January 2020 Plans drawn up by Ontario Power Generation to keep four of Pickering's...

CNL to assist in decommissioning Germany’s Lingen reactor
17 January 2020 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has been selected as a subcontractor...

UK updates radioactive waste inventory
17 January 2020 The UK has a total of 4,560,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste,...

Nuclear share in Russia exceeds 19%
17 January 2020 The share of nuclear in Russia’s energy mix increased to 19.04% in 2019,...

EU Green Deal ignores the role of nuclear
16 January 2020 The European Commission (EC) has agreed to sustainable investments of...

GNS wins contract from Taiwan for containers
16 January 2020 Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service (GNS) has been awarded...

Clinton loads accident tolerant fuel test assemblies
15 January 2020 Lead test assemblies using Global Nuclear Fuel's ARMOR-coated...

Life extension for Russia’s Rostov 1
15 January 2020 Unit 1 of Russia’s Rostov nuclear plant has received a licence to extend...

South Korean regulator approves additional used fuel storage facility
14 January 2020 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has approved...

Russia’s Kola nuclear plant uses UV light to treat wastewater
14 January 2020 Russia’s Kola nuclear power plant is using ultraviolet light to...

Ignalina reports on decommissioning progress
14 January 2020 Ignalina NPP (INPP) in Lithuania, which is decommissioning its two...

France to decide on new nuclear build after 2022
14 January 2020 French Energy Minister Elizabeth Borne told a parliamentary hearing on...

Chinese firms agree on strategic cooperation framework
14 January 2020 China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) and China National...

Nuclear helps Belgium increase electricity exports in 2019
13 January 2020 Belgium's electricity transmission system operator, Elia, said that the...

Canada’s General Fusion partners with Hatch
13 January 2020 Canadian company General Fusion said on 9 January that it had entered into...

Belarusian NPP becomes part of Belenergo in energy system reorganisation
13 January 2020 On 1 January, Belarusian NPP became part of state utility Belenergo.

Fuel loading at Barakah nuclear plant expected in Q1
09 January 2020 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) expects loading of the...

South Korea and Saudi Arabia strengthen cooperation on SMART reactor
09 January 2020 South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSICT) intends to establish...

China delays operation of Hongyanhe 5&6
09 January 2020 China General Nuclear (CGN) has announced that operation of Hongyanhe 5...

NuScale submits its SMR for Canadian vendor design review
09 January 2020 US-based NuScale Power on 7 January announced its first submittal to...

Iran ends commitments under JCPOA but continues cooperation with IAEA
09 January 2020 Iran on 5 January took the final step in reducing its commitments under...

Enresa dismantles dome of Spain’s José Cabrera
06 January 2020 Spain’s national radioactive waste company Enresa has completed...

Germany shuts down Philippsburg 2
06 January 2020 The 1402MWe Philippsburg 2 pressurised water reactor unit in Germany was...

Russia launches a technical documentation shop for nuclear power plant customers
06 January 2020 After successfully running a beta version, Russian nuclear...

Russia defers BN-1200 until after 2035
02 January 2020 Russia’s Ministry of Energy does not expect the new BN-1200...

Permanent closure of South Korea’s Wolsong 1 sparks protests
02 January 2020 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) said on...

December 2019

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Life extension for Russia’s Novovoronezh 4
31 December 2019 Russia’s Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision...

Sweden closes Ringhals 2
31 December 2019 Sweden on 30 December shut down the 807MWe unit 2 at its four-unit...

Fukushima decommissioning plans revised
31 December 2019 Japan on December 27 revised the road map for decommissioning the...

Construction of Akkuyu 2 to begin in spring 2020
31 December 2019 Construction of the second unit at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in...

Site licence for Tennessee Valley Authority’s Clinch River site
31 December 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced in December that it...

Worley wins contract to advise Egypt on nuclear plant construction
31 December 2019 Australian energy group Worley Limited said on 30 December that it had won...

South Ukraine 3 begins commercial use of Westinghouse fuel
30 December 2019 Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRI) on 28...

Russia’s Bilibino 2 licensed to operate until 2025
30 December 2019 Russia’s Rostekhnadzor on 27 December issued a licence to the...

Russian accident tolerant fuel passes acceptance tests
28 December 2019 The first fuel assemblies (FAs) for the VVER-1000 reactor with...

Used mox fuel to be removed at Japan’s Ikata nuclear plant
27 December 2019 Shikoku Electric Power Co’s Ikata 3 in Japan’s Ehime Prefecture, was...

EDF Energy signs long-term agreement with Holtec for casks
24 December 2019 UK-based EDF Energy on 17 December signed a long-term agreement with...

Five companies shortlisted for Belene NPP
24 December 2019 Five companies have been shortlisted for negotiations on the 2,000 MWe...

Assystem wins contracts for UK’s STEP fusion project
24 December 2019 Assystem’s Sunderland engineering team will lead two crucial aspects of...

BWXT ahead of schedule on TRISO fuel restart activities
24 December 2019 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 18 December that its...

NRG begins new research on molten salt
24 December 2019 Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) said on 18 December that it...

Switzerland’s Muehleberg NPP closed down
24 December 2019 Switzerland’s Muehleberg NPP was closed down on 20 December 47 years,...

Russia’s Kola 2 licensed to operate until 2034
24 December 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Kola NPP on 20 December received a licence from...

Russia’s floating NPP generates its first electricity
24 December 2019 Russia's Akademik Lomonosov, the world's first industrial floating NPP...

Further delays for OL3
24 December 2019 Commissioning of unit 3 at Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3), has been...

Nuclear not excluded from EU taxonomy regulation
19 December 2019 European Union (EU) lawmakers and member countries on 16 December agreed on...

Major ITER contract extended
19 December 2019 Fusion for Energy (F4E) has extended the ITER Architect Engineer...

State funding for Russia’s MBIR reactor
18 December 2019 Russian State Development Corporation VEB.RF and Gazprombank will...

US DOE awards clean-up contracts for Hanford site
18 December 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a new Hanford...

Zaporozhye 5 fully loaded with Westinghouse fuel
18 December 2019 Unit 5 of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye nuclear plant has now been fully loaded...

Study looks at effectiveness of Fukushima decontamination
18 December 2019 Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March...

EU includes nuclear in clean energy transition plans
18 December 2019 European Union (EU) leaders on 13 December agreed to a 2050...

Approval for dismantling Barsebäck 1&2
18 December 2019 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has approved the safety...

IAEA’s Grossi says nuclear vital to achieving climate goals
12 December 2019 IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told the United Nations...

Site permit issued for Oklo SMR
12 December 2019 The US Department of Energy Department (DOE) on 10 December granted...

Hot testing begins at Belarus 1
12 December 2019 Hot functional tests began at unit 1 of the Belarus nuclear power plant...

A new head for Ukraine’s Energoatom
11 December 2019 Ukraine’s Cabinet on 4 December appointed Pavel Pavlyshin as acting head...

Core melt trap installed at Kudankulam 3
11 December 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 4 December...

Turkish grid operator signs transmission agreement for Akkuyu NPP
11 December 2019 Akkuyu Nuclear, owner/operator of the Akkuyu NPP under construction in...

IAEA assesses safety at Mohovce 3
10 December 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-Operational Safety...

France and Japan to co-operate on fast reactor research
10 December 2019 France’s Framatome and the Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux...

Sweden approves demolition of iconic Agesta reactor
10 December 2019 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM – Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten)...

Cold testing completed at Pakistan's Karachi 2
09 December 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has completed cold...

Fuel debris removal to begin at Fukushima Daiichi unit 2
06 December 2019 Japan’s government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) have released...

Upgrade for Cernavoda simulator
06 December 2019 Canada-based L3Harris Technologies has been selected by Romania’s...

Canada and USA select molten salt reactor for joint technical review
06 December 2019 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the US Nuclear...

US Turkey Point licensed to operate for 80 years
06 December 2019 Units 3&4 at the Turkey Point nuclear plant in Florida on 4 December...

Russia to supply fuel to Kozloduy NPP until 2025
05 December 2019 Russia’s TVEL fuel company said on 4 December that it had signed a...

Oklo reveals design for small fission-renewables hybrid reactor
05 December 2019 California-based Oklo on 3 December announced the launch of Aurora,...

EDF delays restart of Cruas
03 December 2019 France’s EDF has delayed the restart of unit 2 at its Cruas nuclear...

Russia to develop molten salt reactor
03 December 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 28 November announced the...

Ukraine dismisses head of Energoatom reflecting political tensions
02 December 2019 Ukrainian Prime Minister Alexei Goncharuk on 27 November announced...

Barrnon and Wood progress in UK NDA innovation competition
02 December 2019 Two consortia, led by Barrnon and Wood, have reached the next round of...

Reactor vessel installed at Shin Kori 5
02 December 2019 A ceremony was held on 28 November to mark the installation of the...

UK plutonium samples arrive in France for testing
02 December 2019 UK plutonium samples totalling a few hundred grams are to be tested at...

Nuclear recognised as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise
02 December 2019 The United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP’s) Emissions Gap Report...

November 2019

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Koeberg used fuel storage nearly full
29 November 2019 Used fuel storage facilities at South Africa's Koeberg nuclear plant will...

China completes new tokamak
29 November 2019 China has completed the construction of the HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor at...

Japan’s NRA approves restart of Onagawa 2
28 November 2019 Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power said on 27 November that it has...

Canada narrows site selection for repository
28 November 2019 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that it...

More progress in Andreeva Bay clean-up
28 November 2019 Used fuel assemblies, which had been lying for decades at the bottom...

New hot rolling machine for Framatome
28 November 2019 France’s Framatome has unveiled a new hot rolling machine during...

Frazer-Nash to work on Terrestrial Energy's IMSR
27 November 2019 UK-based Frazer-Nash Consultancy and Terrestrial Energy have signed...

Open vessel testing begins at Vogtle 3
26 November 2019 Major systems testing is now underway at Georgia Power's Vogtle nuclear...

Rosatom launches project to create a quantum computer
26 November 2019 The Russian Government and Rosatom have signed an agreement to develop...

Titan-2 contracted to build Russia’s Brest 300 reactor
26 November 2019 Russia’s Titan-2 has received a RUB26.4 billion ($413m) general contract...

Ansto considers future of radioisotope distribution
26 November 2019 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto)...

Legal wrangling delays Chernobyl Shelter dismantling
26 November 2019 The dismantling of the old sarcophagus (Shelter) at the Chernobyl NPP,...

Kudankulam cyberattack posed no real threat
26 November 2019 Indian Minister of State Jitendra Singh told parliament that a...

Bulgaria's Kozloduy invites Westinghouse to upgrade I&C systems
25 November 2019 Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant has invited US-based...

China’s nuclear heating project begins operation
22 November 2019 China’s Shandong Nuclear Power Company (SDNPC), a subsidiary of State...

Jordan and X-energy agree to accelerate work on SMR
22 November 2019 Jordan and X-Energy have advanced to the second stage of their...

EDF to sell stake in US joint venture
21 November 2019 French utility EDF is exercising the put option to sell its 49.99% stake...

Rolls-Royce to provide safety I&C systems for Brazilian nuclear lab
21 November 2019 Rolls-Royce announced it has been awarded a multi-million euros contract...

WANO inks MOU with China's CNEA
20 November 2019 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the China...

Recognition for Sellafield's SMF project
20 November 2019 The Silo Maintenance Facility (SMF) at Sellafield in Cumbria has been...

Andreas Lusch joins First Light Fusion
20 November 2019 UK-based First Light Fusion has appointed Andreas Lusch as a...

Canada’s Saskatchewan includes SMRs in growth plan
19 November 2019 Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan: the Next Decade of Growth 2020-2030, released...

EDF cuts nuclear energy forecast
19 November 2019 EDF has cut its forecast for nuclear energy production this year...

Canadian-based partnership to produce Lutetium-177
19 November 2019 Two partnership agreements were signed in Canada in November to advance...

SKB’s final repository application receives approvals
19 November 2019 Swedish nuclear waste company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB)...

Czech Republic approves new unit for Dukovany
18 November 2019 The Czech Republic on 13 November approved the construction of the...

Physical work completed for decommissioning of US La Crosse NPP
14 November 2019 US-based EnergySolutions announced on 12 November that it has completed...

US companies co-operate on waste management
14 November 2019 Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in used nuclear fuel (UNF) and...

Russia’s Kola 2 in final stages of second life extension
14 November 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Kola NPP was shut down on 12 November to undergo the...

Darlington refurbishment remains on track
14 November 2019 The first of 6,240 fuel bundles have been loaded into unit 2 at Ontario...

China alliance investigates seawater uranium extraction
14 November 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has formed an innovation...

Work begins on unit 2 of Iran’s Bushehr NPP
14 November 2019 First concrete for unit 2 of Iran’s Bushehr NPP was poured on 10...

Swiss utilities oppose revision of decommissioning fund yields
13 November 2019 Switzerland’s Federal Council on 6 November adopted the third revision of...

UK regulator issues new guidance for generic design assessment
12 November 2019

Rolls Royce eyes Cumbria for first SMR
12 November 2019 A consortium headed by UK engineering company Rolls Royce revealed on...

Civil engineering complete for Iter tokamak building
11 November 2019 The final concrete has been poured for the upper part of the Tokamak...

Further delays for Olkiluoto 3
11 November 2019 After repeated delays, the commissioning of the EPR reactor at unit 3...

EDF estimates cost of building new EPRs
11 November 2019 French power company EDF estimates construction of six new-generation...

Bruce Power and Tetra Tech Canada reach engineering services agreement
08 November 2019 Canadian utility Bruce Power and Tetra Tech Canada on 4 November reached...

New UK facility for robotics
08 November 2019 A new facility to accelerate the use of robotics in the UK nuclear...

UK confirms support for Rolls-Royce led SMR
07 November 2019 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) confirmed it had provided initial...

First contract for Myrrha project
07 November 2019 Spain’s Empresarios Agrupados and Belgium’s Tractebel on 5 November signed...

Global Nuclear Fuel and X-energy to collaborate on Triso fuel
07 November 2019 US-based Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and X-energy have announced...

Camfil wins Hinkley Point C filtration contract
06 November 2019 Camfil France, working with MC Air Filtration UK, announced it has won...

Rosatom signs fuel contract for China's Xudapu
06 November 2019 TVEL, the fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia’s Rosatom has signed...

Kyrgyz Parliament bans uranium and thorium mining
05 November 2019 The Kyrgyz parliament on 31 October approved a bill banning the extraction...

IAEA reviews UK regulatory framework
05 November 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Enresa begins dismantling dome at Zorita
05 November 2019 Spanish decommissioning and waste management firm Enresa has started work...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-2 begins commercial operation
04 November 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh II nuclear plant began commercial...

TVO signs fuel contract with Westinghouse for Olkiluoto
04 November 2019 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a long-term contract with...

Landfill site delayed at Oak Ridge, but cleanup continues
04 November 2019 The planned release of a draft record of decision (ROD) for a...

US to renew waivers on nuclear cooperation with Iran
04 November 2019 he USA will waive its sanctions on nuclear cooperation with Iran,...

BWXT to produce medical radioisotope germanium-68
04 November 2019 Canada’s BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 30 October that it plans...

October 2019

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Rosatom announces accident-tolerant fuel testing milestone
31 October 2019 Russia's TVEL Fuel Company, part of Rosatom, announced it has completed...

Posiva contracts US Bond Technologies to supply welding system
31 October 2019 Finnish waste management company Posiva has contracted Bond Technologies...

Argentina’s Rafael Grossi to head IAEA
31 October 2019 Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina was elected as the new...

Cernavoda contract key step towards life extension
31 October 2019 Candu Energy Inc. and its consortium partner Ansaldo Nucleare have...

IAEA reviews Ghana’s nuclear infrastructure development
31 October 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency Integrated Nuclear...

Orano wins contracts for German dismantling
30 October 2019 French company Orano, together with German partner EWN has been awarded...

Framatome opens SPEC 200 facility in USA
30 October 2019 France’s Framatome said on 28 October it had opened the new SPEC...

EDF told to draw up action plan within a month
30 October 2019 The French government on 28 October gave EDF a month to draw up plans...

Core catcher delivered for Russia’s Kursk II-2
29 October 2019 The core catcher, or core melt trap, has been delivered for unit 2...

Swedish regulator recommends approval repository extension
29 October 2019 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SRSA) said on 24 October that it...

Canadian scientists test technology for production of actinium-225
29 October 2019 Canada’s particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF, and Canadian...

Brazil seeks partners to complete Angra 3
29 October 2019 Leonam Guimaraes, president of Brazil's state nuclear power...

Russian-African summit promotes nuclear cooperation
29 October 2019 Nuclear energy was a key topic of discussion at the first...

Modernisation underway at Russia’s SM research reactor
24 October 2019 Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in...

Russia and Serbia to build nuclear research centre
24 October 2019 Russia and Serbia on 19 October have signed an intergovernmental agreement...

EDF contracts Orano to provide NPP services
24 October 2019 French nuclear fuel company Orano on 22 October signed a €100 million...

Polish company agree to collaborate on SMR with GEH
24 October 2019 US based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced on 21 October that it...

Czech Energy Minister says new Dukovany unit will not be enough
24 October 2019 Without the newly built power plants, and in particular by new nuclear...

South Africa issues long awaited energy plan
23 October 2019 The South African government has gazetted its new long-term energy...

US NRC accepts Shine's radioisotope operating licence application
23 October 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted the operating...

UK government designates radwaste disposal policy
23 October 2019 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said...

India goes for “fleet mode” construction
23 October 2019 India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary K N Vyas told...

IAEA mission notes safety commitment by France’s Civaux NPP
23 October 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

IAEA fuel bank begins operation
23 October 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 17 October took delivery...

EnergySolutions takes on Three Mile Island decommissioning
23 October 2019 US utility FirstEnergy and EnergySolutions on 15 October signed an...

More US support for advanced nuclear technologies
22 October 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Czech Premier willing to breach EU law to build new reactors
22 October 2019 The Czech Republic will have to build new NPPs to replace ageing coal...

First concrete for China’s Zhangzhou 1
22 October 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said first concrete had been...

Chinese lead-bismuth test reactor starts up
22 October 2019 The China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) announced on 9 October...

Conference reveals growing optimism for small reactors
15 October 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) five-day...

Progress in defuelling Dounreay Fast Reactor
14 October 2019 Half of the last remaining radioactive fuel elements jammed for...

IAEA: Nuclear power is essential to achieving climate goals
14 October 2019

Framatome and Lockheed complete new analogue system for Calvert Cliffs
14 October 2019 Framatome said on 9 October that, together with US company Lockheed Martin...

IAEA mission assesses German waste management
14 October 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Chesterfield Special Cylinders secures nuclear contract
11 October 2019 UK-based Chesterfield Special Cylinders (CSC) has been awarded a contract...

Orano wins nuclear fuel repackaging contract from CEA
11 October 2019 French nuclear fuel company Orano said on 7 October that it had won a...

Romania signs MOU to develop lead-cooled reactor
11 October 2019 Romanian utility Nuclearelectrica has signed a Memorandum of...

Centrus Completes D&D Project for US DOE
10 October 2019 US Centrus Energy Corp announced on 9 October that it had...

Terrestrial Energy and NRG to study IMSR graphite behaviour
10 October 2019 US-based Terrestrial Energy and Netherlands-based NRG have begun...

China sees nuclear power as key to combat climate change
10 October 2019 At a side event organised by China National Nuclear Corporation and the...

IAEA climate conference gets off to a good start
10 October 2019 Some 550 participants from 79 countries and 18 international...

More cost increases for Flamanville 3
10 October 2019 French utility EDF said on 9 October repairs of faulty welds at unit 3 of...

Fortum to increase its stake in Uniper
09 October 2019 Finnish company Fortum has signed agreements with two investment companies...

Orano strengthens cooperation with Tepco for Fukushima decommissioning
08 October 2019 France's Orano Group announced that it has signed a cooperation...

GEH signs MOU with Estonia on possible deployment of BWRX-300
07 October 2019 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Estonia’s Fermi Energia last week...

Nuvia Canada awarded contract by Bruce
07 October 2019 Canada’s Bruce Power on 3 October signed a $58 million contract with...

Second steam generator shipped to Kudankulam 4
07 October 2019 Russia’s Atommash Volgodonsk, a branch of AEM Technologies (part of...

More UK funding for fusion
07 October 2019 The UK Government last week announced £220 million ($271m) of funding...

Italy’s Sogin to decommission the Ispra-1 research reactor
04 October 2019 Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin), which is...

Rosatom completes upper RPV for Rooppur 1
04 October 2019

New record for US neutron generator
04 October 2019 US nuclear technology companies Phoenix (focused on near-term...

Kozloduy 6 licensed to operate for another ten years
03 October 2019 Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) has granted a ten-year...

BWXT to restart TRISO fuel production
03 October 2019 US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 2 October that it is in...

ARC SMR passes phase one of Canadian design review
03 October 2019 ARC Nuclear Canada has completed the first of three phases of the...

Framatome-Siemens awarded I&C contract for Hanhikivi
02 October 2019 A French-German consortium of Framatome-Siemens has been contracted to...

Second wind farm for Rosatom
02 October 2019 NovaWind, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has...

Transfer of damaged used fuel begins from Russia’s Lepse
02 October 2019 The first batch of used fuel assemblies from Russia’s Lepse...

Contact for ITER tokamak assembly
01 October 2019 The ITER Organization has awarded a €200 million contract for...

UAE signs MOUs with French and South Korean companies
01 October 2019 The UAE’s Barakah One Company (BOC), a subsidiary of the Emirates...

Czech Republic signs agreement with NuScale on SMR technology
01 October 2019 Czech power company ČEZ has signed a memorandum of understanding with...

Satellite communications for Russia’s FNPP
01 October 2019 Russia’s Rostelecom will provide satellite communication channels for...

Lightbridge demonstrates SMR fuel fabrication
01 October 2019 US-based Lightbridge Corporation and Enfission, a joint venture...

Saskatchewan Slowpoke reactor ready for decommissioning
01 October 2019 Canada’s Saskatchewan Research Council has announced that its Safe Low...

Canada’s Laker offers its technology for Fukushima
01 October 2019 Laker TRF Ltd, an affiliate of Canada’s Laker Energy Products, believes...

September 2019

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Rolls Royce sells US nuclear services to Westinghouse
30 September 2019 Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its North American civil nuclear...

France’s Fessenheim to close in 2020
30 September 2019 The two reactors at France’s oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim will close...

Finland begins construction of encapsulation plant
30 September 2019 Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva announced on 23...

Ukraine used fuel store ready for commissioning
30 September 2019 US-based Holtec International announced on 23 September that it has...

Spain’s GDES wins Iter contract
30 September 2019 Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Union (EU) organisation...

EIB funding for Italian fusion project
30 September 2019 The European Investment Bank (EIB) confirmed it will lend €250m ($273.8m)...

Tepco to explore the use of Rawwater specialist alloy seals
30 September 2019 The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) announced on 24 September that...

New IAEA Board Chair elected
28 September 2019 The IAEA Board of Governors on 23 September elected by acclamation...

EDF announces more delays for Hinkley Point C
27 September 2019 French power company EDF said on 25 September the Hinkley Point C NPP...

Duke Energy to seek licence renewals
25 September 2019 US power utility Duke Energy announced on 19 September that it will seek...

Russia signs agreements with Uganda and Zambia
25 September 2019 Russia and Uganda have signed an intergovernmental agreement on...

Exelon confirms closure of Three Mile Island
25 September 2019 US energy company Exelon Corp on 20 September said it would shut down unit...

South Korea and Saudi Arabia to co-operate on SMART SMR
24 September 2019 South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

UKAEA to open new fusion test facility
24 September 2019 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announced last week that is will...

Ignalina begins construction radwaste storage facility
24 September 2019 At Ignalina NPP (INPP) in Lithuania, construction has begun of a...

Japanese court finds officials not guilty of negligence over Fukushima
24 September 2019 Japan’s Tokyo District Court on 19 September ruled that three...

Reactor defuelling completed at UK Wylfa site
24 September 2019 The final flask of used fuel from UK’s Wylfa Site has been dispatched...

France looks to develop SMRs
24 September 2019 A group of French companies on 17 September, during the International...

South Korea looks to the Middle East
23 September 2019 Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has signed an agreement with...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-2 passes final acceptance tests
23 September 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh-II NPP (also known as Novovoronezh 7),...

Ceremony marks docking of Russia's floating plant
20 September 2019 Russia’s Akademik Lomonosov floating NPP (FNPP) successfully docked at...

EDF says no French reactors will close because of manufacturing deviations
20 September 2019 French utility EDF said on 18 September that the discovery of problems...

IAEA completes review at Koeberg
20 September 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Hot testing of Mohovce 3 revealed the need for further modifications
18 September 2019 Slovak utility Slovenske Elektrarne (SE) said on 12 September that it...

Ansto ceases Mo-99 production to rectify valve problem
18 September 2019 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation said on...

Dummy fuel assemblies loaded at Leningrad II unit 2
18 September 2019 Unit 2 at Russia’s Leningrad II NPP (LNPP-II) has been fully loaded with...

Chapelcross uses foil coffee bags to contain radwaste
18 September 2019 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has revealed that nuclear workers...

Cavendish wins Canadian contract
18 September 2019 UK-based Cavendish Nuclear has secured a contract in Canada to...

China begins delivery of Hualong One fuel
17 September 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on 12 September that it...

Enec and Tenex renew memorandum on fuel cycle management
17 September 2019 The UAE’s Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) and Russian...

Russia and Germany to cooperate on radioactive waste management
17 September 2019 A five-way international scientific cooperation agreement was signed...

US DOE announces funding for nuclear fission and fusion
17 September 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 10 September announced funding...

Darlington refurbishment on schedule despite delays to work at unit 2
17 September 2019 The latest performance update by Canada’s OPG on the refurbishment of...

China’s second EPR begins commercial operation
16 September 2019 Unit 2 of China’s Taishan nuclear plant in Guangdong province...

Holtec and Eos team up on battery storage
13 September 2019 US-based Holtec International and Eos Energy Storage on 10...

Russia’s floating plant arrives at final destination ahead of schedule
12 September 2019 Russia’s floating NPP (FNPP) Akademik Lomonosov, accompanied by an...

More problems for France’s reactors
12 September 2019 French utility EDF said on 10 September that it had discovered problems...

Westinghouse accident tolerant fuel installed at Byron 2
10 September 2019 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Exelon Generation Company...

Russia to build SMRs in Yakutia
10 September 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Republic of Sakha...

France to develop uranium mining in Uzbekistan
10 September 2019 France’s Orano on 4 September signed a partnership agreement...

Fortum develops virtual reality simulator
10 September 2019 Finnish utility Fortum on 28 August announced that it had developed...

Czech Environment Ministry approves new Dukovany unit
10 September 2019 The Czech Ministry of Environmental Protection on 3 September approved...

Turkey’s Akkuyu unit 2 receives construction licence
10 September 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom was awarded a licence at the end...

Russia and India increase nuclear cooperation
05 September 2019 Russia said on 4 September that it is planning to construct more than...

UK NDA takes over Magnox
05 September 2019 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 3 September took ownership...

Cavendish wins contract to help with Monju decommissioning
02 September 2019 UK-based Cavendish Nuclear announced on 27 August that it had been...

Japanese utilities confirm collaboration plans
02 September 2019 Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power...

Canada develops safer fuel containers
02 September 2019 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) announced on 21...

Another contract for Finnish repository
02 September 2019 Finnish construction company YIT and nuclear waste management company...

Tepco may decommission at least one unit at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
02 September 2019 Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said on 26 August that it...

More materials irregularities found in France
02 September 2019 EDF has found more than 200 irregularities in materials supplied by...

US Jacobs Engineering to acquire Wood Group nuclear services
02 September 2019 US-based Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 20 August that it has...

Russia’s floating NPP leaves for final destination
02 September 2019 The world's first industrial floating nuclear power plant (FNPP),...

Belene NPP attracts 13 bidders
02 September 2019 Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry announce on 22 August that 13 applications...

France cancels ASTRID fast reactor project
02 September 2019 France’s Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives...

Korea’s APR-1400 certified by US NRC
02 September 2019 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) on 26 August received a...

August 2019

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Canada and Korea renew radwaste cooperation
27 August 2019 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and the...

Tepco, Chubu Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi consider joint venture
22 August 2019 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) is in talks with Toshiba, Hitachi and...

China’s Yangjiang 6 begins commercial operation
22 August 2019 Unit 6 of China's Yangjiang NPP in Guangdong province, a 1000 MWe...

China’s Taishan 2 reaches full capacity
22 August 2019 The EPR reactor at unit 2 of China’s Taishan NPP in Guangdong...

Russia to supply waste management equipment to India’s Kudankulam
22 August 2019 SverdNIIhimmash, part Atomenergomash (the Engineering Division of...

IAEA team assesses Nigerian research reactor safety
22 August 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

KSB coolant pump certified for use in Chinese NPPs
22 August 2019 Germany-based pump and valve manufacturer KSB said on 12 August that it...

Fukushima water tanks will be full by 2022
22 August 2019 By the summer of 2022, storage tanks holding processed contaminated water...

Cooling tower demolished at Germany’s Mülheim-Kärlich NPP
22 August 2019 German utility RWE on 9 August completed demolition of the cooling tower...

US NRC certifies new Holtec transport package
22 August 2019 US-based Holtec International announced on 13 August that its HI-STAR...

Ukraine tests Holtec used fuel casks at Rovno NPP
22 August 2019 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has completed functional testing...

Russia’s Kursk II NPP still ahead of schedule
22 August 2019 Concreting of the structural contour walls for the reactor building at unit...

Investment for Russian NPPs agreed
22 August 2019 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

Basemat completed for unit 2 of Bangladesh’s Ruppur NPP
22 August 2019 Concreting work was completed on the foundation slab of the machine room...

Steam generator problem closes Dukovany unit 2 for repair
22 August 2019 The restart of unit 2 at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany NPP, which suffered...

Dismantling of Fukushima chimney begins
14 August 2019 Work began in August to dismantle a highly contaminated exhaust stack at...

Ghana commissions three nuclear facilities
13 August 2019 Ghana has commissioned three new nuclear faciliies – the Low-Enriched...

US looks to develop fast reactor
12 August 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 5 August published a Notice of Intent...

First contract signed for dismantling Chernobyl sarcophagus
12 August 2019 The Ukrainian state company that manages the Chernobyl nuclear site,...

Norway investigates possible past misconduct in reactor projects
12 August 2019 Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) said on 5 August that it...

Boris Johnson visits Culham
09 August 2019 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the Culham Science Centre...

China reports nuclear capacity increase
08 August 2019 China’s total nuclear capacity rose 9% in the first six months of the year...

Russia’s Tvel to supply fuel for Bangladesh nuclear plant
08 August 2019 Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom)...

Decommissioning plan submitted for Japan’s Onagawa 1
07 August 2019 Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Company has filed an application with...

NuScale finalises agreements to support SMR development
07 August 2019 US NuScale Power has finalised agreements with South Korea’s Doosan...

GNS earns ASME authorisation for its casks
06 August 2019 Germany’s GNS announced on 30 July that it had earned a Certificate...

Fukushima Daiini to be decommissioned
06 August 2019 Fukushima Governor, Masao Uchibori said on 30 July that his prefecture...

Fuel ordered for Vogtle’s first AP1000
05 August 2019 US utility Georgia Power on 30 July ordered the first fuel load for unit 3...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-2 begins operation at 100%
02 August 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh II (also known as Novovoronezh 7)...

New study suggests Russia’s Mayak may be the source of 2017 ruthenium release
02 August 2019 Russia’s Mayak PA reprocessing plant in the southern Urals region (part...

U-Battery SMR completes first stage of Canadian assessment
01 August 2019 The U-Battery consortium, led by enrichment company Urenco, has...

Contract awarded for Oyster Creek Decommissioning
01 August 2019 Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI) – a joint venture of...

July 2019

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Core catcher arrives at Akkuyu
31 July 2019 The 150t core catcher for unit 1 of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear plant has...

Ohio passes controversial legislation to subsidies two nuclear plants
31 July 2019 A financial rescue package worth around $1 billion for Ohio's two...

Framatome deploys new inspection tool for RPV baffle bolts
31 July 2019 France’s Framatome has deployed an innovative new inspection tool, known...

Sizewell C contract for Atkins
31 July 2019 UK-based Atkins, a member of SNC-Lavalin Group, said on 25 July that it...

Flamanville 3 delayed until 2022
30 July 2019 EDF said on 26 July that unit 3 at the Flamanville nuclear plant in...

Belgium’s Doel 3 cleared for early restart
29 July 2019 Unit 3 at Belgium’s Doel nuclear plant has been cleared for early...

Russia’s Tvel to supply fuel for Tianwan 7&8
26 July 2019 Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom)...

French nuclear plants affected by heatwave
25 July 2019 French utility EDF said it will cut back electricity generation at units...

UK funding for SMRs
25 July 2019 The package of energy-related proposals announced by the UK Department...

UK proposes new financing model for nuclear
25 July 2019 The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on...

South Korea’s Doosan to supply equipment to NuScale
25 July 2019 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co has signed a...

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories launches research initiative for SMRs
24 July 2019 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has announced the launch of the...

Russia to suspend work on Baltic
23 July 2019 Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

CNNC launches SMR project
23 July 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on 18 July announced the launch...

IAEA head Yukiya Amano dies aged 72
23 July 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on 22 July...

US NRC completes third stage of NuScale SMR review
23 July 2019 NuScale Power said on 22 July that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Sellafield clean-up contract wins extension
22 July 2019 The UK Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) which helps...

Two Russian NPPs experience unplanned outages
22 July 2019 Units 1, 2 and 4 at Russia’s Kalinin NPP – all VVER-1000 reactors –...

Vitrification resumes at Japanese reprocessing plant
22 July 2019 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has resumed vitrifying...

Environmental assessment begins for Canada’s first SMR
19 July 2019 On 12 July the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) received a...

New fusion support facility inaugurated in Croatia
19 July 2019 A dual ion beam facility, which enables two ion beams from...

Northstar completes Mo-99 facility
19 July 2019 US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has completed construction on...

Olkiluoto 3 commercial operation now expected July 2020
18 July 2019 The 1600MW Olkiluoto 3 EPR under construction in Finland is now expected...

Uzbekistan expands its nuclear plans
17 July 2019 Uzbekistan’s Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov said in an interview...

Iran loses patience
16 July 2019 Iran is enriching uranium to 4.5% fissile purity, above the 3.67% limit...

Russia and Bolivia strengthen co-operation
15 July 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Bolivia’s Ministry of...

GEH awarded decommissioning contract for Oyster Creek
15 July 2019 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been awarded a contract by...

Ukraine takes over New Safe Confinement and promotes Chernobyl tourism
15 July 2019 The New Safe Confinement (NSC) built to encase the destroyed reactor 4 at...

CNL to refuel Canada’s Slowpoke reactor
12 July 2019 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced it has been awarded an...

Operators certified for UAE nuclear plant
11 July 2019 The UAE's Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (Fanr) has...

IAEA says Norway is committed to strengthening safety
11 July 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

South Korea wins generator contract in India
11 July 2019 South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has teamed up with...

Czech Republic commits to nuclear new-build
11 July 2019 The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade on 8 July published a...

Russia supplies fuel for China’s fast reactor
11 July 2019 Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom)...

US research reactor I&C goes digital
10 July 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has licensed the first...

Belgium’s Elia warns of capacity gap as IAEA assesses long-term safety
10 July 2019 Belgian grid operator Elia said in its “Adequacy and flexibility study...

US funding for molten salt technology
10 July 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE's) Advanced Research Project...

Rosatom begins training programmes for Akkuyu NPP personnel
09 July 2019 Personnel for the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey have begun their training at...

Switzerland’s Liebstadt cleared to operate at full power
08 July 2019 The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (Ensi) said on 2 July that...

Rolls Royce and AMS sign I&C partnership
08 July 2019 UK-based Rolls-Royce and US-based Analysis and Measurement...

Dry storage authorised for Spain’s Cofrentes NPP
04 July 2019 Spain’s Environment Ministry has authorised the construction of an...

AEM-Technologies approved as a supplier for Chinese NPPs
04 July 2019 Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of state nuclear corporation...

Tvel to undertake research in Czech Republic
03 July 2019 Russia’s fuel company Tvel (a subsidiary of state nuclear...

China's Taishan 2 connected to grid
02 July 2019 Unit 2 of China's Taishan nuclear plant in Guangdong province has...

Skanska wins contract for Finnish encapsulation plant
01 July 2019 Swedish construction company Skanska has signed an agreement with...

Licence granted for Russia’s FNPP
01 July 2019 Russia’s state nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor Russian on 27 June...

Basemat completed for Hinkley Point C1
01 July 2019 The basemat for the first reactor unit has been completed at the UK’s...

Contract signed for Hanhikivi administrative building
01 July 2019 Finland's Fennovoima and Lehto Tilat Oy, a subsidiary of Finland's...

June 2019

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GE wins $120m Cernavoda maintenance contract
28 June 2019 GE Steam Power has signed a new turbine island maintenance agreement...

Bechtel signs co-operation agreement with Deep Isolation
28 June 2019 Nuclear waste disposal solutions company Deep Isolation and engineering...

Finland begins construction of used fuel encapsulation plant
27 June 2019 Finnish waste management company Posiva has announced the start...

Nuclear companies sign manifesto for a decarbonised Europe
27 June 2019 Representatives from the nuclear industry meeting at the Nuclear in...

Construction begins at Hungary’s Paks II
27 June 2019 Construction of the first buildings of at the Paks II NPP project in...

US NRC approves transfer of Oyster Creek licence
26 June 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 20 June approved the...

IAEA Salto team reviews Sweden’s Forsmark
26 June 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Dummy fuel delivered to Leningrad II -2
25 June 2019 The delivery of dummy fuel assemblies (TVS simulators) for unit 2 of...

IAEA team evaluates nuclear security in Belgium
25 June 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

Uzbekistan moves forward with nuclear power plans
25 June 2019 UK-based Assystem on 16 May signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Russia’s Kursk II well ahead of schedule
24 June 2019 Construction of Russia’s Kursk II is proceeding ahead of schedule, the...

Framatome launches new protective coatings
24 June 2019 France’s Framatome has launched “a suite of new protective coatings...

IRRS mission sees regulatory improvement in Armenia but challenges remain
24 June 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Russia to set up training centre for Turkey’s Akkuyu
24 June 2019 Rusatom Service, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation...

US NRC finds no safety concerns related to Clinch River SMRs
20 June 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has found no safety concerns...

More delays for Europe’s first EPRs
20 June 2019 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said on 19 June that...

Toshiba and AECOM to collaborate on decommissioning
20 June 2019 Japan’s Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) on ...

Used fuel transfer plan to be developed for San Onofre
18 June 2019 US utility Southern California Edison (SCE) has awarded a 20-month...

VVER-TOI meets EUR requirements
18 June 2019 The organisation of European energy producers has recognised...

Another Hinkley contract for Wood
12 June 2019 UK company Wood announced on 11 June that it has won a multi-million...

NuScale’s first SMR plant should be completed by 2027
12 June 2019 Jose N Reyes, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of NuScale Power,...

Urenco completes tails facility in UK
12 June 2019 European enrichment company Urenco on 7 June announced the completion...

Russia signs general contract for China’s Xudabao
12 June 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 5 June signed the...

IAEA expresses concern over Iran tensions
12 June 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) director general...

IAEA opens new linear accelerator
11 June 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has marked the opening of ...

Russia and Slovakia agree to continue co-operation
11 June 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Ministry of Economy...

Finland’s new government goes for carbon neutrality
10 June 2019 Finland’s new centre-left coalition government on 4 June said Finland...

Rosatom affirms plans to participate in tender for Belene
10 June 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom still plans to participate in...

NAC storage system chosen for three Mile Island
07 June 2019

Russia’s Novovoronezh-II 2 begins pilot operation
05 June 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh-II nuclear plant (also known as...

Argentina’s Embalse resumes commercial operation
05 June 2019 Argentina’s Embalse nuclear plant, in the province of Córdoba, has...

US DOE selects Centrus subsidiary for HALEU contract
05 June 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) said on 31 May that it had asked...

Pilgrim closes down
04 June 2019 The US Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth, Massachussetts was permanently...

US DOE supports Lightbridge-Framatome fuel development
04 June 2019 US a nuclear fuel technology development company Lightbridge...

Accelerated decommissioning planned for Crystal River
03 June 2019 US utility Duke Energy on 30 May announced plans to decommission...

China’s second EPR achieves criticality
03 June 2019 Unit 2 at China’s Taishan nuclear plant Guangdong province, a Generation...

IEA calls for investment in nuclear to achieve climate goals
03 June 2019 The International Energy Agency (IEA), in a report published on 28...

May 2019

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Jacobs secures framework agreement on Dounreay decommissioning
31 May 2019 USA-based Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 29 May that it had...

China says contract imminent for two more Russian nuclear units
28 May 2019 Russia’s Atomstroyexport (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom)...

Rosatom pushes ahead with wind energy
28 May 2019 Russia’s Stavropol Territory in 2022 will begin production of 1.2 GWe...

More US funding for advanced nuclear technology
28 May 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 24 May announced further funding...

US Xcel seeks continued operation of its NPPs
28 May 2019 US utility Xcel Energy on 20 May announced plans for its last two...

Russia looks to Africa
28 May 2019 Russia and the Congo on 24 May signed an intergovernmental agreement...

Improved safety at France’s Golfech NPP
28 May 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Used fuel transfer to resume at US San Onofre NPP
28 May 2019 US power utility Southern California Edison (SCE) has been approved to...

Repairs begin at Olkiluoto 3
28 May 2019 Work has begun at unit 3 of Finland's Olkiluoto NPP to repair a...

Demolition of US gaseous diffusion facilities begins
28 May 2019 Work began on 23 May to demolish the last two buildings at the US...

Kakrapar 1 connected to grid
28 May 2019 The 220 MWe unit 1 at India’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-1) in...

Russia launches third nuclear icebreaker
28 May 2019 Russia on 25 May launched a third nuclear-powered icebreaker (Project...

More delays for restart of UK’s Hunterston B reactors
28 May 2019 EDF Energy, owned by France's EDF, has again extended outages at the...

Fuel for Belarus NPP unit 2 passes inspection
24 May 2019 The initial loading of nuclear fuel for unit 2 of the Belarus has...

Serious nuclear safety violation under investigation in South Korea
24 May 2019 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) said on 20...

Bulgaria launches call for strategic investor for Belene NPP
24 May 2019 The procedure for selecting a strategic investor for Bulgaria’s Belene...

Russia signs further agreement for CNST in Vietnam
23 May 2019 Russian State Atomic Corporation Rosatom has signed a memorandum...

GE Hitachi seeks BWRX-300 design review in Canada
23 May 2019 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has submitted its 300MW BWRX-300 small...

Refurb complete at India's Kakrapar 1
23 May 2019 Unit 1 at India's Kakrapar nuclear power plant, a 220MW PHWR, achieved...

Kazakhstan to begin fuel assembly production
21 May 2019 Kazakhstan plans to begin production of nuclear fuel assemblies this...

Rosatom and Uzbekistan sign roadmap for nuclear plant construction
21 May 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Uzbekistan’s Ministry of...

IAEA assesses long term operation of China’s Qinshan 1
20 May 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Poland affirms preparations for first NPP
20 May 2019 Poland is preparing to build its first nuclear power plant by 2033 in...

South Korean nuclear research centre planned for Saudi Arabia
20 May 2019 South Korea plans to set up a joint nuclear energy research centre in...

Wood to lead UK digital research programme
16 May 2019 Wood has been appointed by the UK's Department for Business, Energy...

NuScale inks MOU with Enfission
16 May 2019 NuScale Power and Enfission have signed a memorandum of understanding...

More water problems for Fukushima
16 May 2019 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) on 13 May temporarily halted...

WANO turns 30
15 May 2019 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is marking its 30...

ASN investigates possible fraud cases
15 May 2019 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) has launched an investigation...

Contract awarded for solar park at Borssele
14 May 2019 German company PFALZSOLAR has won an international tender to build...

Hungary and Russia renegotiate Paks-II loan
14 May 2019 Hungary and Russia have agreed to amend the loan agreement for the...

US Shine begins construction of Mo-99 facility
14 May 2019 US Shine Medical Technologies broke ground on 9 May on their first...

US NRC certification for APR-1400
14 May 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced its readiness...

Milestone achieved for Finnish repository project
13 May 2019 Finnish waste management company Posiva, jointly owned by Finnish...

Sellafield awards a 20-year contracts
13 May 2019 Sellafield said on 9 May that its Programme and Project Partners (PPP)...

Rosatom reports record revenue and orders
13 May 2019 The director general of Russian state nuclear coporation Rosatom,...

Romania signs deal with China for two units at Cernavoda
10 May 2019 Nuclearelectrica, which operates Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear plant, said on...

Holtec begins final testing of Chernobyl used fuel facility
10 May 2019 US-based Holtec International said this week that it is starting...

Exelon to close Three Mile Island in September
09 May 2019 US Exelon said on 8 May that it would shut the last reactor at the Three...

Drones map radiation near Chernobyl
09 May 2019 A team of British scientists has completed the most comprehensive survey...

Cavendish wins waste contract for Hinkley Point A
09 May 2019 Cavendish Nuclear has secured a contract to design and build a plant...

HEU removed from Dounreay to USA
08 May 2019 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and US Department of...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-2 generates first electricity
08 May 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh II nuclear plant supplied electricity to the...

Bruce Power’s refurbishment provides work for supply chain
08 May 2019 Canada’s Akromold has signed a commercial agreement with Laker...

US Calvert Cliffs to trial Framatome accident tolerant fuel
07 May 2019 Framatome has signed a contract to supply in February 2021 two...

Kyrgyzstan bans uranium mining as environmental remediation work begins
07 May 2019 Kyrgyzstan's parliament on 2 May voted to ban uranium exploration and...

X-energy signs MOU with Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Industries
07 May 2019 US-based X-energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...

Grouting completed at collapsed tunnel on US Hanford site
07 May 2019 Workers at the US Hanford Site in southeast Washington state have...

UK scientists generate electricity from americium
06 May 2019 A team of scientists led by the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory, working...

Olkiluoto 2 outage brought forward
03 May 2019 The annual maintenance outage at Finland’s Olkiluoto 2 was brought...

EnergySolutions to decommission Fort Calhoun
03 May 2019 US-based EnergySolutions on 29 April signed a contract with the Omaha...

Fire closes unit 3 at Ukraine’s Rovno nuclear plant
02 May 2019 Ukrainian officials said on 30 April that radiation levels remained...

Uniper and Nukem to dismantle Swedish NPPs
02 May 2019 A consortium of Germany’s Uniper Anlagenservice and Russia’s...

Cold testing begins at China’s first Hualong One unit
02 May 2019 Cold hydrostatic testing began on 27 April at unit 5 of China’s...

South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries to support NuScale SMR
01 May 2019 US-based NuScale Power and South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries...

France’s Belleville NPP remains under enhanced surveillance
01 May 2019 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) will keep the Belleville...

April 2019

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Norway closes its last research reactor
30 April 2019 The Board of Directors of Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)...

South Korea’s Shin-Kori 4 connected to grid
30 April 2019 Unit 4 of South Korea’s Shin Kori nuclear power plant, an APR-1400,...

Framatome wins modernisation contract for Swiss Goesgen
30 April 2019 France’s Framatome has been awarded a contract for modernisation of...

Outage extended again for UK Hunterston NPP
30 April 2019 EDF Energy has again extended an outage at its Hunterston B8 nuclear...

Chernobyl New Safe Confinement completed
29 April 2019 The New Safe Confinement (NSC), a multinational project to construct a...

Thailand looks to fusion
29 April 2019 The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)...

Northstar wins financing from Oberland
26 April 2019 US-based NorthStar Medical Technologies of the USA has closed a $100...

Framework contracts for Dounreay
25 April 2019 Six framework contracts, potentially worth up to £400 million ($518...

Russia’s FNPP expects a licence in July
25 April 2019 Comprehensive testing of the two KLT-40S reactors installed on...

Two major Chinese energy companies join forces
25 April 2019 China General Nuclear (CGN) – the largest Chinese nuclear corporation...

Dummy assemblies loaded into Belarus 1
25 April 2019 Russia’s Atomstroyexport (ASE), the engineering division of the...

Russia upgrades key fast neutron critical stand in Obninsk
24 April 2019 Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering in...

South Korea looks to decommissioning
24 April 2019 The South Korean government on 17 April unveiled a blueprint to build up...

China uprates Qinshan 1
24 April 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that China’s oldest...

Russia pledges support for Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
24 April 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is ready to provide the...

Russia signs more agreements with newcomer countries
18 April 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and its subsidiaries signed...

TVEL contracted to supply fuel to Egypt
18 April 2019 Russian Fuel Company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) and...

First concrete for Kursk II unit 2
18 April 2019 First concrete for unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk II NPP has been poured two...

Decommissioning contract for SNC-Lavalin and Holtec
18 April 2019 Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI), a joint venture...

GNS casks ordered for two German NPPs
18 April 2019 Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH has received an order...

Reactor core rebuilt at Canada’s Darlington 2
18 April 2019 The reactor core at unit 2 of Canada’s Darlington NPP has now been...

Hot testing completed at Mohovce 3
18 April 2019 Hot hydrostatic testing has been successfully completed at unit 3 of...

Commissioning of Belarus NPP unit 1 begins
18 April 2019 The physical launch of unit 1 at the Belarusian NPP is scheduled for...

Fuel assembly removal begins from pool at Fukushima unit 3
18 April 2019 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) on 15 April began removing used nuclear...

Egypt's El-Dabaa NPP granted site permit
16 April 2019 The Egyptian Nuclear Plants Authority (NPPA) had been granted a site...

Physical start up of Novovoronezh II-2
16 April 2019 Unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh II NPP started the process of physical...

More delays possible for Flamanville 3
16 April 2019 EDF should repair eighty faulty weldings at unit 3 of the Flamanville...

Ansto to complete new Mo-99 waste facility in 2020
16 April 2019 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) said on...

CEZ to test Westinghouse fuel
16 April 2019 The Czech power company CEZ said on 4 April that it will load an...

Fuel loading delayed at OL3
11 April 2019 Fuel loading at Finland's Olkiluoto 3 EPR will be delayed by about two...

Wood wins Hinkley Point C contract
11 April 2019 Wood announced it has secured a new contract to provide a construction...

Tender launched for design of radwaste store in Georgia
11 April 2019 The European Union (EU) has approved EUR1 million in funding for a...

NRC approves licence amendment for NUHOMS
10 April 2019 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a licensing...

Commissioning underway in Belarus
09 April 2019 The first stage of commissioning has started at Ostrovets 1, a...

PATRAM partnership announced
09 April 2019 Nuclear Engineering International has been named as an official media...

IT and communications contract for Hinkely Point C
08 April 2019 UK technology and network service company telent Technology Services Ltd...

Accident tolerant fuel in operation at Vogtle 2
08 April 2019 The first accident tolerant fuel assemblies containing both modified...

Core catcher installation starts at Bangladesh’s Rooppur 2
05 April 2019 The reinforced frame of the core catcher, weighing 58t, and the embedded...

Barakah 2 completes next stage of testing
05 April 2019 Six years after it started construction, structural integrity testing...

Canadian regulator receives first application for SMR
04 April 2019 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has received the first...

Bolivian nuclear research centre to be completed ahead of schedule
04 April 2019 The Bolivian Nuclear Energy Agency (ABEN) has approved the detailed...

China plans fusion research centre
04 April 2019 Chinese authorities have approved a project to create a national centre...

Belgium’s IBA to supply accelerators to Northstar
04 April 2019 US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Belgium’s Ion Beam...

IDOM invests in Moltex Energy
03 April 2019 UK-based nuclear technology company Moltex Energy has secured...

Nuclear pump contracts for Hayward Tyler
03 April 2019 Hayward Tyler is pleased to announce that it has secured two new...

Tepco completes upgrades of Fukushima water storage tanks
02 April 2019 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced on 27 March that work had...

Decommissioning to go ahead for small Swiss research reactor
02 April 2019 Switzerland’s Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) has confimed...

Full scope simulator for Russia’s Beloyarsk 4
02 April 2019 Russia’s Beloyarsk nuclear plant announced on 29 March that it has...

Physical start up at Novovoronezh II-2
01 April 2019 Physical start up has been achieved at unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh...

Two year reprieve for JET as Brexit uncertainty continues
01 April 2019 UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Department for Business, Energy...

More US funding for advanced reactors
01 April 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 27 March announced funding of...

Spain’s Almaraz to operate until 2028
01 April 2019 Iberdrola, Endesa and Naturgy, the owners of Spain’s Almaraz nuclear...

March 2019

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Hualong One units approved for Taipingling
29 March 2019 On 18 March, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published...

UK releases report on micro reactors after three year delay
28 March 2019 The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy on 22...

Organisational change for Fennovoima
28 March 2019 Finland’s Fennovoima said on 27 March that it is changing its...

Russia to begin building Brest reactor
28 March 2019 Russian fuel company TVEL, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Record generation for US nuclear plants
28 March 2019 In 2018, US nuclear power plants achieved a record generation of...

Moltex SMR for Estonia
27 March 2019 Fermi Energia of Estonia on 21 March selected UK-based Moltex Energy as...

China completes testing of Hualong One fuel
26 March 2019 China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) said on 21 March that it had...

New facility opened at Sellafield
26 March 2019 The UK’s Sellafield site has launched a new plant that will support...

Agreement signed to develop ARC-100 SMR
26 March 2019 ARC Nuclear Canada announced on 20 March that it had signed an agreement...

Iran begins construction of Bushehr 2&3
25 March 2019 Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi,...

IAEA reviews long term operation of Mexico’s Laguna Verde
25 March 2019 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Toshiba team extracts elements from vitrified waste
25 March 2019 Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation said on 19 March...

Holtec sets up JV to develop Ukraine’s mineral resources
22 March 2019 Ukraine’s BGV Group and US-based Holtec International announced they...

Preferred bidders selected for Sellafield project
22 March 2019 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd announced on...

NuScale signs MOU with Romania
21 March 2019 NuScale Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with...

EDF Energy again extends outages at Hunterston B
21 March 2019 EDF Energy said this week March that it has extended outages at the...

Armenian NPP to close for refurb
21 March 2019 Metsamor 2 of the in Armenia will shut down on 1 June for a...

WANO opens entries for 2019 excellence awards
21 March 2019 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has called on its...

Consortium secures contract extension at Kozloduy
20 March 2019 Bulgaria's State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW) has awarded...

Basemat completed for Turkey's Akkuyu 1
20 March 2019 The basemat for the nuclear island buildings of unit 1 of the Akkuyu...

Russian uranium miner reports good results
20 March 2019 Russian uranium miner Uranium One has announced revenues of $379.9...

Vattenfall joins EPRI's nuclear research programme
20 March 2019 The US-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has announced...

X-energy’s TRISO project progresses through US loan guarantee process
20 March 2019 US-based X-energy announced on 14 March that it had been invited to submit...

New contracts for Canada’s Kinetrics
19 March 2019 Canadian company Kinectrics has been awarded two major contracts by...

New steam generator delivered to France’s Gravelines 5
19 March 2019 The first of three new replacement steam generators was delivered...

Belgium’s Doel 1 restarts
19 March 2019 Unit 1 at Belgium’s Doel nuclear plant was restarted on 12 March several...

USA reaffirms plans for construction in India
18 March 2019 India and the USA have issued a joint statement agreeing to...

China and Russia sign formal contracts for four VVER-1200s
14 March 2019 Russia and China on 7 March signed the general contract for construction...

Russia announced nuclear fuel advances
14 March 2019 Russia’s National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NITU...

China signs agreement for nuclear heating demonstration project
14 March 2019 China's State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) on 27 February signed...

Joi Scientific and NB Power to develop hydrogen powered grid
13 March 2019 US-based Joi Scientific will partner with Canada’s New Brunswick Power...

Equipment installed to retrieve radwaste from Sellafield silo
13 March 2019 Engineering teams have installed equipment to scoop up and remove...

Japan reduces its dependence on LNG
13 March 2019 Japan’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are likely to decrease by...

Outage extensions for UK’s Dungeness and Hunterston
12 March 2019 EDF Energy said on 8 March it had extended outages at the two-unit...

Operating licence for Olkiluoto 3
12 March 2019 The Finnish government has issued an operating permit for the...

Russia to supply fuel for Bushehr through Caspian Sea
12 March 2019 This spring, Russia will start supplying nuclear fuel to Iran for the...

Bulgaria prepares to relaunch Belene project
08 March 2019 Bulgaria’s Minister of Energy, Temenujka Petkova, told Nova on 5 March...

NRA to begin monitoring caldera near Sendai
08 March 2019 The Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is planning to install...

Rolls Royce looks to sell international civil nuclear business
08 March 2019 UK engineering company Rolls-Royce is preparing to offload its civil...

GNS to supply spent fuel casks to Gundremmingen
07 March 2019 GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH has received an order to supply...

Browns Ferry 2 taken offline for power uprate
07 March 2019 Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry 2, a 1155MW boiling water...

Akkuyu Nuclear appoints new CEO
07 March 2019 Anastasia Zoteeva has been appointed chief executive officer of...

Rosatom looks to training for Africa
03 March 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Rwanda’s Ministry...

Westinghouse launches new generation Triton11 nuclear fuel
03 March 2019 US-based Westinghouse on 28 February announced the launch of a new...

Simulator installed at Tianwan 5
03 March 2019 China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) said on 28 February that a...

Turbines at China’s Sanmen and Haiyang plants clear all tests
03 March 2019 Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) announced on 28 February that...

Belgium’s Doel 1 to restart as Engie predicts increase availability
03 March 2019 Belgium’s Federaal Agentschap voor Nucleaire Controle (Federal Agency...

New licence issued for Russia’s closed Beloyarsk units
03 March 2019 Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor on 22 February issued a licence...

Orano reports fall in revenue but increased cashflow
03 March 2019 French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano (formerly Areva) said in its...

Progress at Belarus NPP
03 March 2019 Unit 1 of the Belarus NPP under construction at Ostrovets has been...

Canada’s Anfield Energy acquires US properties
03 March 2019 Canada-based Anfield Energy announced on 1 March that it has completed...

February 2019

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Bulgaria to study Westinghouse fuel
28 February 2019 Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP said on 25 February that it has hired...

Rosatom postpones decommissioning of graphite reactors
28 February 2019 Russia’s Experimental-Demonstration Centre for the Decommissioning...

EDF given more time NPP upgrades but urged to improve EPR safety
28 February 2019 France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) on...

Westinghouse may build nuclear fuel plant in Ukraine
28 February 2019 Ukraine plans to build a nuclear fuel fabrication plant of at the...

Siting study completed Terrestrial Energy IMSR
28 February 2019 US-based Terrestrial Energy has completed its siting study with...

WANO to establish branch office in China
28 February 2019 The membership of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) voted...

Finnish regulator approves operation of OL3
27 February 2019 The Finnish Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) announced on 25 February that...

Russia’s Atomexpo to focus on sustainable development
27 February 2019 Russia’s 11th International Forum Atomexpo, which takes place in the...

Holtec’s SMR-160 sparks interest in Ukraine
26 February 2019 Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom is planning to set up a consortium...

Framatome wins US contracts
26 February 2019 France’s Framatome on 21 February signed a contract to provide...

Russia remains main supplier of Ukraine’s nuclear fuel
26 February 2019 Russia remained the main exporter of nuclear fuel to Ukraine in...

Algerian research reactor restarts after upgrades
26 February 2019 The Es-Salam research reactor at the Birine Nuclear Research Centre...

US to fund four companies to produce Mo-99 without use of HEU
26 February 2019 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security...

Construction of new US Vogtle NPP units on schedule
26 February 2019 US power utility Southern Company management said on 20 February...

More problems for Finland’s OL3
26 February 2019 Finland’s Finland’s radiation and nuclear safety authority, Stuk,...

Small fire reported on site of reactor being built at Russia’s Mayak facility
21 February 2019 A fire broke out on 14 February at the construction site of a new...

US NRC terminates construction authorisation for mox plant
21 February 2019 A request by CB&I Areva MOX Services (MOX Services) to terminate...

Physical start up begins at Russia’s Novovoronezh-II unit 2
21 February 2019 On 19 February, physical start up began at unit 2 of Russia’s...

Uranium One maintains production at 2018 levels
21 February 2019 Russian company Uranium One (a subsidiary of state nuclear...

Canada’s SMR review process sees two project begin due diligence
21 February 2019 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) said on 15 February that...

BP Outlook sees fall in nuclear share
20 February 2019 BP’s Energy Outlook for 2019 considers a range of scenarios to...

EDF announces figures for 2018
20 February 2019 EDF (83.66% owned by the French government), on 15 February announced...

Search for UK repository site resumes
15 February 2019 Radioactive Waste Management, a subsidiary of the UK’s...

Melted fuel photographed at Fukushima
15 February 2019 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) on 13 February released photos of...

Fusion progress in UK and South Korea
15 February 2019 First Light Fusion, which was spun out of the University of Oxford in 2011...

Cavendish contracted by EDF to support two UK NPPs
15 February 2019 Cavendish Nuclear has announced a 10-year contract with EDF Energy to...

Kyushu to decommission Genkai 2
14 February 2019 Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Company has announced plans to...

New UK nuclear centre opens in Derby
14 February 2019 Nuclear AMRC Midlands, a new research and innovation centre is opening n...

Urenco to produce HALEU
12 February 2019 Urenco USA has announced its capability in the provision of high assay...

Silex Systems and Cameco buy into GLE
11 February 2019 Australian technology company Silex Systems and Canada's Cameco...

Pressure vessel base is manufactured for Turkey’s Akkuyu
11 February 2019 The pressure vessel base of the VVER-1200 reactor for unit 1 of...

Safety case submitted for Belgian waste repository
11 February 2019 Belgium’s radioactive waste management agency Ondraf/Niras on 5...

Restart of Kansai’s ageing reactors is delayed
08 February 2019 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Company said on 4 February that the restart...

Hualong reactors replace AP1000s in Chinese nuclear plans
08 February 2019 Beijing has approved the construction of four new nuclear units using a...

DOE confirms funding for ATF development
08 February 2019 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy on 31...

Terrestrial Energy and NRG cooperate on molten salt reactor
07 February 2019 US-based Terrestrial Energy and NRG (Netherlands) on 5 February announced...

Spanish electricity companies agree on scaled closure of nuclear plants
07 February 2019 Spain’s three main electricity companies (Endesa, Iberdrola and Naturgy)...

Bulgaria to begin selecting investors for Belene
07 February 2019 The Bulgarian authorities plan to start the process of selecting a...

Taipower rules out operation of Lungmen
06 February 2019 State-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) on 31 January ruled out starting up...

Approval given for start of Shin-Kori 4
05 February 2019 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) on 1...

ANSTO installs emissions monitoring equipment
05 February 2019 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's (ANSTO)...

Hualong reactor completed in Pakistan
05 February 2019 All the reactor internals have been installed at unit 2 of Pakistan’s...

Iran is self-sufficient in fuel production
04 February 2019 The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar...

Poland looks to high temperature reactors
04 February 2019 Poland’s Energy Ministry has signed an agreement with the National Centre...

MHI and Weir to supply pumps for Hinkley C
04 February 2019 Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Weir Engineering Services...

Bruce Power signs supplier agreement with First Nation company
04 February 2019 Canada’s Bruce Power on 25 January signed a supplier agreement with...

Belarus NPP looks at used fuel management options
04 February 2019 The cost of used nuclear fuel management at the Belarus nuclear plant...

IAEA reports of Fukushima decommissioning as new robot unveiled
01 February 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 31 January published...

Russia begins testing accident tolerant fuel
01 February 2019 The first experimental assemblies of Russia’s accident tolerant fuel...

Rolls Royce signs another contract for Hinkley
01 February 2019 Rolls Royce announced on 31 January that it had signed a contract to...

January 2019

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Russia’s Tvel signs contract to supply fuel for India’s Tarapur NPP
31 January 2019 Russian nuclear fuel company Tvel, a subsidiary of Rosatom, has signed...

Westinghouse plans to resume production of VVER-440 fuel
31 January 2019 US-based Westinghouse is working to resume production of fuel for...

NRG completes testing of special steel for Iter
31 January 2019 Netherlands nuclear research and consultancy group (NRG) has completed...

Assystem contracted to oversee safety at Turkey’s Akkuyu
31 January 2019 The French engineering group Assystem has signed a six-year contract with...

France’s nuclear industry signs strategic contract for future projects
31 January 2019 The French nuclear industry on 28 January signed a strategic contract...

US depleted uranium conversion underway
30 January 2019 The US Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM)...

South Korea seeks collaboration on refurbishment of Romanian NPPs
30 January 2019 South Korea's Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said on 25 January that...

Brazil reconsiders completion of Angra 3
29 January 2019 Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said on 23 January...

Belgium’s Doel 2 approved for restart
29 January 2019 Belgium’s Engie Electrabel, a subsidiary of French energy group Engie,...

Orano and Bureau Veritas to cooperate in nuclear materials transport
29 January 2019 France’s Orano TN, the nuclear logistics subsidiary of the Orano...

IAEA announced major conference on climate change
29 January 2019 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued an announcement...

China begins testing ATF fuel
28 January 2019 China General Nuclear (CGN) has started irradiation testing of a 2SF PI-A...

GEH completes segmentation of Oskarshamn 2
28 January 2019 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has completed the segmentation...

Life extension work begins at Russia’s Kola 2
28 January 2019 Unit 2 at Russia’s Kola nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid on...

Russia provides regulatory documents for Armenian NPP
28 January 2019 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

EDF gives update on Flamanville 3
25 January 2019 French power company EDF said on 21 January that it would make further...

Chinese joint venture established for Greenland mining project
25 January 2019 China's Shenghe Resources Holding Co Ltd, the largest shareholder...

Dungeness B corrosion rated at INES level 2
24 January 2019 According to the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) an...

More DOE funding for US accident tolerant fuel
24 January 2019 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company announced on 18 January that it...

US pushes ahead with HALEU fuel for advanced reactors
24 January 2019 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has completed an environmental...

US adopts laws supporting advanced nuclear
23 January 2019 Despite the USA being in the midst of its longest ever government...

US company demonstrates waste retrieval technique
23 January 2019 California-based private company Deep Isolation has demonstrated...

Swedish repository expansion given regulatory approval
22 January 2019 Swedish nuclear waste management company SKB said that it will be granted...

Russia signs cooperation agreement with Serbia
22 January 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin on 17 January signed a package of...

Bulgaria reports international interest in Belene
21 January 2019 The US Company General Electric has expressed interest in participating as...

Simulator at South Korea’s Wolsong 1 to be redeveloped for use at unit 3
21 January 2019 Canada-based L3 MAPPS has signed a deal with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power...

NRG awarded funding for nuclear medicine research centre
21 January 2019 Netherlands-based Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group NRG announced...

Life extension for Russia’s Balakovo 3
18 January 2019 Russia’s Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and...

Horizon suspends work on Wylfa Newydd
17 January 2019 Horizon Nuclear Power is suspending its UK nuclear development...

NuScale eyes the Jordanian SMR market
17 January 2019 US-based NuScale Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with...

US Northstar takes over Vermont Yankee
17 January 2019 US Entergy Corporation on 14 January completed the sale of Entergy...

More US funds for Framatome’s accident tolerant fuel
16 January 2019 Framatome said on 15 January that it had received a $49 million,...

Russia’s Novovoronezh 4 restarted after upgrades
15 January 2019 Unit 4 of Russia’s Novovoronezh nuclear plant, a VVER-440 reactor was...

Nuclear remains Belgium’s main power source
15 January 2019 Belgium’s nuclear power plant produced 48% of total electricity in...

New safety display system for NuScale SMR
14 January 2019 US-based NuScale Power and Ultra Electronics Energy have unveiled a...

Russian reactors achieve new generation records
14 January 2019 In 2018, Russian nuclear plants (all part of nuclear utility...

India’s details nuclear construction plans
14 January 2019 By 2031, India expects to bring 21 new power reactors online with a...

Russia’s Tvel to supply fuel for China’s CFR-600 fast reactor
14 January 2019 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans to produce and supply...

Westinghouse details post-bankruptcy restructuring
11 January 2019 US based-Westinghouse on 9 January has announced its first...

China’s Haiyang 2 begins commercial operation
11 January 2019 Unit 2 of China's Haiyang NPP in Shandong province completed 168 hours...

Argentine’s Embalse nuclear plant restarts following life extension work
11 January 2019 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina announced on 4 January that the Embalse...

US to revive enrichment project
10 January 2019 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Nuclear Energy Oak Ridge Site...

Rolls Royce to work on Hungary’s Paks II
10 January 2019 UK engineering firm Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of...

Coolant pumps installed at China’s Fuqing
09 January 2019 The final main reactor coolant pump was installed at Fuqing 5 in...

Rosatom looks to SMRs
08 January 2019 In the first quarter of 2019, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom...

Radioisotope waste recycling to begin in Belgium
07 January 2019 The radioactive residues arising from the production of...

Design approved for Russia’s Brest experimental fast reactor
07 January 2019 Glavgosexpertiza, Russia’s state body responsible for expert appraisal...

IAEA reviews Vietnam's plans for research reactor
07 January 2019 As part of its preparations for a new research reactor, Vietnam hosted...

India’s Kaiga 1 breaks another operating record
03 January 2019 Unit 1 of India's Kaiga nuclear palnt in Karnataka, an indigenously...

Dominion completes merger with Scana
03 January 2019 Dominion Energy has completed its merger with Scana, the South...

Russia closes down Leningrad 1
02 January 2019 Unit 1 of Russia’s Leningrad nuclear plant was withdrawn from service on...

Ukraine extends nuclear fuel contract with Russia
02 January 2019 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom in December confirmed the signing of...

Uniper to coordinate demolition of Swedish reactors
02 January 2019 Germany-based Uniper (a subsidiary of Fortum) is to coordinate the...

China’s Tianwan 4 begins commercial operation
02 January 2019 Unit 4 of the Tianwan nuclear plant in China's Jiangsu province...

US DOE announced nuclear research funding
02 January 2019 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Delays announced for Finland’s Hanhikivi NPP
02 January 2019 Construction of Finland’s Hanhikivi 1 NPP to be built with Russian...

Russian accident tolerant fuel ready for reactor testing
02 January 2019 Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (part of TVEL Fuel...

The cost of Japan’s decommissioning plans
02 January 2019 At least JPY1900 billion ($17.12 billion) will be needed for the...

December 2018

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Orano launches new conversion facility
31 December 2018 The new Philippe Coste conversion plant at Orano’s Orano Tricastin...

US DOE signs SMR MOU
31 December 2018 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the US...

Framatome develops non-destructive analysis for waste containers
21 December 2018 France’s Framatome said on 18 December that it is developing ...

Russia to use highly enriched Ni-63 for atomic batteries
21 December 2018

Rosatom prepares contracts for China’s Xudabao NPP
21 December 2018 Russia state nuclear corporation Rosatom is preparing contracts for the...

Belgium extends outages of Doel 1&2
20 December 2018 Belgian power company Engie Electrabel on 18 December announced it...

BWXT Canada to provide technical support to Terrestrial Energy
20 December 2018 US-based Terrestrial Energy announced on 18 December that it had awarded...

Finance allocated to upgrade Olkiluoto 1&2
20 December 2018 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) on 17 December signed a...

EDF extends outages again at Hunterston
19 December 2018 EDF Energy has extended outages at its Hunterston nuclear plant in...

IAEA reviews the Philippines' nuclear power infrastructure
19 December 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated...

Testing completed at Barakah 3
19 December 2018 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said on 17 December that...

Fuel supply contract for Enusa
19 December 2018 Spain’s state-owned nuclear fuel manufacturer Enusa Industrias Avanzadas...

Red book sees nuclear capacity continuing to grow
18 December 2018 According to the latest edition of ‘Uranium – Resources, Production...

Wood bags $66 million Sellafield control systems framework
18 December 2018 Wood, the project, engineering and technical services company, has won...

Doel 4 resumes operation
18 December 2018 Belgium’s Doel 4 restarted on 13 December after a four-month unplanned...

Limited construction licence for Akkuyu 2
17 December 2018 The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) on 14 December granted the...

Cavendish wins contract to demolish Dounreay reactor
17 December 2018 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 14 December awarded...

Taishan 1 enters commercial operation
14 December 2018 China General Nuclear Power (CGN) and EDF have announced that the Taishan...

Construction progress at Hinkley Point C
14 December 2018 EDF Energy said on 11 December that first concrete has been poured for...

IAEA completes operational safety review at Armenian NPP
14 December 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Russia begins batch production of BN-800 fuel
13 December 2018 The first batch of mixed uranium-plutonium or MOX nuclear fuel assemblies...

I&C upgrade complete at Forsmark
13 December 2018 France's Framatome has completed a project to modernise the...

Kaiga 1 breaks operational record
12 December 2018 India's Kaiga 1, a 220MWe pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR), has set...

Work progressing at Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP
12 December 2018

Rwanda signs inter-governmental agreement with Russia
12 December 2018 Russia and Rwanda on December 5 signed an Intergovernmental Agreement...

Poland looks to nuclear
12 December 2018 Poland’s Ministry of Energy on 23 November published its draft Polish...

Russia cancels new technologies federal target programme
12 December 2018 Russia’s government has cancelled implementation of the federal...

Taiwan closes Chinshan
10 December 2018 Taiwan’s oldest operating nuclear plant, Chinshan 1 (a 636MWe boiling...

Bangladesh allocates budget for Rooppur
07 December 2018 Bangladesh's Finance Ministry has allocated a budget of $42.33 million...

Upgrading continues at Armenian NPP
07 December 2018 Upgrading of unit 2 at the Armenian nuclear plant, scheduled to be...

UK fusion project receives government funding
07 December 2018 UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and First Light Fusion,...

India’s BHEL delivers 40th steam generaor
07 December 2018 India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved a...

Russia completes tests on modified VVER-440 fuel
06 December 2018 Russia’s OKB Gidropress, a subsidiary of state nuclear corporation...

Japan looks to cancel Turkish project
06 December 2018 A public-private consortium led by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...

Fortum and VTT cooperate on research reactor decommissioning
05 December 2018 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Fortum on 3 December signed...

Framatome wins safety contract from Bruce Power
05 December 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power and France’s Framatome on 30 November signed a...

Construction progress at Russia’s Kursk II
05 December 2018 Russia’s Kursk II NPP has been chosen for a pilot project to trial the...

Argentina signs strategic agreement with Russia
05 December 2018 Argentina on 1 December signed a strategic document with Russia...

DOE awards contract for WIPP ventilation system
05 December 2018 US company Critical Applications Alliance (CAA), a venture comprising...

South African parliamentary committee supports nuclear
04 December 2018 South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Energy (PCE) on 27 November...

Centrus Energy and X-energy to design Triso fuel facility
04 December 2018 US-based Centrus Energy and X-energy are to proceed with the...

WorleyParsons wins KA-CARE agreement for Saudi nuclear project
04 December 2018 WorleyParsons has been awarded a project management office...

EC approval needed for revival of Bulgaria’s Belene project
03 December 2018 The European Commission’s (EC’s) climate action and energy commissioner...

OL3 delayed until 2020
03 December 2018 Regular electricity generation at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3),...

November 2018

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Land acquisition completed for India’s Jaitapur NPP
30 November 2018 The land acquisition process for the 9900MWe nuclear plant planned...

France reconsiders Astrid fast reactor project
30 November 2018 France’s Atomic & Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) has presented...

Taiwan votes to retain nuclear
30 November 2018 Taiwan’s Economy Minister Shen Jong-chin will within two months propose a...

Bradwell enters care and maintenance
29 November 2018 The two-unit Magnox nuclear power station at Bradwell in Essex has become...

France postpones NPP closures
29 November 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron on 27 November announced a multi-year...

IAEA buys LEU for fuel bank
29 November 2018 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 20 November signed...

SNC-Lavalin bags Bruce tooling contract
29 November 2018 Canada-based SNC-Lavalin and its joint venture partner Eclipse...

UKAEA to design UK thermal-hydraulic facility
28 November 2018 The UK and Welsh governments have appointed the UK Atomic Energy...

Russia uses new annealing technology to extend the life of a VVER-1000
28 November 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom revealed it has extended...

Nuscale signs MOU with Bruce Power
28 November 2018 NuScale Power announced on 27 November that it had signed a memorandum...

Rio Tinto to sell Rössing to Chinese
27 November 2018 Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its 69.62% stake in the Rössing uranium mine...

Bruce MRC approved
26 November 2018 Bruce Power has been approved to begin its 13-year major...

EDF to support operation at Barakah
22 November 2018 French utility EDF has signed a ten-year agreement to support Nawah Energy...

WNA: Poland needs nuclear
22 November 2018 Agneta Rising, director general of the World Nuclear Association (WNA)...

Main concrete works completed at Barakah
20 November 2018 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has completed the...

Japanese contract for Orano
20 November 2018 France’s Orano has signed an agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy...

Spain to close its nuclear reactors by 2030
19 November 2018 Spain plans to close its last nuclear reactors and coal power plants...

PRISM selected for US Versatile Test Reactor programme
19 November 2018 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and its PRISM technology have been...

UK ends reprocessing at Sellafield’s Thorp plant
19 November 2018 Sellafield Ltd and the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II-2 prepares for start up
19 November 2018 Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

China’s Hualong One clears stage two of UK GDA
19 November 2018 UK joint regulators – the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and...

Genusa to supply fuel to Olkiluoto
15 November 2018 Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced on...

More fusion progress at China’s EAST tokamak
15 November 2018 China’s Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), affiliated with the...

Framatome repairs evaporator at US SRS
15 November 2018 France’s Framatome and US Savannah River Remediation (SRR) have...

US DOE moves forward with decontamination of space fuel plant
14 November 2018 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental...

EU funding for remediation in Central Asia
13 November 2018 The European Union (EU) on 9 November, at an international donors’...

Repair continue at Belgian reactors
13 November 2018 The Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc) has given its...

Three waste contracts for France’s Cyclife
13 November 2018 EDF subsidiary Cyclife announced on 9 November that it has been awarded...

UK updates policy on advanced nuclear technologies
12 November 2018 The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

China’s Sanmen 2 enters commercial operation
12 November 2018 Unit 2 of China’s Sanmen nuclear plant in Zhejiang province...

Canadian Nuclear Association welcomes SMR roadmap
12 November 2018 The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) on 7 November welcomed the release...

Toshiba liquidates UK NuGen and cancels UK Moorside project
09 November 2018 After Japan's Toshiba Corp confirmed on 8 November that it intended to...

Milestone achieved for Canada’s Darlington NPP refurbishment
09 November 2018 Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 8 November that refurbishment of...

Turboatom and Westinghouse extend nuclear cooperation
09 November 2018 Ukraine’s Turboatom and US-based Westinghouse have extended a memorandum...

Assystem wins agreement from UK Atomic Energy Authority
09 November 2018 Nuclear engineering company Assystem has been awarded a...

Bulgaria revives Belene project
09 November 2018 Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on 7 November that...

First criticality for Russia’s floating NPP
08 November 2018 The first of two reactors (the starboard side) on Russia’s first floating...

Saudi Arabia launches research reactor project
08 November 2018 Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on 6 November launched...

Russia signs contracts for units 7 and 8 at China’s Tianwan NPP
08 November 2018 The engineering division of Russian state nuclear corporation...

Japan’s regulator approves life extension for Tokai II
08 November 2018 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 7 November approved...

US signs agreement with Canada in preparation for Brexit
08 November 2018 The UK and Canada on 2 November signed a bilateral Nuclear...

Wood wins contract to support UK nuclear regulator
08 November 2018 UK-based Wood on 7 November won a contract to provide the UK’s Office...

Work gets underway at Russia’s Kursk II NPP
06 November 2018 The first electrical installation work has begun at the construction site...

Capacity increase for Finland’s Loviisa NPP
06 November 2018 Both units at Finland’s Loviisa NPP are now operating after...

USA ramps up sanctions on Iran
05 November 2018 The US administration on 2 November announced the reimposition of all...

Rosatom requests more funding for fast reactors
05 November 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has initiated a national...

IAEA reviews long-term safety at Argentina’s Atucha 1
05 November 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-SALTO (Safety Aspects...

Esterline to supply engineered materials to UK’s Hinkley Point C
05 November 2018 Esterline Corporation, a US specialty manufacturer serving global...

Canada announces funding for Advanced Medical Isotopes Institute
05 November 2018 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 1 November announced funding...

Contract signed to prepare documentation for Hungary’s Paks II
05 November 2018 Atomproekt, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s ASE...

IAEA conducts joint mission to Spain
02 November 2018 The International Atomic Energy Agency has for the first time combined...

Romania and Canada extend their nuclear co-operation
01 November 2018 The Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) and the...

Canada invests in fusion
01 November 2018 The Canadian government has announced a CAD49.3 million ($37.5m)...

October 2018

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Decommissioning progress at UK’s Wylfa site
31 October 2018 Hazard reduction at the site of the UK’s former Wylfa NPP on Anglesey...

Japan’s Tohoku Electric to decommission Onagawa 1
31 October 2018 Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power Co has announced plans to decommission unit...

India’s Kaiga 1 sets record for continuous operation
31 October 2018 Unit 1 of India's Kaiga NPP in Karnataka state on 25 October completed...

IAEA launches training course on cyber-attack protection
30 October 2018  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has introduced a...

Russia’s NIIAR to simulate the behaviour of Fukushima molten core material
30 October 2018 Scientists at Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR, part...

Nuvia to be technical advisor for UK's AMR programme
29 October 2018 UK based nuclear engineering, project management and services...

Japan’s Shikoku Electric restarts Ikata 3
29 October 2018 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Co on 27 October restarted unit 3 at its...

US DOE awards GE contract for advanced fuel development
29 October 2018 General Electric's Global Research Center, in New York state, will...

France needs Mox to avoid spent fuel storage crisis
26 October 2018 “From the point of view of safety and radiation protection, the impact...

Ansto urged to improve safety and operating procedures
26 October 2018 An independent expert review team, set up by the Australian Nuclear...

Hitachi appoints three UK partners for Wylfa Newydd
26 October 2018 Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe  Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of...

Russian ASE raises finance for India’s Kudankulam project
26 October 2018 Russia’s Atomstroyexport, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

France’s Orano and CEA seek solution to Fukushima waste problem
26 October 2018 Innovative radioactive waste vitrification technology, developed in...

US terminates Mox facility contract
25 October 2018 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear...

China’s Haiyang 1 completes pre-operation trials
25 October 2018 Unit 1 at China’s Haiyang nuclear plant in Shandong province on 22...

VNIINM scientists patent new dispersion fuel  
25 October 2018 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

World Bank pulls out of Kosovo coal project
23 October 2018 The future of a planned 500 MW coal-fired power plant is in doubt after...

Toshiba and IHI dissolve nuclear venture
23 October 2018 Japan's Toshiba Corp and IHI Corp announced on 17 October that they...

Active progress on Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP
22 October 2018 Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on 18 October that the...

Japan’s NPP operators check quake dampers
22 October 2018 Operators of nuclear powers plants in Japan are investigating whether...

China’s Haiyang 2 connected to the grid
19 October 2018

Uzbekistan formally approves NPP construction
19 October 2018 Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on 16 October signed a...

Nuclear submarine decommissioning proceeds in Russian Arctic
19 October 2018 SevRAO, a branch of Russia waste management organisation RosRAO (part...

Rosatom awards Assystem a contract for Egypt’s El Dabaa NPP
18 October 2018 France’s Assystem has been awarded a first contract to support...

IEA report raises concerns about Swiss nuclear phaseout
17 October 2018 An International Energy Agency (IEA) report, “Energy Policies of...

Shikoku Electric applies to decommission Ikata 2
17 October 2018 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Company said on 12 October that it had...

Three maintenance workers injured at Russia’s Rostov NPP
17 October 2018 Three employees of the Volgodonsk branch of Russia’s Atomenergoremont...

Life extension for Ukraine’s Zaporozhye 4
16 October 2018 The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has approved a...

Mitsubishi Hitachi turbines clear all tests at China’s Sanmen
16 October 2018 Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) announced that the steam...

Russia’s Brest reactor now scheduled for 2026
16 October 2018 Russia’s Brest-OD-300 demonstration lead-cooled fast-neutron reactor...

US places controls on nuclear exports to China
16 October 2018 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 11 October...

UAE companies benefit from Barakah work
15 October 2018 So far, more than 1500 local companies have been awarded contracts...

IPCC issues alert on climate change
15 October 2018 A report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

Shelter completed for Russia’s Lepse
12 October 2018 A special protective cover has now been erected at Russia’s Nerpa shipyard...

Indian reactors set operating records
12 October 2018 Indian design nuclear plants with 220MWe pressurised heavy water...

US DOE funding for Idaho National Laboratory nuclear projects
11 October 2018 The US Department of Energy's (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is...

US NRC issues key safety approvals for APR1400
11 October 2018 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued final safety...

French regulator expected to rule on life extension
11 October 2018 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said on 8 October that it would...

Storage pond clearance completed at UK’s Hunterston A site
10 October 2018 A project to has been completed drain around a million gallons of water...

Russia to build six more units in India
09 October 2018 India and Russia on 5 October signed an agreement for the construction of...

GE to supply turbine islands for Egyptian nuclear project
09 October 2018 GE Power has won the contract to deliver the turbine island equipment for...

More delays for Flamanville 3 as ASN criticises EDF over welding faults
09 October 2018 France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorite de Surete Nucleaire - ASN)...

Jacobs awarded two framework agreements for Dounreay decommissioning 
09 October 2018 US-based Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 2 October that it has...

Tianwan 4 achieves criticality
08 October 2018 Unit 4 at China’s Tianwan nuclear plant in Jiangsu province achieved...

Russia’s Rostov 4 begins commercial operation
08 October 2018 Unit 4 at Russia’s Rostov NPP was put into commercial operation on...

Statkraft sets out renewable targets
08 October 2018 Statkraft says it will invest around NOK10 billion ($1.2 billion, €1...

US DOE awards Centrus $15m for decommissioning work
05 October 2018 US Centrus Energy Corp (formerly known as USEC) announced on 2 October...

Cooling towers demolished at Slovakia’s Bohunice V1
05 October 2018 The four cooling towers at Slovakia’s closed Bohunice V1 NPP were...

Dome placement completed at Pakistan’s Karachi 3
05 October 2018 Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission on 29 September completed dome placement...

Fessenheim shutdown no longer linked to Flamanville 3
05 October 2018 French Ecology Minister Francois de Rugy said on 4 October that the...

New schedule expected for OL3
04 October 2018 Finland's Teollisuuden Voima Oy has announced that commissioning tests at...

DOE extends Portsmouth cleanup contract
04 October 2018 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Fluor-BWXT...

New developments at Russia’s TVEL
02 October 2018 Russian fuel company TVEL plans to reach an agreement with the...

Nuscale selects BWXT for SMR manufacture
02 October 2018 Oregon-based NuScale Power announced on 25 September that it had...

Sweden says nuclear safety research is underfunded
02 October 2018 Critical areas of nuclear safety research are currently underfunded...

UK research initiative on radwaste
02 October 2018 A GBP9.4 million ($12.2m) research programme will link experts from...

Transatomic announces it closure
02 October 2018 US nuclear reactor startup Transatomic Power announced on 25 September...

Kenya defers nuclear development plans
02 October 2018 Kenya’s Ministry of Energy has released an updated power development...

Mixed news for Japan’s reactor restarts
02 October 2018 Japan Atomic Power Company’s (JAPC’s) ageing single unit Tokai II NPP...

Senegal looks to build nuclear technology centre
02 October 2018 Senegal and France’s Institut National des Sciences et Techniques...

Canadian laboratories collaborate to produce Actinium-225
02 October 2018 TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre, and Canadian...

Electrical discharge machining used on live reactor pipeline system
02 October 2018 US-based machining specialist Hydratight has become the first company to...

Construction licence for Finland’s Hanhikivi-1 NPP expected in 2019
02 October 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and its Finnish partner...

America decommissions FNPP 
01 October 2018 The US Army Corps of Engineers announced on 14 September that crews...

Staffing almost complete at Belarus NPP
01 October 2018 Staffing at unit 1 of the Belarus NPP is "almost complete", and unit 2 is...

September 2018

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Owners vote to complete Vogtle 3&4
27 September 2018 The four owners of the Vogtle 3&4 AP1000 project under construction...

Extended operating licences for Olkiluoto 1&2
26 September 2018 The Finnish government on 20 September agreed to extend until 2038...

Russian scientists find solution for liquid radioactive waste management
26 September 2018 Russian Scientists from the Federal Research Centre of the...

ATF fuel research advances under a Framatome-Entergy contract
25 September 2018 France’s Framatome has signed a contract with US utility Entergy to...

Framatome inks deal to supply fuel to Susquehanna
25 September 2018 Framatome has signed a contract with Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Nuclear,...

UK NNL and US Oakridge lab to cooperate on research
25 September 2018 The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the US Department of...

China’s first AP1000 begins commercial operation
24 September 2018 Unit 1 at China’s Sanmen nuclear plant in Zhejiang province began...

Five of Belgium’s seven reactors closed for repair
24 September 2018 Five of Belgium’s seven reactors at the Doel and Tihange nuclear plants...

L3 MAPPS and France’s IRSN to collaborate on Flamanville 3 simulator upgrade
24 September 2018 Canada-based L3 MAPPS has won a contract from the French Institute...

Rosatom begins construction of Bushehr 2&3
24 September 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has started practical work on...

Centrus and Doosan sign co-operation memo
24 September 2018 US-based Centrus Energy Corp and South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries...

India restarts upgraded Apsara research reactor
20 September 2018 Nine years after Apsara, India’s first and oldest research reactor was...

Framatome to modernise I&C at 32 French reactors
20 September 2018 Framatome has announced that it will be upgrading the instrumentation...

Tepco to build new seawall at Fukushim
20 September 2018 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has announced that it will build...

EDF apprentices to be trained at Bridgwater college
19 September 2018 Bridgwater & Taunton College, the principal delivery arm of the...

Contract signed for Akkuyu NPP automated control systems
19 September 2018 JSC Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RASU), and JSC Akkuyu Nuklear on...

Hualong One simulator installed and China’s Fuqing
19 September 2018 The full-scope simulator for the Chinese-developed Hualong One reactor...

Cavendish Nuclear starts installing waste plant at Berkeley
19 September 2018 The UK’s Cavendish Nuclear has begun installing a new waste treatment...

New test facility launched to support Bruce Power refurbishment
19 September 2018 Canada’s ATS Automation Tooling Systems (ATS) and Bruce Power on 12...

US Oyster Creek NPP closes
18 September 2018 After over 49 years, the single unit Oyster Creek Generating Station in...

OPPD considers a new decommissioning strategy for Fort Calhoun
17 September 2018 Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is considering a "timely, more...

UK funding for safety and security research
17 September 2018 The UK's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis)...

France launches new conversion plant
13 September 2018 French nuclear group Orano (formerly called Areva) on 10...

California sets clean energy targets
13 September 2018 California's governor Edmund Brown on 10 September signed Senate Bill...

Belgium allocates funds for Myrrha research facility
13 September 2018 Belgium’s Council of Ministers on 7 September announced funding of...

French Environment Minister uncertain about EPR
13 September 2018 France’s new environment minister Francois de Rugy said, in remarks...

UK’s NuGen cuts staff at planned Moorside
12 September 2018 Toshiba’s NuGen has announced that it is downsizing the UK new build...

Nuvia wins work at Dungeness
11 September 2018 International nuclear engineering, project management and services...

China designs reactor for district heating
11 September 2018 The preliminary design of the DHR-400 (Yanlong) low-temperature reactor...

US companies and labs co-operate on molten salt technology
11 September 2018 Terrestrial Energy USA is to cooperate with Southern Company and several...

Russia approves agreement on nuclear plant construction in Uzbekistan
10 September 2018 Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft agreement on...

Site clearance approved for UK Wylfa Newydd NPP
10 September 2018 Anglesey County Council planning committee in the UK on 5 September...

Pressure vessel installed at Pakistan’s Karachi 3
10 September 2018 The pressure vessel for unit 3 of Pakistan's Karachi nuclear power plant...

Agreement to boost South Korean waste management
10 September 2018 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on 5 September by the...

Hot tests begin at unit 2 of Novovoronezh II
06 September 2018 Hot functional tests began on 1 September at unit 2 of Russia’s...

More delays for Japan’s Ohma NPP
06 September 2018 Construction of Japan’s Ohma NPP in Aomori Prefecture, world's...

France to announce new energy targets in October
06 September 2018 France’s newly appointed environment minister, Francois de Rugy, said on...

UAE regulator signs research agreement with Khalifa University
06 September 2018 The UAE’s Khalifa University of Science and Technology on 2 September...

Restart of Belgium’s Doel 1 and 2 postponed
06 September 2018 France’s Engie has postponed the restart of units 1 and 2 at Belgium’s...

Canada’s Bruce Power increases production of radioactive cobalt
06 September 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power NPP on 4 September placed medical-grade High...

Welding milestone for Russia’s MBIR reactor
05 September 2018 Russia’s AEM-Technology announced on 29 August that major welding work...

More problems for Japan’s Rokkasho reprocessing plant
04 September 2018 Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL), which operates the nuclear fuel...

Steam generator installed at Vogtle 4
04 September 2018 US Georgia Power announced on 31 August that the third of four...

Russian FNPP to be launched for testing before the end of 2018
04 September 2018 The trial launch of Russia’s first floating NPP (FNPP), the...

Japan’s Monju fast reactor prepares for decommissioning
03 September 2018 The removal of nuclear fuel from Japan’s Monju fast-breeder reactor...

Iran considers more nuclear power units
03 September 2018 Iran is negotiating with the Russian Federation on the construction...

Brazil achieves enrichment milestone
03 September 2018 The Brazilian nuclear sector on 30 August took an important step...

South Korean consortium formed to bid for East European projects
03 September 2018 A consortium of Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Daewoo Heavy...

August 2018

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Successful test shot for Oxford inertial confinement fusion company
30 August 2018 Oxford-based First Light Fusion (FLF), which is researching a number...

Nuvia wins contract to remove coolant from Dounreay Fast Reactor
30 August 2018 Nuvia (UK) announced on 29 August that it has secured a...

Fuel loading begins at China’s Tianwan unit 4
30 August 2018 Nuclear fuel loading began on 25 August at unit 4 of China’s Tianwan NPP...

Delays reported for Finland’s Hanhikivi NPP
30 August 2018 Finnish company Fennovoima, which is building a Russia-supplied 1,200MWe...

Argentina’s RA-10 research reactor nears completion
30 August 2018 The pool has been installed at Argentina’s RA-10 multipurpose...

South Africa cancels nuclear expansion plans
30 August 2018 South Africa announced on 27 August that it had cancelled plans to...

UK Windscale Pile chimney to be demolished
28 August 2018 Sellafield Ltd and the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)...

US NRC to inspect San Onofre after incident involving used fuel
28 August 2018 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on 24 August that...

Sellafield trials new system for mapping hotspots
28 August 2018 Cavendish Nuclear is testing a new system for mapping radioactive...

Unit 2 at China’s Sanmen NPP connected to grid
28 August 2018 Unit 2 of the Sanmen NPP (an AP1000) under construction in China's...

Melt trap installed at Bangladesh’s Ruppur unit 1
28 August 2018 Installation of a melt trap (core catcher) has begun at unit 1 of...

Russian researchers simplify development of nuclear batteries
28 August 2018 Russian researchers have proposed an accurate method to forecast...

German federal agencies to collaborate on repositories
28 August 2018 Germany's federal radioactive waste company (Bundesgesellschaft...

Russian consortium develops system to identify damaged Fukushima fuel
28 August 2018 A consortium of organisations that are part of Russian state...

China installs first steam generator at unit 3 of Pakistan’s Kanupp NPP
28 August 2018 The first of three steam generators has been installed at unit 3...

Cold testing completed at unit 3 of Slovakia’s Mohovce NPP
28 August 2018 Slovak power producer Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) has completed a...

Finland to assist China with waste management
28 August 2018 Finland’s energy company Fortum and consulting engineering company AINS...

Leningrad-II unit 1 nears commissioning
24 August 2018 The generation 3+ VVER-1200 reactor at unit 1 of the Leningrad-II NPP...

Porvair becomes supplier to India’s NPCIL
24 August 2018 UK-based Porvair Filtration Group announced on 23 August that it had...

Iran nuclear deal remains in place – for now
24 August 2018 Iran announced on 23 August that the UK would contribute to upgrading...

Site investigations begin at UK’s Bradwell B NPP
24 August 2018 Site investigations have begun at the UK’s planned Bradwell B NPP, which...

US Bechtel appointed project manager for UK Wylfa Newydd NPP
24 August 2018 Horizon Nuclear Power, part of Japan’s Hitachi, on 22 August announced it...

New fuel for Temelin
23 August 2018 Tvel has announced that a batch of 48 of its new TVSA-T.mod.2 fuel...

Uranium One mothballs US mine
21 August 2018 Uranium One Inc (U1), part of Russia's state nuclear corporation,...

GSE Systems to update simulators in Slovakia and Korea
21 August 2018 US-based GSE Systems announced on 15 August that it had won two contracts...

US First Energy moves closer to shutdown of three nuclear plants
21 August 2018 US FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), a subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy...

Work begins on Framatome-Lightbridge fuel facility
21 August 2018 US-based Lightbridge Corporation announced last week that work had begun...

Russia to build used fuel storage for Egypt
21 August 2018 The first module of a storage facility for used nuclear fuel, to be...

Commissioning begins for China’s Fuqing 5
13 August 2018 China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company announced on 7 August...

Safety checks requested for new Japanese reactor
13 August 2018 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company on 10 August applied to the...

Canada’s Pickering NPP relicensed
13 August 2018 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 8 August announced that...

UK research contract for NNL and Wood
13 August 2018 The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has awarded...

Increased localisation for Indian NPPs
13 August 2018 India’s government announced on 8 August that domestic private firms will...

AP1000s approach commissioning at China’s Haiyang NPP
13 August 2018 Two Westinghouse-designed AP1000 reactors under construction at...

Preferred bidder selected for Canada’s advanced nuclear materials centre
13 August 2018 Bird Construction announced on 8 August that it is part of the CBS JV...

Belarusian NPP meets EU stress test requirements
13 August 2018 The national report of Belarus on the results of NPP stress tests...

UK expert advisory group calls for government to support SMRs
10 August 2018 The UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s...

Russia develops long-running submarine reactor
10 August 2018 Russia has developed and tested a reactor core for nuclear submarines...

China to use SNC-Lavalin natural uranium equivalent fuel at Qinshan
10 August 2018 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin on 7 August signed an engineering service contract and...

Russia’s Leningrad II unit 1 nears commissioning
09 August 2018 Unit 1 of Russia’s Leningrad II NPP on 8 August began the final 15 days...

Belarus plans uses for NPP surplus output
09 August 2018 The Belarus government has found a way to use the surplus energy produced...

Hot testing begins at Barakah 2
09 August 2018 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said on 6 August that it...

Russia’s Novovoronezh-II unit two nears commissioning
08 August 2018 In the run-up to commissioning unit 2 at Russia’s Novovoronezh-II NPP...

UK National grid link for Hinkley Point C
08 August 2018 UK energy market regulator Ofgem has given National Grid the go-ahead...

Holtec completes defuelling Vermont Yankee
07 August 2018 US-based Holtec International on 2 August announced the successful...

Japan’s NRA proposes new waste regulations
07 August 2018 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) plans to require that high...

Orano to supply dry storage system to Wolf Creek
06 August 2018 Orano TN, the subsidiary of France based Orano providing used fuel...

Divers complete waste management at Sizewell A ponds
06 August 2018 A team of 12 specialist nuclear divers from Underwater Construction UK...

Refuelling underway at Temelin 2
06 August 2018 Czech utility ČEZ has closed unit 2 of the Temelín nuclear plant...

Brookfield completes acquisition of Westinghouse
06 August 2018 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on 1 August announced the...

Orano to build dry storage at Wolf Creek
03 August 2018 Orano TN has been selected to design, build and implement dry fuel storage...

NextEra to retire Duane Arnold
03 August 2018 US NextEra Energy Resources, the wholesale power generating subsidiary...

Holtec to acquire US reactors for decommissioning
02 August 2018 US utility Exelon’s Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey, which...

IAEA completes mission in Saudi Arabia
02 August 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated...

Japan revises plutonium guidelines
02 August 2018 The Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) has updated its guidelines for...

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy 6 to operate until 2051
01 August 2018 Unit Six of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant will operate until 2051...

July 2018

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Waste removal completed at UK’s Bradwell nuclear site
31 July 2018 Magnox Ltd announced in July that the former Bradwell nuclear site in the...

Ukraine approves a feasibility study for Khmelnitsky 3&4
31 July 2018 The Ukrainian government has approved a feasibility study for completion...

Belarus considers new research reactor
31 July 2018 Belarus considering building a new research reactor with assistance...

South Africa signs nuclear medicine deal with Russia
30 July 2018 Rusatom Healthcare (part of  Rosatom) on 26 July signed a...

Tepco to survey debris at Fukushima Daiichi 2
30 July 2018 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is planning to survey melted fuel...

Europe’s heatwave affects NPPs
30 July 2018 The heatwave across Europe in late July obliged a number of nuclear plants...

Cameco extends the suspension of uranium production
30 July 2018 The suspension of uranium production at Canada’s McArthur River and Key...

SUSI robot inspects Spain’s Asco nuclear plant
27 July 2018 France’s Framatome announced on 23 July that it has performed a...

Electricity generation licence issued for UAE’s Barakah 1
27 July 2018 The United Arab Emirates' Department of Energy on 25 July issued...

Bruce Power awards contract to Black & Mcdonald
26 July 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power on July 24 announced that it had awarded a contract...

Australian technetium-99m production still suspended
26 July 2018 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)...

Further delay and cost increase for Flamanville 3
25 July 2018 The expected cost of building the Flamanville 3 EPR has increased...

Candu Energy to decommission Slowpoke 2
25 July 2018 SNC-Lavalin's Candu Energy Inc has been selected to provide...

Uzbekistan develops nuclear infrastructure
24 July 2018 Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on 20 July signed a decree...

South Ukraine 3 fully loaded with Westinghouse fuel
23 July 2018 Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukrainian nuclear utility...

Russian accident tolerant fuel to be tested next year
23 July 2018 Russia’s fuel company TVEL is developing accident tolerant fuel (ATF)...

UK’s NDA keeps spending within specified limits
23 July 2018 The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in the last fiscal year...

More equipment for India’s Kudankulam
23 July 2018 Russia’s Atomenergomash, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Life extension for Ukraine’s Rovno 3
23 July 2018 Ukraine’s Rovno nuclear plant on 16 July received a licence from the...

L3 MAPPS to develop simulator for Terrestrial IMSR
20 July 2018 Canada-based L3 MAPPS is to develop real-time simulation for...

Sandia Labs tests used fuel casks
20 July 2018 US Sandia National Laboratories announced on 18 July that researchers...

SNC-Lavalin and Holtec set up decommissioning JV
20 July 2018 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin and US-based Holtec International group on 18...

Turkish President to control new nuclear regulator 
20 July 2018 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sole control over the...

UK Moltex seeks to deploy its Stable Salt Reactor in Canada
18 July 2018 UK-based Moltex Energy on 13 July signed an agreement for the...

GNS supplies used fuel containers for two German plants
18 July 2018 GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH and EnBW Kernkraft GmbH on 17...

France publishes three-yearly waste inventory
18 July 2018 The French radioactive waste disposal organization, Andra, on 12...

GEH to use federal funds to develop BWRX-300 SMR
18 July 2018 The US Department of Energy (DOE) funding of $1,925,038 granted to GE...

Orano signs support contracts with JNFL
17 July 2018 France’s Orano and Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited have signed a support...

More US funding for advanced technologies
17 July 2018 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a second group of projects...

Framatome completes refurbishment of reactor coolant pump motors
17 July 2018 Framatome announced on 10 July that it had completed the refurbishment of...

Orano to provide waste services to the UK
16 July 2018 Orano TN, the logistics subsidiary of France-based nuclear fuel...

Restart of Belgium’s Doel 3 approved
16 July 2018 Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, Fanc, has approved the...

China’s Yangjiang 5 begins commercial operation
16 July 2018 Unit 5 of China’s Yangjiang nuclear plant in Guangdong province has...

New rail link for Bangladesh NPP
16 July 2018 Bangladesh Railway on 10 July signed a contract with a joint venture...

EU court dismisses Austrian objections to Hinkley Point C
16 July 2018 The General Court of the European Union (the EU’s second highest court) on...

Dounreay contract for Wood
16 July 2018 Aberdeen-based Wood on 11 July won a contract, effective immediately,...

Skoda to supply equipment to Framatome for Hinkley Point 
13 July 2018 Czech engineering company Skoda JS announced on 10 July that it has...

Turkey sets up new nuclear regulator
13 July 2018 A new agency has been established in Turkey to regulate the nuclear...

Saudi Arabia shortlists Rosatom for nuclear project
12 July 2018 Saudi Arabia’s first ever nuclear power project is gaining momentum with...

French commission highlights safety concerns
11 July 2018 A French parliamentary commission report published on 5 July said...

A new waste treatment plant for Bulgaria
11 July 2018 A plasma melting plant opening at the Kozloduy nuclear plant in Bulgaria is...

Japan commission calls for tighter control of plutonium
11 July 2018 The Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on 5 July endorsed a call...

ATS to supply tooling system to Bruce Power for life extension work
10 July 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded a CAD60m ($46m) contract for...

Construction licence granted for second Bangladesh reactor
10 July 2018 Russia's ASE Group, the engineering subsidiary of state nuclear...

CGN eyes stake in UK nuclear fleet
10 July 2018 China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) is interested in buying a major...

Progress at Russia’s Kursk II 
06 July 2018 Concreting of the base plate for Russia’s Kursk II-1 was completed on...

More delays for UAE’s Barakah project
06 July 2018 Unit 1 of the United Arab Emirates $20bn Barakah nuclear plant will now...

Japan pushes on with nuclear restarts
06 July 2018 Japan’s  Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 4 July approved the restart...

Contract awarded for pre-treatment plant at US Hanford site 
06 July 2018 US Department of Energy (DOE) contractor Washington River...

EDF and Rosatom sign contract to research nuclear fuel
06 July 2018 EDF has signed a five-year research contract with Russia’s Research...

Review finds Belarus NPP complies with EU stress tests
05 July 2018 A European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (Ensreg) peer review has...

China’s Sanmen 1 connected to grid
05 July 2018 Unit 1 of China’s Sanmen nuclear plant in Zhejiang Province was connected...

Urenco inks enrichment contract with France's EDF
04 July 2018 European uranium enrichment company Urenco and French nuclear operator...

UK NDA to take over Magnox Ltd
04 July 2018 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 2 July announced...

Jordan looks to SMRs
04 July 2018 The chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Khaled...

Wylfa Newydd planning application accepted
03 July 2018 The UK Planning Inspectorate said on 29 June that it had accepted...

Chinese EPR connected to grid
02 July 2018 Unit 1 of China’s Taishan nuclear plant in Guangdong province was...

Halden Reactor to be closed
02 July 2018 Norway’s Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) announced last week that...

ASE and Bureau Veritas to jointly develop digital platforms
02 July 2018 Russia’s ASE, the engineering division of state nuclear corporation...

June 2018

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EDF and Veolia form partnership for decommissioning and waste
28 June 2018 EDF and France’s Veolia on 26 June entered a partnership agreement...

New record results for German stellerator
28 June 2018 Scientists at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) on...

CTEC and Rolls-Royce to develop integrated solutions
28 June 2018 Rolls-Royce and China General Power Corporation (CGN) subsidiary CTEC on...

EDF acquires 3D simulation specialist Oreka Solutions
28 June 2018 EDF, on 26 June, announced the acquisition of Oreka Solutions, a...

India signs deal for EPRs at Jaitapur
28 June 2018 GE and EDF on 26 June signed a strategic cooperation agreement for...

ANSTO shuts down isotope reactor to rectify fault
28 June 2018 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) on 22...

New nuclear sector deal for the UK
28 June 2018 UK Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark on 28 June announced a new...

France reaffirms commitment to nuclear
27 June 2018 France's minister of economy, Bruno Le Marie, opened the World...

Russia agrees to build NPP for Uzbekistan
26 June 2018 Uzbekistan and Russia have agreed on a multi-billion dollar project...

New investment for Orano conversion plant
26 June 2018 French fuel company Orano (formerly New Areva) is refurbishing its...

France still hopeful of Chinese contract for reprocessing plant
26 June 2018 Orano Projets, the engineering subsidiary of French state-owned nuclear...

Posiva to begin key testing for Olkiluoto repository
26 June 2018 Finnish waste management company Posiva is to begin the full-scale...

A new nuclear university for China
26 June 2018 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a strategic...

More US awards for advanced nuclear energy projects
25 June 2018 The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy has...

GE Power begins Arabelle turbine production for UK Hinkley NPP
25 June 2018 GE Power’s Steam Power has started manufacturing the first rotor of...

Decommissioning approved for Switzerland’s Mühleberg NPP
25 June 2018 Swiss utility BKW on 21 June was issued with a decommissioning order for...

New engineering JV set up in India
25 June 2018 France-based Assystem and India’s Axiscades Engineering Technologies...

First criticality for China’s Sanmen NPP
25 June 2018 Unit 1 at China’s Sanmen NPP in Zhejiang province achieved first...

Canada’s Darlington NPP to produce Mo-99
25 June 2018 A subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Canadian Nuclear...

Audit Office sees improvements at Sellafield
22 June 2018 The UK National Audit Office (NAO) says the Nuclear Decommissioning...

Framatome tests ATF fuel at US national laboratory
22 June 2018 New accident tolerant fuel (ATF) developed by France’s Framatome is...

Silex pulls out of US laser enrichment project
22 June 2018 Sydney-based Silex is seeking to repatriate its Silex laser...

Eurelectric emphasises the need to minimise Brexit disruption
21 June 2018 Ahead of the June EU Summit, Eurelectric has called on policymakers...

Problems reported at China’s Taishan-1
21 June 2018 Hongkong’s FactWire reported on 18 June that the EPR reactor at unit 1 of...

Amarinth supplies replacement pump for Sellafield
21 June 2018 UK-based Amarinth, which specialises in the design, application...

South Korean phase out may impact exports
21 June 2018 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission on 18 June approved...

Candu refurbishment contract for Bruce
19 June 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power on 14 June has awarded the Shoreline Power...

Japan looks to decommission several nuclear facilities
19 June 2018 The Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 13 June approved...

Canada to assess four SMR projects for future development
19 June 2018 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced that four small modular...

More delays for OL3
18 June 2018 Commercial operation of the EPR at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP...

Japan restarts Genkai 4
18 June 2018 Unit 4 at Kyushu Electric Power Co’s Genkai nuclear plant in Japan’s...

Swedish software for Ukrainian reactors
18 June 2018 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom announced on 14 June that, as part...

Westinghouse fuel for Spain’s Cofrentes
18 June 2018 Westinghouse Electric Company announced on 13 June that it had been awarded...

China prepares for start of world’s first AP1000
15 June 2018 The Westinghouse-designed AP1000 reactor at unit 1 of China’s Sanmen NPP...

Rusatom Service more than doubles its order book
15 June 2018 The order portfolio of Russia’s Rusatom Service, part of state...

India expands its nuclear fuel complex
15 June 2018 India’s Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is expanding its production facilities...

China’s first EPR achieves criticality
13 June 2018 Electricite de France announced on 6 June that the first EPR...

Veolia begins work for France’s CEA
12 June 2018 France’s Asteralis, a subsidiary of Veolia Nuclear Solutions, has...

SNC-Lavalin hired to complete Bellafonte 1
11 June 2018 Franklin Haney's Nuclear Development LLC on 7 June signed a letter...

China to build four more Russian-design reactors
11 June 2018 China on 8 June signed an agreement with Russian state nuclear...

Work begins on Armenian NPP life extension
11 June 2018 Specialists from Russia’s JSC Atomenergoremont (a subsidiary of...

More delays possible for Slovakia’s Mochovce 3&4
08 June 2018 Completion of units 3 and 4 at Slovakia’s Mochovce nuclear plant may...

South Korea to focus on used fuel
08 June 2018 South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction on 3 June signed...

UK prepared to support Hitachi’s Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant
07 June 2018 The UK government has begun negotiations with a Japan’s Hitachi over the...

Iran steps up nuclear activity within JCPOA limits 
06 June 2018 Iran has developed infrastructure to produce electricity at its...

Russia’s Atomstroyexport discusses progress and challenges
05 June 2018 At the end of 2017, the order book of Atomstroyexport (ASE), the...

Drone inspection for Urenco
05 June 2018 Texo Drone Survey and Inspection (Texo DSI), the owner/operator of a ...

Orano signs contract with Ukraine on fuel reprocessing
05 June 2018 France’s Orano (formerly New Areva) and the Ukrainian nuclear...

Hot functional tests completed at Finland’s OL3
04 June 2018 Hot functional tests have been completed at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto...

Toshiba to withdraw from South Texas Project
04 June 2018 Japan’s Toshiba Corporation announced on 31 May that it is to withdraw...

France increases fast reactor cooperation
04 June 2018 France and Russia on 24 May agreed to strengthen technical and...

Possible reprieve for Fessenheim due to further Flamanville delays
04 June 2018 Delays in construction of the Flamanville 3 EPR means Fessenheim,...

Trump proposes support for coal and nuclear
04 June 2018 US President Donald Trump on 1 June directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry...

New Jersey signs clean energy laws
01 June 2018 New Jersey's Governor Phil Murphy in May signed legislation to establish...

UK to seek associate status to Euratom R&D post Brexit
01 June 2018 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) on 23 May welcomed...

May 2018

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Tenex and EDF sign enrichment contract
31 May 2018 Russia’s Techsnabexport (Tenex), part of state nuclear corporation...

Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future initiative launched
31 May 2018 The USA, Canada and Japan on 24 May launched the Nuclear Innovation:...

WorleyParsons wins Canada contract
31 May 2018 WorleyParsons has been awarded a multi-year $32m contract by...

Germany to pay compensation for reactor closures
31 May 2018 Germany’s cabinet on 23 May agreed to grant compensation of up to €1bn...

Uganda signs a co-operation agreement with China
31 May 2018 The Ugandan government has signed a memorandum of understanding with...

Enusa and Westinghouse co-operate on accident tolerant fuel
31 May 2018 Spain’s Enusa Industrias Avanzadas (Enusa)and Westinghouse Electric...

Framatome I&C systems for China’s Tianwan
30 May 2018 France's Framatome announced, 25 May, that it has supplied the digital...

Nuclear specialists reported to be leaving Ukraine
30 May 2018 Employees of Ukrainian nuclear power plants are being dismissed and...

Armenian NPP life extension agreed by EU
30 May 2018 The Armenian government’s decision to prolong the service life of...

Jordan goes for SMRs
30 May 2018 Jordan on 26 May announced plans to construct a small modular nuclear...

New Japanese reactor seeks to begin operation
29 May 2018 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company on 22 May requested permission...

Further delays for startup of UAE nuclear plant
29 May 2018 The startup of the United Arab Emirates' $24.4bn Barakah nuclear plant...

Sheffield Forgemasters completes work on Beznau NPP
29 May 2018 UK Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd (SFIL) announced it has...

Dome installed China’s Fangchenggang 3
29 May 2018 The dome was installed on the containment building of China’s Fangchenggang...

Russia develops a fission-fusion hybrid reactor
29 May 2018 A new fission-fusion hybrid reactor will be assembled at Russia’s...

China’s Yangjiang 5 connected to grid
28 May 2018 Unit 5 of China’s Yangjiang nuclear plant in Guangdong province, the...

US DOE announces small business grants
28 May 2018 The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 21 May announced $34m in 219 grants...

EC investigates Romania’s restructuring plan
28 May 2018 The European Commission (EC) on 9 May launched an investigation into...

Framatome contracted to supply steam generator services to Dominion Energy
25 May 2018 France’s Framatome on 17 May signed a multimillion-dollar contract...

US Entergy awards contract for GNF3 fuel
24 May 2018 US-based Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) on 22 May announced that it had...

Expansion of Belarus NPP under consideration
24 May 2018 Belarus is considering the possibility of building two more units at...

Bulgaria revives Belene NPP project
24 May 2018 The Bulgarian government on 16 May requested parliament to lift a ban on...

IAEA recommends safety improvements for Congo research reactor
23 May 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment...

Russia formally launches floating NPP
22 May 2018 Russia in mid May formally launched the world's first floating nuclear...

USA scraps completion of mox facility
22 May 2018 US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has informed Congress that he has...

GE to buy Alstom’s stakes in energy joint ventures
22 May 2018 France’s Alstom and US-based General Electric (GE) signed an agreement on...

NWMO expands international cooperation
17 May 2018 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced it has...

Segmentation starts at Oskarshamn 2
16 May 2018 Segmentation of the reactor vessel internals has begun at Sweden's...

Simulator contracts for L3 MAPPS and GSE Systems
16 May 2018 Canada-based simulator company L3 MAPPS announced it has won a contract...

IAEA completes Salto review at Angra 1
15 May 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team has completed a review...

Italy’s Eni looks to fusion
14 May 2018 Italian oil and gas company Eni on 4 May signed a memorandum of...

Russia completes power line to Crimea
14 May 2018 Work on the construction and installation of a high-voltage...

Candu Energy announces contracts from Bruce Power
11 May 2018 Candu Energy Inc, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, announced on 7 May...

Swedish regulator approves dismantling of Oskarshamn 2
11 May 2018 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) on 4 May approved...

Japan’s Ohi 4 restarts
10 May 2018 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co on 9 May restarted Ohi 4 in...

Italy’s Sogin announces increased revenues
10 May 2018 Italian state-owned decommissioning and waste management company...

Progress for Argentina’s CAREM SMR
09 May 2018 Argentina’s CAREM-25 small modular reactor (SMR) prototype has achieved a...

The USA pulls out of Iran nuclear deal
09 May 2018 US President Donald Trump announced on 8 May that Washington will pull out...

NASA announces successful test of its Kilopower reactor
08 May 2018 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on...

US Centrus signs a long-term contract with Orano
07 May 2018 French uranium mining and nuclear fuel group Orano (previously Areva NC) on...

Construction begins at Russia’s Kursk II
07 May 2018 First concrete was poured on 29 April for the foundation slab of unit 1...

IAEA coordinates South American project to remove radioactive sources
04 May 2018 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has helped remove 27...

More cracks found at Hunterston B
04 May 2018 New cracks have been identified during a routine inspection in the core...

I&C protection system chosen for US medical isotope plant
03 May 2018 Rock Creek Innovations, a small Phoenix-based company, has been selected...

GNF and Framatome fuel for Swedish reactors
03 May 2018 US-based Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) announced on 1 May that GNF ENUSA...

Nuvia and Sommer win contract for security doors at Hinkley
03 May 2018 A joint venture between UK-based nuclear specialist Nuvia and...

US DOE awards $60m for advanced nuclear technology development
02 May 2018 US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on 27 April announced $60m in support...

Russia’s FNPP begins its journey to Pevek
02 May 2018 The world's only operational floating nuclear power plant (FNPP),...

Doel 1 closed after a water leak
02 May 2018 Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc) said Engie Electrabel...

April 2018

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Namibia’s Langer Heinrich mine prepares for care and maintenance
30 April 2018 Australia’s Paladin Energy has begun preparations in anticipation of...

Japan’s Itochu pulls out of Turkish nuclear project
30 April 2018 Japanese trading house Itochu is pulling out of Turkey’s second nuclear...

IAEA missions in Ghana and Niger
30 April 2018 April saw IAEA treams complete missions to Ghana and Niger.

Canada considers rejoining Iter
30 April 2018 Canada’s Minister of International Trade, François-Philippe Champagne, on...

New design fuel for Iran’s NPP
27 April 2018 Russian nuclear fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation...

Hanford vitrification plant faces criticism
27 April 2018 Federal investigators with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

Two new patents for Framatome
27 April 2018 France’s Framatome (formerly Areva NP) said on 19 April that it had...

Fuel loading begins at China’s first AP1000
26 April 2018 Fuel loading began on 25 April at China’s Sanmen 1 in Zhejiang province –...

Armenian to begin NPP upgrading in June
26 April 2018 The Armenian NPP (Metsamor 2) is to be closed on 1 June to begin a...

Canada’s Bruce Power signs raft of contracts
26 April 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power on 23 April signed advanced manufacturing...

More funding for Danish molten salt reactor
26 April 2018 Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies, which is developing thorium-based Molten...

Accident simulation test carried out at France’s CABRI reactor
25 April 2018 The CABRI research reactor in Cadarache, southern France, has carried out...

Source of Ru-106 emissions still a mystery
25 April 2018 A meeting of the commission set up to investigate increased concentrations...

Italy’s growing interest in fusion
25 April 2018 Italian energy group Eni is considering stepping up its investment in...

Caterpillar wins a contract for Forsmark NPP
23 April 2018 Forsmark Kraftgrupp AB on 19 April awarded a contract to  US...

TVO hopes to load fuel at OL3 this autumn
23 April 2018 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said in the April edition of...

Canada focuses on SMRs
19 April 2018 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) on 18 April invited small modular...

USA pushes reactor deal with India
19 April 2018 US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on 17 April, during a visit to in...

NRG to collaborate on Swedish lead-cooled reactor
16 April 2018 Netherlands-based NRG announced on 11 April that it had begun a...

Waste container erupts at US Idaho site
16 April 2018 The US Department of Energy (DOE) said on 12 April that a...

New legislation allows New Jersey nuclear plants to continue operating
16 April 2018 The US state of New Jersey on 12 April passed legislation to prevent...

Rosenergoatom to offer database and documentation support
12 April 2018 Russian nuclear utility, Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

Rolls-Royce wins modernisation contracts in China
12 April 2018 UK-based Rolls-Royce on 6 April signed a contract to modernise control...

Iran reveals nuclear achievements
12 April 2018 Iran on 9 April announced 83 nuclear-related achievements during a...

Mayak to defuel old Beloyarsk reactors
12 April 2018 Russia’s Production Association Mayak (part of state nuclear...

US DOE approves three building for Uranium Processing Facility
12 April 2018 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approved construction of three...

India’s Reliance Infra wins Kudankulam contract
12 April 2018 India’s Reliance Infra on 9 April won an EPC contract worth...

Unit 3 begins operation at Japan’s Ohi NPP
12 April 2018 Unit 3 at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Ohi NPP in Japan’s Fukui...

Fuel loading begins at China’s Taishan NPP
12 April 2018 China General Nuclear Power (CGN has begun loading fuel at the first of...

Dome completed on UAE’s Barakah 4
12 April 2018 The dome structure has been completed at unit 4 of the Barakah NPP in...

More delays possible for Flammanville 3
12 April 2018 EDF Energy on 10 April warned the €10.5bn ($13bn) European...

UAE opens first dosimetry lab
08 April 2018 The UAE’s first laboratory for measuring radiation levels was inaugurated...

Japanese regulator resumes safety checks at Rokkasho reprocessing plant
08 April 2018 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 4 April decided to...

US NRC approves two AP1000 units for Turkey Point NPP
08 April 2018 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 5 April approved the issue...

Work begins on foundation for unit 1 of Bangladesh NPP
06 April 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has completed concreting...

Molten salt reactors spark interest in USA and Denmark
06 April 2018 Terrestrial Energy USA and Energy Northwest on 31 March signed a...

Canada permanently closes NRU research reactor
06 April 2018 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced on 2 April that...

Belgium approves nuclear phase-out strategy
04 April 2018 The Belgian government on 30 March approved a new energy strategy to...

Construction of Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP begins
04 April 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on...

Russia’s Leningrad II-1 and Rostov 4 approach commercial operation
02 April 2018 Russia’s Leningrad II-1 and Rostov 4 approach commercial operation

Loose bolt causes minor delay in fuel transfer at San Onfre
02 April 2018 The US works crews transferring used fuel at Edison’s San Onofre...

March 2018

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US FirstEnergy to close its nuclear plants
30 March 2018 US utility, FirstEnergy Solutions, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy...

Shikoku Electric to decommission Ikata 2
30 March 2018 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Company announced on 27 March that unit 2...

Aquila targets energy transition with new fund
29 March 2018 Investment firm Aquila Capital has launched a new investment fund...

IAEA reviews safety at Olkiluoto 3 as commissioning approaches   
28 March 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Pre-Operational Safety...

Barakah 1 completed, but operation date uncertain
28 March 2018 An official ceremony on 26 March has marked the end of the construction...

IAEA mission assesses Uzbek research reactor
28 March 2018 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational and...

First ATOMEXPO awards planned for May
28 March 2018

Fennovoima reviews progress at Hanhikivi
28 March 2018 Fennovoima, the Finnish company building the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear plant...

Robots used to investigate pipes at US DOE clean-up sites
27 March 2018 A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon...

Japan’s Genkai 3  restarts operation
27 March 2018 Unit 3 at Kyushu Electric Power Company's Genkai nuclear plant in...

Bulgaria’s Belene NPP sparks Chinese interest
27 March 2018 China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has expressed interest in investing...

US looks to decommission Alaskan military reactor
27 March 2018 The US Army Corps of Engineers has begun decommissioning Alaska’s...

Two Korean reactors to restart
26 March 2018 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) on 22...

China and Ansaldo to co-operate on lead-cooled reactor
26 March 2018 China General Nuclear on 15 March signed a memorandum of understanding...

Construction progress in China
22 March 2018 The dome was installed on the containment building of China’s Fuqing 6...

UK government defeated in House of Lords on plans to leave Euratom
22 March 2018 The UK upper house of parliament, the House of Lords, on 20 March voted...

Two Japanese courts support nuclear
22 March 2018 Japan’s Saga District Court on 20 March rejected a request by residents...

Areva and Siemens settle the dispute with TVO over OL3 delay
21 March 2018 France’s Areva and Germany’s Siemens have agreed to pay €450m ($553m) ...

UK’s ONR identifies supply claim weaknesses at Hinkley Point
21 March 2018 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), following an inspection of...

Indonesia looks to SMRs
21 March 2018 Indonesia's National Atomic Energy Agency (Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional...

Steam generator at Fessenheim declared fit for service
20 March 2018 France's Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has lifted the suspension of...

More compensation for Fukushima evacuees
20 March 2018 Japan’s Kyoto District Court on 15 March ordered the government and...

Framatome upgrades I&C technology at Netherlands Borssele
20 March 2018 France’s Framatome (formerly Areva and now part of EDF) has performed...

Tritium found in Wisconsin groundwater
20 March 2018 US LaCrosseSolutions, a subsidiary of nuclear waste disposal...

Steam generator contract for BHEL
20 March 2018 India’s state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has won an...

China invests in Russian uranium mine
19 March 2018 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is to co-invest in the...

Fuel contract extended for BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada
19 March 2018 BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada has been awarded a five-year CAD168m...

Decommissioning progress at Sweden’s Barsebäck
19 March 2018 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company (recently taken over by...

Saudi Arabia approves national nuclear programme
19 March 2018 The government of Saudi Arabia on 12 March approved a national...

Orano and WCS to set up Texas waste facility
19 March 2018 Orano USA and US Waste Control Specialists (WCS) are to set up a...

Terrestrial Energy signs services contract with EU Joint Research Centre
19 March 2018 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has entered into a contract for...

UK company seeks to build pulsed fusion machine
16 March 2018 UK-based First Light Fusion (FLF) is investing £3.6m ($5m) to build a...

Westinghouse reveals conceptual VVER-440 fuel design
16 March 2018 Westinghouse (now part of Canada’s Brookfield) and its eight...

Japan’s Ohi 3 restarts 
16 March 2018 Japan’s  Kansai Electric Power Co on 14 March restarted a reactor at its...

US research reactor seeks funds for decommissioning
16 March 2018 Work to decommission a nuclear reactor test site owned by the University...

Akademik Lomonosov due for fueling in May
13 March 2018 Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov,...

Vietnam strengthens nuclear cooperation with India
13 March 2018 India and Vietnam on 3 March signed three agreements including a...

Switzerland’s Beznau 1 gears up for restart
12 March 2018 Unit 1 at Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear plant, the world’s oldest...

Siempelkamp develops new chemical decontamination process
12 March 2018 Germany’s Siempelkamp NIS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH has developed...

Taiwan regulator approves restart of Kuosheng 2
12 March 2018 Taiwan’s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) on 5 March approved a plan to...

Accident tolerant fuel tested in the USA
12 March 2018 Unit 1 of the Edwin I Hatch nuclear plant in the USA has begun operating...

Tianwan 3 handed over to Chinese operator
08 March 2018 ASE Group, the engineering division of Rosatom has handed the 1000MW...

Studsvik signs fuel software contract with TVEL
08 March 2018 Sweden-based Studsvik Scandpower, has signed a second contract with...

Russia to build a nuclear centre for Mongolia
07 March 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Nuclear Energy...

Fukushima fallout found in particulate form
06 March 2018 Uranium and other radioactive materials, including caesium and...

Vogtle hires operators trained for VC Summer 
06 March 2018 US utility Georgia Power has hired 14 operators for units 3 and 4 of...

Used fuel removal delayed Fugen 
06 March 2018 The removal of used nuclear fuel from the site of the Fugen...

Further consolidation for Framatome 
06 March 2018 France’s Framatome, global testing, inspection and certification...

African students access Moroccan research reactor under IAEA scheme
05 March 2018 Under an agreement signed on 1 March in Vienna, students from...

Canada launches roadmap to assess SMR potential
05 March 2018 Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary Kim Rudd, on behalf of the Minister...

India to assist Russia in construction of Bangladesh NPP
05 March 2018 Russia, Bangladesh and India on 1 March in Moscow signed a memorandum...

BEIS seeks technical advisers for nuclear projects
05 March 2018 The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...

UK drone to be deployed at Fukushima
01 March 2018 The UK-developed Remote Intelligence Survey Equipment for Radiation...

UK Public Accounts Committee criticises Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
01 March 2018 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) "dramatically...

Wood to provide technical assistance for UK Bradwell B
01 March 2018 Scotland-based multinational engineering and technical services company...

MHI and JNFL complete investment in Orano
01 March 2018 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL)...

Rosatom details investment plans
01 March 2018 In a report to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 27 February,...

February 2018

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Flamanville 3 weldings found to be sub-standard
26 February 2018 Electricite de France (EDF) said on 22 February some weldings on it’s the...

Canadian subsidiary for U-Battery
26 February 2018 U-Battery on 23 February announced the establishment of a...

Austria takes legal action against Hungary’s Paks II NPP
26 February 2018 Austria has launched a lawsuit against the European Commission over...

Czech Republic under European pressure over Dukovany
26 February 2018 The head of the Czech State Office for Nuclear Safety, Dana Drábová,...

Westinghouse and Italian organisations to collaborate on lead-cooled FBRs
26 February 2018 Westinghouse Electric Company (currently being acquired by...

Two Russian NPPs prepare for startup
23 February 2018 Unit 4 of Russia’s Rostov NPP near Volgodonsk on 19 February received...

Brexit plans cause fuel concerns
22 February 2018 The UK does not yet have new rules in place which will be needed to...

Approval for Darlington 3 refurbishment
22 February 2018 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on 19 February was permitted by...

Another Bruce contract for BWXT Canada
22 February 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded BWXT Canada Ltd contracts worth about...

The US looks to 80-year plant life extensions
22 February 2018 The US Department of Energy (DOE) is supporting a request by utilities...

Bruce Power awards another contract to L3 MAPPS
20 February 2018 Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded L3 MAPPS a contract to replace the...

More reactors for India
20 February 2018 The Indian government on 7 February informed parliament that it had...

US funding for Ukraine used fuel store
19 February 2018 The US government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)...

Holtec and GEH collaborate on SMR-160
19 February 2018 With global interest in small modular reactors growing, US-based GE...

Japanese utilities seek more reactor restarts
19 February 2018 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Co plans to initiate procedures to...

EDF profits fall
19 February 2018 State-controlled Electricite de France (EDF) on 16 February announced a...

Slovakia’s Mohovce 3 connected to grid
16 February 2018 Unit 3 of Slovakia’s Mohovce nuclear plant has been connected to the grid...

IAEA’s first research reactor peer review team visits Nigeria
16 February 2018 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a new peer...

US accident tolerant fuels to begin tests
15 February 2018 US-based Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) said on 8 February that it...

Rosatom sets up company for 3D printing
15 February 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has created a new...

US budget proposals cause controversy
15 February 2018 Although US President Donald Trump’s draft 2019 budget proposes $30.6bn...

US approves tax credits for advanced nuclear projects
14 February 2018 The USA on 9 February extended production tax credits for advanced...

Chinese nuclear companies look to district heating
14 February 2018 China’s two leading nuclear companies, China General Nuclear (CGN) and...

Upgrading continues at Canada’s Chalk River
14 February 2018 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has launched the construction of three...

New generation fuel for Iran’s Bushehr 
14 February 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will transfer Iran’s Bushehr NPP...

More delays for China’s AP1000 project
14 February 2018 Fuel loading at the world's first Westinghouse-designed AP1000...

Melt traps ordered for Egyptian nuclear plant
06 February 2018 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced that the first melt...

Canada’s BWXT wins Cernavoda contract
06 February 2018 BWX Technologies announced on 2 February that its subsidiary, BWXT...

Japanese critical facility approved for restart
05 February 2018 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 31 January approved the...

USA to close oldest reactor
05 February 2018 The oldest US nuclear power plant, the 636MWe single unit Oyster...

Russia’s Rostov 4 begins commercial operation
05 February 2018 Unit 4 of Russia’s Rostov nuclear plant, a 1011MW VVER-1000/320 unit,...

More progress for China’s Hualong One technology
02 February 2018 The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at China’s...

Kinetrics acquires Wood Group’s Romania business
02 February 2018 Canada-based Kinectrics said on 29 January it had completed its...

UK nuclear power industry faces Brexit challenges
02 February 2018 The UK House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee said in...

Rolls Royce awards contract for SMR module
01 February 2018 Rolls-Royce announced on 1 February that it had awarded a contract to the...

Ukraine signs new fuel contract with Westinghouse
01 February 2018 Westinghouse Electric Company announced on 29 January that it had signed...

South Africa’s nuclear plans under reconsideration
01 February 2018 South Africa’s power utility Eskom cannot afford the planned nuclear...

France debates merits of cutting nuclear generation
01 February 2018 French state-owned utility EDF plans to keep most of its 58 nuclear...

More consolidation for China’s nuclear industry
01 February 2018 China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) is taking over nuclear power plant...

January 2018

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Contract awarded for new Pallas reactor
29 January 2018 The new Pallas research reactor, which will replace the High Flux...

Bulgaria urged to consider new build
29 January 2018 Bulgaria should accelerate new nuclear build to meet the growing need...

Enfission joint venture set up by Lightbridge and Framatome
29 January 2018 US nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation and...

Work to resume at France’s Le Creusot plant
29 January 2018 France’s Framatome (formerly Areva NP) received approval on 25 January...

Another patent for Lightbridge
29 January 2018 US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation on...

Russian scientists look to thorium reactors
29 January 2018 Russian scientists from the School of Nuclear Science & Engineering at...

No decision on Swedish repository this year
26 January 2018 After receiving differing assessments on Sweden’s planned used...

Construction of Hungary’s Paks II to begin in February
26 January 2018 Despite Austria’s protests, construction of the two new units at the...

Russia and Argentina expand nuclear co-operation
25 January 2018 Russia and Argentina signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 24...

GNS-Westinghouse consortium wins German decommissioning contract
25 January 2018 German utility PreussenElektra, a subsidiary of E.ON, said on 23 January...

Nuclear restructuring continues in France as New Areva becomes Orano
24 January 2018 French nuclear fuel company New Areva (formerly part of state-owned Areva)...

Russia’s FNPP to be in Pevek in June 2019
24 January 2018 Russia’s floating NPP (FNPP), the Akademik Lomonosov, will arrive at...

Russia to start building Kursk-II in first half of 2018
23 January 2018 Pouring "first concrete" for the foundation slab of the reactor building...

More melted fuel identified at Fukushima Daiichi
23 January 2018 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said on 19 January that a...

Uganda looks to nuclear
23 January 2018 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on 18 January that, unless...

Test drilling begins for Canadian repository
23 January 2018 Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) on 16 January...

Urenco denies sales talks
22 January 2018 European uranium enrichment company Urenco said in a statement on its...

Toshiba agrees to sell its claims in Westinghouse
22 January 2018 Japan’s Toshiba Corp has agreed to sell claims in its US-based...

The US develops reactor to support life on Mars
22 January 2018 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Los...

Armenian nuclear plant to close for life extension work in April
22 January 2018 Life extension is set to start shortly at Metsamor 2, Armenia's...

Framatome to acquire Schneider Electric’s nuclear automation business
22 January 2018 France’s Framatome on 18 January announced an asset purchase agreement...

EDF sees Hinkley Point C online by 2025
19 January 2018 EDF Energy said 17 January that the Hinkley C NPP in the UK would come...

US utility PSEG signs contract with Rolls Royce
19 January 2018 Rolls-Royce announced has signed a four-year contract to provide US...

GE to supply turbines for Paks II
18 January 2018 GE Hungary, a subsidiary of US General Electric, has won a €792.8 m...

Russian scientists study molybdenum fuel element casing
18 January 2018 Researchers at Russia’s National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI)...

Saudi Arabia to prequalify NPP bids by May
18 January 2018 Saudi Arabia is hoping to prequalify firms from two or three countries...

UK consortium developing wireless nuclear control system
17 January 2018 Engineering and R&D services company Altran announced on 15 January that...

France’s Cigeo repository needs work
17 January 2018 The Centre Industriel de Stockage Géologique (Cigéo) deep geologic...

NEA report recommends “all-hazards approach”
17 January 2018 The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has produced a new report “Towards...

UK details Euratom exit strategy
16 January 2018 The UK government aims to maintain many of the benefits the UK has...

New melter for vitrification at US Savannah River Site
16 January 2018 The first canisters of vitrified radioactive waste have been poured at a...

Russian scientists make advances in reprocessing technology
16 January 2018 Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic...

French companies win Hinkley contract
16 January 2018 An engineering contract for the main control room of the Hinkley Point C...

California to close its last nuclear plant
16 January 2018 California's last nuclear plant, Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E’s)...

Toshiba settles guarantee obligation to VC Summer
15 January 2018 Japan’s Toshiba on 12 January completed the early payment of $1.86bn –...

TWI supports work at Hinkley Point
15 January 2018 The TWI (The Welding Institute) Innovation Network on 8 January announced...

Formal approval for Russia’s floating NPP
12 January 2018 Russia’s independent technical institution Glavgosexpertiza on 9...

Reactor assembled at Leningrad II-1
12 January 2018 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (a subsidiary of state...

China and France sign several agreements
11 January 2018 Several key agreements were signed during the first visit of French...

Production of AP1000 fuel assemblies underway in China
11 January 2018 China's first production line for AP1000 fuel has now produced 64 sets...

Areva and CNNC to start work on China reprocessing plant this year
10 January 2018 New Areva and China's National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) have signed...

Regulator agrees NuScale design eliminates need for backup power
10 January 2018 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has concluded that NuScale...

Cold testing complete at Flamanville 3 EPR
10 January 2018 Electricite de France (EDF) said on 8 January it had...

Vessel head installed at China’s HTR-PM
08 January 2018 The head of the reactor pressure vessel has been installed at one of...

Dominion and Scana plan merger
08 January 2018 US utilities Dominion Energy and Scana Corporation have agreed to combine...

Areva NP becomes Framatome and Atmea is reorganised
08 January 2018 French company New NP, the subsidiary of the Areva NP subsidiary...

Canada’s Brookfield to buy Westinghouse
08 January 2018 Canadian investment fund Brookfield (Brookfield Business Partners...

Grid connection for China’s Tianwan 3 but delays for Taishan
05 January 2018 China’s Tianwan 3 being built by Russia in Jiangsu province was...

US develops LEU fuel for research reactors
05 January 2018 The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on 21...

Russia launches new centrifuges for enrichment
05 January 2018 New-generation gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment came on stream...

Russia signs more nuclear cooperation agreements
04 January 2018 December saw Russia sign various nuclear agreements with Uzbekistan,...

Russia’s Rostov 4 achieves criticality
04 January 2018 Unit 4 at Russia's Rostov nuclear plant reached criticality and...

Germany retires Gundremmingen B
04 January 2018 Germany’s Gundremmingen B reactor in Bavaria was shut down as 2017 came to...

China begins construction of CFR-600 fast reactor
04 January 2018 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has started civil...

Russia tests new nuclear reactor quality assurance method
04 January 2018 A new electroanalytical non-destructive testing technique has shown...

Cavendish to support AGR graphite inspections
03 January 2018 Cavendish Nuclear has signed a five-year, £7.5 million contract to...

Saudi Arabia looks to fuel cycle development
02 January 2018 Saudi Arabia in mid-December launched a survey in cooperation with China...

India’s Auditor criticises Kudankulam
02 January 2018 Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said on 27 December that...

Japan’s NRA approves Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6&7
02 January 2018 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) announced on 27 December...

Fuel plant for Russia’s Breakthrough project to be built in 2018
02 January 2018 Russia’s Proryv (Breakthrough) project, designed to demonstrate the...

Belarus moves ahead despite opposition from neighbours
02 January 2018 Russian fuel company TVEL, the nuclear fuel manufacturing subsidiary of...

Areva and EDF complete sale of New NP
02 January 2018 Electricite de France (EDF) has bought Areva NP's nuclear reactor...

December 2017

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Three contracts for New Areva
29 December 2017 New Areva said on 18 December that it had signed three contracts in...

Japan closes Ohi 1&2 and Monju
29 December 2017 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co said 22 December that it plans...

Construction of Vogtle 3&4 to continue
28 December 2017 US utility Georgia Power said in a statement on 21 December that the...

Hot testing underway at Olkiluoto 3
28 December 2017 Hot functional testing of the reactor systems has begun at the EPR unit...

Russia and Saudi Arabia strengthen nuclear cooperation
18 December 2017 Russia and Saudi Arabia on 14 December signed a roadmap for nuclear...

ABWR completes UK GDA process
15 December 2017 UK regulators - the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the...

Japanese court orders Ikata 3 to close
15 December 2017 The Hiroshima High Court on 13 December revoked a lower court decision...

Ansto orders equipment for radwaste facility
14 December 2017

Neart na Gaoithe seeks equity partner
13 December 2017 Mainstream Renewable Power has started the selection process for an...

Jordan and Russia sign MOU on SMRs
12 December 2017 The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and the Russian state...

Egypt signs contract for El Dabaa
12 December 2017 Egypt and Russia on 11 December finally, after prolonged negotiations,...

Russian commission says Mayak not the source of Ru-106. 
12 December 2017 Russian officials on 8 December again denied the Mayak production...

Rostov 4 achieves criticality; Leningrad II-1 to follow
12 December 2017 Russia’s Rostov 4 achieved criticality on 6 December. The 1011MWe...

Atkins SMR study favours IPWRs
12 December 2017 A comprehensive Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) by the Atkins...

UK government announces support for nuclear innovation
11 December 2017 The UK government on 7 December announced several measures intended...

Wood wins Hinkley services contract
11 December 2017 Project, engineering and technical services company Wood announced on...

South Korea preferred bidder for NuGen
07 December 2017 South Korean state-owned utility Korea Electric Power Corporation...

Brazil boosts co-operation with Russia
06 December 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has signed a memorandum...

More delays for Japanese reactor restarts
06 December 2017 Japan’s utilities, Kansai Electric Power Company and Kyushu Electric...

UK White Paper recognises importance of nuclear
06 December 2017 The UK government supports innovation in the clean energy sector as one...

Licence granted for Lithuanian repository
05 December 2017 The Ignalina NPP (INPP) in Lithuania, which is undergoing...

Jordan to consider HTGR
05 December 2017 The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and US-based reactor design...

First concrete for Bangladesh NPP
04 December 2017 First concrete was poured on 30 November for the basemat of unit 1...

Drone inspects domes at Cook nuclear plant
04 December 2017 A drone has been used to inspect two concrete containment domes at...

Chernobyl confinement nears completion
04 December 2017 Installation of the critical cranes, ventilation and control systems for...

Kozloduy waste plant completed
03 December 2017 Spain’s Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción and Belgium’s Belgoprocess...

US nuclear operator selects GSE simulation software
03 December 2017 An unnamed US nuclear utility has selected the GSE Systems OpenSim™...

Darlington refurb enters second phase
01 December 2017 Removal of the reactor components, including end fittings, pressure tubes...

November 2017

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Russia looks to develop environmentally friendly reprocessing
29 November 2017 Russia’s Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) in  Zheleznogorsk,...

Ontario nuclear refurbishments deemed 'cost effective'
29 November 2017 A report by the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) of Ontario,...

Wood wins Dounreay framework
28 November 2017 Wood, which recently acquired Amec Foster Wheeler, has won a...

Skateboard solution for Dungeness A
28 November 2017 A skateboard has been used to speed up work at the Dungeness A site which...

Russia opts for immediate dismantling
28 November 2017 Russia nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has decided that moving from...

Contract signed for Kudankulam monitoring and control systems
28 November 2017 Russia’s Specialised Scientific Research Institute for...

Another Hualong One for Pakistan
27 November 2017 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the Pakistan Atomic...

ITER continues on schedule
27 November 2017 During the 21st meeting of the ITER Council on 15-16 November,...

UK Accounts Committee criticises Hinkley Point
27 November 2017 A report by the UK House of Commons public accounts committee published on...

France considering EDF restructuring
27 November 2017 France’s finance ministry is studying several scenarios for...

Uprates for Peach Bottom units
27 November 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a power uprate...

More layoffs at US conversion plant
24 November 2017 US Honeywell International on 21 November announced another round of...

Report lists tritium leaks at Illinois nuclear plants
22 November 2017 An investigation by the US Better Government Association  (BGA) found...

US restarts unique test reactor
22 November 2017 The US Idaho National Laboratory’s Transient Reactor Test Facility...

Lightbridge signs three agreements with Areva
22 November 2017 US-based Lightbridge Corporation and France’s Areva NP have signed...

Life extension for Ringhals 3&4
22 November 2017 Swedish utility Vattenfall will invest SEK900m ($107m) to update...

Leibstadt closed to replace faulty fuel rods
21 November 2017 Switzerland's Leibstadt nuclear power plant will remain closed until the...

No safety issues from falsifications in Japan
21 November 2017 Nine reactors at five nuclear power plants in Japan 0have used...

Waste storage begins in Fukushima
21 November 2017 On 17 November, Japan began disposal of low-level radioactive waste...

Generator upgrades for Bruce Power
21 November 2017 Canada’s Bruce Power and Motion Electric Motor Services have signed...

UK GDA progress for China’s Hualong One
21 November 2017 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency...

Belarus regulator reports on NPP stress tests
20 November 2017 The Belarus Department of Nuclear and Radiation Safety (Gosatomnadzor)...

Bulgarian scientists recommend completing Belene 
20 November 2017 Scientists at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) on 16...

NASA looks to uranium-fuelled engines
20 November 2017 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to month...

Russia to modify fuel for Paks
20 November 2017 Russian fuel company Tvel, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom, is...

Studsvik and Fennovoima support software adaptation for VVERs
20 November 2017 Sweden's Studsvik and Finland's Fennovoima have signed an agreement...

IAEA reviews safety at Belgium’s BR2 reactor
20 November 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of nuclear safety...

First steam generator installed at Fuqing 5
20 November 2017 The first of three ZH-65-type steam generators was installed at unit 5...

Advanced manufacturing centre for NuScale
18 November 2017 US-based NuScale Power and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)...

Ciao to Garigliano chimney
18 November 2017 Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) on 14...

Greater localisation for India’s Kudankulam NPP
17 November 2017 Russia plans to increase the level of localisation to 50% in the...

I&C supplier selected for Rooppur
17 November 2017 Deal agreed for automated process control system for Bangladesh NPP

Licence extension plans for North Anna
15 November 2017 US utility Dominion Energy has announced its intention to relicense...

Russia and Philippines sign nuclear cooperation pact
15 November 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has signed an agreement...

Sellafield brings down chimney
14 November 2017 Sellafield has started demolishing the 61 metre-high chimney on top of...

Areva's new steam generator inspection robot
14 November 2017 Areva NP has added a new steam generator inspection robot – FORERUNNER –...

Cameco to suspend activities at McArthur River and Key Lake
14 November 2017 Canadian uranium mining company Cameco has announced plans to...

Hungary draws down Russian loan for Paks
13 November 2017 Hungary will soon start accessing funds from a state loan extended by...

Rolls-Royce and Jordan study SMR
12 November 2017 UK-based Rolls-Royce on 9 November signed a memorandum of understanding...

Nuvia to dismantle Dragon
10 November 2017 UK nuclear engineering, project management and services contractor Nuvia...

Construction licence for Bangladesh nuclear plant
09 November 2017 The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) on 4 November received...

France to revise nuclear reduction target
08 November 2017 The French government plans to come up with a more "realistic" target...

L3 MAPPS to service Tihange simulator
08 November 2017 Canada’s L3 MAPPS said on 7 November that it had signed a...

Nuclear engineers cite salary as key factor
08 November 2017 UK company Rullion Nuclear and Engineering Insight recently undertook...

Winfrith nuclear site licence expected for Tradebe Inutec
08 November 2017 UK radioactive waste treatment and disposal services Tradebe Inutec...

Energy Fuels sells Wyoming assets
07 November 2017 US-based Energy Fuels plans to sell its North Reno Creek uranium project...

Fuel channel mockups for Bruce
06 November 2017 Canada’s Bruce Power and Canadian company Promation Nuclear Ltd on 2...

European contract for Italy’s Sogin
06 November 2017 Italian state-owned decommissioning and waste management company...

Life extension completed for Kozloduy 5
06 November 2017 Unit 5 of Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant on 3 November was awarded...

Tecnatom signs training agreement with UAE
06 November 2017 Spain’s Tecnatom and the United Arab Emirates Institute of Applied...

Czech nuclear plans spark interest
05 November 2017 The US Nuclear Energy Institute recently hosted a senior Czech nuclear...

Nigeria signs deals with Rosatom.
05 November 2017 Russia and Nigeria on 30 October signed several agreements for...

Saudi Arabia prepares for nuclear construction
04 November 2017 Saudi Arabia has sent a request for information (RFI) to...

Khalifa University becomes IAEA Collaborating Centre
03 November 2017 The Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research in Abu Dhabi...

China’s first floating NPP almost complete
03 November 2017 China’s first floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) is nearing...

NDA commends supply chain
02 November 2017 The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced the winners of...

Rosatom starts work on Bushehr 2
02 November 2017 Excavation work for Iran’s second nuclear plant, Bushehr 2, started on...

Centrus continues centrifuge development
01 November 2017 Centrus Energy and the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge...

US approval for Studsvik fuel software
01 November 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a generic licence...

Project looks to identify nuclear cost drivers
01 November 2017 The UK's Energy Technologies Institute has launched a project that will...

October 2017

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Map of renewable curtailment and coal asset risk in China
31 October 2017 Bloomberg New Energy Finance is predicting that China’s power system...

Rosatom considers delaying reactor commissioning
30 October 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is considering...

UK gets new chief nuclear inspector
30 October 2017 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has appointed Mark Foy as...

France to decide reactor closures next year
30 October 2017 France will decide by the end of 2018 how many nuclear reactors will close...

Fukushima opens partially-built waste store
30 October 2017 The Japanese government on 28 October began full operation of a facility,...

Simulator upgraded at Krsko
30 October 2017 Canada's L3 Mapps has finished an upgrade of the full scope simulator...

Areva and Wood Group win waste contract from CEA
30 October 2017 Areva Projets SAS and the Wood Group have won a contract from France's...

Russia develops software to simulate fuel handling
30 October 2017 A project launched by Russia's National Research Nuclear University...

Ukraine plans nuclear expansion
26 October 2017 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Japan’s Toshiba on 25...

Fuqing 5 gets first SG
26 October 2017 The first steam generator for a Chinese-designed Hualong One nuclear...

Romania strengthens regulatory framework
26 October 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Vitrification melters for Hanford
25 October 2017 The assembly of the world's two largest melters to vitrify low-level waste...

South Korea to complete Shin-Kori 5&6
25 October 2017 South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on 22 October promised to enhance...

Initial construction licence for Akkuyu
25 October 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced on 20 October that it...

Chernobyl’s new shelter reduces radiation levels
25 October 2017 Gamma radiation levels in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl...

Japan’s NRA tightens cooling requirements for BWRs
24 October 2017 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided that operators...

IAEA team assesses Lithuanian nuclear security
24 October 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency International Physical...

ABB wins contract for UK Hinkley Point C project
23 October 2017 Swiss engineering group ABB announced on 19 October that it has won an...

Excavation work resumes at WIPP
23 October 2017 The mining of salt from the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Waste...

Life extension for Russia’s Balakovo 2
22 October 2017

Areva installs load following system at Gösgen
22 October 2017 Areva NP has installed a system at Switzerland’s Gösgen nuclear plant...

Russia and France to undertake FBR experiment
20 October 2017 Russia’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR), a member of...

Areva consortium wins German dismantling contract
20 October 2017 German utility EnBW has selected the Areva Decommissioning and...

US begins cleanup of uranium mines on Navajo land
19 October 2017 The US Environmental Protection Agency on 11 October awarded Tetra Tech...

Licence issued for Lithuanian waste facility
19 October 2017 Lithuania's State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (Vatesi) has issued...

Belene equipment to be delivered in 2017
19 October 2017 Russia will deliver all of the equipment for the cancelled Belene...

Akkuyu construction to start by 2018
18 October 2017 Construction of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear plant will start at the end of...

Kazakhstan to supply uranium to China 
18 October 2017 Kazakhstan's Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev, announced on 11...

Site approved for new South African nuclear plant
18 October 2017 South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has granted...

Lightbridge presses on with fuel testing
17 October 2017 US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation on...

EDF repairs pumping stations at 20 power reactors
17 October 2017 EDF said on 11 October that it is repairing pumping station pipes at...

Russia boosts cobalt-60 production
17 October 2017 Russia’s Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) has started...

Rosatom signs agreements with Morocco and Algeria
17 October 2017 Morocco’s Ministry of Energy, Mineral Resources and Sustainable...

Metsamor 1 set to be dismantled
16 October 2017 The Armenian government on 12 October approved a draft law on...

US President Trump decertifies Iran deal
16 October 2017 US President Donald Trump on 13 October refused to certify the...

UK prepares to leave Euratom
16 October 2017 The UK on 11 October published draft legislation to create a domestic...

Progress continues at Vogtle
16 October 2017 The second steam generator has been installed at unit 3 of the Vogtle...

IAEA praises Germany’s nuclear security
16 October 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

TVEL to supply fuel for Armenia NPP
13 October 2017 Russian nuclear fuel company, TVEL, has signed a contract with...

Areva to upgrade I&C at Calvert Cliffs
13 October 2017 Areva NP has been contracted to upgrade instrumentation and control...

Groundwork completed for Finnish encapsulation plant
10 October 2017 Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva Oy has revelaed that...

Praise for French regulator
10 October 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Refuelling record for Vogtle 2
09 October 2017 The Vogtle 2 pressurised water reactor in Georgia, USA returned to service...

More delays for Olkiluoto 3
09 October 2017 Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 EPR project has encountered a further five-month...

Rosatom extends cooperation with Saudi Arabia
09 October 2017 Russia state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, has agreed a programme for...

Romania to upgrade Cernavoda 1
05 October 2017 Romania’s Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) has won...

WANO and NEA enhance co-operation on safety
05 October 2017 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the OECD’s...

Russia completes new fuel cask tests
05 October 2017 Russia's Federal Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (FCNRS),...

New centrifuges for Russian enrichment plant
04 October 2017 The next generation of advanced gas centrifuges – generation 9+ – will...

IAEA achieves funding target for new laboratory building
04 October 2017 Thanks to receipt of additional funding, the International Atomic...

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories moves into cyber research
04 October 2017 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced on 25 September that it...

Japan’s Ikata 3 closes for maintenance
04 October 2017 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Co closed unit 3 at its Ikata nuclear...

Licence renewal for US South Texas Project
03 October 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the licence for the...

Russia upgrades turbine at Novovoronezh NPP
03 October 2017 Russia’s Novovoronezh nuclear plant has completed upgrades of the...

US companies consider Westinghouse buy-out
03 October 2017 Private equity companies Blackstone Group and Apollo Global Management...

China’s Tianwan 3 achieves criticality
03 October 2017 Unit 3 of China’s Tianwan nuclear plant, a Russian-supplied VVER-1000...

Delays for restart of Beznau 1
03 October 2017 Swiss utility Axpo said last week that the restart of unit 1 of its...

More DOE support for Vogtle
03 October 2017 US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on 29 September announced...

Westinghouse signs decommissioning contract for Slovakia’s Bohunice
02 October 2017 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on 27 September signed a contract...

US Entergy to continue operation of Palisades beyond 2018
02 October 2017 US Entergy Corporation announced on 28 September that it has reversed...

NDA formally terminates CFP Magnox contract
02 October 2017 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced on 29 September...

Areva launches new used fuel storage system
02 October 2017 New Areva announced on 29 September that nuclear logistics subsidiary,...

September 2017

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More delays for Fukushima cleanup
29 September 2017 Japan's government on 26 September approved a revision of its 30/40-year...

Demolition of US vitrification facility begins
29 September 2017 The start of demolition of the US Department of Energy’s...

Major training centre opens in France
29 September 2017 France’s Trihom, a leading provider of nuclear training for all companies...

NRG develops technique to measure fuel deformation
29 September 2017 NRG in Petten, Netherlands, has become the first organisation in the world...

China to develop travelling wave reactor
28 September 2017 China National Nuclear Power Company Ltd (CNNP), a subsidiary of...

Work begins at Turkey’s Akkuyu project
28 September 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has launched construction works...

UAE signs agreements with UK and Canada
27 September 2017 The United Arab Emirates Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)...

Areva NP installs monitoring system at Trillo
27 September 2017 France’s Areva has completed the replacement of the reactor pressure...

ABB to acquire GE Industrial Solutions
27 September 2017 ABB is to acquire GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global...

Tepco ordered to pay compensation for Fukushima disaster
26 September 2017 Japan's Chiba District Court ruled on 22 September that Tokyo Electric...

Westinghouse provides monitoring systems to Ukraine’s Zaporozhye NPP
26 September 2017 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Ukrainian...

Strategic master plan formalized for Central Asia clean-up
26 September 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and partners including...

IAEA launches initiative for sealed source management
26 September 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 19 September announced...

IAEA side events look at advanced reactors
26 September 2017 Several side events which took place during the international Atomic...

Uniper rejects Fortum takeover bid
26 September 2017 Uniper SE, the subsidiary of the German company E.ON, on 22...

Fuqing 4 begins commercial operation
26 September 2017 Unit 4 at China’s Fuqing NPP in Fujian province began commercial operation...

India seeks to build up uranium stockpile
26 September 2017 India is engaging with various countries, including Uzbekistan, to...

IAEA designates Belgian and US Research Reactors as International Centres
26 September 2017 Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN and the US Department of Energy...

Australia formally accedes to GIF
26 September 2017 Australia on 14 September formally acceded to the framework agreement of...

Bolivia signs contract for the world’s highest nuclear research centre
26 September 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom nuclear energy group signed...

Delay for Finland’s Hanhikivi project - updated
22 September 2017 Fennovoima, which is building the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in...

MOX fuel shipment arrives in Japan
21 September 2017 A shipment of 16 mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel assemblies arrived at...

Russia and Cambodia sign nuclear cooperation agreement
21 September 2017 Russia and Cambodia have signed an intergovernmental agreement...

VTT and Ignalina to cooperate on R&D
21 September 2017 Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and the Ignalina nuclear power...

Dounreay starts fuel removal from DFR
21 September 2017 Work has started to retrieve the last remaining fuel elements that have...

New apprentices start at Horizon
20 September 2017 This month, Horizon Nuclear Power has welcomed its second intake of...

Japan issues new nuclear policy paper
19 September 2017 Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission on 14 September called for nuclear power...

EDF says Le Creusot investigation reveals no safety concerns
19 September 2017 The tests currently being carried out on reactor components manufactured...

First SG in place at Kanupp-2
18 September 2017 The first of three steam generators was installed at unit 2 of...

IAEA to host Ministerial Conference in UAE
18 September 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is hosting an...

Leading specialists support continuation of the Iran deal
18 September 2017 More than 80 of the world's leading nuclear nonproliferation...

TVO launches appeal for Areva restructuring
14 September 2017 Finnish power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said on 13 September...

More Russian equipment for Iter
14 September 2017 The third and largest consignment of Russian equipment for the...

Conditional approval given to restart Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP
14 September 2017 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 13 September failed to...

French regulator increases supervision of Belleville NPP
14 September 2017 France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority)...

NRG continues project on graphite ageing in AGRs
14 September 2017 A new irradiation capsule for accelerated ageing of graphite, which is...

Hoppecke to supply batteries for Hinkley Point C
14 September 2017 Hoppecke Industrial Batteries, the UK arm of the German company...

Areva NP to distribute Tranter heat exchangers
14 September 2017 Areva NP announced on 12 September that it had signed an agreement...

Russia to supply cyclotron complex to Thailand
13 September 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Thai engineering and...

Switzerland’s BKW looks to decommissioning
13 September 2017 Swiss utility BKW on 7 September bought a small German nuclear...

South Korea begins consultation on scrapping reactors
13 September 2017 A 500-member jury was set up in South Korea on 11 September to...

Progress at Chinese NPPs
13 September 2017 The containment dome has been installed at unit 6 of China’s Hongyanhe NPP...

Russia to supply irradiation technology to Philippines
13 September 2017 Rusatom Healthcare, a division of Russian state nuclear corporation...

Russia and Japan to co-operate on waste management
13 September 2017 On 7 September, during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in...

Iran continues to meet its obligations, IAEA says
12 September 2017 Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

IAEA concludes research project on fast reactor safety
12 September 2017 The results of a four-year International Atomic Energy Agency...

IAEA notes China’s commitment to nuclear security
12 September 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Physical Protection...

Pakistan inaugurates fifth nuclear power unit
12 September 2017 Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 8 September...

Profit increase for Russia’s Atomenergoprom
12 September 2017 Atomenergoprom, the holding company of Russian state nuclear...

UK industry support for SMRs
12 September 2017 The UK could benefit from lower cost electricity if the government were...

X-energy and Centrus Energy seek  develop TRISO fuel 
12 September 2017 US companies X-Energy and Centrus Energy Corp announced on 6 September...

Uprate for Russia’s Rostov 2
12 September 2017 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom, part of state nuclear...

Areva to form joint venture with Lightbridge
11 September 2017 Areva NP US, a subsidiary of Charlotte-based Areva Inc and US-based...

NuScale  promotes its SMR for UK deployment
07 September 2017 US-based NuScale Power on 6 September launched an action plan for...

China and Brazil strengthen nuclear co-operation
07 September 2017 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on 1 September signed a...

Korea signs contracts to decommission Kori 1
07 September 2017 The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) announced on 4...

Egypt and Russia sign agreement on El Dabaa
06 September 2017 Egypt on 4 September finally, after two years of talks, signed a deal to...

NRG begins experiments with molten salt reactor technology
06 September 2017 Dutch Institute NRG in Petten began irradiation experiments in August...

New nuclear safety law for China
06 September 2017 China’s parliament on 1 September passed a new nuclear safety law to...

Russia completes radwaste management survey at Armenian NPP
06 September 2017 Russia's Federal Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (FTSNRB) and...

HEU leaves Ghana for China
06 September 2017 Following the conversion of Ghana’s GHARR-1 Miniature Neutron...

Urenco to commission UK tails facility in 2018
05 September 2017 European uranium enrichment company Urenco said on 31 August that it...

Argentina cancels NPP in favour of hydro project
05 September 2017 Argentina has approved construction of build two hydroelectric dams...

Russia signs Bangladesh deal to import used nuclear 
05 September 2017 Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Russian state nuclear...

Georgia Power decides to complete Vogtle
05 September 2017 US Georgia Power on 31 August filed a recommendation with the Georgia...

August 2017

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Sulzer wins pump maintenance contract for UK Heysham NPP
29 August 2017 Under a contract for availability, Sulzer is providing maintenance...

IAEA fuel bank inaugurated
29 August 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) storage facility for...

Construction of Bulgarian waste repository begins
29 August 2017 Bulgaria started on 28 August began construction of a radioactive waste...

Three more Japanese nuclear units plan for restart
29 August 2017 Operation of unit 3 at Kyushu Electric Power Co’s Genkai NPP in Japan’s...

GEH and ARC boost collaboration on SMR
29 August 2017 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Advanced Reactor Concepts...

Ukraine reveals new energy strategy
28 August 2017 Ukraine’s new energy strategy document, Security, Energy...

Russia considers 3D printing for fuel assemblies
28 August 2017 Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM),...

Russia continues remediation of uranium sites in Kyrgyzstan
28 August 2017 Russia’s RosRAO has won the tender for work to decommission (make...

IAEA SEED team reviews seismic safety at Korean NPPs
28 August 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 18 August concluded...

Westinghouse extends fuel supplies for US Salem NPP
28 August 2017 Westinghouse Electric Company on 23 August announced that it has signed...

Fuel loading underway at Tianwan 3
28 August 2017 Fuel loading began at unit 3 of China’s Tianwan NPP in Jiangsu province on...

Simulator upgrade for US Fermi-2 NPP
28 August 2017 Canada’s L3 Mapps has signed a contract with Swiss industrial...

US Duke Energy cancels Lee NPP and pulls out of Vogtle project
28 August 2017 US utility Duke Energy on 25 August announced plans to abandon the...

Saudi Arabia and China boost nuclear co-operation
28 August 2017 Saudi Arabia and China are to cooperate on nuclear energy projects...

Canadian companies show interest in SMRs
28 August 2017 More than 70 organisations have submitted responses to a request...

Bulgarian energy experts urge construction of new NPP
28 August 2017 Experts of the Energy Future for Bulgaria Association on 24 August...

Welding of main circulation pipeline completed at unit 1 of Belarus NPP
28 August 2017 The welding all 28 joints of the main circulating pipeline at unit 1 of...

Amec wins two UK waste contracts
28 August 2017 UK-based engineering consultancy Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded...

Hinkley contract for Balfour Beatty
26 August 2017 International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has been selected by...

Russia to complete Turkish NPP by 2023
26 August 2017 Addressing the Turkish-Russian Business Forum at the İzmir International...

US DOE support for Holtec’s SMR
26 August 2017 US-based Holtec International's SMR LLC subsidiary is to receive support...

More restart delays for Japanese reactors
22 August 2017 The governor of Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture, Masaru Hashimoto, said...

Work continues at Breakthrough project in Russia
22 August 2017 Work is continuing to construct the facilities an experimental...

Bulgaria plans privatisation and sale of Belene NPP project
22 August 2017 Bulgaria in early 2018 plans to hold a tender for the sale of...

Uprates approved for US Browns Ferry NPP
22 August 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said on 17 August that it...

Ukraine continues switch to Westinghouse fuel
22 August 2017 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom plans in 2018 to switch unit 3 at...

Toshiba meets deadline for reporting financial results
22 August 2017 Toshiba Corp reported its earnings results on 10 August, meeting the...

Completion of South Korea’s Shin Kori 4 postponed
22 August 2017 Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) said on 10 August that completion...

Russia and China discuss more Tianwan units and new NPP
22 August 2017 Russia and China plan to sign a framework agreement on the construction...

Contract awarded for India’s fast reactor fuel plant
22 August 2017 India’s Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) signed a...

Carr’s Group acquires NuVision Engineering
20 August 2017 Agriculture and Engineering group Carr’s Group on 16 August announced that...

US waste repository now receives several shipments each week
20 August 2017 The US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southern New Mexico confirmed...

EU welcomes Kyrgyzstan’s ratification of remediation agreement
20 August 2017 The European Union’s (EU's) Delegation to Kyrgyzstan said on 18 August...

Jordan in talks with Russia on NPP financing
20 August 2017 The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) said in a statement on 16...

Key event at Russia’s Novoronezh-II NPP
20 August 2017 Russia’s Atomenergoproekt, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Westinghouse fuel facility receives order from US NRC
20 August 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 9 August issued a...

Russia’s SCC in profit
20 August 2017 The revenue of Russia’s Siberian Chemical Company (SCC) in 2016 amounted...

Areva NP to support isotope production at Canada’s Bruce NPP
20 August 2017 Bruce Power and Areva NP signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on...

Work continues at Finland’s Hanhikivi-1
20 August 2017 The second permanent building at Finland’s Hanhikivi 1 NPP site, the...

Hot testing begins at Leningrad II NPP
20 August 2017 Hot function tests have begun at unit 1 of the Leningrad II NPP...

Chinese companies under pressure to standardise Hualong One
20 August 2017 China has approved a plan by its two state nuclear developers to promote...

Fukushima ice wall not seen as effective
20 August 2017 A subterranean ice wall which Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) ...

Continued profit for Uranium One
20 August 2017 Uranium One, part of the international mining division of Russian...

China sets up joint venture for floating NPPs
20 August 2017 A joint venture (JV) to develop and produce small, floating nuclear...

Final components installed at UAE NPP
20 August 2017 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has completed installation...

Power machines to supply turbines for Bangladsh NPP
20 August 2017 Russia’s Power Machines (St Petersburg) will manufacture the turbine...

Steam generator installed at US Vogtle NPP
20 August 2017 US-based electric utility Georgia Power has installed first steam...

ASN asks EDF to review Le Creusot manufacturing files
20 August 2017 France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority)...

Fuel storage work completed at US Vermont Yankee NPP
17 August 2017 US Holtec International has said all major civil construction work...

Life extension of Armenian NPP goes ahead
17 August 2017 Supplies of equipment to extend the life of unit 2 of the Armenian NPP...

Spains Tecnatom to supply valves to Argentina
17 August 2017 Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA), the owner and operator of the Atucha...

Czech and UK companies contracted to support UK decommissioning
17 August 2017 Czech engineering company Vítkovice Heavy Machinery (VHM) and UK company...

Ghana’s research reactor converted to LEU fuel
17 August 2017 The China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) has completed the conversion...

Fate of US VC Summer NPP still uncertain
17 August 2017 US Scana Corp is withdrawing a petition submitted to regulators seeking...

First used fuel arrives at Mayak from Russia’s Andreeva Bay
17 August 2017 The first train carrying used nuclear submarine fuel from Russia’s...

Sellafield awards key contract to Amec and Interserve
17 August 2017 OneAIM, a joint venture between Amec Foster Wheeler and Interserve, has won...

BWXT wins NASA contract to design nuclear thermal propulsion reactor
10 August 2017 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on...

Fukushima town moves to lift evacuation orders
10 August 2017 The authorities of a town in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture are...

UK Nuclear Skills Academy offers cyber security courses
10 August 2017 The UK National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) is offering two new cyber...

Regulatory approval for Holtec’s Chernobyl used fuel store
08 August 2017 Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRC) on 1 August...

Fuel removal at Fukushima remains a problem
08 August 2017 Japan’s Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning...

Kuwait fund sells Areva stake
08 August 2017 The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) will sell its 4.82% stake in Areva...

GE to service turbines at Daya Bay
07 August 2017 GE’s Power Services business has signed a 12-year agreement with Daya...

China and Pakistan to co-operate on uranium exploration
04 August 2017 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on 30 July signed a...

Contracts signed for India’s Kudankulam 5&6
04 August 2017 India and Russia on 31 July signed three contracts for priority design...

Spain to close its oldest reactor
04 August 2017 Spanish Energy Minister Alvaro Nadal said on 1 August the government...

Jacobs Engineering to acquire CH2M Hill
03 August 2017 Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group has agreed to purchase...

China's Fuqing 4 connected to grid
03 August 2017 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said that unit 4 of the...

UK and Chinese equipment suppliers sign co-operation agreement
03 August 2017 The UK’s Hayward Tyler Group (HTG) and China’s Shanghai Apollo Machinery...

Japan begins search for waste disposal sites
02 August 2017 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Meti) on 28 July released...

Iran and Russia increase co-operation
02 August 2017 Iran and Russia plan to increase their cooperation in the peaceful uses...

Ansaldo Nucleare wins safety upgrade work at Krško
02 August 2017 Italy-based Ansaldo Nucleare has won an engineering procurement...

Areva signs MOX contract for Takahama 3&4
02 August 2017 New AREVA has been awarded a contract by Nuclear Fuel Industries (NFI)...

Unit 1 at Leningrad-II nears commissioning
02 August 2017 Unit 1 at the Leningrad-II nuclear power plant in Russia is ready to...

US utilities pull out of VC Summer project
01 August 2017 US utilities Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas...

RWE reorganises its nuclear sector
01 August 2017 Germany's RWE Power plans to transfer its nuclear power plant...

Langer Heinrich mine valued at $583m
01 August 2017 Australia-based Paladin Energy, which recently appointed...

July 2017

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Nuclear outages impact EDF’s earnings
31 July 2017 Electricite de France (EDF) saw earning for the first half of 2017 fall...

Toshiba completes acquisition of NuGen
31 July 2017 Japan’s Toshiba Corp is now the sole owner of NuGeneration (NuGen)...

Toshiba to pay $2.2bn to Summer project owners
28 July 2017 Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has agreed to pay South Carolina Electric &...

UK awards nuclear research contracts
28 July 2017 Amec Foster Wheeler and Frazer-Nash both announced this week that they...

Cold testing completed at Barakah 2
28 July 2017 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has completed Cold...

SCHOTT to supply EPAs for China’s HTR-PM
27 July 2017 SCHOTT has announced that its electrical penetration assemblies will be...

Nuclear produced a fifth of UK electricity
27 July 2017 The United Kingdom's eight nuclear power stations produced more than...

SPX FLOW to supply pumps for Hinkley Point C
27 July 2017 ClydeUnion Pumps, part of SPX FLOW, has been confirmed as the supplier of...

Studsvik licences radwaste treatement technology in China
25 July 2017 A deal with Chinese firm Dynatech could see Studsvik’s fluid bed...

Finnish regulator has no concerns about Russian FNPP
25 July 2017 Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) says transport...

Japan-India deal comes into force
25 July 2017 A civil nuclear cooperation agreement between India and Japan, signed...

NDA stayed within budget in 2016/17
24 July 2017 The latest annual report from the UK National Decommissioning...

Melted fuel possibly identified at Fukushima unit 3
23 July 2017 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has said that an aquatic robot...

Australian uranium heads for India
21 July 2017 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on 18 July, during her...

Outages complete at Olkiluoto
20 July 2017 The annual outages for 2017 at Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear power plant...

Horizon forms partnership with Tecnatom
19 July 2017 UK-based Horizon Nuclear Power, part of Japan’s Hitachi Ltd on 19...

Holtec and SNC-Lavalin to collaborate on SMR-160
19 July 2017 US Holtec International and Canada’s SNC-Lavalin announced on 17 July...

Progress at Leningrad-II
19 July 2017 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...

China begins production of HTGR fuel
19 July 2017 China has launched the world's first production line for...

IAEA team review Italy’s decommissioning programme
17 July 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Review Service...

Industrial simulation companies Merge
17 July 2017 Global industrial simulation companies Corys SAS (a common subsidiary...

Dry fuel storage completed at Kewaunee NPP
16 July 2017 NAC International has completed a dry fuel storage campaign at...

Fortum supplies purification plant to German NPP
16 July 2017 Finnish utility Fortum has won a contract from Preussen Elektra GmbH...

French government completes Areva’s capital increase
16 July 2017

Areva to decommission US Vermont Yankee
16 July 2017 Areva Nuclear Materials (ANM) announced on 11 July that it had signed...

Nuvia, Ovivo win contracts for Hinkley Point C
11 July 2017 Two new contracts have recently been awarded by EDF Energy for work on...

French repository needs to address four design issues
11 July 2017 France’s Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)...

Fessenheim restart delayed
11 July 2017

Record synchrotron light experiment investigates nuclear waste materials
11 July 2017 Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, in partnership...

Salamanca mine to cost less than expected
11 July 2017 A recent study at Berkeley Energia Limited’s Salamanca uranium mine in...

IAEA nuclear security mission visits Hungary
11 July 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

UK NSSG assesses future nuclear workforce
07 July 2017 The UK's Nuclear Skills Strategy Group's (NSSG), in its 2017...

Operating licence extended for Canada’s McClean Lake
06 July 2017 Denison Mines Corp announced on 5 July that its 22.5% owned McClean...

IAEA head visits Bangladesh's Roopur nuclear site
06 July 2017 Bangladesh is making significant progress in the construction of its...

Spain’s Tecnatom sets up US joint venture
06 July 2017 Spain’s Tecnatom said on 4 July that it had established a new...

EDF sees increased costs for Hinkley Point
05 July 2017 Electricite de France said on 3 July that the final bill for construction...

SNC-Lavalin completes takeover of Atkins
05 July 2017 Canadian engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin has completed...

Decommissioning approval for Japan’s Ikata 1
05 July 2017 

Two contracts for UK NNL
05 July 2017 The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has been awarded two major...

Amec Foster Wheeler to keep European nuclear business
05 July 2017

Kudankulam 3 and 4 get underway
05 July 2017

Report warns nuclear needs to adapt to play a role in the UK
03 July 2017 Traditional nuclear projects delivering baseload electricity must adapt...

June 2017

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Progress for UK Nuclear New Build
30 June 2017 The UK’s nuclear power industry is assertive about the future...

Cammell Laird wins funding to develop modules for nuclear projects
29 June 2017 UK-based engineering company Cammell Laird has secured £200,000 in...

UK affirms commitment to JET
28 June 2017 UK Business Secretary Greg Clark said on 27 June that the UK government...

Rosatom and France’s Assystem to co-operate
28 June 2017 Russia’s ASE Group, the engineering subsidiary of state nuclear...

Fast reactor conference opens in Russia
28 June 2017 The third International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel...

Skoda JS to supply equipment to Armenian NPP
28 June 2017 Rusatom Service, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Fuel loaded at unit 4 of China’s Fuqing NPP
28 June 2017 The loading of fuel into the core of unit 4 of China’s Fuqing NPP in...

Areva given licence for new waste cask
28 June 2017 Areva said on 21 June that French nuclear regulator Autorité de...

Used fuel leaves Russia’s Andreeva Bay for Mayak
28 June 2017 The first shipment of used nuclear fuel left the former naval base...

Porvair wins major clean-up contracts
28 June 2017 Porvair Filtration Group has won major nuclear waste clean-up contracts...

Russia’s MBIR centre to co-operate with V4G4
28 June 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the V4G4 Centre of...

Construction to start at India’s Kudankulam 3 and 4
27 June 2017 India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted clearance for...

Russia signs MOU with Ethiopia
27 June 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has signed a memorandum...

Rosatom signs training MOU with Bureau Veritas
27 June 2017 An memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the area of personnel training...

China begins production of AP1000 fuel components
27 June 2017 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has launched online the...

Terrestrial Energy launches siting study for molten salt reactor
27 June 2017 Terrestrial Energy, which is developing advanced reactor power plants,...

Canada continues search for repository site
27 June 2017 Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) said on 26 June...

Areva NP signs fuel contracts
27 June 2017 Areva NP said on 26 June it had signed three fuel contracts totalling...

Anti-nuclear protests in Belgium
27 June 2017 Cross-border demonstrations took place on 25 June demanding the...

More criticism of Hinkley NPP
27 June 2017 France's EDF said on 26 June that it was carrying out a "full review" of...

Decommissioning progress at UK Bradwell NPP
24 June 2017 The UK’s Magnox Ltd announced on 21 June that fuel element debris (FED)...

UK institute seeks partners to examine NPP costs
24 June 2017 The UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a request...

Russia to deliver nuclear fuel for testing in US reactor
23 June 2017 Russia is to deliver the first test batch of nuclear fuel to a US reactor...

UK Magnox awards contract for vent filters
23 June 2017 Amazon Filters Ltd, a F4N (Fit For Nuclear) approved manufacturer of...

Rosatom to sell 49% stake in Turkish NPP project
21 June 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 19 June agreed to sell a...

Uzbekistan consolidates mining activities
21 June 2017 A single service for geological exploration of uranium, precious...

Sweden’s Oskarshamn 1 closes down
21 June 2017 Unit 1 of Sweden’s Oskarshamn NPP in has been permanently shut down,...

Japanese court approves restart of Genkai NPP units
20 June 2017 A Japanese district court on 13 June dismissed a request from some 230...

Steam generators shipped to Belarus unit 2
20 June 2017 Russia's AEM-Technology has begun shipping a set of four PGV-1000...

Kazakhstan begins physical start up of tokamak
20 June 2017 Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC) has launched the first stage...

China sets up new companies in UK
20 June 2017 China General Nuclear Power Corp on 14 June established three new...

Belgian regulator publishes inspection results
19 June 2017 Balgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) on 14 June published...

IAEA finds progress on safety at China’s Qinshan
19 June 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Licence renewal for Canada’s Point Lepreau
19 June 2017 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has agreed to renew...

Veolia moves into the Canadian market
19 June 2017 France-based Veolia announced on 15 June that its Nuclear Solutions...

New robot to inspect Fukushima unit 3
15 June 2017 A small radiation-hardened, submersible robot will be used to inspect...

DavyMarkham wins £20m radwaste contract
15 June 2017 Sheffield-based engineering specialist DavyMarkham and Alfreton-based...

Belarus seeks dialogue on NPP construction
15 June 2017

Westinghouse launches accident tolerant fuel
14 June 2017 Westinghouse Electric Company has launched an accident-tolerant...

Cold testing begins at Olkiluoto 3
14 June 2017 Cold functional tests have begun at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP...

IAEA fuel bank is on schedule
14 June 2017 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Yukiya Amano...

Japanese workers were confined in contaminated room
13 June 2017 The five workers exposed to airborne plutonium at Japan’s Oarai Research...

Korea to decommission its oldest reactor
12 June 2017 Kori 1, Korea's oldest nuclear reactor, will be shut down permanently,...

Toshiba signs agreement with Georgia Power
12 June 2017 US Georgia Power, the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company, on...

Russia to take back Bangladesh used fuel
12 June 2017 Russia is expected to take back around 45 tonnes of used fuel every year...

Design of Swedish encapsulation plant underway
08 June 2017 The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) has...

Russia’s ASE withdraws tender for Paks II turbines
08 June 2017 ASE Group, the engineering division of Russian state nuclear...

Automation contract for Hanhikivi
08 June 2017 UK-based Rolls-Royce and France's Schneider Electric have been picked...

Japan approves co-operation deal with India
08 June 2017 Japan's parliament on 7 June approved a civilian nuclear cooperation...

Construction permit for Ignalina repository
08 June 2017 Lithuania’s State Inspectorate for Physical Planning and Construction at...

Japan restarts second Takahama unit
07 June 2017 Kansai Electric Power Co restarted Takahama 3 in Fukui Prefecture, on 6...

German court rules for refund of nuclear tax
07 June 2017 Germany's Constitutional Court on 7 June ruled that the nuclear fuel tax...

Russian uranium mining company wins new licence
07 June 2017 Russian uranium mining company Dalur (part of the mining division of...

Experts consider BN-1200 cost effective
07 June 2017 An expert group set up by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom...

Progress at China’s AP1000s
07 June 2017 China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) said it...

Amec to lead alliance to provide services to UK sites
07 June 2017 An alliance of four companies led by UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler has...

Spanish used fuel casks arrive in China
06 June 2017 Spain’s Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) has shipped its first ENUN 24P used...

US NRC issues licence for North Anna 3
06 June 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on 31 May that it will issue...

India and Russia agree on Kudankulam 5&6
06 June 2017 India and Russia on 1 June signed an agreement to construct the final...

Tender issued for Paks equipment
06 June 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom last week launched a tender for...

Jordan gains access to French research facilities
06 June 2017 Jordan and France on 24 May signed a partnership agreement under which...

Uprate for Columbia
05 June 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on 31 May that it had approved...

Canada looks to SMRs
05 June 2017 The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) on 1 June began discussions on...

Contract for waste transportation to WIPP
05 June 2017 The US Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Management...

Indian-French joint venture set up
05 June 2017 India's Axiscades Engineering Technologies has signed a memorandum...

The US looks at steps needed to restart the Yucca Mountain project
01 June 2017 The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said on 31 May that...

Uranium One applies for exploration in Namibia
01 June 2017 Uranium One, the international mining division Russian state...

Canada’s regulator renews licence for Ontario waste facility
01 June 2017 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 30 May announced...

ASE Group of Companies and IBM Corporation have signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of digital transformation development
01 June 2017 Within the framework of the XXI St. Petersburg International Economic...

May 2017

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Kazakh-Chinese joint venture to make nuclear fuel
31 May 2017 Kazakhstan will start producing nuclear fuel for Chinese NPPs in 2019...

Dome installed at China’s first Hualong One reactor
31 May 2017 The dome has been installed on the containment building of unit 5 at...

IAEA launches new safety tool
31 May 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched an online tool...

More Chinese patents for Lightbridge
31 May 2017 US nuclear energy company Lightbridge announced on 30 May that it...

US Three Mile Island to close
31 May 2017 The US Three Mile Island NPP in Pennsylvania is to close in 2019 in face...

Contract awarded for remediation of US Paducah enrichment plant
31 May 2017 The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced on 26 May that Four...

Replacement steam generators delivered to France’s Cruas NPP
31 May 2017 Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has delivered three...

EC approves EDF takeover of Areva’s New NP
31 May 2017 The European Commission has approved the proposed takeover of New NP,...

Work continues at Finland’s Hanhikivi 1
31 May 2017 Dredging and marine construction work at the site of Finland’s Hanhikivi...

India approves Chutka NPP project
31 May 2017 The expert forest panel of India’s environment ministry has...

IAEA reports 10 new reactors on line in 2016
30 May 2017 For the second consecutive year, 10 new nuclear reactors came online in...

Cameco and Bruce Power extend fuel supply agreement
30 May 2017 Canada’s Cameco on 25 May signed a 10-year extension agreement to continue...

Fuel assemblies arrive at the UAE’s Barakah NPP
30 May 2017 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has received the...

Ignalina waste storage facility completed
26 May 2017 The main construction work for the solid radioactive waste treatment...

Japan’s NRA approves restart of Ohi
25 May 2017 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has confirmed on 24 May that...

A more compact design for UK's Wylfa Newydd
25 May 2017 The proposed Wylfa Newydd NPP on the island of Anglesey in the UK...

Budget cuts for US nuclear
25 May 2017 The US administration is requesting $703m for the Department of...

IAEA sees regulatory improvement in Czech Republic
25 May 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 23 May that the...

CEZ undergoes reorganisation
25 May 2017 Czech power company ČEZ has decided to reorganise its Nuclear Division as...

Switzerland to phase out nuclear power
24 May 2017 Switzerland has voted to start phasing out nuclear power, which...

Japanese support for U-Battery
23 May 2017 U-Battery, which is developing a micro-modular high-temperature...

RED Engineering wins F4N status
23 May 2017 UK-based nuclear-decommissioning specialist RED Engineering has achieved...

EDF sets up new nuclear engineering company
22 May 2017 The EDF Board of Directors on 17 May approved the establishment of...

Areva wins contract for Paks I&C update
21 May 2017

Ukraine presses on with used fuel storage facility
19 May 2017 Yury Nedashkovsky, president of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom...

Swedish regulator reports on Oskarshamn dismantling
19 May 2017 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has submitted a 147-page...

US NRC accept correction measures taken at mox facility
19 May 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has returned the USA's Mixed Oxide...

NRA approval for Japan’s enrichment plant
19 May 2017 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved a report...

US NRC conditionally approves new radioisotope facility
19 May 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 16 May published its...

Middle East Synchrotron centre launched in Jordan
18 May 2017 The Middle East’s first major international research centre for...

India approves construction of 10 more PHWRs
18 May 2017 India’s central government on 17 May approved construction of 10...

China to finance Argentina’s nuclear plants
18 May 2017 Argentine President Mauricio Macri signed cooperation agreements with...

China and Saudi Arabia accelerate co-operation on HTGRs
18 May 2017 China Nuclear Energy Engineering Group (CNEC) president Jun Gu met with...

Microsoft to assist Canadian fusion project
18 May 2017 Canada's General Fusion has teamed up with US Microsoft to analyse its...

UK Moorside project on hold
17 May 2017 The UK National Grid on 16 May put on hold development consent for a...

South Korea completes plasma chamber tool for Iter
17 May 2017 A ceremony was held on 11 May in South Korea, to mark the end of the...

French President-elect Macron supports reducing nuclear share
17 May 2017 French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has endorsed current...

Belgium’s Tihange 1 cleared for restart
17 May 2017 Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc) has approved the...

Russia to use new-design used fuel casks
16 May 2017 Russia's Federal Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (FCNRS) said on...

Safeguards agreement with Pakistan enters into force
16 May 2017 An agreement signed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and...

Synchrotron centre opened in Jordan
16 May 2017 The Middle East’s first major international research centre for...

Canada’s long-term vision for nuclear research
15 May 2017 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has begun dialogue with...

Bruce Power to use Rolls Royce digital technology
15 May 2017 Rolls-Royce on 12 May announced the opening of its third Nuclear...

Bulgaria’s Belene project refuses to die
15 May 2017 Bulgaria is seeking private investors to build the Belene NPP, which...

China completes hot tests at Fuqing 4
12 May 2017 Hot testing was completed on 7 May at unit 4 of China’s Fuqing NPP...

Study looks at control rod market
12 May 2017 A new study by UK market research company Technavio on the global...

Assystem seeks stake in Areva NP
12 May 2017 French engineering services group Assystem has offered €125m ($136m) for...

Russia’s international research centre to include radiochemical facility
11 May 2017 A multifunctional radiochemical research facility under construction at...

IAEA welcomes improvements at Turkish research reactor
11 May 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) integrated safety assessment...

Hanford tunnel collapses
10 May 2017 A tunnel partly collapsed on 9 May at a US plutonium-handling facility at...

Future of US AP1000s still unclear
10 May 2017 The project to build two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the US Summer NPP...

German utilities offer decommissioning services
10 May 2017 German Energy groups E.ON and EnBW are incurring huge costs from...

German government to take over waste storage
10 May 2017 GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service announced on 8 May that the...

Westinghouse pushes on with restructuring
09 May 2017 Westinghouse plans to complete a restructuring plan by the end of June and...

Spain’s CTC joins European research association
09 May 2017 Spain-based research foundation Technological Centre of Components...

Permit issued to Lithuania’s used fuel store
09 May 2017 Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (Vatesi) said on 5...

IAEA updates tool for regulatory self-assessment
09 May 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released an updated...

US promises aid to IAEA laboratories
09 May 2017 The USA has pledged €1m ($1.09m) to support modernisation of...

Design completed for China’s first SMR
09 May 2017 The first pilot project to use China National Nuclear Corporation's...

Westinghouse will miss deadline for India deal
09 May 2017 India has asked Japanese company Toshiba to offer ways to resolve the...

NAMRC forms new alliance
09 May 2017 The UK's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has formed...

Operation of UAE nuclear plant postponed by a year
09 May 2017 Commercial operation of unit 1 at the Barakah NPP in the United Arab...

Sweden’s SKB to segment reactor vessels
08 May 2017 The board of Sweden’s national radioactive waste management company SKB...

Rosatom confirms continued interest in South Africa
08 May 2017 South Africa utility Eskom has terminated its request for information...

Westinghouse agrees to extend assessment period for US NPPs
08 May 2017 US power company Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Nuclear, which...

UK report examines the risks of Brexit
03 May 2017 In a report examining the implications of the UK’s decision to leave...

UK parliamentary report calls for a clear plan on nuclear
03 May 2017 A report published by the UK House of Lords Science and Technology...

Rossing increases uranium production
03 May 2017 Despite difficulties on the uranium market, Namibia-based Rossing Uranium,...

Tests completed on new research reactor fuel
03 May 2017 Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) announced on 26...

Kazatomprom sets up trading subsidiary
03 May 2017 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom has created a...

Used fuel to be removed from Russia’s Andreeva naval base
03 May 2017 Andrey Golin, director general of Russia’s Federal Centre for Nuclear...

IAEA seeks to improve research reactor safety
02 May 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement on 27 April...

Bilfinger awarded contract by EDF to modernise NPPs
02 May 2017 Germany-based industrial services provider Bilfinger has won a...

Algeria to access French research reactors
02 May 2017 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) on...

Iran strengthens cooperation with Russia and the EU
01 May 2017 Iranian and Russian officials meeting in Moscow on 8 April underlined...

April 2017

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France and UK agree to strengthen nuclear industry skills
27 April 2017 The UK’s National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) and France’s...

Fukushima evacuees reluctant to return home
27 April 2017 Some 80% of voluntary Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees, now living...

New contracts for France’s CNIM
27 April 2017 French industrial engineering contractor and equipment manufacturer CNIM,...

Toshiba announces restructuring
25 April 2017 Tokyo-based Toshiba announced on 24 April a reorganisation of its...

UK engineers look to small modular reactors
25 April 2017 The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering issued a report on 24 April...

First contract signed on redesign of Iran’s Arak reactor
25 April 2017 China and Iran on 23 April signed the first commercial contract for...

Japan’s Genkai reactors approved for restart by local governor
25 April 2017 The governor of Japan’s Saga Prefecture, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, on 24...

Work continues on Russia’s floating NPP
25 April 2017 Work is continuing at Pevek in Chukotka to put in place the...

Areva plans new facility for Richland fuel plant
25 April 2017 Areva plans to start construction on a new $12m facility in June at...

UK pushes ahead with fusion
24 April 2017 The Mage Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) facility at Culham Centre for...

Costs as expected for Finnish repository
24 April 2017 Early construction contracts for Finland’s final deep geologic...

IAEA and Rosatom to support nuclear infrastructure development
24 April 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russian state...

PSEG Nuclear forms partnership with Sargent & Lundy
23 April 2017 PSEG Nuclear and design engineering company Sargent & Lundy LLC on 18...

US DOE asked to end transfers of uranium to the market
23 April 2017 The Uranium Producers of America (UPA) has called on the US Department...

US Maryland University gets new fuel for its research reactor
20 April 2017 The University of Maryland will be able to continue operating its...

French regulator lists conditions for operation of Le Creusot Forge
20 April 2017 France's nuclear safety authority, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN),...

Hungary appoints minister for Paks II
19 April 2017 Hungary has appointed János Süli, mayor of the town of Paks, as...

Finland Greens look to nuclear
19 April 2017 Four Green Party candidates in Finland have retracted a...

BWXT Canada wins contract at Darlington NPP
19 April 2017 BWXT Canada has been awarded a $55m contract to supply feeder pipes for...

More delays for India’s fast reactor
19 April 2017 India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) told the Deccan Herald on 18...

Russia plans to boost nuclear power generation
18 April 2017 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom, part of state nuclear...

UK Horizon to be first client for new Exelon-JAPC joint venture
17 April 2017 US Exelon Generation and Japan Atomic Power Company are to establish a...

US NRC confirms clean up work in New Mexico
17 April 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a Confirmatory Order...

Dome installed at China’s Hongyanhe 5
17 April 2017 The 180t dome of the unit 5 reactor building at China’s Hongyanhe NPP...

IAEA to streamline submission of safeguards declarations
17 April 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in May, plans to launch a...

China signs transit agreement with Kazakhstan for IAEA fuel bank
16 April 2017 China and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 5 April signed...

EnBW receives approval to decommission Germany’s Philippsburg 1
16 April 2017 The Baden-Württemberg ministry of environment has on 12 April issued...

Russia’s ASE wins international technology award
16 April 2017 ASE Group, the engineering subsidiary of Russian state nuclear...

French Le Creusot Forge to restart work
16 April 2017 Areva has told French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire...

Areva to provide outage services for Farley
13 April 2017 Areva NP has signed a contract with Southern Nuclear to provide...

Site Studies begin for Poland’s first NPP
12 April 2017 Poland’s PGE EJ1, the subsidiary of state-owned energy group Polska...

UK NDA publishes three-year business plan
11 April 2017 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 10 April published...

China completes tests for first Hualong One RPV
11 April 2017 The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 5 of China’s Fuqing nuclear...

RPV installed at Belarus 1
11 April 2017 Installation of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 1 of the...

Areva and Kazatomprom strengthen ties
11 April 2017 France’s Areva and Kazakhstan’s national atomic company, Kazatomprom,...

China begins fuel loading at Shidaowan HTGR
11 April 2017 Fuel loading began at China's high-temperature gas-cooled reactor...

US DOE contract awarded for West Valley Demonstration Project
10 April 2017 The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced on 7 April that it had awarded...

Taiwan’s Kuosheng to refurbish used fuel pool
10 April 2017 Taiwan's Atomic Energy Council (AEC) has approved Taiwan Power...

UK ONR closes final regulatory issue for UK ABWR
10 April 2017 The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 7 April closed the second...

Engie pulls out of NuGen following Westinghouse bankruptcy
06 April 2017 France’s Engie (formerly GDF Suez) confirmed on 4 April that it...

Fennovoima to deliver Hanhikivi NPP planning documentation in 2017
06 April 2017 Finland’s Fennovoima, which is building the Hanhikivi-1 NPP in...

Horizon applies for Wylfa Newydd site licence
06 April 2017 Horizon Nuclear Power announced on 4 April that it has submitted its...

Entergy completes transfer to Exelon of Fitzpatrick NPP
06 April 2017 US Entergy Corporation has completed sale of the single-unit James...

Progress at China’s Fuqing NPP
06 April 2017 The first reactor coolant pump for unit 5 of China’s Fuqing NPP in...

Canada Regulator addresses issues raised in government report
06 April 2017 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says it has addressed...

ASN warned about Creusot Forge over 10 years ago
06 April 2017 France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (Nuclear Safety Authority - ASN) on...

Russia and Indonesia sign MOU on nuclear safety
06 April 2017 Russia's Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision...

Russia develops civilian nuclear submarine
06 April 2017 Russian scientists are developing the world’s first civilian...

RPV installed at unit 1 of Belarus NPP
06 April 2017 Installation of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 1 of the...

French regulator approves repairs to Bugey 5 containment
06 April 2017 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) said on 3 April 2017...

Foratom advises transitions arrangements for Brexit
06 April 2017 European nuclear industry group Foratom said on 3 April that the UK and...

Westinghouse to continue fuel deliveries to Ukraine
03 April 2017 Westinghouse Electric Sweden, a division of US-based Westinghouse...

Swedish regulator approves waste research programme
03 April 2017 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has recommended the...

Slovak utility approves extra funding for Mochove NPP
03 April 2017 Shareholders at Slovakia’s power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) on...

Kudankulam unit 2 begins operation
03 April 2017 Unit 2 at India’s Kudankulam NPP in Tamil Nadu began commercial operation...

Russia’s Khiagda begins work on new uranium deposit
03 April 2017 Russian uranium holding Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), a subsidiary of...

Jordan and Saudi Arabia strengthen nuclear co-operation
03 April 2017 Jordan and Saudi Arabia on 27 March signed agreements on cooperation...

Japan’s NRA delays decommissioning approval for five reactors
03 April 2017 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has delayed approval...

Japanese court rejects petition to close Ikata NPP
03 April 2017 The Hiroshima District Court on 30 March rejected a petition by a group...

Fennovoima begins site election for used fuel store
03 April 2017 Finnish company Fennovoima has begun preliminary site selection for the...

Exelon funds US MIT project on cladding
03 April 2017 US power company Exelon has allocated $4.5m to Assistant professor of...

UK NIA seeks assurances on Brexit
03 April 2017 The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) on 31 March called for...

India renegotiates Jaitapur nuclear project with EDF
03 April 2017 India’s Jaitapur nuclear power project is being renegotiated over a...

Site licence issued for Hungary’s Paks II NPP
03 April 2017 Hungary’s Atomic Energy Authority on 30 March issued the site...

Decommissioning permits issued for Germany’s Biblis NPP
03 April 2017 Permits to decommission Germany's Biblis nuclear power plant are to be...

Eskom considers nuclear power for Witbank area
03 April 2017 South Africa’s power utility Eskom is considering building NPPs in...

Asia assesses effects of Westinghouse bankruptcy
03 April 2017 China's State Power Investment Corp (SPIC) said Westinghouse's...

US NPP owners consider options after Westinghouse bankruptcy
03 April 2017 US Scana Corporation, which is building two Westinghouse AP1000 units at...

Westinghouse AP1000 completes GDA process in the UK
03 April 2017 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Environment Agency...

Second thoughts on South Africa’s pebble-bed reactor
02 April 2017 South Africa’s state utility and nuclear operator Eskom is looking again...

Iran awards nuclear tender to European firms
02 April 2017 Iran has awarded a tender to "enhance nuclear security in Iran" to...

Work begins at UK’s Hinkley Point C NPP
02 April 2017 EDF Energy said on 31 March that it had poured concrete for some of the...

Areva completes sale of Areva TA subsidiary
02 April 2017 Areva SA on 29 March sold its majority stake in Areva TA, its...

March 2017

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Westinghouse files for bankruptcy
29 March 2017 Japan’s Toshiba Corp’s US nuclear subsidiary, Westinghouse Electric,...

USA and UK collaborate on robots
29 March 2017 The US Office of Environmental Management and the United Kingdom...

Paladin seeks arbitration against CNNC over Namibia mine
29 March 2017 Australia-based Paladin Energy Limited plans to start arbitration...

UK regulators approve Hinkley construction
29 March 2017 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 28 March granted its...

Hitachi sees losses for US laser enrichment project
28 March 2017 Japan’s Hitachi will take an impairment loss of JPY65bn ($588m) in...

Japanese high court supports restart of Takahama units
28 March 2017 Japan’s Osaka High Court has lifted an injunction against restarting units...

India to host new training facilities for Asia with IAEA support
28 March 2017 Nuclear professionals from across Asia will have access to new...

Russia’s Mayak reprocesses first batch of VVER-1000 fuel
28 March 2017 Russia’s Mayak Production Association in Ozersk has finished processing...

Tepco seeks to integrate with other utilities
28 March 2017 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is looking to other utilities for...

NDA pulls contract with Cavendish Fluor
28 March 2017 The UK government has announced an independent inquiry into the conduct of...

Doubts growing on usefulness of robots at Fukushima
28 March 2017 Members of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority NRA are now urging...

IAEA team helps to plan remediation of Tajikistan uranium site
28 March 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert team from...

Pressure tests completed on China’s CAP1400 reactor vessel
27 March 2017 Hydraulic pressure testing has been completed on the reactor pressure...

Report analyses employment in the nuclear industry
27 March 2017 The first Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the world’s largest...

UK companies launch Digital Special Interest Group
26 March 2017 UK-based Waldeck has teamed up with the UK Nuclear Institute and others...

Russia’s Uranium One may reduce production in Kazakhstan
26 March 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on 22 March that it...

China and Kenya sign nuclear cooperation agreements
26 March 2017 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) has signed a nuclear...

India solves puzzle of pipe corrosion at Kakrapar
26 March 2017 Scientists at India’s Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) investigating...

Korea eyes NuGen stake
26 March 2017 Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) has dismissed speculation that it...

GEH and Bechtel set up decommissioning alliance
26 March 2017 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Bechtel on 22 March formed...

Belarus NPP will not export electricity
26 March 2017 Electricity generated by the Belarus NPP under construction at Ostrovets...

Swiss collaboration to offer risk and safety analysis
24 March 2017 Switzerland’s BKW’s Engineering Division and the Paul Scherrer...

UK GDA reports good progress for AP1000 and UK ABWR
23 March 2017 In their latest quarterly report on the Generic Design Assessment (GDA)...

Revised UK report reviews lessons of Magnox and AGR projects
23 March 2017 The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at ...

Investment agreements on Areva NewCo take effect
23 March 2017 Agreements signed by Areva with Japan Nuclear Fuels Ltd (JNFL) and...

Finland’s Fennovoima reports expected losses
22 March 2017 Fennovoima Oy, the Finnish company building the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear...

Japan lifts more evacuation orders
22 March 2017 The Japanese government's nuclear emergency response headquarters...

UK opens manufacturing development centre
21 March 2017 Cammell Laird Energy and the UK’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing...

Design work underway on X-energy’s HTGR
21 March 2017 US company X-energy on 16 March announced the start of work on the...

E.ON seeks to reduce widening losses
21 March 2017 German power company E.ON has raised about €1.35bn ($1.45bn) through a...

Japanese court finds government liable for Fukushima damage
21 March 2017 The Japanese district court in Maebashi, north of Tokyo, on 17 March...

Germany’s Brokdorf reactor offline pending fuel investigations
20 March 2017 Germany's 1400MWe Brokdorf nuclear reactor may remain offline longer than...

IAEA Osart team completes review of Finland’s Olkiluoto
20 March 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Saudi Arabia looks to China and Korea for nuclear assistance
20 March 2017 China and Saudi Arabia on 16 March signed a cooperation agreement for a...

EDF Energy signs framework agreement with UK Costain
20 March 2017 UK engineering company Costain on 15 March announced a new...

Egypt and Russia agree on two contracts for El Dabaa NPP
20 March 2017 Egypt announced on 16 March that the agreement had been reached with...

Indonesia looks to molten salt reactor
20 March 2017 Three state-owned Indonesian companies have completed a...

EC approves Belgian support scheme for ageing reactors
20 March 2017 The European Commission (EC) on 17 March cleared a Belgian support scheme...

Bechtel pulls out of SMR development
20 March 2017 Bechtel confirmed on 13 March it is pulling out of small modular...

Rosatom seeks Kenyan nuclear business
20 March 2017 Four countries have signed memoranda of understanding with Kenya to...

Eskom to co-operate with Coega Development Corp in nuclear development
17 March 2017 South African power utility Eskom on 14 March signed a memorandum...

US NRC accepts NuScale for design certification review
17 March 2017 Fluor Corporation announced on 15 March that NuScale Power, in which Fluor...

US considers reviving Yucca Mountain waste project
17 March 2017 The US government’s fiscal 2018 budget plan for the Department of...

Construction starts Iran's Bushehr 2
17 March 2017 Construction and installation work at unit 2 of the Bushehr nuclear palnt...

Commercial operation for Yangjiang 4
17 March 2017 Unit 4 at China’s Yangjiang nuclear power plant in Guangdong province...

US toroidal field conductors delivered for Iter
17 March 2017 All US-supplied toroidal field conductors for the International...

MHI to pay compensation for closure of US San Onofre
17 March 2017 An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration panel on 13...

Japan’s NRA dealing with 26 restart applications
17 March 2017 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has accepted applications for...

Good results for Russia’s Atomenergomash
17 March 2017 Russia’s Atomenergomash, the Engineering Division of state...

GNS casks meet UK standards
17 March 2017 Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (RWM), the subsidiary of the UK...

Progress removing used fuel from Russian nuclear support ship Lepse
16 March 2017 Unloading used nuclear fuel from the Russian floating technical base...

Slovenia nuclear plant uses 3D-printed component
16 March 2017 Siemens announced on 10 March that it had achieved the first...

Radioactive clean-up needed at Australia’s Woomera site
16 March 2017 Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research...

Egyptian companies to participate in El Dabaa construction
16 March 2017

Toshiba considers sale of Westinghouse
15 March 2017 Japan’s Toshiba, facing large cost overruns on flagship projects...

Veolia to supply waste treatment plants for UK Magnox
15 March 2017

US companies collaborate on small fast reactor technology
15 March 2017 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Advanced Reactor Concepts...

James Fisher wins EDF contract for graphite core inspection tools
15 March 2017 Cumbria-based company James Fisher Nuclear (JNF) announced on 13 March...

UK universities to develop robots for nuclear sites
15 March 2017 The Bristol University of the West of England (UWE) in the UK has...

Work starts on Australia's Mulga Rock uranium project
15 March 2017 Vimy Resources has started work on its Mulga Rock uranium project in...

Eskom plans RFP for new reactors by mid-year
15 March 2017 South African utility Eskom aims to publish the request for proposals...

Another robot to enter Fukushima
14 March 2017 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is planning to send a new PMORPH...

Europe funds €5m project on reactor core monitoring
14 March 2017 Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, will coordinate...

Belgium makes progress with post Fukushima upgrades
14 March 2017 Belgium’s nuclear operator Electrabel, owned by France’s Engie, had...

Turkey and Russia accelerate Akkuyu nuclear project
14 March 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin expects that in the near future...

Hungary’s Paks 2 nuclear project accepted by European Commission
14 March 2017 The European Commission (EC) on 6 March accepted Hungary’s plans to...

Hot testing begins at China’s Tianwan 3
14 March 2017 Hot testing has began on 8 March at unit 3 of the Tianwan NPP...

Diagnostic components delivered to Iter
13 March 2017 The first International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter)...

Taiwan sees mass anti-nuclear protests
13 March 2017 In response to massive anti-nuclear protests in Taiwan on the...

More contracts for Finland’s Hanhikivi 1
13 March 2017 Russia’s Titan-2 Group, the main contractor for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear...

Amec Foster Wheeler will continue to support UK nuclear fleet
13 March 2017 Amec Foster Wheeler has secured a new agreement, worth £125 million...

Six years after Fukushima, public still hostile to nuclear
13 March 2017 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has only paid 6% of the compensation...

IAEA Director General Amano given another four-year term
13 March 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors on 9...

China to launch eight new units in 2017
09 March 2017 Plans for 2017 released by China’s National Energy Administration...

Canadian pre-licensing process underway for U-Battery
09 March 2017 The Urenco-led U-Battery consortium has submitted its micro-modular...

Tvel plans commercial sales of TVS-K fuel
09 March 2017 Russia fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) plans...

Sellafield incident rated at INES level 2
09 March 2017 An incident, which occurred at a Sellafield fuel reprocessing facility in...

CGN and UK Ultra Electronics to develop I&C systems
09 March 2017 China General Nuclear (CGN) and Ultra Electronics of the UK signed...

Russia’s Kola NPP begins major refurbishment
08 March 2017

IEA says Mexico should revise incentives for nuclear construction
07 March 2017 An International Energy Agency report, says Mexico should review and,...

Iran and EU discuss nuclear cooperation
07 March 2017

German pumps for China’s Zhangzhou
07 March 2017 Germany's KSB Group has been awarded a contract to supply six reactor...

ONR publishes safety review of UK Hunterston and Hinkley
06 March 2017 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has published its assessment...

Iran gradually reducing Russian support at Bushehr
06 March 2017 Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant has so far delivered around 6.2TWh of energy...

Holtec to supply storage facility to Slovenia’s Krsko
03 March 2017 US-based Holtec International has won a contract for the turnkey supply of...

Uranium One increases production
03 March 2017 Russia’s Uranium One (U1), the international mining division of the...

L3 MAPPS to upgrade simulators at South Africa's Koeberg
03 March 2017 Canada-based L3 MAPPS is to upgrade two simulators at South Africa's...

Russia starts commercial operation of first VVER-1200
02 March 2017 The world’s first Generation 3+ nuclear reactor began commercial operation...

Veolia establishes company for nuclear clean-up projects
02 March 2017 France based multinational Veolia has consolidated its nuclear...

Areva reduces losses, but difficulties continue
02 March 2017 France's Areva SA on 1 March announced a loss of €665m ($700m) in...

Rolls-Royce and Areva NP upgrade French reactors I&C
02 March 2017 Rolls-Royce and Areva NP have installed and commissioned the latest...

Swiss nuclear generation down in 2016
01 March 2017 Switzerland’s five commercial nuclear reactors generated 20.3TWh...

Spanish inspection system supplied to Chinese institute
01 March 2017 Spanish engineering firm Tecnatom and nuclear fuel manufacturer Enusa...

Problems for Vietnamese nuclear students
01 March 2017 A group of 28 Vietnamese students on 13 February became the...

February 2017

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Ukraine buys less Russian fuel
28 February 2017 The amount of Russian nuclear fuel exported to Ukraine in 2016 fell by...

Simulator training for Finland’s OL-3
28 February 2017 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has begun simulator training...

More delays to Vogtle AP1000s
28 February 2017 Start-up dates for units 3 and 4 of the US Vogtle NPP have been put back...

Egypt launches public consultation on El-Dabaa NPP
28 February 2017 Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Energy Mohamed Shaker and...

Actavo awarded contract for Sizewell decommissioning
27 February 2017 The UK’s Magnox Ltd has appointed Actavo Industrial Solutions to deliver...

Capgemini to provide IT services for UK Wylfa Newydd NPP
27 February 2017 Capgemini, the provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing...

IAEA completes safety review at Belgium’s Doel NPP
27 February 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

L3 MAPPS wins contract from Bruce Power
27 February 2017 Canada’s L3 MAPPS announced on 22 February that it has won a contract...

US researchers improve extraction of uranium from seawater
27 February 2017 Researchers at Stanford University in California have developed a new way...

UK National Nuclear Laboratory needs urgent attention
25 February 2017 Expert witnesses to the UK House of Lords Science and Technology...

Liebstadt approved for restart
24 February 2017 Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (Ensi) on 20 February approved...

India develops medical products using caesium-137
24 February 2017 A production line at India’s Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in...

Assystem says Hinkley could be delivered on time and on budget
24 February 2017 French engineering services company Assystem is working with EDF to...

Clean-up of Sellafield’s oldest storage pond ahead of schedule
24 February 2017 Drums of legacy radioactive sludge from Sellafield's Pile Fuel Storage...

Russian uranium production increases
24 February 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom produced 7900t of uranium in...

New Areva and CNNC sign co-operation agreement
23 February 2017 New Areva (NewCo), the company that brings together Areva’s nuclear...

Foratom reluctantly welcomes new proposals to reduce emissions
23 February 2017 The European nuclear industry trade group Foratom on 21 February ...

New funding scheme for Russia’s ailing uranium mine
22 February 2017 Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), the uranium mining arm of Russia state...

Ukraine increases nuclear share as power shortage looms
22 February 2017 Nuclear energy's share of Ukraine's electricity mix is "rapidly...

IAEA and EU discuss increased co-operation
22 February 2017 The fifth annual senior officials meeting between the European Union (EU)...

Decommissioning work begins at Dounreay used fuel pools
21 February 2017 Workers at the Dounreay nuclear power site in Scotland, which is...

US uranium production falls
21 February 2017 Uranium production in the United States was at a ten-year low in...

A nuclear research centre for Zambia
21 February 2017 The governments of Zambia and the Russian Federation on 16 February signed...

More robot problems for Tepco at Fukushima
20 February 2017 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said on 16 February that an attempt...

More concern over Brexit
20 February 2017 The UK government’s plans to leave the European Union (EU), and...

Decommissioning plan revised for Japan’s Shimane-1
20 February 2017 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company has submitted to the...

Simulator upgrade for China’s Ling Ao
20 February 2017 Canada’s L3 Mapps has been awarded a contract by China General Nuclear...

UK to open national nuclear archive
19 February 2017 A national archive of records related to the history and development of...

Russia begins to ship equipment to Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
19 February 2017 Russia’s Izhora plant, part of OMZ Group, began shipping the...

Sogaz insures Russian floating NPP
19 February 2017 Russian insurance company Sogaz announced on 10 February that it had...

India opts for 1200MWe PWRs
17 February 2017 The Indian government has reportedly decided that all future foreign...

UK ministers look at nuclear finance options
16 February 2017 Key UK government ministers are involved in discussions over how to...

Rolls Royce optimistic despite losses
16 February 2017 British engineering company Rolls-Royce on 14 February released its...

Horizon and Exelon partner for UK's Wylfa Newydd Project
16 February 2017 Horizon Nuclear Power, the UK subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, and US power...

EDF sales down but improvement expected in 2018
16 February 2017 French utility EDF said on 14 February that it would deliver positive...

Tubing contract for Argentina’s CAREM
16 February 2017 FAE SA, the Argentinean manufacturer of seamless zirconium tubing for...

Poland signs agreement with Europe’s JRC
15 February 2017 Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) on 9 February signed...

Namibia’s Husab Mine sets annual U3O8 production target
15 February 2017

China to build inland reactors and floating plants
15 February 2017 China is likely to restart building nuclear power plants in inland...

Spain’s Santa Maria de Garoña approved for restart
13 February 2017 Spainish nuclear regulator, Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN), has...

Nuscale SMR completes tests on power module protection system
13 February 2017 UK-based Ultra Electronics has completed acceptance testing of the...

Lloyds Register says nuclear is cheap power generation option
13 February 2017 A report by Lloyds, “Lloyd’s Register Technology Radar – The...

Areva to supply cask to Ansto
13 February 2017 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) on 10...

Explosion causes fire at Flammanville NPP engine room
09 February 2017 An explosion occurred at unit 1 of EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant...

Go-ahead for decommissioning Germany’s Neckarwestheim 1
08 February 2017 The Baden-Württemberg ministry of environment in Germany on 3...

Green light for Areva restructuring
08 February 2017 Areva shareholders at a meeting on 3 February authorised a €2bn...

Bannerman pushes ahead with Namibia uranium project
08 February 2017 Australia’s Bannerman Resources Ltd has completed its Etango uranium...

Eskom receives expressions of interest from 27 companies
06 February 2017 South Africa’s state utility Eskom said on 2 February that 27 companies...

Contracts for work at Brazil’s Angra 3 declared void
06 February 2017 Eletrobrás Eletronuclear of Brazil has formally declared void the...

UK Opposition leader backs nuclear
06 February 2017 Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK opposition Labout Party, has given...

Cameco and Tepco in dispute over uranium contract
06 February 2017 Canada-based uranium producer Cameco said in a 1 February statement that...

French regulator lists concerns at new-year press meeting
03 February 2017 Pierre-Franck Chevet, Chairman of France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire...

New decommissioning JV set up for US NPPs
03 February 2017 A new joint venture (JV), Accelerated Decommissioning Partners (ADP),...

Rosatom eyes Czech Republic and South Africa
02 February 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has offered to build its...

First concrete for Italy’s Cemex waste facility
02 February 2017 Italy’s Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) announced on...

Spherical tokamak aims for operation in 2030
02 February 2017 David Kingham, CEO of UK based Tokamak Energy says experimental...

Ukraine prepares to begin work on used fuel storage facility
01 February 2017 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has announced a tender to prepare...

Milestone for Mochovce 3
01 February 2017 Slovenske elektrárne has successfully tested the primary circuit pressure...

North Korea restarts Yongbyon reactor
01 February 2017 Satellite pictures appear to confirm that North Korea has restarted...

UK says IAEA deal may replace Euratom after Brexit
01 February 2017 The UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis,...

NRG begins testing special steel for Iter
01 February 2017 NRG of the Netherlands said on 25 January that it has started...

Melted fuel may have been located at Fukushima
01 February 2017 Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi...

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Toshiba to reconsider nuclear business outside Japan
31 January 2017 Japan’s Toshiba has decided to review its nuclear construction...

Enchancements for GNF2 nuclear fuel
30 January 2017 GE's Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) has announced "enhancements" to...

Russia’s Novovoronezh 6 at full capacity again
30 January 2017 Unit 6 at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP (also known as Novovoronezh II unit...

GlobalData expects growth in uranium production
30 January 2017 Global uranium mine production is expected to increase at a compound...

Licence renewal sought for Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP
29 January 2017 Finnish power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) on 26 January filed...

Plans to remove nuclear fuel at Fukushima delayed again
29 January 2017 A further postponement has been announced to plans for the removal of...

Poland may rethink nuclear power
29 January 2017 Poland's Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski told Polish radio station...

Czech working groups to prepare for new nuclear units
29 January 2017 Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mládek said that the government...

US NRC completes safety evaluation for North Anna 3
29 January 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 25 January completed the...

Holtec outlines new decommissioning strategy
27 January 2017 US Holtec International has outlined a new "proto-prompt"...

More funding for Swedish-Canadian lead-cooled reactor
27 January 2017 Licensing and construction of a demonstration SEALER (Swedish Advanced...

France moves to close Fessenheim NPP
26 January 2017

CNNC fuel plant qualified to make AP1000 fuel assemblies
26 January 2017

EBRD to fund remediation of Central Asian uranium dumps
26 January 2017

Kiriyenko remains on Rosatom’s Supervisory Board
25 January 2017 Sergei Kiriyenko, the former head of Russia’s state nuclear...

SPX Flow to design TerraPower’s sodium pump
25 January 2017 Pump supplier SPX Flow has been named as an official supply chain partner...

Terrestrial Energy plans to license molten salt reactor
25 January 2017

Increased security for Swedish nuclear plants
25 January 2017 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) said on 24 January that...

Horizon cleared to buy long lead items for Wylfa Newydd
25 January 2017

Areva upgrades fuelling machine at Isar 2
24 January 2017 Areva NP has upgraded the refuelling machine and control system at...

Ice complicates delivery of supplies for Russian floating NPP base
24 January 2017 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom said on 19 January that serious...

Russia and Iran increase nuclear co-operation
24 January 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Atomic Energy...

IEA points to difficulties in France’s plans to reduce nuclear
23 January 2017 France's "ambitious targets" to reduce its nuclear share of...

Ukraine’s Energoatom sees revenue increase
23 January 2017 Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom increased its revenues from the sale...

Crane accident reported at Japan’s Takahama NPP
23 January 2017 A crane collapsed on 20 January at Japan’s Takahama nuclear power plant...

Brazil’s Angra 3 could resume construction in 2018
23 January 2017 Construction could resume in the second half of 2018 at unit 3 at the...

Iran completes tests on new centrifuge machine
23 January 2017 Iran is preparing to inject uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into a a...

Two more Japanese reactors cleared for restart
22 January 2017 Two more nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan, units 3 and 4 units at...

China targets 16.5% growth
22 January 2017

Areva’s Georges Besse II achieves full capacity
22 January 2017 Areva announced on 18 January that its Georges Besse II enrichment plant...

L3 Mapps gets contract for Dungeness simulator
21 January 2017 Canada-based L3 Mapps has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy...

Cost cutting at Cameco
20 January 2017 Canada’s Cameco said on 17 January that it will continue cutting costs...

Rosatom increases export orders
19 January 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s portfolio of foreign...

Ventilation systems at Japan’s NPPs to be checked for corrosion
19 January 2017 Most of Japan’s 42 operable commercial nuclear reactors have not had...

Armenia and Russia to produce heat sensors for nuclear power plants
19 January 2017 Armenia and Russia will jointly produce heat sensors for NPPs...

Australia’s Yeelirrie uranium project gets approval
18 January 2017 The government of Western Australia on 16 January granted...

Breakthrough project continues as Brest reactor is postponed
18 January 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on 14 January that it is...

NRG completes graphite study for EDF Energy
18 January 2017 The Netherlands-based Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG)...

German nuclear availability reduced by outages
18 January 2017 German nuclear availability continues to be affected by outages, with...

Taiwan to end nuclear generation by 2025
18 January 2017 Taiwan's legislature on 12 January amended the Electricity Act,...

UK funding for innovative solutions
17 January 2017 Funding of GBP3m ($3.65m) is being offered by the UK Nuclear...

French reactors restart after safety review: no US shutdowns
17 January 2017 France’s nuclear regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) on...

Reducing Japan’s CO2 emissions depends on nuclear restarts
17 January 2017 Japan’s CO2 emissions from energy use increased for four consecutive...

EC approves Areva restructuring
17 January 2017

Ghana achieves IAEA nuclear infrastructure milestones
17 January 2017 Ghana has achieved success in all the infrastructural issues which need to...

NuScale submits US design certification application
16 January 2017 US-based NuScale Power has submitted the first-ever design...

Setback for Finland’s Fennovoima NPP
16 January 2017 The proposed Finnish Hanhikivi 1 NPP suffered another setback in January as...

Bouygues wins Hinkley NPP contract
16 January 2017 French contractor Bouygues has been awarded a construction contract worth...

Areva NP signs services contract for Spain’s Trillo NPP
16 January 2017 Areva NP on 12 January signed a long-term contract with the Spanish...

More nuclear plant progress in China
16 January 2017 Unit 4 of China's the Yangjiang NPP in Guangdong province was connected...

Russia ends Khmelnitsky construction agreement with Ukraine
13 January 2017 Russia has ended the agreement between the governments of Russia and...

Kazakhstan reduces 2017 uranium production target
12 January 2017 Kazakhstan has reduced its uranium production target for 2017 by 10%...

New simulator for Russia's Leningrad II
12 January 2017

Amec to design Iter simulator
12 January 2017 UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed to carry out...

Bulgaria to receive Belene reactors in April
11 January 2017 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will ensure that...

Japan’s Sendai resumes operation
11 January 2017 Unit 1 at Japan’s Sendai NPP in Kagoshima Prefecture resumed...

Another Chinese unit, Yangjiang 4, connected to grid
11 January 2017 Unit 4 of China’s Yangjiang NPP in Guangdong province began...

Closure agreed of US Indian Point NPP
11 January 2017 US Entergy Corp on 9 January reached an agreement with New York state...

UK embarks on GDA for China’s Hualong One
11 January 2017 The UK government has requested nuclear regulators to begin the...

UAE’s Barakah NPP 75% complete
11 January 2017 Units 3 and 4 at the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant...

Construction of Spanish uranium mine begins
10 January 2017 Australia-based Berkeley Energia has begun construction on its...

Hungary extends Paks 3 operating licence
10 January 2017 The Hungarian National Atomic Energy Office (OAH) has extended the...

US NRC investigates NPPs with parts from Areva’s Le Creusot forge
10 January 2017 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has told France’s Areva that...

IAEA looks at alternative Mo-99 production method
10 January 2017 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) paper has looked at...

Japan’s plans for Turkish Sinop NPP questioned
10 January 2017 Japanese research firms commissioned by the government have given...

Canada’s OPG stands by Bruce repository plans
10 January 2017 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 5 January that relocating...

China construction update
09 January 2017 The fourth and final reactor coolant pump has been installed at unit 2...

Simulator upgrade for Mexico’s Laguna Verde NPP
09 January 2017 Canada-based L-3 Mapps has signed a contract with Mexico’s Instituto...

More Chinese investment in Hinkley
09 January 2017 Chinese coal miner Wintime Energy has won shareholder approval for...

GEH contracted to dismantle two units at Sweden’s Oskarshamn NPP
09 January 2017 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been awarded a...

US WIPP waste repository resumes operation
06 January 2017 Work has resumed at the underground US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...

GSE to upgrade simulator at UK’s Torness NPP
06 January 2017 US-based GSE Systems announced on 3 January that it has been awarded...

Good operation for Finnish NPPs in 2016
06 January 2017 Fortum's Loviisa NPP generated 8.33TWh of electricity in 2016, accounting...

Unit 3 at Pakistan’s Chashma NPP begins commercial operation
06 January 2017 Pakistan on 28 December inaugurated unit 3 at its Chashma NPP in...

Sizewell dry fuel store approved for operation
05 January 2017 EDF Energy has been given approval to start using its new GBP200m ($246m)...

Russia contracted to supply cobalt-60 to Canada’s Nordion
05 January 2017 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has signed a long-term contract...

US DOE to fund projects for production of Mo-99
05 January 2017 The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration...

Contamination reported to be spreading at US Hanford site
05 January 2017 Radioactive contamination is spreading inside a deteriorating...

Areva supplies I&C systems for Russia’s Novovoronezh II
05 January 2017 France’s Areva NP has supplied the safety instrumentation and control...

Russia to supply more fuel for China’s fast reactor
05 January 2017 Russian nuclear fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation...

Russian physicists announce advance in nuclear fuel research
05 January 2017 Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and...

Renewed service contract for Spanish-US consortium
05 January 2017 A consortium formed by Spain’s Tecnatom, along with US-based Westinghouse...

Contract signed to support Bruce refurbishment
04 January 2017 Canada’s Bruce Power has signed a CAD40m ($29m) contract with ATS...

Russia permanently closes Novovoronezh 3
04 January 2017 Unit 3 at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP was shut down on 25 December,...

Trial operation of India’s first 700MWe PHWR expected mid-2017
04 January 2017 The trial run of India's first 700MWe pressurised heavy water reactor...

Fuel removal delayed again at Fukushima
04 January 2017 Work to remove used nuclear fuel from the storage pool at unit 3 of...

Criticality of Russian floating NPP planned for spring 2017
04 January 2017 The General Director of Russia’s Baltic Shipyard, Alexei Kadilovym, on...

Rosatom signs deal with Australian graphite developer
04 January 2017 Australia-based Magnis Resources, which is developing the Nachu...

UK signs nuclear cooperation agreement with Japan
03 January 2017 The UK and Japan on 22 December signed an agreement expanding cooperation...

Delays expected on contract for Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP
03 January 2017 The contract between Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Egypt...

China begins construction of Fangchenggang 4
03 January 2017 Construction of unit 4 of China’s Fangchenggang nuclear plant in...

December 2016

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US DOE to begin deep borehole field test
24 December 2016 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four companies to explore...

More progress at UK Sellafield’s Pile Fuel Storage Pond
24 December 2016 Radioactive sludge has been transferred out of the Pile Fuel Storage...

US NRC issues licences for two more AP1000s
24 December 2016 The US Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) has issued licences to Duke...

Nigeria plans to build NPPs
24 December 2016 Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s federal government said on 22...

More delays for restart of Switzerland’s Beznau 1
24 December 2016 Continued checks by Switzerland’s Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate...

Japan to decommission Monju fast reactor
24 December 2016 Japan on 21 December confirmed that it will decommission its Monju...

IAEA reviews France’s planned geological repository
22 December 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review team concluded on...

South Korea’s first APR-1400 begins commercial operation
22 December 2016 Unit 3 of the Shin Kori NPP in South Korea officially began...

Repository delay reduces Swiss NPPs’ decommissioning costs
22 December 2016 Swiss NPP operators face lower or possibly no contributions to...

Hungary applied for life extension of Paks NPP unit 4
22 December 2016 Hungary’s nuclear operator MVM Paksi Atomeromu, a subsidiary of...

Russia’s Mayak extends its reprocessing capabilities
22 December 2016 On 16 December, Russia’s Production Association Mayak (part of state...

South Africa formally launches new build programme
22 December 2016 South African utility Eskom on 20 December released a request for...

Contract awarded for San Onofre NPP decommissioning
22 December 2016 Los Angeles-based engineering and construction firm AECOM and Salt...

India’s Kudankulam NPP moves ahead but other import plans in limbo
22 December 2016 Rusatom Automated Control Systems (Rasu), a subsidiary of Russian...

Cost of Hanford clean-up increases
22 December 2016 The US Department of Energy (DOE) said on 16 December that construction of...

Milestones for several fusion reactors
22 December 2016 The Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), a...

Russia’s Khiagda uranium company sees first profit
20 December 2016 Russian uranium mining company Khiagda, part pf state nuclear...

Japan signs nuclear co-operation deals with Russia
20 December 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 16 December signed a...

Canadian NPPs report safe operation in 2015
20 December 2016 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said on 16 December that...

Swiss Regulator requests document checks on steam generators
20 December 2016 Switzerland’s Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (Ensi) has asked...

UK NDA publishes draft business plan
20 December 2016 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA’s) total planned...

Rosatom sees Breakthrough Project as a priority
20 December 2016 Russia’s Proryv (Breakthrough) "is a priority for state nuclear...

IAEA approves long-term operation of Belgium’s Tihange-1
20 December 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

China interested in Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
20 December 2016 Bulgaria’s Acting Minister of Energy, Temenujka Petkova, reported on...

IEA urges Czech Republic to choose reactor technology
20 December 2016 An International Energy Agency (IEA) report, ‘Energy Policies of...

IAEA recommends improvement to South Africa’s regulatory system
20 December 2016 Following an 11-day mission to South Africa, an International Atomic...

Decision delayed on Ontario repository
20 December 2016 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has extended the deadline for...

Russia enters Sweden’s nuclear fuel market
20 December 2016 Swedish utility Vattenfall announced on 14 December that it had...

IAEA assesses Italy’s regulatory system
13 December 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

German funds for IAEA labs
13 December 2016 Germany has contributed €1m ($1m) to the modernisation of the...

German utilities win right to compensation
13 December 2016 German utilities RWE, EON and Vattenfall are entitled to compensation...

French regulator conditionally approves restart of reactors
13 December 2016 France’s nuclear regulator, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has...

Bulgaria Pays Belene NPP Debt
13 December 2016 Bulgaria's state-owned electricity utility company (NEK) on 8...

Formal approval for Bangladesh NPP
13 December 2016 The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)...

IAEA reviews safety at Armenian NPP
13 December 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long...

Decommissioning of Sellafield silo moves forward
13 December 2016 Sellafield Limited has installed six 12.4t stainless steel doors at the...

Russia launches nuclear co-operation with Zambia
13 December 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 7 December signed a package...

Spain’s Ensa wins Iter contract
13 December 2016 Spain's Equipos Nucleares SA (Ensa) has been awarded a contract by Fusion...

Japan restarts Sendai NPP
13 December 2016 Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Company on 8 December began the process...

Kazakhstan moves into fuel fabrication
13 December 2016 Kazakhstan national atomic company Kazatomprom, China General Nuclear...

Russia makes progress in waste management
13 December 2016 Russia’s first near-surface final nuclear waste repository for...

Pakistan nuclear plant passes tests
13 December 2016 Unit 3 at Pakistan’s Chashma NPP in Punjab province has passed a...

More consolidation at Rosatom
13 December 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is continuing to restructure...

Jordan launches research reactor
13 December 2016 Jordan has inaugurated its 5MW open-pool research reactor at the...

Entergy to close Palisades NPP
13 December 2016 US Entergy Corporation said on 8 December that it plans to close...

More progress at US Vogtle NPP
06 December 2016 Westinghouse Electric Company has announced the completion of...

UK launches nuclear skills plan
06 December 2016 The UK Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG) on 1 December launched...

Brazil and Russia to co-operate on irradiation centres
06 December 2016 Russia’s United Corporation for Innovations (UIC), a subsidiary of...

US NRC proposes fine for NPP fire watch violations
06 December 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a $140,000...

Concern over future of UK fusion research
06 December 2016 Following UK media reports questioning the future of UK's Culham Centre...

Illinois agrees to subsidise Exelon NPPs
06 December 2016 US power company Exelon Corp’s Quad Cities and Clinton NPPs in Illinois...

Canada’s Point Lepreau NPP seeks licence renewal
06 December 2016 NB Power, the operator of Canada’s 660MWe Point Lepreau NPP in New...

Kenya firms up plans for first NPP
06 December 2016 Kenya plans to begin constructing its first NPP at a cost of $5bn by 2021...

Red Book sees adequate uranium supply
06 December 2016 “Uranium 2016: Resources, Production and Demand”, known as the Red...

Work begins on Finnish nuclear repository
06 December 2016 Contractor YIT has signed a €20m (GBP17m) contract with Finnish...

Belarus NPP affected by labour shortages
06 December 2016 Builders are leaving the Belarusian NPP because of falling wages,...

China’s CLP to acquire stake in Yangjiang Nuclear
06 December 2016 Chinese power company CLP Holdings Ltd, based in Hong Kong, has won a bid...

Emergency shutdown at South Ukraine NPP’s unit 3
01 December 2016 Unit 3 at the South Ukraine NPP suffered an emergency shutdown on...

China opens new nuclear research centre
01 December 2016 A new research and development centre was opened on 29 November in...

Kazakhstan considers five possible NPP sites
01 December 2016 Kazakhstan has undertaken research into five possible sites for...

Finland’s Posiva to begin work on repository
01 December 2016 Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva Oy and YIT Construction on...

New Chernobyl shelter moved into place
01 December 2016 Chernobyl’s New Safe Confinement (NSC) was been slid into place on...

Certification for Ukraine’s Energoatom
01 December 2016 State-run Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said it has become...

UK regulators may delay GDA target date for AP1000
01 December 2016 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) expects to complete the...

Cold testing begins at unit 3 of China’s Tianwan NPP
01 December 2016 Cold hydrostatic testing started on 26 November at unit 3 of the Tianwan...

Investor interest in Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
01 December 2016 A Western company is interested in the cancelled Belene NPP project...

Japan doubles estimated cost of Fukushima disaster
01 December 2016 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Meti) has almost doubled...

November 2016

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Russia begins to decommission old diffiusion plant
30 November 2016 Russian fuel company Tvel, part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

IAEA finds Atmea 1 reactor design meets relevant safety standards
30 November 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Site External Events and...

Russia begins to make equipment for MBIR research reactor
30 November 2016 Russia’s Atomenergomash (AEM), the power engineering division of...

China considers transforming coal-fired plants into HTGR NPPs
30 November 2016 From 2018, China could begin transforming some coal-fired power plants...

Russia’s Mayak continues clean-up of Lake Karachai
30 November 2016 Employees of Russia’s PA Mayak are building a 3D-model of the...

Japan’s NRA finds no weaknesses in JCFC steel
30 November 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has said that it is...

Iran allocates initial funding for new Bushehr units
30 November 2016 The Central Bank of Iran is expected to allocate the first budget funds...

Russia prepares to dismantle first nuclear icebreaker
30 November 2016 Russia is set to begin dismantling the nuclear icebreaker Sibir at the...

Egypt plans second NPP
30 November 2016 Egypt plans to build a second NPP on the Mediterranean coast. Egypt’s...

Leaks of contaminated water at Fukushima
30 November 2016 Following the powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake that shook northeastern...

Bulgarian ministers indicted over Belene project
30 November 2016 On 18 November, Former Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev became the...

Commissioning progress at Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP
30 November 2016 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has said that cold hydrostatic testing...

Ukraine’s Energoatom doubles investment for 2017
30 November 2016 Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom intends to increase its...

Finland’s TVO seeks clarification from Areva
30 November 2016 Finnish power utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said in a statement on...

Proposed new South African NPP site said to be unsafe
30 November 2016 South African power company Eskom plans to build a NPP at a site that may...

Spain approves post-Fukushima NPP modifications
30 November 2016 Spain’s nuclear regulator, Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN), has approved...

Philippines may revive Bataan NPP project
30 November 2016 Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, who won the presidential election...

Repairs planned for damaged components at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP
30 November 2016 The damaged stator turbogenerator at unit 6 of Russia’s Novovoronezh...

Sub-contract and more consultation for UK’s planned EPRs
30 November 2016 Electricite de France (EDF) has asked engineering firm Assystem to help...

SNC-Lavalin wins pre-project contract from Argentina for new Candu
30 November 2016 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin announced on 24 November that it has been awarded...

Switzerland rejects rapid nuclear phase-out
30 November 2016 Voters in a referendum on 27 November rejected a proposal to...

No major damage from Fukushima earthquake
23 November 2016 The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan’s northeast coast on 22...

IAEA supports co-operation on molten salt reactors
23 November 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to establish a...

ČEZ prolongs Temelin outage
23 November 2016 Czech utility ČEZ has decided to extend the annual outage of unit 1 at...

Short circuit shuts down unit 6 at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP
23 November 2016 Unit 6 at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP (also known as unit 1 of Novovornezh...

Decommissioning progress at Hanford
23 November 2016 Demolition has begun at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hanford...

Iter targets first plasma for 2025: Russians offer technical improvement
23 November 2016 A new schedule for the International Thermonuclear Experimental...

Safety case for Beznau NPP submitted to Swiss regulator
23 November 2016 In a safety case submitted to Switzerland’s Federal Nuclear...

Vietnam formally revokes plans for NPPs
23 November 2016 Vietnam's legislature on 22 November endorsed by majority vote a...

French regulator extends deadline for checks on Bugey NPP
23 November 2016 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) said on 22 November that it...

South Africa delays nuclear new build plans
23 November 2016 South Africa's government has amended its nuclear power expansion...

EC agrees to Hungary’s Paks II, but funding decision still awaited
23 November 2016 The European Commission (EC) has ended proceedings against Hungary over...

Russia maintains its contributions to Iter
15 November 2016 Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom will receive an...

Russia seeks partners for its SVBR project
15 November 2016 Russia is considering asking foreign partners to join its development of...

TVO receives partial award over OL3 delays
15 November 2016 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has received a final and...

US DOE sells depleted uranium for laser re-enrichment
15 November 2016 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to sell around 300,000t...

Australian isotopes to compensate for closure of Canadian reactor
15 November 2016 Australia said on 11 November that it will increase its capacity to...

Russia begins testing Remix fuel
15 November 2016 Russia has begun tests of its new Remix (Regenerated Mixture) nuclear fuel...

IAEA mission says EDF needs further safety improvements
15 November 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

Vietnam cancels NPP projects
15 November 2016 The Vietnamese government has cancelled the Ninh Thuan NPP project,...

India, Japan sign landmark civil nuclear deal
15 November 2016 India and Japan on 11 November signed a landmark civil nuclear...

Japan’s regulator approves more restarts
15 November 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved a preliminary report on...

US Entergy sells Vermont Yankee NPP to Northstar
15 November 2016 US power company Entergy said on 8 November, it had reached an agreement...

Environmental impact statement issued for US Turkey Point NPP
09 November 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the US Army Corps of...

Russia signs deal with Tanzania and Uganda
09 November 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 31 October signed...

Taiwan to end nuclear power generation in 2025
09 November 2016 Taiwan's Executive Yuan (cabinet) on 20 October approved revisions to...

Taiwan considers undersea waste disposal
09 November 2016 Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) is considering construction of a facility...

Site licence application submitted for Hungary’s Paks II NPP
09 November 2016 The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority announced on 28 October that MVM...

NRG demonstrates new in-core expansion measurement technology
09 November 2016 The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) in the Netherlands...

Russia’s Mayak to establish reprocessing for all types of fuel
09 November 2016 Russian Production Association Mayak" (Ozersk, Chelyabinsk region), part...

Russia – yes to uranium, no to plutonium
09 November 2016 Despite the deterioration in US-Russian relations and the effective ending...

Areva and Lightbridge form joint venture for fuel development
09 November 2016 US nuclear fuel development company Lightbridge and France’s Areva NP,...

Kazakhstan signs agreements with Saudi Arabia and Russia
09 November 2016 Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan on 25 October signed an agreement to cooperate...

Japanese utilities deny problems with steel forgings
09 November 2016 Eleven Japanese nuclear operators, including the Tokyo Electric Power...

Japan’s nuclear companies look to restructuring
09 November 2016 Hitachi Ltd Toshiaki Higashihara CEO said on 3 November that Japan...

Russian test bench for advanced fuel development
09 November 2016 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) under a contract with the AA...

Russian fuel qualifies for western research reactor
09 November 2016 Nuclear fuel made for the HFR research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands,...

Ongoing problems for Fukushima ice wall
08 November 2016 The underground frozen wall being built around Japan's crippled...

IAEA updates nuclear contracts toolkit
08 November 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 31 October launched a...

Unit 2 at China’s Fangchenggang NPP begins commercial operation
08 November 2016 Unit 2 of the Fangchenggang NPP in Guangxi province, near the border...

Climate change agreement enters into force
08 November 2016 The Paris agreement on climate change entered into force on 4 November,...

Hitachi-GE signs MOU with UK universities
08 November 2016 Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd (Hitachi-GE) on 31 October signed a...

US companies to co-operate on fast reactors
08 November 2016 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Southern Nuclear Development...

France delays NPP closures
08 November 2016 A French government investment roadmap published 28 October has delayed...

Decommissioning of US Zion NPP ahead of schedule
03 November 2016 US EnergySolutions subsidiary ZionSolutions has completed the sixth year...

USA’s Fort Calhoun NPP closed
03 November 2016 The USA’s Fort Calhoun-1 NPP was permanently shut down on 24 October by...

Initial documents submitted to regulator for Finland’s Hanhikivi 1 NPP
03 November 2016 Fennovoima on 31 October submitted the first batch of documentation to...

Iter Robotics Contract signed
03 November 2016 Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Union (EU) organisation...

Evacuation order to be lifted for another Fukushima town
03 November 2016 Japan’s nuclear emergency response headquarters, part of the Ministry...

International interest in Czech expansion plans
03 November 2016 Six companies have expressed interest in the expansion of the...

China’s Fuqing 3 begins commercial operation
03 November 2016 Unit 3 of China’s Fuqing NPP in Fujian province began commercial operation...

Bulgaria weighs merits of Belene NPP or Kozloduy extension
03 November 2016 As a last resort, Bulgaria could use the reactors built for the...

Divers dismantle fuel ponds at UK’s Dungeness nuclear site
03 November 2016 The former cooling ponds at the UK’s Dungeness A nuclear site are...

Czech waste repository may be build near NPP
03 November 2016 A permanent repository for used fuel and waste would be best sited at...

France’s Andra to apply for deep repository construction permit
03 November 2016 France’s waste management company, L' Agence nationale pour la gestion...

More progress at Belarus NPP
03 November 2016 Russia on 31 October began shipping the reactor pressure vessel (RPV)...

Ukraine signs agreements with Argentina and China
03 November 2016 Argentina’s nuclear utility Nucleoelétrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) and...

EDF Central Works Council loses appeal against Hinkley
03 November 2016 The High Court of Paris on 28 October rejected an appeal by Electricite...

Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP seeks Turkish partners
03 November 2016 Turkish company Cengiz Holding is seeking local partners to undertake a...

Power purchase agreement signed for UAE NPP
03 November 2016 An agreement to buy electricity generated from the United Arab...

BN-800 begins commercial operation
03 November 2016 Russia’s BN-800 sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor at unit 4 of the...

October 2016

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Rosatom moves to electronic purchasing for small items
25 October 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is testing a system of...

Rosatom opens South Asia regional centre
25 October 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom opened a regional office in...

IAEA sees improved safety at Hungary’s Paks NPP
25 October 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review...

More delays for Slovakia’s Mohovce NPP
25 October 2016 Slovakia's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ÚJD) said on 19 October...

Ukraine continues switch to Westinghouse nuclear fuel
25 October 2016 Ukraine plans to switch 40% of its NPPs to using fuel supplied by...

Investment for Swedish-Canadian lead-cooled reactor
25 October 2016 Essel Group Middle East (EGME) - a subsidiary of Indian multinational...

Some progress for Olkiluoto 3
25 October 2016 France’s Areva said on 19 October that the European Pressurised Reactor...

GE to help with Ukraine NPP modernisation
25 October 2016 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Alstom's former Polish subsidiary...

Kepco and Enec set up joint venture for Barakah NPP
25 October 2016 Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and the Emirates Nuclear...

Russia starts up new uranium deposits
25 October 2016 Russian uranium mining company JSC Dalur (part of Russian state...

German government adopts draft decommissioning bill
25 October 2016 The German government on 19 October adopted a draft bill on financing...

French regulator to close five reactors for inspections
25 October 2016 The French nuclear safety authority (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire - ASN)...

US launches first new nuclear unit for 20 years
25 October 2016 Unit 2 at the US Watts Bar NPP - the first new unit to begin operation in...

Finland contracted to help with Czech deep repository
20 October 2016 Finland’s waste management company, Posiva, has agreed with the...

Temelin 2 restarted
20 October 2016 Unit 2 at the Temelín NPP in the Czech Republic was restarted on 14...

Russian agreement with Paraguay
20 October 2016 Russia and Paraguay on 18 October signed a memorandum on of understanding...

Unit 3 connected to grid at Pakistan’s Chashma NPP
20 October 2016 Unit 3 at Pakistan’s Chashma NPP, a Chinese-designed CNP-300...

Norway closes its research reactors
20 October 2016 Norway’s two ageing nuclear research reactors, located in Halden and...

US MIT sets new fusion record
20 October 2016 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT’s) Alcator C-Mod...

HLW waste shipment reaches Switzerland from UK
20 October 2016 The second and final shipment of high-level waste (HLW) from the UK...

IAEA team sees good progress in Sweden
20 October 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International...

Construction licence issued for unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk II NPP
20 October 2016 Russia’s Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Atomic...

Russia to test transmutation of Americium
18 October 2016 Russian nuclear engineers plan by the end of 2016 or early 2017 to...

IAEA praises Petten management
18 October 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Nuclear...

Lithuanian waste store begin operation
18 October 2016 The Ignalina NPP in eastern Lithuania began operating its new interim...

Foundations laid for India’s Kudankulam NPP units 3 and 4
18 October 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin...

German utilities agree to decommissioning deal
18 October 2016 The German government has reached an agreement in principle on...

China reports progress on AP1000 units
18 October 2016 Progress is continuing at two Chinese plants with...

Rosatom sees continued expansion
14 October 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom expects to receive...

Swiss utilities give up on nuclear new build
14 October 2016 Swiss utilities Axpo, Alpiq and BKW have jointly agreed to withdraw...

China developing world’s smallest NPP
12 October 2016 Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Nuclear...

Waste shipment leaves UK for Switzerland
12 October 2016 A shipment of vitrified high-level waste has left the UK for Switzerland on...

Waste contract for Spanish NPP
12 October 2016 Spanish utility Nuclenor, operator of the single-unit Santa Maria de...

Infrastructure work begins at Spain’s Salamanca uranium project
12 October 2016 Berkeley Energia said on 11 October that infrastructure development began...

New Rosatom head stresses development and safety
12 October 2016 The new Director General of Russian state nuclear corporation...

Materials testing for Iter components
12 October 2016 NRG at Petten in the Netherlands is preparing to use its high-flux...

India to seek joint ventures for LWRs
12 October 2016 India’s government has decided that large projects to build Light...

Eskom to manage South Africa’s nuclear-build programme
12 October 2016 South African Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson told...

Japan’s NRA approves another ageing NPP for restart
12 October 2016 Unit 3 at Kansai Electric Power Co's Mihama NPP in Japan’s Fukui...

More leaks of contaminated water at Fukushima
12 October 2016 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), operator of Japan’s Fukushima...

ITER costs soar
12 October 2016 Construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor...

Construction of infrastructure for Russia’s FNPP is formally launched
12 October 2016 Construction of the coastal infrastructure for Russia’s...

Oil spill stops work at Finland’s Hanhikivi-1 NPP
12 October 2016 Finland’s Fennovoima has stopped dredging work at the site of the...

Milestone for new Chernobyl shelter
12 October 2016 The dividing walls between units 3 and 4 of the Chernobyl NPP in Ukraine...

Russia firms up plans to build BN-1200
12 October 2016 While a formal decision by Russia on whether to build a prototype...

The world needs nuclear and renewables
06 October 2016 Belgium will only achieve stable energy prices, guarantee its security...

Argentina seeks to delay new NPPs
06 October 2016 Argentina’s new government is seeking to postpone the construction of two...

Russia suspends another nuclear cooperation accord with US
06 October 2016 Russia has suspended the intergovernmental agreement with the USA...

New head of Rosatom announced
06 October 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Alexei Likhachev head of...

China to submit Hualong One for UK approval
04 October 2016 China is to submit its domestically designed Hualong One nuclear reactor...

US DOE awards contract for depleted uranium conversion
04 October 2016 UK-based design, engineering and project management consultancy Atkins...

Russia’s NIIAR becomes international research centre
04 October 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 26 September designated...

Operational tests completed at unit 4 of China’s Yangjiang NPP
04 October 2016 Unit 4 of China’s Yangjiang NPP in Guangdong province...

Simulator upgrade for unit 2 of US Fermi NPP
04 October 2016 Canada-based L-3 MAPPS is to upgrade the full-scope operator...

Japan to continue fast reactor development without Monju
04 October 2016 Japan is to establish a committee on fast reactor development that will...

IAEA advises Indonesia on emergency management
04 October 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency preparedness...

IAEA reports address climate change and sustainable development
04 October 2016 Two new reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

More equipment for Russian FNPP land base
04 October 2016 A second shipload of building materials and equipment has been delivered...

Hinkley agreement signed at last
04 October 2016 The GBP18bn ($24bn) agreement for construction of the Hinkley Point C NPP...

Uranium mining progress in Namibia
04 October 2016 Swakop Uranium's Husab mine in Namibia’s Erongo region will start next...

Dounreay moves forward with waste management
04 October 2016 UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler has won a GBP7m ($9m) contract from...

China buys shares in Greenland mining company
04 October 2016 Australian Mining company Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd (GME)...

Bulgaria agrees state funds for Belene compensation
04 October 2016 The Bulgarian parliament on 28 September passed a bill authorising...

Belarus returns RPV to Russia from unit 1 of the Belarus NPP
04 October 2016 Belarus is returning to Russia the reactor pressure vessel (RPV)...

ARMZ to produce 2,984t uranium in 2016
04 October 2016 Russian uranium holding Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), part of state...

Areva NP demonstrates new inspection tool
04 October 2016 France’s Areva NP has demonstrated a new technique and manipulator to...

Finland wants EU to consider its position in Areva investigation
04 October 2016 Finland’s prime minister Juha Sipilä has said the European Union (EU)...

September 2016

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Rumours of Rosatom director’s departure cause dismay
30 September 2016 Sergei Kiriyenko, Director General of state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Ukraine expects IUEC to deliver enriched uranium this year
27 September 2016 The International Uranium Enrichment Centre (IUEC), based at the...

Ukraine’s Zaporozhye unit 1 to restart after life extension work
27 September 2016 Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRI) on 19...

US DOE repackages hazardous waste
27 September 2016 The US Department of Energy's (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management...

New Holtec cask completes drop tests
27 September 2016 US company Holtec International has completed a series of free drop-tests...

French regulator finds 87 irregularities in Le Creusot components
27 September 2016 The French nuclear safety, Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN) has published...

India seeks US funding for Westinghouse nuclear project
23 September 2016 India is negotiating with the US Export-Import Bank for an $8-9bn loan...

Challenges for Swedish regulator
23 September 2016 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Stralsakerhetsmyndig – SSM) may...

Equipment contract for Finland’s Hanhikivi-1 NPP
23 September 2016 Russia’s AEM Technology (part of state nuclear corporation...

Funding milestone for IAEA nuclear power initiative
23 September 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) initiative to assist...

Russia completes tests of hydrogen recombiners
23 September 2016 Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)...

Progress on climate agreement
23 September 2016 The Paris Climate Change Agreement achieved the first step required for it...

Canada and China to jointly develop Advanced Fuel Candu Reactor
23 September 2016 Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group said on 22 September that it has an agreement...

Revenue growth for Russia’s Atommash
22 September 2016 Russia’s Atommash, the equipment and component supply division of...

Japan expected to scrap Monju fast reactor
22 September 2016 Japan is expected to decommission its prototype fast-breeder nuclear...

Lithuania’s used fuel store receives operating licence
22 September 2016 The Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (Vatesi) has issued...

European report criticises progress in decommissioning Soviet-era reactors
22 September 2016 The decommissioning of eight Soviet-built nuclear reactor units in...

Iran continues heavy water production
22 September 2016 The member of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign...

Bulgaria to use budget funds to pay Russia compensation for Belene
22 September 2016 Bulgaria’s government on 20 September approved a draft law providing...

New nuclear research facilities for the UK
22 September 2016 A new high-temperature research facility has been opened in the UK, to...

Off-take contract for Spain’s Salamanca uranium mine
22 September 2016 Berkeley Energia has signed a letter of intent with European based...

Welding record at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP
22 September 2016 Unit 7 at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP 7 (Unit 2 of Novovoronezh Phase II)...

Test operation of Olkiluoto-3 next year
22 September 2016 Test operation of the EPR reactor at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP...

More tests from Switzerland’s Beznau-1 RPV
22 September 2016 The production of a replica part of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) used...

Clean-up milestone at UK’s Bradwell NPP
22 September 2016 After four years of work, more than 10,000 square metres of walls, floors...

Laboratory upgrade for IAEA
22 September 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has begun building a...

Onshore site being prepared for Russia’s first FNPP
22 September 2016 The Russian port of Pevek in Chukotka in the Arctic northeast has...

China’s Hongyanhe-4 ready for commercial operation
22 September 2016 Unit 4 of China’s Hongyanhe NPP in Liaoning province has completed...

Work starts on Egyptian NPP before contract is finalised
22 September 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun construction on the...

Russia’s Novovoronezh-6 begins pilot commercial operation
20 September 2016 Unit 6 at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP (unit 1 of Novovoronezh II) began...

UK’s Heysham unit begins planned outage
20 September 2016 The UK’s Heysham B-2 nuclear power unit in northern England has been...

Estonia needs more radiation and safety expertise
20 September 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Nuclear islands contracted for China’s Fangchenggang NPP
20 September 2016 China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company (CNI23) has signed a...

Belene compensation dispute resolved
20 September 2016 After weeks of discussion and disagreement on detail, Bulgaria has agreed...

Iran prepares for further NPPs
20 September 2016 Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI),...

Hinkley approved: China welcomes decision
20 September 2016 The UK government on 15 September approved Electricite de France’s...

Dismantling moves forward at unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP
15 September 2016 The first wall panel has been removed from the temporary cover over...

Japanese steel maker under scrutiny
15 September 2016 Impurities in steel supplied by Japan Casting & Forging Corp (JCFC)...

Earthquakes close South Korean NPP
15 September 2016 In the wake of two earthquakes on12 September, four units at South...

Slow progress for Iter
15 September 2016 The organisation overseeing construction of the estimated €15bn (about...

Bruce 7 begins extended outage for life extension
15 September 2016 Unit 7 at Canada’s Bruce NPP has been taken off line for a...

Russia and Bulgaria disagree over compensation for Belene NPP
15 September 2016 A “technical error” was made in calculating the interest component of...

Equipment for Bangladesh NPP
15 September 2016 Russian company "Incotec Cargo" has shipped 1,400t of equipment to...

Russian military exhibition showcases small mobile and undersea NPPs
13 September 2016 Several innovative nuclear reactors were showcased by Russian state...

More NPP progress for China
13 September 2016 First concrete has been poured for the containment building basemat of unit...

Reactor cooling system installed at unit 4 of Russia’s Rostov NPP
13 September 2016 Installation of the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) at unit 4...

Waste management upgrades at Russia’s SCC
13 September 2016 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk on 7 September signed...

Russia removes copper tubing from unit 3 at Kalinin NPP
13 September 2016 Russia’s Kalinin NPP has completed procedures to replace the...

Iran begins construction of Bushehr-II
13 September 2016 The ground-breaking ceremony for Iran’s second nuclear power reactor was...

South Africa to issue nuclear tender on 30 September
13 September 2016 South Africa intends to issue a request for proposals relating to its...

Contracts for UK Hinkley plant despite uncertainty
13 September 2016 Rolls-Royce announced on 9 May that it has been awarded ‘preferred...

Greenland ice sheet studied as part of repository research
13 September 2016 Finland’s Posiva, Sweden’s Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB) and...

Preparatory Engineering work begins for Finland’s Hanhikivi-1 NPP
13 September 2016 Dredging and hydraulic engineering work began on 5 September adjacent to...

EU, Japan and Russia are biggest contributors to Iter
13 September 2016 The European Union’s Euratom Community provided the largest share...

IAEA team assesses China’s regulatory system
13 September 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Audit conducted of Belarus NPP
13 September 2016 The State Control Committee of Belarus and the Accounts Chamber of...

Armenia opts for medium-size PWR reactors
13 September 2016 Armenian Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Areg Galstyan,...

Some good news for Japanese NPPs
13 September 2016 Kansai Electric Power Company on 8 September released a safety...

Sellafield denies BBC’s reports of poor safety
13 September 2016 A recent BBC documentary about the UK’s Sellafield nuclear facility,...

Argentina awards contract for CAREM and plans co-operation with China
13 September 2016 A joint venture between Tecna and Siemens has been awarded a contract...

Japan’s Ikata-3 begins commercial operation
13 September 2016 Unit 3 of Japan's Ikata NPP in Ehime prefecture has resumed...

Philippines reconsiders nuclear option
07 September 2016 The Philippines is considering the possibility of operating its only NPP,...

UK Decision on Hinkley in September
07 September 2016 The UK government’s decision on the Hinkley Point C nuclear project...

Japanese utility rejects request to close Sendai NPP
07 September 2016 Kyushu Electric Power Company on 4 September rejected a request from...

Kazakhstan to build fuel fabrication plant to supply China
07 September 2016 Kazakhstan’s nuclear atomic company Kazatomprom said on 2 September that...

More fast reactor progress in Russia
07 September 2016 Russia’s BN-800 reactor at unit 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP, a sodium-cooled...

Canada and China boost regulatory co-operation
07 September 2016 Canada’s Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and China's National Nuclear...

France makes mox for Japan’s Takahama NPP
07 September 2016 France's Areva has started fabrication of 16 mixed-oxide (mox)...

Feasibility study for Jordan
07 September 2016 A feasibility study on the construction of NPPs in Jordan will be prepared...

Refurbishment of Canada’s Darlington NPP to begin
07 September 2016 Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said on 2 September that it is...

Russia’s Breakthrough project moves forward
07 September 2016 Russia’s Rusatom Automated Control Systems (RACS) and the Siberian...

Six Japanese utilities to investigate possible RPV steel anomalies
07 September 2016 Some 13 Japanese nuclear reactors were built using steel from the...

Ghana and Russia discuss nuclear development
07 September 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and representatives...

Failing ice wall at Fukushima further compromised by typhoon
07 September 2016 The underground frozen soil wall built around the four crippled...

Life extension for Argentina’s Embalse NPP
07 September 2016 The second pair of 130t replacement steam generators (SGs) has been...

China eyes Turkey’s third NPP
02 September 2016 Turkey has ratified an agreement with China on use of nuclear energy...

Progress at Russia’s Leningrad and Leningrad II NPPs
02 September 2016 The transportation airlock was lifted to the reactor building at unit 1...

Vietnam to make equipment for South Korea
02 September 2016 Vietnam’s Doosan Vina Heavy Industry has signed a contract to...

US Gaseous diffusion plant demolished
02 September 2016 Demolition of the last of five buildings (K-27) at the US Department...

Korea agrees to help with construction of Ukrainian NPP
02 September 2016 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power...

RPV installed at US VC Summer NPP
02 September 2016 The 278t reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 2 of the US Virgil C...

Russia and China look to Saudi nuclear market
02 September 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is “ready” to take part in...

Russia calls for bids to equip new Iranian NPP
02 September 2016 Iran plans to start construction of units 2 and 3 at the Bushehr NPP...

Progress at China’s high temperature reactor
02 September 2016 The reactor core shell of China's high-temperature gas-cooled...

More hurdles for Hinkley
02 September 2016 Five labour union representatives in the Electricite de France (EDF) board...

Upgrade for simulator at China’s Hongyanhe NPP
02 September 2016 Canada’s L3 Mapps said on 30 August that it had signed a service...

Areva restructuring begins
02 September 2016 Areva announced on 30 August that it has formally initiated the process...

What are the implications of Hinkley Point C?
01 September 2016 The delay in the government’s decision on Hinkley Point C is the...

August 2016

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Another accident at Belarus NPP
30 August 2016 One person has died during construction of the Belarusian NPP, the...

India’s Kudankulam-2 connected to grid
30 August 2016 Unit 2 at India’s Kudankulam NPP, a Russian supplied VVER-1000 reactor,...

Iran to begin construction of two new nuclear units at Bushehr
30 August 2016 Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) spokesman Behrouz...

Russia launches new used fuel management plan
30 August 2016 The All Russian Scientific & Research Institute for Nuclear Power...

RPV annealing begins at Russia’s Kola-2
30 August 2016 Annealing the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the VVER-440 reactor has...

Governor asks for suspension of Japan’s Sendai NPP
30 August 2016 The governor of Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture, Satoshi Mitazono, has...

Hinkley project still uncertain
30 August 2016 A new report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU),...

More incidents at Westinghouse fuel plant
30 August 2016 A safety investigation at Westinghouse’s nuclear fuel factory in Columbia...

Construction starts at IAEA fuel bank
30 August 2016 Construction of the building for the International Atomic Energy...

Increased revenue for CGN
30 August 2016 China General Nuclear (CGN) on 24 August announced a 36.3%...

France agrees compensation for Fessenheim NPP closure
29 August 2016 The French government has agreed to pay compensation to state-owned...

Contaminated water accumulates at Fukushima
29 August 2016 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said around 10,000t of...

US resumes uranium separation
29 August 2016 The First Cycle facility for separating uranium from used research...

Work continues at China’s Tianwan NPP
29 August 2016 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said installation of the...

Russia’s NIIAR to become international research centre
29 August 2016 Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency are to sign an...

Kuwait drops nuclear power plans
29 August 2016 Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water has dropped plans to build a...

Japan to check NPPs for steel anomalies
29 August 2016 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has asked NPP operators to...

Work starts on turbine building of China’s Fuqing 6
29 August 2016 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that the first...

Bulgaria continues search for Belene investors
29 August 2016 Bulgarian energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova has met with representatives...

Large module installed at US Vogtle NPP unit 4
24 August 2016 The largest module has been installed at unit 4 of the US Vogtle...

Extended outage for Swiss Leibstadt reactor
24 August 2016 Switzerland's 1,245MWe single-unit NPP at Leibstadt will extend its...

More progress on Russia’s nitride fuel
24 August 2016 Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ), part of fuel company TVEL,...

Korea develops reactor core operational support system
24 August 2016 Korea Nuclear Fuels (KNF), party of Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco),...

Japan’s Ikata 3 to begin commercial operation in September
24 August 2016 Unit 3 at Japan’s Ikata NPP in Ehime Prefecture is scheduled to...

Decommissioning milestone achieved at Ignalina NPP
24 August 2016 Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP has completed dismantling the turbine...

Ukraine looks to NPP life extension amid safety concerns
24 August 2016 Unit 1 at the Khmelnitsky NPP in Ukraine has started deploying an...

Chinese company to supply valves to Fangchenggang NPP
24 August 2016 Hangzhou-based DunAn Group, a Chinese private high-tech industrial...

Law on Turkey’s first NPP comes into force
23 August 2016 The law on the construction and operation of Turkey’s first NPP, to be...

Jordan seeks finance for its first NPP
23 August 2016 Jordan’s first NPP, a two 1,000MWe unit plant to be built by Russian...

Construction continues at Belarus NPP
23 August 2016 Despite the recent incident involving damage to the reactor pressure...

A new head for UKAEA
23 August 2016 The UK fusion specialist Ian Chapman has been named the next CEO of the...

Fukushima ice wall fails
23 August 2016 The underground ice wall, which Tokyo Electric Power Corp (Tepco) has...

Russia plans innovation in reactors and fuel
23 August 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, as part of its...

Greenland’s melting ice caps could expose US radioactive waste
23 August 2016 Radioactive waste buried at a former US military base in Greenland could...

IAEA nuclear security school held in Egypt
23 August 2016 As part of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) efforts to...

North Korea resumes plutonium production
23 August 2016 North Korea confirmed on 17 August that it has resumed plutonium...

Urenco to supply enriched uranium to Ukraine
23 August 2016 Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom on 18 August signed a contract...

Belarus NPP to use reactor intended for Leningrad-II
23 August 2016 Completion of unit 1 at the Belarus NPP will be put back one year because...

Full power for Russia’s BN-800
23 August 2016 The BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk...

Canadian regulator reports no safety failures
23 August 2016 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) said none of the...

Russia investigates thorium
23 August 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government jointly with...

Rosatom looks to efficient decommissioning
23 August 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans by 2025 to develop...

GE Hitachi sells Canadian joint venture
23 August 2016 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada (GEH-C) is selling a Canadian joint...

US Scientists press for rethink on Diablo Canyon closure
23 August 2016 In a letter to California governor Edmund Brown, a group of...

Steam generators installed at Barakah unit 3
23 August 2016 Two stainless steel steam generators have been installed at unit 3 of...

Brazil’s INB completes underwater repair of damaged fuel rod container
23 August 2016 Brazilian nuclear fuel company Industriás Nucleares do Brasil (INB)...

Saudi Arabia and Russia discuss co-operation
18 August 2016 Saudi Arabia and Russia intend to develop cooperation in nuclear...

US NRC details actions needed at Westinghouse fuel plant
18 August 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has outlined the...

Russia to design and make new containers
18 August 2016 Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant has ordered the design...

More Russian equipment ordered for India’s Kudankulam NPP
18 August 2016 Russia's Uralmashzavod will produce equipment for the third and the...

China’s Changjiang 2 begins commercial operation
18 August 2016 The 650MWe CNP-600 pressurized water reactor at unit 2 of China’s...

Ten-year anniversary for Australia’s Opal
18 August 2016 Australia’s Open Pool Australian Light-water (Opal) nuclear research...

Russia’s BN-800 prepares for commercial operation
18 August 2016 Russia’s BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP...

Japan still seeking repository site
16 August 2016 The Japanese government wants to identify “multiple candidate sites” for...

More funds needed to decommission Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP
16 August 2016 Another €900m is needed to implement decommissioning projects at the...

Closure of US Diablo Canyon NPP proposed
16 August 2016 US Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on 11 August submitted to the...

Progress at US Summer NPP
16 August 2016 Another milestone has been reached at unit 2 of the US VC Summer NPP...

Belene NPP revival seems on the cards
16 August 2016 Bulgaria could find private investors to complete the ditched Belene...

Japan’s Ikata 3 restarted
16 August 2016 Unit 3 at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata NPP in Ehime...

Replacement capacity for Russia’s Smolensk NPP
16 August 2016 Russia’s planned Smolensk-Phase Two NPP will be put into operation when...

Russian uranium mine receives Rosatom funding
16 August 2016 Mine No 6 at Russia’s Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical...

New control and protection system for Ukraine’s Zaporozhe-6
16 August 2016 The Czech company Skoda JS, part of the Russian group OMZ, has manufactured...

Site selected for Nuscale SMR
16 August 2016 US energy consortium Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS)...

Belarus NPP RPV to be replaced
16 August 2016 Belarusian Energy Minister Vladimir Potupchik said on 11 August that...

Is it Brexit for Hinkley Point C?
12 August 2016 The UK has voted to leave the European Union (EU) so where does that...

Horizon funding for Welsh colleges
11 August 2016 Horizon Nuclear Power, which plans to build the UK’s Wylfa Newydd NPP...

Kudankulam unit 1 formally commissioned
11 August 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir...

Russia plans 11 new NPP units including fast reactors
11 August 2016 The Russian government on 9 August approved plans for the construction...

New vitrification furnace for Russia’s Mayak
11 August 2016 Russia’s PA Mayak plans to start-up new electric furnace EP-500/5...

Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP to be fast tracked
11 August 2016 Turkey is ready to give a special status to the Akkuyu NPP...

Japanese utilities co-operate to reduce costs
11 August 2016 Japan’s Hokuriku Electric Power Company has become the fifth power utility...

French court supports Hinkley decision as Chinese concerns increase
11 August 2016 EDF said in a statement on its website on 8 August that it welcomed...

Exelon deal saves US Fitzpatrick NPP from closure
11 August 2016 US utilities Exelon Generation and Entergy have agreed that Exelon will...

Preparations continue for Russia’s Kursk-II
11 August 2016 Funding for the construction of the Russia’s Kursk NPP Phase 2...

Russian supervision for Crimea nuclear facilities
11 August 2016 Nuclear facilities, radiation sources, nuclear material storage...

US NRC completes safety review for Duke Energy’s proposed NPP
11 August 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its final...

More discussions on Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
11 August 2016 Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova has sent a letter to...

Stress tests for Belarus NPP
11 August 2016 Following an accident in July at the Belarus NPP involving possible damage...

China suspends planned reprocessing plant following protests
11 August 2016 The authorities the Chinese city of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province...

Outage at Balakovo-3 ends seven days early
11 August 2016 The scheduled preventive repair of unit 3 at Russia’s Balakovo NPP...

Ukraine resumes nuclear fuel trade with Russia
09 August 2016 Ukraine plans to receive 12 deliveries of nuclear fuel from a Russian...

New UK ministerial appointments
09 August 2016 The UK government has confirmed the full list of ministerial...

Spain’s GDES allies with France’s Erba
09 August 2016 Spain’s GD Energy Services (GDES), which specialises in the...

Progress at China’s Tianwan NPP
09 August 2016 Russia’s Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NPCC), part of...

US Watts Bar unit approaches start up
09 August 2016 The first new US nuclear reactor in 20 years completed a final round...

Life extension planned for Ukraine’s Zaporozhe NPP
09 August 2016 Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRI) has inspected unit...

Construction of Russia’s BREST reactor to start next year
09 August 2016 Construction of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor will begin...

Contracts awarded for Russian fuel recycling centre
09 August 2016 The tender committee of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom...

Contamination of Fukushima Fish below reference level
09 August 2016 Radioactive caesium concentrations in marine products caught offshore...

New York state to subsidise nuclear power
09 August 2016 The New York State Public Service Commission, despite strong opposition,...

Russia’s Novovoronezh II unit connected to grid
09 August 2016 Russia has connected its first Generation 3+ VVER-1200 nuclear power unit...

Uncertain prospects for Japan’s NPPs
09 August 2016 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Company plans to restart unit 3 at its...

Indian state rejects uranium mining project
09 August 2016 The government of India’s Meghalaya state on 1 August annulled the...

Planned outages at Finland’s Loviisa NPP
09 August 2016 The annual refuelling and maintenance outage at unit 1 of Fortum’s...

Russia supports Iran’s nuclear development
09 August 2016 Russia will “further assist” Iran in implementing the Joint...

Delays at Leningrad NPP
09 August 2016 Unit 1 of Russia’s Leningrad II NPP, under construction at Sosnovy Bor,...

Japan's Hitachi-GE supports nuclear energy training in Malaysia
09 August 2016 Japan's Hitachi-GE announced on 4 August that it has renewed an agreement...

More repercussions from Hinkley delay
09 August 2016 The UK government said on 3 August that it will not have to pay...

Georgia state regulators approve preliminary costs for new NPP
09 August 2016 State regulators in the USA have approved a proposal by Georgia Power...

Alstom to supply turbine for Finland’s Hanhikivi 1 NPP
09 August 2016 France’s Alstom Power Systems, part of GE, has been awarded a contract...

Egyptian NPP contracts should be signed this year
09 August 2016 Egypt and Russia have agreed on all the clauses of the commercial...

EDF extends depreciation period for 900MWe reactors
09 August 2016 France's EDF has extended the accounting depreciation period of its fleet...

Liquid metal coolant removed from Dounreay Fast Reactor
09 August 2016 The UK’s Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) announced on 5 August...

CNNC’s proposals for Hualong One reactor win expert approval
09 August 2016 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said that its plan to merge...

Indonesia looks to HTGRs
09 August 2016 China Nuclear Engineering Corporation (CNEC) on 1 August signed an...

New Chernobyl shelter half complete
09 August 2016 Work on the New Safe Confinement (NSC) for unit 4 of the Chernobyl NPP...

Increased profits for Russia’s CMP
09 August 2016 Over the first six months of 2016, Russia’s Chepetsky Mechanical...

More problems for Fukushima ice wall
09 August 2016 Efforts to build an “ice wall” around units 1-4 at Japan’s...

UK NPP achieves world record
09 August 2016 Unit 2 of the UK’s Heysham II NPP, operated by EDF Energy, broke the...

Contracts signed for Bolivia’s nuclear centre
09 August 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Bolivian Nuclear...

Goodbye to BNFL
09 August 2016 The UK government, as part of a major reduction of public bodies, has...

Preparations under way for Armenian NPP life extension
09 August 2016 Russia’s Rusatom Service is undertaking procurement procedures as part of...

Australia’s ANSTO to ramp up isotope production
09 August 2016 The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) expects...

Work suspended at Belarus NPP after accident
09 August 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom believes that the reactor...

Progress reported at unit 1 of Russia’s Leningrad II NPP
03 August 2016 Russia’s OKB Gidropress tested three dummy fuel assemblies for the...

Russia’s Rostov NPP gets new simulator
03 August 2016 An operator training simulator developed by Russia’s National...

New vitrification technology for Sellafield
03 August 2016 Cold and active commissioning has been completed of the...

Paladin sells off more assets
03 August 2016 Australia’s Paladin Energy has announced plans to sell 24% of the...

Russia’s nitride fuel development moves forward
03 August 2016 Installation of equipment at Russia’s dense nitride...

Incident closes unit 1 at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP
03 August 2016 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said on 25 July that unit 1 of...

Ukraine appoints three deputy energy ministers
03 August 2016 Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 28 July appointed Halyna Karp...

More safety lapses at Japan’s Monju FBR
03 August 2016 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) again failed to conduct checks on...

Korean support for UAE NPP
03 August 2016 Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) will support operations at the...

Life extension for Russia’s Kalinin NPP
03 August 2016 Unit 2 of Russia’s Kalinin NPP was shut down on 30 July for...

Japan’s Ikata NPP to restart in August
03 August 2016 Shikoku Electric Power Co plans to restart unit 3 at its Ikata NPP in...

EC Conditions for Hungary’s Paks II
03 August 2016 Hungary must satisfy two conditions before the European Commission (EC)...

Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP project back on track
03 August 2016 In the wake of political changes in Turkey, the project to build its...

Wales looks to nuclear
03 August 2016 The UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee select committee said on 26...

UK high court rules against NDA over clean-up contract
03 August 2016 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) “manipulated” and “fudged”...

July 2016

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Restarting Japan’s reactors is proving difficult
29 July 2016 A report by Japan’s Institute of Energy Economics (IEEJ), “Economic...

UK to review Hinkley after EDF board approves project
29 July 2016 Electricite de France’s (EDF’s) board on 28 July approved the GBP18bn...

ITER contract for South Korea
22 July 2016 South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has won an order worth $101.6m...

TVEL signs contracts to test TVS-Kvadrat fuel
22 July 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL has signed...

Polish NPP still on the table
22 July 2016 The company in charge of Poland’s first NPP project, PGE EJ1, confirmed on...

UK to extend LLW repository
22 July 2016 A regional council in the UK has given planning permission for...

French regulator keeps Fessenheim reactor offline pending tests
22 July 2016 France’s Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (Nuclear Safety Authority - ASN)...

Russia’s Khiagda uranium mine commissions third phase facilities
22 July 2016 The Director of capital investments at Russian state nuclear...

IAEA mission assesses Kenya’s regulatory system
22 July 2016 Following a 10-day mission to Kenya, an International Atomic Energy...

Grid connection for China’s Fangchenggang 2
22 July 2016 Unit 2 of China’s Fangchenggang NPP in Guangxi province started...

German utility seeks early NPP decommissioning
22 July 2016 German utility EnBW has applied for early permits for the decommissioning...

French unions against Hinkley
22 July 2016 Several French trade unions walked out of a meeting with the economy...

TVO reports increased turnover
21 July 2016 Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) reported consolidated turnover for...

EDF seeks new inspection and monitoring techniques for AGRs
21 July 2016 EDF Energy on 18 July has launched a competition aimed at finding new ways...

EU investigates Areva restructuring
21 July 2016 European Union (EU) anti-trust regulators on 20 July launched...

RPV installed at unit 4 of UAE’s Barakah NPP
21 July 2016 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said it has installed...

UK NDA reports reduced clean-up costs
21 July 2016 In its annual report for 2015-2016, the UK Nuclear Decommissioning...

Rosatom takes over Hungarian engineering company
21 July 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has acquired 100% of Hungary’s...

Revenue increase for Rosatom
21 July 2016 In 2015, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom increased its revenue...

More obstacles to Japanese NPP restarts
21 July 2016 Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company (Kepco) has filed an appeal to...

Iran looks to ITER
20 July 2016 Iran and France have agreed to work on an international nuclear...

UK audit office says nuclear construction is costly and slow
20 July 2016 A report by the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) says nuclear construction...

Future of New York NPPs in the balance
20 July 2016 US Entergy Corporation is in discussions with Exelon Corporation for...

Russia approves state loan for Bangladesh NPP
20 July 2016 Russian government on 13 July approved a state loan for construction...

Chinese digital I&C system passes IAEA review
20 July 2016 At a press conference on 13 July, China General Nuclear (CGN) spokesman...

Pressure builds to revive Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
20 July 2016 Lawmakers of Bulgaria's biggest opposition party, the Bulgarian...

BWXT Canada awarded steam generator contract for Bruce NPP
20 July 2016 BWXT Canada, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies, has been awarded a...

UK regulators report on reactor design assessments
20 July 2016 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said, in its latest quarterly...

UK abolishes Department of Energy and Climate Change
20 July 2016 The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been...

The fate of Bulgaria’s Belene NPP is once more up for discussion
14 July 2016 Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has indicated that construction...

Technical support contract signed for Slovakia’s Mohovce
14 July 2016 Rusatom Overseas, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Increased oversight of La Hague evaporators
14 July 2016 France’s nuclear safety authority (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire - ASN)...

Japan seeks to boost nuclear sales to China
14 July 2016 A consortium comprising some 50 Japanese nuclear plant...

Transatomic issues paper on molten salt reactor
14 July 2016 Massachusetts-based Transatomic Power Corporation (TAP) on 8 July issued...

Transatomic issues paper on molten salt reactor
14 July 2016 Massachusetts-based Transatomic Power Corporation (TAP) on 8 July issued...

China’s CAP1400 access hatch passes factory acceptance test
14 July 2016 Function tests of the containment vessel access hatch for...

Rosatom launches supplier blacklist
14 July 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has compiled a single database...

India’s Kudankulam 2 achieves criticality
14 July 2016 Unit 2 of India’s Kudankulam NPP in Tamil Nadu achieved first criticality...

US NEI calls for advanced reactor deployment
14 July 2016 The Washington-based Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), which represents the...

Bolivia strengthens nuclear co-operation with Russia
14 July 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Ministry of...

China’s CAP1400 access hatch passes factory acceptance test
14 July 2016 Function tests of the containment vessel access hatch for...

Bulgaria signs Russian company to build waste repository
14 July 2016 Bulgaria has signed a €72m ($80m) agreement with a consortium...

JAPC to support Hitachi in UK NPP projects
13 July 2016 Japan Atomic Power Co (JAPC) has decided to enter the nuclear power...

Sheffield Forgemasters to work with Nuscale
12 July 2016 The UK’s Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd on 8 July agreed to...

Design documentation for Brest reactor steam generators
12 July 2016 Russian machine engineering works ZiO-Podolsk will develop the...

Botswana prepares for uranium mining
12 July 2016 Botswana's government has approved an environmental impact assessment of...

Ukraine resumes sending used fuel to Russia
12 July 2016 Ukrainian utility Energoatom has resumed payments for the transfer of...

Engineering surveys for Hungary’s Paks-II
12 July 2016 ASE, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, will...

France puts forward new proposal to India
12 July 2016 France has put forward a new technical­ commercial proposal to construct...

Preliminary work for Egypt’s first NPP
12 July 2016 The Saint-Petersburg Research and Survey Institute Energoizyskania (SPb...

Japan’s Chugoku applies to decommission Shimane-1
12 July 2016 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company has filed an application with...

Lightbridge makes progress in Europe and Vietnam
12 July 2016 US nuclear energy company the Lightbridge Corporation said on 5 July it...

E.ON fail to win compensation for German plant closures
12 July 2016 A German regional court in Hannover has turned down a €382m ($425m) claim...

EDF ready for final investment decision on Hinkley
12 July 2016 A consultation with EDF's Central Works Council on 4 July has cleared the...

Used submarine fuel to be removed from Russia’s Arctic bases
05 July 2016 Work to remove used nuclear fuel from Gremikha, a former Soviet...

Russian fuel ready for delivery to UK
05 July 2016 Mashinostroitelny Zavod - a subsidiary of Russian nuclear fuel...

UK sets limits on CO2 emissions for 2032
05 July 2016 The UK government on 30 June set a fifth carbon budget aimed at...

More Westinghouse fuel for Ukraine
05 July 2016 Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Igor Nasal has said...

Profits for Tvel
05 July 2016 Russia’s Fuel Company TVEL has published its consolidated financial...

Progress at Leningrad II NPP
05 July 2016 The first batch of fuel assembly dummies for the VVER-1200 reactor at unit...

Ukraine discusses completion of Khmelnitsky NPP units 3 and 4
05 July 2016 A meeting on 30 June at the Khmelnitsky NPP in Ukraine on the construction...

Life extension planned for unit 2 at Russia’s Kalinin NPP
05 July 2016 Obtaining a licence from Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor for the...

More tests for Russia’s floating NPP
05 July 2016 The harbour testing of Russia’s floating NPP (FNPP) Akademik Lomonosov...

Three Japanese NPPs found guilty of safety violations
05 July 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) concluded on 29 June that...

Turkey’s Akkuyu NPP may now move forward
05 July 2016 Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in...

Investigations continue at France’s Le Creusot plant
05 July 2016 Initial analysis of irregular findings in the manufacturing tracking...

Clean power goal for US, Canada and Mexico
05 July 2016 The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the USA agreed on 29 June at the...

Russia loads REMIX fuel ready for pilot operation at Balakovo NPP
05 July 2016 Three experimental fuel assemblies with REMIX-fuel have been loaded into...

Swedish regulator lifts special supervision at Oskarshamn NPP
05 July 2016 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has lifted its...

Toshiba withdraws renewal application for ABWR from US NRC
05 July 2016 Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has withdrawn an application to the US...

UK’s Bradwell NPP ready for care and maintenance
05 July 2016 The UK’s Bradwell NPP has become the first Magnox site to empty...

Ukraine’s Energoatom sees its accounts unblocked
05 July 2016 The head of Ukraine’s Energy Ministry, Igor Nasalik, in late June...

China affirms plans for nuclear new build in Argentina
05 July 2016 China and Argentina on 1 July signed a memorandum of understanding...

Russia’s BN-800 prepares for commercial operation
05 July 2016 Work has begun at unit 4 at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP to prepare the...

Belarus plans domestic use of nuclear electricity
05 July 2016 The Belarus NPP under construction in the Ostravets district of the...

Areva completes sale of Canberra
05 July 2016 Areva and the industrial company Mirion Technologies on 1 July completed...

Areva NP uses new maintenance technology
05 July 2016 Areva NP has completed the first use of an "innovative new...

New fuel cycle contracts for Areva
05 July 2016 France's Areva group signed a series of contracts during the World...

Swedish regulator endorses repository plans
02 July 2016 The licence application by Swedish radioactive waste management...

India Rules Out GE Reactors without reference plant
02 July 2016 India won’t buy GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy reactors that have not yet...

UK remains committed to nuclear despite Brexit
02 July 2016 The UK's Nuclear Industry Association and the French Nuclear Society,...

EDF and MHI to strengthen co-operation
02 July 2016 French utility EDF and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on 28...

China repays Russian loan for Tianwan NPP
02 July 2016 China has repaid the Russian loan for construction of the Tianwan NPP...

CEZ seeks compensation for Dukovany shutdowns
02 July 2016 Majority state-owned Czech power utility CEZ said it is seeking damages from...

SNC-Lavalin to refurbish Argentina’s Embalse NPP
02 July 2016 Argentina’s nuclear utility Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) has...

Alstom to supply turbine for Finnish NPP
02 July 2016 French company Alstom Power Systems has been selected as the supplier of...

Forgings made for Kudankulam unit 3
01 July 2016 Russia’s OMZ-Spetsstal (part of OMZ Group) has completed manufacture...

June 2016

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Russia’s SCC doubles its profits
29 June 2016 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) projects a doubling of its...

French regulator investigating components in 18 reactors
29 June 2016 French utility EDF has informed the nuclear safety authority Autorité...

South African research reactor upgraded
29 June 2016 South Africa’s Safari-1 nuclear research reactor has undergone a...

Japanese court upholds use of mox fuel
29 June 2016 Japan’s Fukuoka High Court on 27 June upheld a March 2015 ruling by the...

Power lines being designed for Russian floating NPP
29 June 2016 Russian holding RAO Energy Systems of the East (RAO ES East) has...

China’s Tianwan-II prepares for commissioning
27 June 2016 Unit 3 at China’s Tianwan NPP is scheduled for commissioning in...

3D printing for NPPs
27 June 2016 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been selected to lead a $2m...

Two new reactors for South Korea
27 June 2016 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) on 23...

The uncertainties of Brexit
27 June 2016 The UK’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) will not affect Electricite...

Progress on used fuel disposal in Finland
27 June 2016 The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for disposal of used nuclear...

Mox fuel loading at Japan’s Ikata NPP
27 June 2016 Fuel loading began on 24 June at unit 3 of Japan’s at Ikata NPP in...

Brazil supplies enriched uranium to Argentina
27 June 2016 Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) plans to export 4t of uranium...

Russia’s BN-1200 fast reactor envisaged for 2019
27 June 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will make a decision on...

Pre-construction work begins on Bangladesh NPP
27 June 2016 The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA) has issued a...

Construction of Kursk II NPP begins in Russia
24 June 2016 Full-scale construction has started at Russia’s Kursk NPP Phase Two...

Hungary stands behind Paks NPP project
24 June 2016 The price of the planned Paks II nuclear project in Hungary is “clear”...

Tepco concealed core meltdowns during Fukushima accident
24 June 2016 Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), admitted...

Containment installed at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP
24 June 2016 The 160t third (upper) tier of the outer containment dome has been...

US DOE announces nuclear funding
23 June 2016 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly $16m in funding...

Decommissioning progress at UK Bradwell NPP
23 June 2016 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said construction of an...

Chinese NPPs move forward
23 June 2016 A contract has been signed for the civil construction of the nuclear...

US to close Diablo Canyon NPP
23 June 2016 The Diablo Canyon NPP in the US state of California is set to be...

Progress at India’s Kudankulam NPP: new fuel discussed
23 June 2016 Russia’s Izhorskiye Zavody, part of the Group OMZ, has signed the...

Westinghouse fuel loaded at Ukraine’s Zaporozhye NPP
23 June 2016 Ukraine’s Zaporozhye NPP has started loading the first batch of TVS-WR...

More patents for Lightbridge
23 June 2016 US-based Lightbridge Corporation has announced that it received a...

US moves into Indian market
23 June 2016 US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

More EDF hesitation over Hinkley
23 June 2016 Senior managers at EDF have told MPs in the UK that they remain...

Japan approves life extension for ageing units at Takahama NPP
22 June 2016 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved on 20 June...

EDF builds model containment facility for research
22 June 2016 EDF has completed building a one-third scale reactor containment...

New subsidiary for Finland’s nuclear waste company
22 June 2016 Finnish waste management company Posiva on 14 June announced the launch...

New lab for European research centre
22 June 2016 A groundbreaking ceremony on 8 June marked the start of construction of a...

Memoranda signed on planned Bolivian nuclear centre
22 June 2016 Following negotiations at the Saint-Petersburg International Economic...

Exelon to apply for extended operation of US Peach Bottom NPP
22 June 2016 US utility Exelon Corporation is to extend the life of the two-unit...

Russia prepared to build NPPs in Bulgaria after winning Belene compensation
22 June 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has said it is ready to...

US Fort Calhoun NPP closure confirmed
22 June 2016 Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has confirmed that the US Fort Calhoun...

European stress tests for Belarus NPP
22 June 2016 The European Commission (EC) intends to press for nuclear safety stress...

Russia’s ASE signs partnership deal with IBM
22 June 2016 Engineering Division of the state corporation Rosatom - ASE group...

Fuel removal completed at Chernobyl NPP
22 June 2016 Installation of equipment has begun at the construction site of the...

Finland concerned about French nuclear industry
22 June 2016 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Ojy (TVO) has expressed growing...

More tests planned for Russia’s dense nitride fuel
22 June 2016 A delegation from Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC RK) has...

Greenland moves closer to uranium production
22 June 2016 Uranium mining company Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd (GMEL) said on...

New decommissioning strategy for EDF’s gas-cooled reactors
22 June 2016 Electricite de France (EDF) has told nuclear safety authority ASN...

Russia looks to expand global radioisotope supplies
22 June 2016 The supply of Russian radioisotope products to Brazil has allowed...

Waste retrieval progresses at closed UK Berkeley NPP
22 June 2016 The retrieval of mixed waste from the underground chambers at the...

Sweden reverses nuclear phase out plan
22 June 2016 Sweden's government on June 10 struck a deal with the opposition to...

Areva to spin off fuel business
22 June 2016 France’s Areva is to spin off its nuclear-fuel operations this year, as...

ITER first plasma delayed by five years
22 June 2016 At its meeting in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance in France on June 15-16 Council...

Japanese court says Takahama NPP to remain closed
22 June 2016 Japan’s Otsu District Court on 17 June decided to maintain the ban...

Continued Ukraine-Russia tensions over fuel
07 June 2016 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has breached the terms and conditions...

UK’s Sizewell B unaffected by RPV flaws
07 June 2016 EDF Energy's Sizewell B nuclear reactor is not affected by any of the...

Removing tritium from Fukushima’s contaminated water
07 June 2016 The capital costs of developing a commercial installation to remove...

Russia’s REMIX fuel will enable closed fuel cycle
07 June 2016 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) has fabricated experimental...

Russia’s TVEL seeks to sell fuel assemblies to US
07 June 2016 Russia Fuel Company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom)...

Canada’s McClean Lake mill expansion approved
07 June 2016 The McClean Lake uranium mill in northern Saskatchewan has...

Upgrades completed at Bulgarian NPP
07 June 2016 Rusatom Service, part of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, has...

Spain’s fuel plant receives licence extension
07 June 2016 Spain's Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, CSN) on 1...

Rosatom signs wide-ranging deals at ATOMEXPO
07 June 2016 Sergey Kiriyenko, director general of Russian state nuclear...

Rosatom companies predict growth
07 June 2016 The 10-year portfolio of orders for 2016 of Russian state nuclear...

IAEA signs agreement with STAR NET on Nuclear Education and Training
07 June 2016 An agreement was signed on 31 May between the IAEA and the Regional...

Uranium deliveries begin from Lance projects in Wyoming
07 June 2016 Western Australia-based Peninsula Energy has said the first shipment of...

Russia’s Kursk II NPP receives construction licence
07 June 2016 Russian nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor on 31 May approved the issuing of a ...

Construction of Kazakh NPP will be decided after open tender
07 June 2016 If Kazakhstan decides to go ahead with a new NPP it will offer the...

Work begins at Iran’s Fordo facility
07 June 2016 The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar...

Fukushima ice wall makes slow progress
07 June 2016 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is considering conducting...

Germany to set up fund for NPP closures
07 June 2016 Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said on 1...

Exelon to close two NPPs
07 June 2016 US Exelon Corp said on 2 June that it will close two Illinois NPPs with...

India expects supplies of Australian uranium to begin soon
07 June 2016 Australia said on 1 June that it had finalised its nuclear agreement...

Commercial licence for Argentina’s Atucha 2
07 June 2016 Argentina's nuclear regulator Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN) has...

Areva extends quality audit to other facilities
07 June 2016 France’s Areva said on 1 June that an initial internal analysis had...

India-USA NPP deal expected
07 June 2016 Toshiba-owned American firm Westinghouse and Nuclear Power Corporation...

May 2016

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South Korea looks to build used fuel store
30 May 2016 South Korea will select a site for an underground storage facility...

UAE company wins cable contract in Korea
30 May 2016 UAE-based cable maker Ducab said it has won a deal to supply its NuBICC...

Criticality for US Watts Bar 2
30 May 2016 Unit 2 at the US Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA’s) Watts Bar NPP...

Rosenergoatom’s expansion plans
30 May 2016 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom, a subsidiary of state...

Horizon sets up new joint venture for UK’s new Wylfa NPP
30 May 2016 Horizon Nuclear Power, formed in 2009 to develop new NPPs in the UK,...

China’s NPPs make progress
30 May 2016 Cold hydrostatic testing (CHT) began on 22 May at unit 1 of China’s...

Survey work for Egyptian NPP site
30 May 2016 Russia’s St Petersburg Research and Investigations Institute...

Decommissioning of obsolete Russian fuel facilities to be completed
30 May 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has called for bids to...

UAE sets up operating company for Barakah NPP
30 May 2016 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) board of directors on 17...

The cost of decommissioning Japan’s Mihama-1 and -2
30 May 2016 Decommissioning unit 1 and 2 at Japan’s Mihama -NPP in Fukui...

Clean-up progress at Dounreay
30 May 2016 The Environmental Closure & Demolition (ECD) team at the UK’s former...

IAEA says Iran in compliance with nuclear deal
30 May 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 26 May verified...

China considers building NPP for Sudan
30 May 2016 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on 23 May signed has a...

Kazatomprom and Cameco to restructure uranium joint venture
30 May 2016 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom and Canada’s...

Russia’s BN-800 achieves 95% power
30 May 2016 Unit 4 with BN-800 fast reactor at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has achieved 95%...

Russia initials credit agreement with Bangladesh for Rooppur NPP
30 May 2016 Following talks in Moscow on 18-19 May, Bangladesh and Russia...

ASN report considers plant life extension for French NPPs
30 May 2016 French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) will decide...

China completes AP1000 fuel production line
30 May 2016 China has completed its first production line for the manufacture of fuel...

UK NDA awards contracts to Amec Foster Wheeler
30 May 2016 UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded two...

Kazakh research reactor converted to LEU
30 May 2016 Research reactor VVR-K at Kazakhstan’s Institute of Nuclear Physics of...

South Korea restarts Wolsong reactor
30 May 2016 South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) on 25...

Strike causes outages at French NPPs
30 May 2016 French NPPs suffered a series of unplanned outages on 26 May after...

First power for unit 1 of Russia’s Novoronezh-II NPP
30 May 2016 First power at unit 1 of Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP Phase Two (NNPP-II)....

China’s CGN and CNNC agree not to compete
30 May 2016 China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) said on 19 May that it would...

US Exelon fails to clear capacity auction
30 May 2016 US power company Exelon's Quad Cities and Three Mile Island NPPs have...

Areva-TVO talks on OL3 break down
30 May 2016 Long-running talks between France's Areva and Finnish power...

Westinghouse equipment for Olkiluoto
20 May 2016 Westinghouse said on 17 May that it will deliver new feedwater spargers...

Work to begin soon on new Iranian NPP
18 May 2016 Russia’s Atomstroyexport (ASE) hopes to start designing the Bushehr II...

Contract for Egyptian NPP expected this year
18 May 2016 The contract for construction of a NPP in Egypt and nuclear fuel...

Progress at Leningrad NPP sites
18 May 2016 At unit 1 of the Leningrad NPP Phase Two (LNPP-II), concreting of the...

TVA submits first SMR site application to US regulator
18 May 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an Early Site...

Uzbekistan to decommission research reactor
18 May 2016 The VVR-SM research reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of...

Uranium One looks to “cost effective” assets
18 May 2016 The president of Russia’s Uranium One Group, Vasily Konstantinov, said in...

Incident shuts down Taiwan NPP
18 May 2016 Unit 2 at Taiwan’s Guosheng NPP was disconnected shortly after it...

French regulator advises UK on Areva NPP components
18 May 2016 French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has advised...

Toshiba ends agreements with US CB&I
18 May 2016 Japan’s Toshiba and US CB&I have agreed to terminate agreements signed...

US moves to expand Mo-99 production
15 May 2016 US NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has announced plans to quadruple...

More US NPPs face closure
15 May 2016 The US Fort Calhoun NPP in Nebraska, a single-unit 478MWe (net)...

Russian fuel passes inspection for Czech reactors
15 May 2016 Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ), part of fuel company TVEL,...

Japan adopts new system for dealing with used fuel
15 May 2016 The upper house of Japan's parliament (House of Councillors) on 11 May...

Clean up continues at Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine
15 May 2016 Clean-up of legacy waste is continuing at the radiochemical plant of...

Extended safety checks for Dukovany NPP
15 May 2016 Units 2 and 3 at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany NPP will undergo...

German NPP decommissioning possible by 2040
13 May 2016 Decommissioning and dismantling of German NPPs can “realistically”...

Lightbridge receives patent for Eurasia
13 May 2016 US Lightbridge Corporation announced on 12 May that it has been granted a...

Fuel loading completed at China’s Changjiang NPP
13 May 2016 The loading of all 121 nuclear fuel assemblies was completed on 12 May unit...

Nuclear suppliers look to India
13 May 2016 Electricite de France (EDF) will put forward a deal to supply six...

Russia to begin testing of remix fuel rods
13 May 2016 In-pile studies of experimental fuel rods with remix-fuel will be...

US DOD and NRC define legacy clean-up roles
13 May 2016 The US Department of Defense and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)...

NDA contracts awarded for decommissioning R&D
13 May 2016 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded research...

Plans submitted for decommissioning unit 1 of Japan’s Shimane NPP
10 May 2016 Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Company has submitted an outline of...

TVA to sell Bellafonte NPP
10 May 2016 The board of the US Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has voted to sell to...

Amendment to nuclear materials convention enters into force
10 May 2016 An amendment to the 1987 Convention on the Physical Protection of...

Rosatom sets up investment fund for foreign projects
10 May 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has established an investment...

South Australia considers international waste facility
10 May 2016 South Australia Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle recommended,...

India to increase investment in nuclear power
06 May 2016 India’s government is preparing “a comprehensive plan” to increase...

Life extension for Slovenia’s Krslo NPP
06 May 2016 Slovenian and Croatian state-owned energy firms GEN energija and HEP,...

Power uprate for US Catawba NPP
06 May 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 5 May approved a request...

IAEA looks at safety of China’s CAP1400
06 May 2016 China's CAP1400 reactor design has passed the International Atomic...

Restart of Switzerland’s Beznau 1 delayed
06 May 2016 Swiss power company Axpo expects to be given regulatory approval to...

Irregularities found at Areva’s Le Creusot forge
06 May 2016 French nuclear safety authority Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire ((ASN) said on...

Production monitoring anomalies fund at Areva’s Le Creusot plant
05 May 2016 An audit of Areva’s Le Creusot plant in France, where equipment...

Preliminary site selected for Australian waste facility
04 May 2016 The Australian government said on 29 April that a site in South Australia...

IAEA regulatory review team sees challenges for Sweden
04 May 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Iter project delayed and over budget
04 May 2016 The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter)...

IAEA team says Lithuania’s regulators must consider future challenges
04 May 2016 Lithuania’s nuclear and radiation safety regulation authorities are...

Swedish approval for Finland’s Hanhikivi NPP
04 May 2016 In a written statement to the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the...

Estonia to build new waste storage at Paldiski
04 May 2016 The Estonian government has approved a proposal from the Ministry...

China’s ACP100 passes IAEA safety review
04 May 2016 China’s ACP100 Generation-III demonstration small modular reactor (SMR)...

Study supports advanced reactors for the UK
04 May 2016 A report by Weinberg Next Nuclear, part of the Alvin Weinberg...

April 2016

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Westinghouse looks to expand its VVER fuel facility
29 April 2016 Westinghouse Electric Company on 28 April announced the expansion of...

Commission suggests financial arrangements for German phase-out
29 April 2016 An independent commission, the Kommission zur Überprüfung...

Russia signs MOU with Algeria
29 April 2016 Russia state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Algeria’s Commissariat...

Rosatom dismisses reports of possible sale of stake in Turkish NPP
29 April 2016 Sergey Kirienko, director general of Russian state nuclear...

German NPP has worms
28 April 2016 As it turns out, Germany's Gundremmingen NPP has been found to be...

US uranium producers ask DOE to stop selling uranium
27 April 2016 The Uranium Producers of America (UPA) have issued a statement calling on...

France agrees to close Fessenheim
27 April 2016 President Francois Hollande of France will publish a decree later this...

Rolls-Royce to design safety systems for Hanhikivi NPP
27 April 2016 Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear, based in France, has been contracted to design...

Ukrainian nuclear utility in financial difficulty
27 April 2016 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom is unable to meet payments for...

Fractured Fukushima exhaust stack to be dismantled
26 April 2016 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) plans to begin dismantling the upper...

Japan’s NRA to introduce more rigorous inspections
26 April 2016 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is to review its inspection...

Kobe Steel and Studsvik form joint venture
26 April 2016 Japan’s Kobe Steel of Sweden's Studsvik are to extend their...

Russia to begin surveys for Egyptian NPP
26 April 2016 Russia’s Research and Investigations Institute Energoizyskaniya in...

Chernobyl draws international attention on 30th anniversary
26 April 2016 The 30th anniversary of the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl accident has...

Iran enters the global market for nuclear materials
26 April 2016 The US is buying 32t of Iranian heavy water to help Iran meet the terms...

Hinkley Point indecision continues
26 April 2016 Electricite de France will delay the final decision on whether to...

Russia to join Nuclear Management Academy
23 April 2016 Russia’s National Research Nuclear University (NRNU) MEPhI...

Russia begins clean up of another legacy waste reservoir
23 April 2016 Russia’s Mining and Chemical Combine at Zheleznogorsk has embarked on...

Japanese utilities strengthen co-operation
23 April 2016 Four of Japan’s electric power companies - Chugoku, Kansai, Kyushu...

IAEA reviews Malaysian nuclear security
23 April 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA) International Physical...

China pushes ahead with sea-based NPPs
23 April 2016 The construction of China's first maritime nuclear power platform...

Cameco to close Rabbit Lake mine
23 April 2016 Canada’s Cameco is cutting back its uranium mining activities in response...

Russia to close Bilibino NPP
23 April 2016 Unit 1 of Russia’s Bilibino NPP in the Arctic northeast will be finally...

Rosatom looks to increase exports
22 April 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans in 2016 to increase...

South Korea and Russia strengthen co-operation
22 April 2016 Rusatom International Network (RIN), part of Russian state...

EnergySolutions and JAPC to collaborate on decommissioning
22 April 2016 US EnergySolutions has signed a collaborative agreement with the Japan...

Japan’s NRA issues approvals for three more reactor units
22 April 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 20 April effectively...

EDF to acquire Sweden’s Studsvik
22 April 2016 EDF subsidiary EDF Développement Environnement signed an agreement on...

Ageing Belgian reactors continue to cause concern
22 April 2016 Belgium’s nuclear safety agency (Fanc) says 40-year-old unit 2 at Tihange...

Significant local involvement in construction of Belarus NPP
22 April 2016 By the end of 2015, 83.6% of the work to build the Belarus NPP in...

Life extension of Armenian NPP continues but new plant still in doubt
22 April 2016 Activities on the service life extension project at unit 2 of Armenian...

Japan’s regulator to improve earthquake information
20 April 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said on 19 April it will begin...

Progress for new US NPPs but early closure for others
20 April 2016 The first reactor coolant pump for an AP1000 reactor plant in the USA...

More delays for Ukraine used fuel store
20 April 2016 Start-up of Ukraine’s Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage (CSNFS) has...

Improvements reported in Bulgaria’s regulatory system
20 April 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

GE Hitachi to pull out of laser enrichment venture
20 April 2016 Following the announcement that GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy plans to pull...

Progress continues at Belarus NPP
20 April 2016 Construction and installation of the two units of the Belarus NPP...

Another milestone for UAE NPP
20 April 2016 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has completed the...

NPPs undamaged after Japanese earthquakes
19 April 2016 Although at least 40 people died in the powerful earthquakes that...

India’s Kakrapar unit still closed after leak
19 April 2016 Unit 1 of India’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat, which...

Iran to co-operate with Europe on nuclear
19 April 2016 Iranian officials and a visiting European Union (EU) delegation headed...

France reaffirms commitment to Hinkely
19 April 2016 French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron tn an interview with BBC...

EDF extends outage of damaged Paluel 2 reactor
19 April 2016 EDF has extended the outage period for unit 2 of its Paluel NPP until...

Canada’s Darlington NPP refurbishment to go ahead
19 April 2016 Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on 15 April dismissed a judicial review...

France’s Dassault strengthens co-operation with Rosatom
19 April 2016 French software company Dassault Systemes is to develop cooperation...

Bulgaria looks to China to finance new NPP
19 April 2016 Bulgaria is seeking strategic investors from China to help expand its...

Damaged fuel to be removed from Chernobyl NPP
19 April 2016 The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRI) on 14...

Another Lead-212 plant for Areva
19 April 2016 Areva Med, the subsidiary of French engineering company Areva for...

Progress at Russia’s Kursk NPP
15 April 2016 Repair and restructuring has been completed on the graphite stack of...

Japanese research reactors get regulatory approval
15 April 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 14 April adopted draft...

Work continues at Iter despite budget problems
15 April 2016 The installation of six water detritiation tanks, part of the...

Hinkley still undecided
15 April 2016 France’s Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on 14 April that he has...

Belarus NPP to receive first fuel in 2017
15 April 2016 The first shipment of nuclear fuel will be delivered by Russia to...

Progress and problems for EPR projects
15 April 2016 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has submitted the...

UK-based Atkins completes acquisition of US EnergySolutions
14 April 2016 UK-based engineering company Atkins has completed its $318m acquisition of...

Permit issued in Russia to investigate deep geological disposal
14 April 2016 Russia’s National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management (NO RAO) has...

Rosatom maintains spending on R&D
14 April 2016 Spending by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom for research...

Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP to decommission one unit and start another
14 April 2016 Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP is preparing to decommission unit 3 of the...

New simulator for South Korea’s Wolsong NPP
14 April 2016 Canada's L-3 Mapps has signed a contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear...

Kazatomprom increases co-operation with Russia and the US
14 April 2016 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom is negotiating ways...

Jordan and Russia increase co-operation
14 April 2016 Jordan and Russia on 12 April signed a nuclear energy cooperation...

Joint sales for US Centrus and CoverDyn
14 April 2016 US uranium enrichment company Centrus Energy Corporation and...

Russia to begin decommissioning former enrichment facility at Angarsk
14 April 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has called for bids...

Cameco reports record uranium production
14 April 2016 Canada’s Cameco has announced a record annual uranium production of 28.4m...

UK support for Fukushima clean-up
14 April 2016 Sellafield Limited and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) have issued...

Rosatom opens offices in Beijing and Dubai
12 April 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom opened a regional...

Rosatom plans more new products and import substitution
12 April 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans to increase the share of...

International nuclear security agreement to take effect
12 April 2016 A nuclear security agreement that will take effect on 8 May is intended...

New estimates for costs of Fukushima decontamination
12 April 2016 Japan's Board of Audit estimates that efforts to remove radioactive...

German utilities under pressure due to NPP closures
12 April 2016 A regional court in Bonn has rejected German utility EnBW’s claim for...

More contaminated water leaks found at Fukushima
12 April 2016 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says the level of radioactivity near...

Ukraine’s EMSS audited as supplier to Finnish NPP
12 April 2016 Representatives of Finland’s Fennovoima Oy and inspectors of the...

EPRs to face more tests
12 April 2016 French nuclear regulator Autorite de Surete Nucleaire (ASN) said 5 April...

Chinese companies look to the UK
12 April 2016 UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler on 7 April signed an agreement with...

More equipment shipped to Belarus NPP
12 April 2016 The components of the automated process control system (APCS) for unit 1...

Russia develops equipment for annealing
12 April 2016 Atomenergoremont, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation...

Simulator at Slovenia’s Krško NPP to be upgraded
12 April 2016 Canada-based L-3 MAPPS is to upgrade the full-scope simulator at...

Slowpoke reactor at Alberta University to be decommissioned
12 April 2016 Candu Energy, a subsidiary of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin, has been awarded...

Metrological fuel assembly being developed for BN-800
12 April 2016 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (part of the Fuel Company TVEL)...

US Entergy under regulatory scrutiny
12 April 2016 US Entergy Corp has agreed to review fire safety measures at all its...

Russia tests two more experimental dense nitride fuel assemblies
12 April 2016 The chemical and metallurgical plant (CMP) at Russia’s Siberian...

UK NDA takes over Sellafield
12 April 2016 The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has taken ownership...

Insurance for Russia’s floating NPP
12 April 2016 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has called for bids to...

Progress at China’s Sanmen and Fuqing NPPs
12 April 2016 Unit 1 at China’s Sanmen NPP - the world’s first AP1000 nuclear unit,...

Digital control system sent to China’s HTR-PM reactor
12 April 2016 The digital control system for China's demonstration...

Japanese court rulings inconsistent on NPP restarts
12 April 2016 Local residents near Kyushu Electric Power Co's Sendai NPP in Japan will...

IAEA reviews decommissioning of Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP
12 April 2016 At the invitation of the government of Lithuania, an expert mission led...

Armenian NPP life extension may take five years
12 April 2016 Extension of the Armenian NPP’s operating life may take five years,...

Good news and bad news for Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP
12 April 2016 Process-system tests have begun at the EPR reactor under construction at...

Japan’s Sendai NPP to continue operating
06 April 2016 The Miyazaki branch of Japan’s Fukuoka High Court has ruled that the...

UK Wylfa NPP project still on track
06 April 2016 Lloyd's Register has been selected as the independent third-party...

US Wisconsin lifts moratorium on nuclear construction
06 April 2016 The US State of Wisconsin has lifted a moratorium on the construction of...

French regulator investigating incident at Paluel NPP
06 April 2016 France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) said on 5 April that it...

Kazatomprom and CoverDyn to co-operate
06 April 2016 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom and US company...

Iter criticised by EU on funding
06 April 2016 International nuclear fusion project Iter failed to justify its use...

Documentation proceeds for Iran NPP despite delays
06 April 2016 The cost of developing priority documentation for Phase Two of Iran’s...

New dry fuel storage for UK’s Sizewell B
06 April 2016 EDF Energy has inaugurated a new dry storage facility for used nuclear...

EC takes detailed look at Europe’s nuclear future
06 April 2016 The European Commission's (EC’s) latest Nuclear Illustrative Programme...

Technology firsts for China’s Harbin Electric Corporation
06 April 2016 China’s first 300MWe nuclear reactor cooling pump, developed by...

Russia’s Atomstroyexport finalises credit deal
06 April 2016 Russia’s VTB Bank has closed a RUB7bn ($101m) credit deal...

Argentina to review nuclear deals with China
06 April 2016 Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri defended the “peaceful use of...

Japan to transfer more nuclear material to USA
05 April 2016 Japan said on 1 April that it will give up more of its highly...

Uranium swap agreed by UK, US and EU
05 April 2016 The UK, US, and EU have agreed to turn the UK’s excess stockpile of...

Ukraine signs nuclear agreement with Australia
05 April 2016 Ukraine and Australia on 31 March 31 signed an inter-governmental...

Remote technology centre opens in Fukushima
05 April 2016 A new centre for the development and testing of remote-controlled...

Radioactive sediment found in Fukushima rivers
05 April 2016 Researchers in Japan have detected relatively high levels of...

Two more Chinese nuclear units connected to grid
05 April 2016 Unit four of China’s Hongyanhe NPP in Liaoning province was connected to...

Canadian uranium companies join forces
05 April 2016 Canada-based uranium miners GoviEx Uranium Inc and Denison Mines Corp are...

Flawed cables found at Japanese nuclear facilities
05 April 2016 Cable flaws violating Japan's post-Fukushima safety standards have been...

Construction begins at Russia’s “Breakthrough” project
05 April 2016 The first module Russia’s Breakthrough (Proryv) project under development...

New French body to co-ordinate nuclear strategy
05 April 2016 Electricite de France (EDF), Areva, and France’s Commissariat à...

Contract signed for preparatory work at Bangladesh’s NPP
01 April 2016 A contract has been signed by Russia’s Inter RAO Engineering for...

Progress at US Vogtle NPP
01 April 2016 US Georgia Power (a Southern Company subsidiary) says units 3 and 4 at...

Westinghouse to deploy core monitoring software at Ukraine's Zaporozhye-5
01 April 2016 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Ukrainian...

UK ONR reveals its new strategic plan
01 April 2016 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) plans to increase its...

Japanese regulator approves operation of Fukushima ice wall
01 April 2016 Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) on 30 March won approval...

US Indian Point NPP investigates missing bolts
01 April 2016 US Entergy Corp is extending an outage at its Indian Point NPP Indian...

China begins fuel production for HTR-PM
01 April 2016 Pilot production of fuel elements for China's high-temperature...

March 2016

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More funding support for Tepco’s compensation payments
30 March 2016 Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (Tepco) said it has been granted...

Russia optimizes fabrication of nitride fuel assemblies
30 March 2016 Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) has optimized fabrication...

New enrichment contract for US Centrus
30 March 2016 The US Centrus Energy Corporation has signed a contract worth around...

New fuel-loading system for Russia’s Novovoronezh II NPP
30 March 2016 A new system is being used to load fuel into the VVER-1200 reactor core...

Israel recruits new nuclear scientists
30 March 2016 Israel’s Council for Higher Education has begun a new programme to...

No fuel damage reported at India’s Kakrapar NPP
30 March 2016 Fuel bundles removed from a leaking coolant channel at unit 1 of...

Chinese research reactor converted to LEU
30 March 2016 China’s first Miniature Neutron Sources Reactor (MNSR) has passed all...

Emergency shut down at Washington state NPP
30 March 2016 Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station near Richland in the...

Jordan’s NPP to be operating by 2025
29 March 2016 The head of Jordan Nuclear Power Company, Ahmad Hisayat, said Jordan’s...

Russia to use new remote monitoring technology at Kalinin NPP
29 March 2016 A new technology for reactor core diagnostics, which uses neutrinos as...

Sweden’s planned used fuel storage expected to meet safety requirements
29 March 2016 Sweden’s nuclear regulator Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten (SSM) has...

Flatpack cranes for Sellafield
29 March 2016 A new “flatpack” approach to buying cranes for the UK’s Sellafield...

India and France sign new MOU
29 March 2016 France and India have signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

New incinerator for Fukushima waste
29 March 2016 A facility for incinerating miscellaneous solid low-level waste has...

Progress at Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
29 March 2016 Concrete pouring for the wall footing of New Safe Confinement (NSC) arch...

RPV installed in China's HTR-PM unit
29 March 2016 The first of two reactor pressure vessels was installed at...

Screening suspended at Japan’s Kashiwazaki-kari NPP
29 March 2016 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) says it will suspend screening...

Russian floating plant on schedule
26 March 2016 Over the next three years, RUB11.2bn ($144m) will be allocated to...

French regulator reports on safety at nuclear facilities
26 March 2016 France’s Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety...

German NPP breaks world record
26 March 2016 Germany's single unit Grohnde NPP, a 1,360MWe pressurised water reactor,...

Funding award for UK waste research
26 March 2016 Dr Claire Corkhill, a researcher at the University of Sheffield’s...

Japan’s Ikata NPP to decommission one unit and restart another
26 March 2016 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Co on 25 March decided to decommission...

More contracts for Finland’s Hanhikivi NPP
26 March 2016 Russia’s Titan 2, the main building contractor for Finland’s Hanhikivi...

EDF announces progress at Flammanville NPP
26 March 2016 The EDF Group said on 24 March that the "first key milestone" had...

Plutonium leaves Japan for the USA
26 March 2016 A ship carrying 331kg of weapons-grade plutonium left Tokai in Japan on...

UK parliament scrutinises UK plans
26 March 2016 EDF Energy CEO Vincent de Rivaz told UK parliament’s Energy and...

China speeds up nuclear construction
26 March 2016 China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) calls for operating...

Westinghouse wins contract to service TVA reactors
18 March 2016 Westinghouse Electric Company has won a contract to provide steam...

Redesign of Iran’s Arak reactor going well
18 March 2016 The head of Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi has said the task...

UK interest in SMRs increases
18 March 2016 The UK government has published a policy paper outlining the first phase of...

South Africa prepares for newbuild tender
18 March 2016 South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom has submitted site...

Lightbridge signs agreement with Areva NP
18 March 2016 US-based Lightbridge Corp has signed a joint development agreement with...

Progress in fuel development at Russian enterprises
18 March 2016 Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod, a subsidiary of nuclear fuel...

UK parliament seeks reassurance on nuclear newbuild
18 March 2016 A UK parliamentary committee has called EDF Energy, and other...

Revenue increase for CEZ
18 March 2016 Czech utility ČEZ’s reported a 4% increase in operating revenues in...

Spanish drone detects radiation
18 March 2016 Spain’s Escuadrone claims to have developed the world's first drone,...

Turkey finalizes site for third NPP
18 March 2016 Turkey expects to begin the bidding process to build its third NPP next...

China prepares for nuclear exports
18 March 2016 China’s two biggest state-owned nuclear power operators on 17 March a...

Westinghouse to co-operate with Ukraine’s Turboatom
17 March 2016 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company (part of Japan’s Toshiba) has signed...

Kazakhstan may take back assets from joint ventures
17 March 2016 Kazakhstan is considering possibly taking back some nuclear assets from...

Melted fuel a problem for Fukushima decommissioning
17 March 2016 Removal of the melted fuel (corium) debris from the damaged reactors...

Simulator upgrade for Iran’s Bushehr NPP
17 March 2016 Russia’s All Russian Scientific & Research Institute for Nuclear Power...

Leak closes Indian NPP
14 March 2016 Unit 1 at India’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in western Gujarat state –...

Mox fuel for Russia’s BN 800
14 March 2016 Rosatom has announced that the BN-800 sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor...

Russia delivers radioisotopes to South Korea
14 March 2016 Russia has delivered to South Korea 10kg of molybdenum-100 (Mo-100),...

China looks to develop accelerator-driven systems
14 March 2016 China General Nuclear (CGN) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...

Some good news for UK Hinkley project but uncertainty remains
14 March 2016 The European Commission (EC) on 11 March approved the partnership between...

More delays for China's first AP1000
11 March 2016 China’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor at unit 1 of the Sanmen NPP in...

Japan marks fifth anniversary of tsunami and nuclear disaster
11 March 2016 On the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, Japan’s...

Japan issues injunction against operation of Takahama NPP
11 March 2016 Japan’s Otsu district court on 9 March issued a temporary injunction...

Russia takes delivery of Italian-built waste ship
11 March 2016 The Itarus semi-submersible floating platform for transporting...

Fire closes unit at US Oconee NPP
11 March 2016 Unit 1 at Duke Energy's Oconee nuclear power plant in South Carolina...

Milestone for US Vogtle NPP
11 March 2016 US company Georgia Power said on 9 March that it had achieved...

Russia chooses NIKIET to design Bolivian nuclear centre
11 March 2016 Russia’s NA Dollezhal Research and Development Institute of Power...

NRC reports good performance for most US power reactors
08 March 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has placed 96 of the USA's...

Russia to build research centre for Bolivia
08 March 2016 Bolivia and Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 6 March signed...

Continued turmoil for Hinkley project
08 March 2016 The UK government on 7 March affirmed its plans to construct a new NPP...

Fukushima clean-up faces labour shortage
08 March 2016 Five years after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, a large number of...

Nuclear co-operation for Hungary and UAE
07 March 2016 Hungary has signed a number of agreements with the United Arab...

Restart progress for Japan’s Ikata NPP
07 March 2016 Japan’s Shikoku Electric Power Company has submitted an amended...

US-South Korean nuclear commission launched
07 March 2016 South Korea and USA on 3 March launched the High Level Bilateral...

Swiss parliament wavers on nuclear phase out
07 March 2016 Both houses of the Swiss Parliament have refused to put a time limit on...

Sweden supports safety improvements at Russian NPPs
04 March 2016 Sweden will allocate SEK4m ($464,635) to finance the cooperation...

Korea to help commission UAE NPP
04 March 2016 Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), part of Korea Electric...

German companies to help Ukraine with waste management
04 March 2016 A consortium of four German companies - Brenk Systemplanung, DMT,...

China looks to nuclear exports and innovation
04 March 2016 China has set a target of building 30 nuclear units along the...

Faults under Japan’s Shika NPP said to be active
04 March 2016 An investigative panel of experts with the Nuclear Regulation Authority...

Fukushima melted fuel still an unknown
04 March 2016 Naohiro Masuda, the Chief Decommissioning Officer of Japan’s...

More US work for Areva
04 March 2016 Areva NP on 3 March signed a contract with Entergy Nuclear to...

Westinghouse to supply equipment to South Korea
02 March 2016 Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Westinghouse on 25 February signed...

Plans for decommissioning Swiss research reactor approved
02 March 2016 The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) has said it is...

Milestone clean-up task completed at Sellafield
02 March 2016 Workers at the UK Sellafield site have completed the complex task of...

Progress for Russia’s Rostov 4
02 March 2016 Welding of the main circulation pipeline (MCP) has started in the...

Kurion launches new tritium removal system
02 March 2016 US-based nuclear waste cleanup firm Kurion announced on 1 March that it...

More delays for Hinkley?
02 March 2016 France’s trade unions are pressing for construction of UK’s Hinkley Point...

Fukushima accident still under scrutiny
01 March 2016 A new report by the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) - 'Five years...

Westinghouse to supply test fuel to Temelin
01 March 2016 US-based Westinghouse Electric Company (part of Japan’s Toshiba) has...

Japan’s Takahama 4 shut down
01 March 2016 Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co said on 29 February that unit 4 at...

February 2016

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Growing interest in molten salt reactors
29 February 2016 Canada’s Terrestrial Energy said on 25 February that it is submitting...

US to build medical isotope facility
29 February 2016 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted a construction...

Clean-up milestone for US Hanford site
29 February 2016 Work is continuing to clean-up and decommission the US Department of...

More Westinghouse fuel for Ukraine
29 February 2016 Ukraine's nuclear utility Energoatom spent $643.57m on fuel assemblies...

Two more units restart in Japan
29 February 2016 Unit 3 at Japan’s Takahama NPP in Fukui prefecture resumed...

Finland allocates funds for training for Hanhikivi NPP
29 February 2016 Finland is to allocate €700,000 ($770,000) to train the potential labour...

India pushing ahead with Kudankulam expansion
29 February 2016 Preparation for commissioning of unit 2, under construction with...

Corrosion found at La Hague reprocessing plant
29 February 2016 French regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has called into...

Russia to host international graphite treatment centre
29 February 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has supported the idea...

Continued losses for Areva
29 February 2016 Areva on 26 February reported a €2bn ($2.2bn) net loss for 2015 and...

China to build more Hualong One reactors
25 February 2016 China General Nuclear Power (CGN) and rival China National Nuclear...

Ageing Japanese reactors approved for possible restart
25 February 2016 Units 1 and 2 at Japan’s Takahama NPP in Fukui Prefecture on 24...

Graphite distortion at UK AGRs investigated
25 February 2016 A graphite irradiation research project being carried out by an alliance...

UK and US pursue interest in SMRs
25 February 2016 The UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has commissioned a study...

Hinkley decision expected this year
25 February 2016 Electricite de France (EDF) CEO Jean-Bernard Levy expects the company to...

The difficulties of decommissioning German NPPs
24 February 2016 Germany is willing to protect its utility companies from the risks of...

Weir contract to upgrade French reactor valves
24 February 2016 Weir Power & Industrial France, a subsidiary of global engineering...

Finland’s Fortum reorganises
24 February 2016 Finnish utility Fortum will operate under a new business structure from...

Belarus to spend $47m on Chernobyl zone rehabilitation
24 February 2016 The Belarus Council of Ministers has instructed that a total of...

Iran invests $11bn in new Bushehr units
24 February 2016 The Nuclear Power Production and Development Company of Iran (NPPD), a...

Oskarshamn 1 to close in 2017
22 February 2016 Unit 1 at Sweden's Oskarshamn NPP will close permanently in mid 2017,...

Tepco amends ice wall plans
20 February 2016 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved a plan on 16 February...

Russia to begin building two more nuclear units in Iran
20 February 2016 The director general of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...

Progress at Russian newbuild NPPs
20 February 2016 The unsealed reactor testing of process systems at unit 4 of Russia’s...

Stronger powers for French regulator
20 February 2016 France's nuclear regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), will...

Brazil’s Angra NPP inaugurates simulator
20 February 2016 A full-scope simulator has been inaugurated for unit 1 of Brazil's Angra...

Testing milestone at UAE NPP
20 February 2016 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has successfully...

Wisconsin to end ban on NPP construction
20 February 2016 The state Senate in the US state of Wisconsin voted 23-9 on 16 February...

New electronic chip for Iter
17 February 2016 Engineers at Fusion for Energy (F4E), Oxford Technologies in the UK and...

Start stop for India’s Kudankulam NPP
17 February 2016 After restarting generation on 14 February, unit 1 at India’s Kudankulam...

Life extension for UK NPPs but no Hinkley decision
17 February 2016 EDF is to extend the life of half of its UK NPPs, safeguarding 2,000 jobs...

Australian commission supports waste storage
17 February 2016 The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, established last year by the...

Staff rationalisation at Russia's Rosenergoatom
17 February 2016 Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom plans this year to reduce...

Arbitration of OL3 continues
17 February 2016 The arbitration claim by the Areva-Siemens consortium against Finnish...

TVA to abandon Bellafonte NPP newbuild
16 February 2016 US utility Tennessee Valley Authority is abandoning a long-standing plan...

Turkish nuclear projects continue
16 February 2016 The Nuclear Industry Association of Turkey (NIAT) is encouraging...

Approval sought to dismantle three Japanese reactors
16 February 2016 Kansai Electric Power Co and Japan Atomic Power Co have...

Russia's Baltic NPP is not abandoned
16 February 2016 Russia's Scientific Research and Design Institute for Energy...

Fukushima ice wall equipment installed
15 February 2016 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says installation has been completed...

French auditors' court assesses cost of nuclear upgrades
13 February 2016 France's official court of auditors, the Cour des Comptes, said in its...

Armenian NPP prepares for life extension
12 February 2016 A survey of the systems, structures and components at unit 2 of the...

Contract signed for excavation at Finland's underground lab
10 February 2016 Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva Oy and construction...

Power supply agreement for UAE nuclear plant
10 February 2016 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) in the United Arab...

Japanese government assumes control of reprocessing
10 February 2016 Draft legislation to enable stable funding for used fuel reprocessing...

Cameco reports fall in earnings
09 February 2016 Cameco Corp has reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings...

China claims fusion breakthrough
09 February 2016 Scientists at China's Institute of Plasma Physics in Hefei Jiangsu...

Europe continues co-operation with GIF
09 February 2016 The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) is expected continue...

Another contract for Hanhikivi 1
08 February 2016 Russia's Titan-2 has concluded a contract for delivery of concrete for...

Russia signed equipment deals with China and India
08 February 2016 Rusatom Service, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation...

India ratifies CSC convention on nuclear liability
08 February 2016 India has ratified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...

First hydrogen plasma from German stellarator
05 February 2016 Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in...

Decommssioning of Japan's Hamaoka NPP continues
05 February 2016 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has given approval for...

Wano accepts equivalency of US-based Inpo
05 February 2016 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (Wano) has granted equivalency...

Russia increases uranium production
04 February 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom in 2015 increased...

New contracts for Harper International
04 February 2016 US-based Harper International was recently awarded a contract for a...

Interest in SMRs picks up
03 February 2016 Nuclear plant designers and operators have joined a US consortium,SMR...

Ukraine boosts co-operation with China
03 February 2016 Ukrainian engineering company Turboatom and the China's Dongfang Electric...

GE Hitachi completes PWR service outage at Exelon NPP
03 February 2016 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) said on 1 February that it had completed...

Japan's Takahama 3 begins power generation
02 February 2016

Grid reconnection for India's Kudankulam 1
02 February 2016 Unit 1 of India's India's Kudankulam NPP in Tamil Nadu began supplying...

Life extension for Bulgaria's Kozloduy 6
01 February 2016 Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP has signed a contract with a consortium...

Uncertainty over Hinkley Point echoed by Hitachi
01 February 2016 Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman and CEO of Hitachi, said on 30 January that...

Cold function tests completed at China's first EPR
01 February 2016 Cold function tests were completed at unit 1 of the Taishan NPP in...

Testing of Hualong One fuel begins
01 February 2016 A prototype fuel assembly, China Fuel 3 (CF3), for use in China's Hualong...

January 2016

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Sellafield signs framework agreements
29 January 2016 The UK's Sellafield Ltd has signed 10-year framework agreements...

Japan considers seabed disposal of nuclear waste
29 January 2016 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Meti) has begun work...

More progress on Chinese FNPP
29 January 2016 China General Nuclear (CGN) on 25 January signed a strategic...

Lithuania regulator authorises Ignalina waste facility
29 January 2016 A licence for the construction and operation of a very low-level...

EDF delays Hinkley Point decision
28 January 2016 Electricite de France (EDF) is seeking additional funding to finance...

Study warns of UK electricity supply gap
28 January 2016 A report, 'Engineering the UK Electricity Gap', published on 26 January...

Romanian contracts for Canadian companies
28 January 2016 Canada's L-3 Mapps has won a contract from state-owned Romanian...

Russia contributes to IAEA INPRO project
28 January 2016 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom in 2016 will contribute...

Areva to finalise sale to EDF
28 January 2016 On 27 January, Areva's Board of Directors gave a mandate to CEO...

Construction of new power reactor to start in Iran in March
27 January 2016 Iran will start the construction of the first unit at a second Bushehr NPP...

EDF signs preliminary agreement with India for six reactors
27 January 2016 Electricite de France (EDF) on 26 January said it had signed a...

Landslide at French underground lab
27 January 2016 A landslide within the underground laboratory operated by French...

Armenia pushes on with life extension
26 January 2016 Armenia is to go ahead with plans for the life extension of unit 2 at...

Upgrading completed at Russia's PIK research reactor
26 January 2016 Russia's new high flux beam research reactor, PIK, at the BP...

IAEA recommends improvements for Japan's NRA
26 January 2016 An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory...

Japan to restart Takahama 3 with mox fuel
24 January 2016 Kansai Electric Power Co plans to restart unit 3 at its Takahama...

Control Room installed at Leningrad II-1
24 January 2016 The installation of the instrumentation and control systems has started...

Decommissioning progress at Ignalina
24 January 2016

India's Kudankulam 1 restarts
23 January 2016 Unit 1 of India's Russian-designed Kudankulam nuclear power plant...

Work begins at Finland's Hanhikivi
22 January 2016 Preparations for building of the foundation pit have started at the site...

France's Cabri Research Reactor achieves criticality
22 January 2016 France's Cabri research reactor at Cadarache has once again...

More contracts for Iter
22 January 2016 UK-based Amec Foster Wheeler has signed a framework contract to...

SNC-Lavalin to clean SGs at Cernavoda
21 January 2016 SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by BWXT Canada Ltd. for the...

Iran seeks nuclear co-operation with China and Czech Republic
21 January 2016 Just days after the Iran nuclear deal came into effect Chinese and...

South Korea's Shin Kori 3 connected to grid
20 January 2016 Unit 3 at South Korea's Shin-Kori NPP near Busan was connected to the grid...

China uses 3D printing in fuel assembly manufacture
20 January 2016 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on 18 January that...

Fukushima core melt experiment conducted in Kazakhstan
20 January 2016 Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre (NCC RK) has conducted a core...

Work begins on Egypt's first nuclear plant
20 January 2016 Russia's Research and Investigations Institute Energoizyskaniya in...

European Commission still unsure about Paks project
19 January 2016 The European Commission (EC) said in a statement published in European...

Tajikistan to refurbish research reactor
19 January 2016 Tajikistan's Academy of Sciences has started to implement the...

Borehole disposal for sealed sources
18 January 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced that...

Implementation of Iran deal begins
18 January 2016 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a report on 16...

Bulgarian regulator expects to approve site for new Kozloduy unit
18 January 2016 Bulgaria's Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) expects to issue an order...

Westinghouse ready for SMR fuel production in the UK
14 January 2016 US nuclear vendor Westinghouse Electric Company said today that...

Progress on Iran's Arak reactor as work nears completion
14 January 2016 Iran's Young Journalists Club (YJC) reported on 11 January that, contrary...

Refurbishment for Canada's Darlington
12 January 2016 Canada's Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has approved plans for a...

CEZ to restart Dukovany
12 January 2016 Czech state-owned power utility ČEZ expects to be able to restart unit 1...

Graphene filters could cut the cost of heavy water production
11 January 2016 Researchers led by Nobel Prize winner Sir Andre Geim from University...

Continuing improvements for Finland's Loviisa
11 January 2016 Finnish utility Fortum is continuing with its extensive upgrade programme...

South Korea's Shin Kori 3 begins commissioning tests
07 January 2016 Commissioning tests are under way at unit 3 of South Korea's Shin Kori...

UK NDA reveals its strategy and business plans
07 January 2016 The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on 5 January released...

More problems for Belgium's Doel NPP
07 January 2016 Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc) said a specialist...

Two year outage for Argentina's Embalse
07 January 2016 Argentina's Embalse, in the province of Cordoba, a 648MWe pressurised...

Fluor awarded contracts by Westinghouse
05 January 2016 Fluor Corp has been awarded two subcontracts by Westinghouse Electric Co...

Enel to sell its share in Slovenské Elektrárne
05 January 2016 Enel Produzione (EP), a subsidiary of Italian utility Enel, has signed...

Tenex and Centrus extend uranium supply agreement
05 January 2016 Russian nuclear materials trading company Techsnabexport and the US...

UK closes its last Magnox reactor
04 January 2016 Unit 1 at the UK's Wylfa nuclear plant in Anglesey (Wales), the world's...

Belgium's Doel 1 starts and stops again
04 January 2016 Unit 1 at Belgium's Doel nuclear plant automatically shut down on 2...

Iran exchanges enriched uranium for yellowcake
04 January 2016 On 28 December, Russia removed all low-enriched uranium (LEU) from...

Nuclear funding increased in US Appropriations Act
01 January 2016 Under the US fiscal 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act signed into law...

December 2015

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Areva to decontaminate Germany's Kruemmel
22 December 2015 Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy has chosen Areva NP to decontaminate...

China's nuclear power plans take shape
22 December 2015 China's State Council on 16 December approved the construction of...

Construction licence for Russia's Kursk II expected in 2016
21 December 2015 The licence for the construction of replacement capacity for Russia's...

Regulator accepts Areva methodology for testing EPR reactor vessel
18 December 2015 French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has accepted...

Belgium postpones restart of Doel 3
18 December 2015 The scheduled restart of unit 3 at Belgium's Doel nuclear plant has...

Progress at US newbuild nuclear plants
18 December 2015 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed loading 193 nuclear...

US Kurion acquires UK's Oxford Technologies
18 December 2015 US Kurion has acquired the UK robotics and remote systems firm...

China and Kazakhstan agree on fuel fabrication facility
17 December 2015 Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom and and China...

IAEA signs off on Iran case
16 December 2015 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on...

South Africa prepares for nuclear tender
16 December 2015 The South African government has approved the start of the...

Climate conference supports cleaner energy
15 December 2015 Agreement was reached on 14 December in Paris by the 195 countries...

India and Japan agree in principle
15 December 2015 India and Japan have reached an agreement in principle to conclude...

Indonesia rules out nuclear as major power source
14 December 2015 Indonesia will not used to nuclear energy to meet its target of 136.7GWe...

South African court says Areva contract is unlawful
14 December 2015 South Africa's supreme appeals court has ruled "unlawful" the award of...

German fusion device achieves first plasma
14 December 2015 First plasma has been produced at the Wendelstein 7-X, the world's...

Finnish regulators find steel quality of OL3 acceptable
14 December 2015 Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) has approved a...

Russia starts up world's biggest fast reactor
14 December 2015 The BN-800 fast neutron reactor at unit 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP in...

Ukraine extends service life of South Ukraine 2
10 December 2015 The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) has decided...

Canada's Bruce Power to refurbish six reactors
09 December 2015 Canada's Bruce Power will go ahead with refurbishment of six reactor units...

Upgrades required for Swiss Muhleberg nuclear plant
09 December 2015 The Swiss nuclear safety regulator has reaffirmed the measures that must...

Areva to dismantle Superphenix vessel internals
09 December 2015 Areva has won a contract for "several tens of millions of euros"...

Sweden to increase waste fees for utilities
08 December 2015 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten - SSM)...

Russia's Mayak offers to reprocess Fukushima fuel
08 December 2015 Russia's Production Association Mayak (Ozersk, Chelyabinsk region) is...

More progress on Iter
07 December 2015 Fusion for Energy (F4E), the organisation which administers...

Atomic Energy Information Centre opened in Kazakhstan
07 December 2015 An Atomic Energy Information Centre (AEIC) has been inaugurated in...

Switzerland's Beznau 1 offline until next summer
04 December 2015 Swiss utility Axpo has submitted a road map to the Federal Nuclear...

UK to close Wylfa nuclear plant by 30 December
04 December 2015 Decommissioning of the UK's Wylfa nuclear power plant on the island...

Russia holds back on suspending Turkish nuclear project
04 December 2015 The Turkish Stream gas pipeline and the construction of the Akkuyu...

Areva Inc to make fuel for Nuscale SMR
04 December 2015 US-based Areva Inc, part of France's Areva, has signed a contract...

India plans six more fast reactors
03 December 2015 As India's first 500MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at...

Life extension agreed for two Belgian plants
02 December 2015 French energy company Engie, formerly known as GDF Suez, has signed...

Argentina resumes uranium enrichment
02 December 2015 Outgoing Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on 1 December inaugurated...

IAEA says climate change challenge needs nuclear
01 December 2015 Nuclear power is the only low-carbon technology that is available today...

Russia holds suppliers forum in Hungary
01 December 2015 Kirill Komarov, first deputy director general of Russian state...

South Korea and China boost safety co-operation
01 December 2015 The head of China's National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA),...

Another step forward for UAE nuclear plant
01 December 2015 Unit 2 at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates...

November 2015

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Japan's government to support nuclear fuel recycling
30 November 2015 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Meti) has proposed...

Russia's Rosenergoatom to build data centre
30 November 2015 Nuclear utility Rosenergoatom is about to begin construction of...

Fukushima sea wall develops cracks
30 November 2015 Japanese media report that the barrier constructed at the Fukushima...

China woos Eastern Europe
30 November 2015 China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) says China and Slovakia have...

Japan seeks international assistance for decommissioning
26 November 2015 Japan is turning to international experts for help with decommissioning...

UK looks to SMRs for 2020s
26 November 2015 The UK government has announced £250m ($378m) funding over the next...

More problems for Fukushima
26 November 2015 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has admitted that radioactive ground...

South Korean-US deal takes effect
26 November 2015 The amended bilateral nuclear energy agreement between the USA and...

Areva awarded cyber security work in the USA
25 November 2015 US-based Areva Inc. has been awarded several contracts totaling more than...

Russia lifts ban on nuclear exports to Iran
24 November 2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin has eased an export ban on nuclear...

Progress for Sanmen 1
24 November 2015 Westinghouse Electric Company has completed testing that validates...

Final major permit for new US Vogtle units
24 November 2015 US Georgia Power said on 23 November that it has received the water...

Vitrification plant at Sellafield completes cold testing
23 November 2015 A demonstration plant to vitrify radioactive waste has completed...

More storage needed for Japan's used fuel
23 November 2015 Nine Japanese power utilities owning nuclear power plants and...

EnergySolutions to acquire Waste Control Specialists
23 November 2015 US-based EnergySolutions on 19 November signed a definitive agreement...

Bolivia plans South America's biggest nuclear centre
23 November 2015 Bolivian president Evo Morales said on 19 November that he wanted the...

European Commission investigates Hungary's compliance to EU standards
22 November 2015 The European Commission (EC) has decided to launch an infringement...

Hungary says EU legal action will not stop Paks expansion
21 November 2015 Hungary says it will go ahead with its plans to expand the Paks nuclear...

WANO appoints Prozesky as new CEO
20 November 2015 The World Association of Nuclear Operators has named Peter Prozesky,...

Forsmark most suitable for Sweden's repository
20 November 2015 Of all the Swedish sites investigated as a possible deep geologic...

Cracks found in graphite bricks at Hunterston within safety margins
20 November 2015 The discover of three cracked graphite bricks around the core of unit 3...

Russia agrees to build Egypt's first nuclear plant
20 November 2015 Egypt and Russia on 19 November signed an agreement for construction...

Construction of new Paks units to begin in 2018
19 November 2015 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is to start building two new...

Belgium to restart Doel and Tihange units
18 November 2015 Belgian power company Electrabel has been authorised by the Federal...

Atkins to buy EnergySolutions nuclear services
18 November 2015 UK engineering consultancy company Atkins has announced plans to acquire...

Turkey confirms support for Akkuyu
18 November 2015 Over the past few weeks plans for Turkey's first nuclear power at Akkuyu...

India and Australia conclude nuclear agreement
17 November 2015 India announced that procedures for a civil nuclear agreement with...

Imperial research to help Fukushima cleanup
17 November 2015 A team from the UK's Imperial's Centre for Nuclear Engineering...

Losses at Eletrobras attributed to Angra 3
17 November 2015 Brazil's state-run power utility Eletrobras has posted a BRL4.01bn...

Another Bulgarian contract for Russia
17 November 2015 Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP and Russian company Rusatom Service have signed...

Ukraine pushes ahead with fuel diversification
16 November 2015 Ukrainian utility Energoatom plans to raise loans of $250m from Bank...

Australia shortlists sites for waste facility
16 November 2015 Australian resources and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, has released...

Mexico considers nuclear expansion
16 November 2015 Pressure is increasing for the expansion of Mexico's only nuclear plant...

World's biggest fast reactor to start up in Russia in 2016
13 November 2015 Unit 4 at Russia's Beloyarsk nuclear power plant, which has the...

Agreement reached on redesign of Iran's Arak reactor
12 November 2015 Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Iran and...

Hitachi GE eyes Japanese decommissioning
12 November 2015 Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy has said it would start a business to...

Slovakia's Mochovce 3 nears completion
12 November 2015 Unit 3 under construction at Slovakia's Mochovce nuclear power plant is...

IEA urges support for nuclear
11 November 2015 In its World Energy Outlook 2015 report, published on 10 November,...

New facilities for Russia's Mayak
11 November 2015 Russia's Production Association Mayak in Ozersk is to begin...

Kazakhstan signs agreements with France and Japan
09 November 2015 Kazakhstan's National Atomic Company Kazatomprom and Electricite de...

Finalnd's Posiva to market final disposal solution
09 November 2015 Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva Oy said it has "developed...

Mitsubishi considering concrete proposal for Areva stake
08 November 2015 Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has begun examining a...

Russia to test Korea’s fast reactor fuel
08 November 2015 Russia's Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) and the Korean...

South Korea to start up first APR-1400 reactor
06 November 2015 Fuel loading began at unit 3 of South Korea's Shin Kori plant on 3...

Jordan Nuclear Power Company board approved
06 November 2015 Jordan's Cabinet has approved the formation of the board of directors of...

Argentina to acquire site for new Atucha nuclear unit
06 November 2015 Argentina's nuclear utility Nucleoelectrica has received approval in...

India makes concessions on liability
05 November 2015 Suppliers of component to India's nuclear energy sector will not be...

Areva signs agreement with Ukraine's Energoatom
05 November 2015 France's Areva on 4 November signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

Westinghouse to dismantle Sweden's Barsebäck NPP
05 November 2015 Sweden's Barsebäck Kraft has awarded a contract to Westinghouse Electric...

Progress for Jordan's nuclear projects
05 November 2015 Korea Export-Import Bank (EximBank) is to invest $12.8m in the...

China may take a stake in Areva
04 November 2015 China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) may buy a minority stake in...

US Entergy announces closure of FitzPatrick nuclear plant
04 November 2015 US power company Entergy Corp is to close the James A FitzPatrick...

Russia completes remediation of radioactive lake Karachai
04 November 2015 Russia's Production Association Mayak, in the closed city of Ozersk...

Second Japanese reactor achieves full power
03 November 2015 Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Co said on 1 November that Sendai 2 had...

Ukraine looks to the USA and Belgium
03 November 2015 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom on 28 October signed several...

Chinese investment in Romanian nuclear plant
02 November 2015 The shareholders of Romanian national nuclear company Nuclearelectrica...

Progress on fuel for Russia's Brest reactor
02 November 2015 Mashinostroitelny Zavod, part of Russia's Fuel Company TVEL, has...

Japan's nuclear companies look to foreign projects
02 November 2015 With nuclear construction effectively frozen in Japan, in the wake...

October 2015

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Another milestone for Sellafield clean-up
29 October 2015 Workers have now removed 50% of the radioactivity from the site’s...

Westinghouse replaces CB&I with Fluor on US projects
29 October 2015 Toshiba Corp’s Westinghouse Electric Company is to pay $229m to buy...

US GEH signs agreement with Vietnam
28 October 2015 US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a memorandum...

Russia focuses on clean-up and foreign contracts
28 October 2015 Russia’s 2016 federal budget appropriations include RUB13.2bn ($212m)...

Iter gets first part of its bioshield
28 October 2015 Workers at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter)...

Tepco completes underground wall at Fukushima
28 October 2015 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says it has completed construction of...

China looks to floating NPPs
27 October 2015 The UK-based Lloyd’s Register Energy and the Nuclear Power Institute of...

UK study stresses need for nuclear
27 October 2015 The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering RAE has warned that time is running...

Operating licence for US Watts Bar NPP
27 October 2015 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 40-year...

Progress continues at Finland’s Hanhikivi NPP
27 October 2015 Russia’s Titan-2, the main construction contractor for the Hanhikivi-1...

Implementation of Iran agreement begins
25 October 2015 On 21 October, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei finally...

Kazatomprom looks to US and restructures
24 October 2015 Kazakhstan national atomic company Kazatomprom has signed a memorandum...

South Africa allocates funds for nuclear
24 October 2015 South Africa says it has put aside ZAR200m ($14.7m) in preparation for...

EDF and China agree on Hinkley project
22 October 2015 Electricite de France (EDF) and China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN)...

Russia contracted to upgrade Bulgarian reactors
22 October 2015 Russia's OJSC Power Machines and Rusatom Service, a subsidiary of...

Westinghouse proposes partnership with UK on SMR development
21 October 2015 Westinghouse has proposed to partner with the UK government in...

Delay for Bangladesh nuclear plant
20 October 2015 Implementation of Rooppur NPP being built in Bangladesh by Russia is...

Armenian NPP life extension goes ahead
20 October 2015 Life extension of unit 2 at the Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor...

Indian nuclear capacity to rise to 35GW by 2025
20 October 2015 India's cumulative installed electricity generating capacity will more...

France returns waste to Australia
20 October 2015 The specialised vessel BBC Shanghai left Cherbourg in France on 15...

Sendai 2 restarts
19 October 2015 Kyushu Electric Power has started operations of the second reactor at...

Cleanup milestone at George Besse I
19 October 2015 AREVA has extracted all of the solid uranium hexafluoride from...

OKG confirms early closure of two Swedish reactors
15 October 2015 The shareholders of OKG have voted to close Oskarshamn 1 and 2 early...

Siemens to work on ITER neutral beam injectors
14 October 2015 Fusion for Energy, the European Union organisation managing...

Pilgrim to close by 2019
14 October 2015 The Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts is set to retire early...

Despite UK support for nuclear, public unaware of waste plans
13 October 2015 A recent survey by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found that...

Amec Foster Wheeler to conduct Fukushima radwaste study
13 October 2015 Amec Foster Wheeler has been chosen to carry out a major study into...

German utilities able to meet the cost of decommissioning
12 October 2015 A new report commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic...

NuScale Power sets out hopes for UK market
12 October 2015 NuScale Power has set out an ambitious programme in its newly published...

AZZ wins valve refurbishment at Laguna Verde
09 October 2015 Texas-based AZZ has been awarded a contract to refurbish the main...

UK to set up high-temperature facility for nuclear R&D
08 October 2015 A consortium led by Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a £2m research...

Areva to provide dry storage at Monticello and Prairie Island
07 October 2015 Areva TN announced it has signed a contract with Xcel Energy to provide...

Lloyd's Register Energy receives certification Korea
07 October 2015 Global nuclear inspection body, Lloyd's Register Energy has increased...

New projects to boost world Mo-99 production
07 October 2015 Construction is under way at the Lucas Heights campus on the...

Tepco officials face prosecution over Fukushima contamination
06 October 2015 Fukushima prefectural police said on 2 October that they had referred...

Experts approve Areva's tests for Flamanville 3 RPV
05 October 2015 French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) said an...

Belgian regulator approves Doel life extension
05 October 2015 Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc) extended the...

EU court supports Sweden's nuclear tax
05 October 2015 The European Court of Justice has ruled that Sweden’s levy on the...

Rosatom approves SVBR-100 detailed design review
05 October 2015 The Scientific and Technical Council (STC) of Russian state...

Another preferred bidder for Hinkley
02 October 2015 EDF Energy on 1 October announced water treatment and waste water...

Areva wins contract to clean up Saclay facility
02 October 2015 Areva Dismantling and Services has signed a five-year contract with...

Toshiba may seek partner for nuclear operations
02 October 2015 Toshiba Corp may cut staff in its home appliances, TV and computer...

Finland's Fennovoima prepares transmission for Hanhikivi
01 October 2015 Finnish utility Fennovoima and national electricity transmission...

Japan regulator criticises Monju operator
01 October 2015 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) will question the chief of...

September 2015

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Progress at Tianwan 4
30 September 2015 Installation of the dome for unit 4 of the Tianwan nuclear plant in...

Croft to supply radwaste packages for Dounreay
30 September 2015 Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) has awarded an £8 million...

Fuel removal paves way for decommissioning of Uzbek research complex
30 September 2015 Russia has removed highly-enriched irradiated liquid nuclear fuel...

China expected to begin inland NPP construction
29 September 2015 China is expected to reconsider nuclear power development in inland areas...

Russia targets nuclear export growth
29 September 2015 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom plans in the next five years...

Fukushima unit 2 probably suffered total meltdown
28 September 2015 It is highly likely that 70-100% percent of the fuel in the unit 2 reactor...

Russia completes decommissioning of uranium-graphite reactor
28 September 2015 The decommissioning of uranium-graphite reactor EI-2 at Russia's...

Cigar Lake mine officially opens
26 September 2015 A ceremony to mark the official start of production Canada's Cigar...

MHI may invest in Areva
25 September 2015 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is considering investing in France's...

China to support US travelling wave reactor
25 September 2015 US-based TerraPower, founded in 2006 to develop advanced nuclear...

Russia’s BN-1200 fast reactor could be finished by 2025
25 September 2015 Design work on Russia’s 1200MWe sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor,...

US Entergy formally drops ESBWR application
24 September 2015 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formally withdrawn...

Brazil shelves plans to open up nuclear sector
24 September 2015 Brazil has shelved a proposal to open its nuclear power sector to...

Fortum to supply more ion exchange materials to Fukushima
24 September 2015 Finland's Fortum has received "a significant additional order" from...

New materials research facility for UK university
23 September 2015 The University of Sheffield in the UK has opened a new GBP3m...

UK guarantee for Hinkley Point C
22 September 2015 The UK Government has approved a £2bn ($3bn) financial guarantee for...

Jamaica becomes HEU free
22 September 2015 The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has removed the...

Areva wins outage work at three German NPPs
21 September 2015 Areva has won a contract to perform outage services at three German...

UK returns waste to Japan and Switzerland
21 September 2015 The UK has completed the fifth in a series of shipments of vitrified...

L-3 MAPPS to supply simulator to Japan
20 September 2015 Canada's L-3 MAPPS is to supply a severe accident simulator to...

Steam generators and safety deals for UAE
20 September 2015

Canadian regulator signs cooperation agreements
17 September 2015 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has signed...

Licence sought for Botswana uranium mine
16 September 2015 Australian firm A-Cap Resources, which has been developing uranium...

Russia begins construction of MBIR
16 September 2015 Construction of the world's most powerful multi-purpose fast neutron...

Progress for Russia's Novovoronezh, Rostov and floating NPPs
15 September 2015 Russia has started hot and cold testing of unit 1 of the Novovoronezh...

Exelon to continue operation of Illinois NPPs
15 September 2015 US Exelon Corporation has confirmed that it will postpone for a year...

Rain causes more problems for Fukushima
15 September 2015 Heavy rain in Japan has caused more problems in Fukushima. At least 82...

Russia adjusts uranium production to demand
14 September 2015 Uranium production will remain at the level of 3000t (tU) at the...

US NRC approves GNF fuel innovation
14 September 2015 Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), a GE-led joint venture with Hitachi Ltd...

Sendai 1 begins commercial operation
11 September 2015 Kyushu Electric Power Company said unit 1 of Japan's Sendai NPP returned...

Funding commitment for US Lightbridge
09 September 2015 US-based Lightbridge Corporation has announced that Aspire Capital Fund...

Fukushima round up
09 September 2015 Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP have removed half of the ceiling...

Saudi Arabia signs agreement with Russia
09 September 2015 Russia and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to work together...

More delays for Flamanville 3
08 September 2015 Technical problems and tightened safety rules have further...

Westinghouse leads dismantling of Germany's Philippsburg
08 September 2015 A consortium led by Westinghouse Electric Company has been awarded a...

China offers nuclear assistance to Iran
08 September 2015 During a three-day visit to Beijing at the end of August,...

Evacuation order lifted for town near Fukushima
07 September 2015 The Japanese town of Naraha near the Fukushima Daiichi NPP has lifted a...

Vattenfall and E.On in dispute over Swedish NPP
07 September 2015 Sweden's Vattenfall and Germany's E.On, the co-owners of Sweden's...

IAEA team offers advice to Kenya
05 September 2015 "Kenya has given thorough consideration to the infrastructure that will...

I&C equipment delivered to Olkiluoto 3
04 September 2015 The first instrumentation and control (I&C) system cabinets have...

Construction of unit 4 at UAE NPP begins
03 September 2015 The ceremony marking the pouring of first concrete for the basemat of...

Russia’s TVEL boosts research spending
03 September 2015 Russian nuclear fuel company TVEL, part of state nuclear corporation...

Sweden’s SKB to start building repository in 2019
03 September 2015 Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company SKB is planning to...

More Russian equipment for China’s Tianwan NPP
03 September 2015 Izhorskiye Zavody, part of Russia’s OMZ group, has completed a set of...

Rosatom to sell Honeymoon mine
03 September 2015 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has finally decided to sell...

IEA/NEA study finds nuclear costs competitive
03 September 2015 A joint study by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the...

South Korea opens waste repository
03 September 2015 South Korea has opened the first section of a $1.3bn (€1.1bn)...

Sendai commercial operation set for 10 September
01 September 2015 Kyushu Electric Power hopes to begin commercial operations unit 1 at...

August 2015

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US patent for Russian SVBR fast reactor
31 August 2015 Russia's Akme-engineering, joint venture between state nuclear...

Rostov may supply electricity to Crimea
31 August 2015 Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Russian government...

Production restarts at US conversion plant
29 August 2015 Full production has resumed at the Metropolis uranium conversion plant...

IAEA needs more funds to monitor Iran
28 August 2015 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano...

Cold trials start at Ignalina waste facility
28 August 2015 Cold trials have started at the solid radioactive waste (SRW) management...

IAEA fuel bank established in Kazakhstan
28 August 2015 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Kazakhstan signed...

Russian fuel ready for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant
25 August 2015 Russia’s nuclear fuel company TVEL, a subsidiary of state nuclear...

Sendai restart delayed
25 August 2015 Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Company has delayed planned power increases...

Enel in talks to sell Slovenské Elektrárne stake
25 August 2015 Italian energy company Enel has entered into "exclusive negotiations"...

Ultrasonic testing for Belgian RPVs
25 August 2015 The reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) of units 1 and 2 of Belgium's...

Sulphuric acid plant completed at Russia's Khiagda uranium mine
25 August 2015 Investment in sulphuric acid production and engineering utilities at...

Ukraine looks to reduce nuclear fuel supplies from Russia
24 August 2015 Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom in the first six months of 2015...

US DOE rules out MOX plant
24 August 2015 Disposal of US weapons-grade plutonium in a repository would be...

New Westinghouse technology for reactor coolant pump seals
24 August 2015 Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation,...

Pakistan begins work on Kanupp II
21 August 2015 Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated construction work on...

All Swiss nuclear plants are offline
20 August 2015 Swiss utility company Gösgen-Däniken AG (KKG) on 17 August disconnected...

Local companies contracted for UAE nuclear plant
20 August 2015 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) and the Korea Electric...

Areva delivers ventilation systems for Japanese reactor
19 August 2015 Areva announced that it has delivered filtered containment venting...

Chinese contract for BWXT
19 August 2015 BWXT Canada, a unit of BWX Technologies, has been contracted to provide...

Indonesia considers floating NPPs
18 August 2015 Indonesia is interested in cooperating with Russia on the construction...

Ghana establishes nuclear regulator
17 August 2015 A bill establishing a nuclear regulator in Ghana has been passed...

Finnish firm contracted for Hanhikivi project
17 August 2015 Russia's concern Titan-2, the principal contractor for the Hahikivi...

Brazilian companies pull out of Angra 3 project
17 August 2015 Construction of unit 3 of Brazil's Angra nuclear plant may be delayed...

Volcano alert in Japan
17 August 2015 The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has increased a volcano...

Leningrad II pressure vessel undergoes tests
17 August 2015 Hydraulic tests have been carried out of the reactor pressure vessel for...

Germany updates waste disposal plans
17 August 2015 The German government has adopted a draft national radioactive waste...

E.ON seeks compromise over cost of NPP closures
14 August 2015 German utility E.ON is seeking to safeguard its plan to split into...

New used fuel storage for Koeberg
14 August 2015 South African power utility Eskom is to pay an estimated ZAR200m ($15.6m)...

Technical problems for Belgium's Tihange
14 August 2015 Unit 3 of Belgium's Tihange nuclear plant has been shut down because of...

UK progress reducing intermediate level waste
14 August 2015 Costain and Tetronics International have completed trials of a new...

Both units of Temelin are offline
14 August 2015 Unit 2 at the Czech Republic's Temelin nuclear plant was closed down on...

Russia's Rostov 3 approaches start up
13 August 2015 Unit 3 of Russia's Rostov nuclear plant is undergoing final acceptance...

US new-build moves forward
13 August 2015 Milestones have been reached at the Watts Bar 2 and Vogtle...

Japan returns to nuclear after almost two years
12 August 2015 Despite continuing widespread public opposition to nuclear power, 11...

Another death at Fukushima
11 August 2015 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said a contract worker, aged 52,...

Areva wins Summer upgrade contract
11 August 2015 South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G), a subsidiary of the US...

Funding decrease for GIF
11 August 2015 Funding has decreased for some Generation IV reactor systems,...

Russia begins Mox fuel production for BN-800
11 August 2015 The first batch of 20 standard fuel assemblies with mixed oxide fuel is...

New US regulations for SMRs
11 August 2015 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to develop new...

Russia develops its isotope production
11 August 2015 Over the first half of year Russia's Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC)...

French parliament approves energy bill
10 August 2015 The French National Assembly in July finally approved the Energy...

Nuclear to benefit from US Clean Power Plan
10 August 2015 The struggling US nuclear industry received a boost from the...

NRA approval for Sendai operation
06 August 2015 Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved Kyushu Electric...

Fortum to take minority stake in Finland's Hanhikivi project
06 August 2015 Power company Fortum Oyj has decided to participate Finland's Hanhikivi...

Russia's BN-800 fast reactor achieves minimum power
05 August 2015 Unit 4 at Russia's Beloyarsk NPP has for the second time been brought...

Australia may consider waste store
05 August 2015 Establishing a nuclear waste facility in the Australian outback would...

UK museums take equipment from Dounreay
04 August 2015 National Museums Scotland and the Science Museum in London are too...

Russia may set up graphite reprocessing research centre
04 August 2015 The IAEA and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for...

TVO increases claims against Areva
04 August 2015 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) has increased its...

Enel confirms planned sale of Slovenske Elektrarne
03 August 2015 Italian utility Enel plans to sell part of its Slovak power unit by the...

Lifetime extension for Belgian Doel NPP units
01 August 2015 The Belgian government and Electrabel, have agreed on lifetime extensions...

July 2015

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EDF names preferred bidders for Hinkley Point
31 July 2015 EDF Energy has named more preferred bidders for Hinkley Point C, the...

EDF to buy majority of Areva NP
31 July 2015 French nuclear operator Electricite de France (EDF) has agreed to buy...

Approval for Spain's used fuel storage plans
31 July 2015 Spain's nuclear regulator, the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (Council...

Equipment delivered for Belarus NPP
31 July 2015 The Russian Group of Companies Sevkabel has supplied cable and wire...

Chernobyl's new shelter takes shape
30 July 2015 Ukraine's SSE ChNPP, the state company tasked with managing the Chernobyl...

More delays to Polish nuclear plans
30 July 2015 Poland's first nuclear unit will be constructed in 2029, Polska...

Kazakhstan fuel bank to be launched in August
30 July 2015 The official ceremony to launch the International Atomic Energy...

Mixed results for Russian companies
30 July 2015 Rosatom's nuclear holding company, Atomenergoprom, saw its profits fall...

Japan's Shika may face decommissioning
30 July 2015 Japan's Shika nuclear plant could face decommissioning an expert panel of...

Brazil's Eletronuclear investigated for corruption
30 July 2015 The president and CEO of Brazilian nuclear utility Eletronuclear, Othon...

Russia signs contracts for uranium exploration
29 July 2015 Russia's state-run geological exploration services company, Rosgeologia,...

Energid provides software for tokamak inspection robot
29 July 2015 Energid Technologies has deployed its Actin software on the...

Saudi Arabia and Korea sign agreement
28 July 2015 South Korea has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate...

South Korean plans two more reactors
27 July 2015 South Korea's 7th basic power supply plan for the period up to 2029...

Lithuania regulator accepts modified used fuel containers
27 July 2015 Lithuania's nuclear regulator, VATESI, has granted a positive...

Jamaica approves bill to regulate nuclear technology
24 July 2015 The Jamaican Senate has approved a bill to regulate the use of...

Flaws found in RPV of Swiss reactor
23 July 2015 Axpo, operator of Switzerland’s Beznau NPP, has detected “flaw...

Successful demolition at UK's Drigg LLW site
23 July 2015 The first facility for the retrieval of plutonium contaminated...

New vitrification oven for Russia's Mayak
22 July 2015 Russia's PA Mayak in Ozersk plans to commission a new, fifth,...

India to build strategic uranium reserve
22 July 2015 India plans to set up a strategic uranium reserve to ensure its...

TVO may revisit project for Olkiluoto 4
22 July 2015 Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) says it is ready to...

TVO says Olkiluoto 3 scheduled for 2018
21 July 2015 Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has said...

Laser technology for Fukushima
21 July 2015 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd...

Life extension for Krsko
21 July 2015 Slovenia and Croatia have agreed to extend the lifespan of...

L-3 Mapps to upgrade simulator for Argentina
21 July 2015 Canada's L-3 Mapps has been awarded a contract to upgrade the full...

Personnel changes at Russia's Rostov NPP
21 July 2015 Rostov NPP has announced new appointments aimed at "the successful...

More Fukushima radioactive water leaks
20 July 2015 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said that radioactive water has...

Armenian-Russian uranium company closed
20 July 2015 The Armenian-Russian Mining Company (ARMC) has shut down its...

Vietnamese nuclear plants to cover larger area
20 July 2015 Construction of Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear plants will be...

AZZ wins Chinese contract
20 July 2015 Texas-based AZZ Inc, a provider electrical equipment and services, has...

Turboatom signs contract for work at Paks
17 July 2015 Ukraine's Turboatom has signed a contract to modernise eight turbines at...

India's Kudankulam 1 to start regular operation
17 July 2015 Unit 1 of India's Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu has been granted...

Monticello begins operation at higher power
16 July 2015 Monticello nuclear plant in Minnesota has begun operating at increased...

Surry closed following leaks
16 July 2015 Both nuclear reactors at Dominion Virginia Power's Surry County nuclear...

AREVA signs Swiss fuel R&D agreement
16 July 2015 AREVA has signed a research and development agreement on nuclear fuel...

Ikata 3 clears restart hurdle
15 July 2015 Unit 3 of Shikoku Electric Power Co's Ikata nuclear power plant in...

New safety pumps ordered for Olkiluoto
15 July 2015 SPX ClydeUnion Pumps (CUP) has announced an order for two of its...

Toshiba considers sale of Westinghouse shares
13 July 2015 Toshiba Corporation is considering selling some shares in its US...

AREVA delivers GAIA lead test assemblies
10 July 2015 AREVA has delivered the first lead test assemblies for its...

ECITB takes on new nuclear sector manager
10 July 2015 The UK's Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)...

Taiwan gets help from Swedish nuclear waste experts
09 July 2015 A subsidiary of Sweden's national radioactive waste management company,...

End of an era for Finnish research reactor
08 July 2015 Finland's FiR 1 research reactor in Espoo will be permanently shut down...

Nuclear contributes $60bn to US economy, study finds
08 July 2015 The US nuclear industry contributes $60 billion annually to gross...

Austria challenges Hinkley Point C
08 July 2015 Austria has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against...

Fuel loading begins at Sendai 1
07 July 2015 Nuclear fuel loading has started at unit 1 of Kyushu Electric Power...

L&T delivers steam generators for 700MW PHWR
07 July 2015 India's L&T Heavy Engineering has successfully delivered the...

Babcock & Wilcox completes spin off
03 July 2015 Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc completed on 1 July its spin-off from...

EC awards contract for LILW project in Iraq
03 July 2015 An international consortium led by Nukem Technologies has secured a...

Fresh prospect for nuclear desalination
02 July 2015 Using nuclear power for seawater desalination could help to tackle...

Construction licence for Hanhikivi
01 July 2015 Finnish consortium Fennovoima has submitted a construction...

UK launches nuclear supply chain partnership
01 July 2015 The UK Nuclear Industry Association has launched a Nuclear Supply...

UK and Canada extend nuclear collaboration
01 July 2015 Natural Resources Canada and the UK Department for Energy and Climate...

June 2015

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AREVA delivers radiation-mapping robot to CEA
30 June 2015 AREVA has delivered the first of a new generation of radiation mapping...

Westinghouse to supply new system for Palo Verde
30 June 2015 Westinghouse has been contracted by Arizona Public Service to provide...

Consortium selected to manage Canadian Labs
29 June 2015 The Canadian government has selected a consortium of SNC-Lavalin,...

DOE issues last of Vogtle loan guarantees
25 June 2015 The US Department of Energy has issued $1.8 billion in loan guarantees...

Swedish regulator cautiously positive about repository licensing
24 June 2015 Sweden's nuclear regulator has released some initial findings from its...

Progress on connection plans for Moorside
24 June 2015 The National Grid has chosen a corridor running overland around the coast...

Owners clash on Oskarshamn closure plans
24 June 2015 E.On has announced its plans for early closure of the Oskarshamn 1&2...

Day & Zimmermann wins nuclear maintenance contract
24 June 2015 Day & Zimmermann has been awarded a six-year contract to provide...

Paladin can take majority stake in Canadian uranium mine
23 June 2015 The Canadian government has approved an application by Paladin Energy...

Crimson chosen to manage UK nuclear archive
23 June 2015 NDA Archives Ltd, a subsidiary of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning...

Kori 1 to retire in June 2017
22 June 2015 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has decided that South Korea's oldest...

Westinghouse to collaborate with Nuclep of Brazil
22 June 2015 Westinghouse and Nuclebras Equipamentos Pesados S.A. (Nuclep) have signed...

OKG postpones Oskarshamn 2 power uprate
19 June 2015 Swedish nuclear plant operator OKG has indefinitely postponed a 180MW...

Russia signs nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia
19 June 2015 The governments of the Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia have signed...

Vogtle gets new 'Flex' dome
19 June 2015 Southern Nuclear and Georgia Power have unveiled a new 'Flex' dome...

New EBRD fund for uranium cleanup in Asia
19 June 2015 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced it...

DOE adds a year to Hanford contract
17 June 2015 The US Department of Energy has extended the contract for cleanup of...

US and Korea sign 123 agreement
16 June 2015 The United States and South Korea have renewed the civil nuclear...

ERA halts Ranger 3 Deeps uranium project
15 June 2015 Energy Resources of Australia Ltd has announced that it will not...

Steam generator arrives for Vogtle 3
15 June 2015 Georgia Power says that the second 650t steam generator for the Vogtle...

Progress on IAEA fuel bank
11 June 2015 The IAEA board of governors has approved an agreement to establish...

Chapelcross asbestos project completed
11 June 2015 Magnox Ltd has completed an eight-year asbestos removal project at...

Atkins to provide fire hazards analysis at Fukushima
09 June 2015 Atkins has been selected by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to...

GNF wins nuclear fuel contract from Entergy
09 June 2015 US utility Entergy has extended a contract with Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF)...

German nuclear fuel tax is legal
08 June 2015 Europe's highest court has ruled that a German tax on nuclear fuel is legal.

Nuvia and Neolant team up in Russia
08 June 2015 Russian supplier of engineering services and plant information...

Westinghouse to supply control rods for Forsmark 1&2
05 June 2015 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract for delivery of...

EDF to take majority stake in AREVA
04 June 2015 French utility EDF is to take a majority stake in AREVA's reactor...

Switchyard redesign complete at Vogtle
04 June 2015 Georgia Power has completed the redesign of the existing 500kV switchyard...

Sendai 1 restart pushed back to August
04 June 2015 Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Co. has postponed its restart of its...

AREVA and Kurion team up for DOE cleanup
03 June 2015 AREVA and nuclear waste treatment company Kurion are creating an alliance...

Approval for SNPTC and CPIC merger
02 June 2015 China's State Council has approved the merger of leading Chinese...

Vattenfall and E.ON partner for D&D
01 June 2015 European utilities Vattenfall and E.ON have agreed to cooperate...

NuGen names new CEO
01 June 2015 Tom Samson is leaving his post as chief operating officer at Emirates...

Rusatom Overseas to restructure
01 June 2015 JSC Rusatom Overseas, which was established in 2011 to promote and...

May 2015

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Westinghouse sets up in Abu Dhabi
31 May 2015 Westinghouse Electric Company, part of Toshiba Corporation, has opened a...

Ikata 3 receives draft safety approval
21 May 2015 The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has found in a draft...

AREVA selected as subcontractor on WCS interim storage project
21 May 2015 US-based Waste Control Specialists (WCS) has named AREVA Inc. as...

Tata Steel to gain £20m Sellafield contract
19 May 2015 Sellafield Ltd has announced that Tata Steel is to be awarded a...

GNF introduces new nuclear fuel design
18 May 2015 Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has introduced its next generation fuel...

L-3 MAPPS awarded work on Cernavodă simulator
15 May 2015 Canada's L-3 MAPPS has received an order from GE Energy Control Solutions...

Morgan Sindall to provide design for Capenhurst legacy cylinder facility
14 May 2015 Morgan Sindall Professional Services has won the Core Process...

Westinghouse wins Leibstadt nozzle inspection work
14 May 2015 Westinghouse subsidiary WesDyne International has been awarded...

Doel 3 and Tihange 2 to remain offline until November
14 May 2015 Belgian utility Electrabel has extended the period of unavailability of...

TVO will not apply for OL4 construction licence
13 May 2015 Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has told its shareholders that it will not apply for...

Tianwan 3 ready to install RPV
13 May 2015 Specialists from Russia's Atomproekt and Gidropress say they have...

GE Hitachi offers services for PWRs
12 May 2015 Boiling water reactor vendor GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) plans to...

Sellafield awards ILW container contract
12 May 2015 UK-based Metalcraft has won a contract worth up to £47 million to...

Amec Foster Wheeler bags ITER robotics contract
11 May 2015 The European Domestic Agency, Fusion for Energy has awarded Amec...

6000 jobs on the line at AREVA
08 May 2015 French nuclear firm AREVA has launched negotiations with labour...

Grafenrheinfeld gets and extra month
07 May 2015 E.On has announced that its Grafenrheinfeld nuclear plant, a...

Licence for Fermi 3 ESBWR
04 May 2015 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a combined construction...

April 2015

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Amec Foster Wheeler wins Sellafield waste contract
30 April 2015 Amec Foster Wheeler has won a 10-year contract to supply radioactive...

Funding boost for Chernobyl NSC
30 April 2015 An international donor conference has secured an additional €180 million...

New UK nuclear skills collaboration
30 April 2015 Three leading players on the nuclear skills landscape have joined forces...

Early closure possible for Ringhals 1&2
29 April 2015 Swedish utility Vattenfall has announced that Ringhals 1&2 may be retired...

Sendai-1 set for July restart
27 April 2015 Kyushu Electric Power Co. plans to start loading nuclear fuel assemblies...

AREVA wins enrichment contract in Ukraine
27 April 2015 French nuclear company AREVA has won its first contract to supply...

Westinghouse to upgrade cooling system at Swedish nuclear fuel store
22 April 2015 Westinghouse is to increase the capacity of the cooling system at...

US calls to renew nuclear co-operation with China
22 April 2015 US president Barack Obama has asked Congress to approve the renewal of...

Reassurance from initial tests on Flamanville RPV
22 April 2015 French firm AREVA says that additional studies have, so far, confirmed...

IRRS recognizes improvement at Swiss regulator
20 April 2015 The Swiss nuclear regulator has addressed most of the issues identified in...

China approves first Hualong One project
17 April 2015 China's State Council has given the green light for the development of...

Cameco signs uranium deal with India
16 April 2015 Canadian uranium producer, Cameco, has signed its first uranium...

Amec Foster Wheeler wins nuclear framework from NDA
16 April 2015 Amec Foster Wheeler announced today that it has been awarded a...

Court prevents restart of Takahama 3&4
15 April 2015 Kansai Electric Power Company has been denied permission to restart...

Work begins on ITER central solenoid
14 April 2015 US-based General Atomics has started work to build the 1000t central...

Oxford Technologies to supply NNL test rig
14 April 2015 Remote handling specialist Oxford Technologies has won a contract to...

AREVA signs deals for Jaitapur preparatory work
13 April 2015 French reactor vendor AREVA has signed agreements with Nuclear...

Farley gets FLEX dome
13 April 2015 A disaster-resistant concrete dome has been completed at Southern...

Anomalies found in Flamanville 3 RPV
12 April 2015 The Flamanville 3 EPR will undergo additional tests following detection...

IRRS reviews Indian nuclear regulator
10 April 2015 A 12-day International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to review...

ENEC applies for operating licences
01 April 2015 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has submitted the...

March 2015

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US moves towards separate repository for defence waste
26 March 2015 US president Barack Obama has authorised the US Department of Energy (DOE)...

European funding for nuclear manufacturing research
26 March 2015 The UK's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is leading...

Planning permission for UK nuclear archive
25 March 2015 The Highland Council has given the go-ahead to the Nuclear...

Jordan signs nuclear plant deal with Russia
25 March 2015 Russia and Jordan have signed an intergovernmental agreement to cooperate...

AREVA delivers vessel head to Tihange 3
24 March 2015 AREVA says that it delivered a new reactor pressure vessel head for unit 3...

Sludge removal starts at Sellafield
24 March 2015 The removal of highly radioactive sludge from an ageing fuel storage pond...

Burns & McDonnell wins first nuclear work
24 March 2015 US-based Burns & McDonnell has won a contract to build a special use...

NRC approves Westinghouse's testing approach for SMR
19 March 2015 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved...

Point Lepreau shuts to repair fuelling machine
19 March 2015 Canada's Point Lepreau nuclear plant will be shut down tonight (19 March)...

AREVA to supply vessel head to US plant
19 March 2015 AREVA Inc. has been awarded a contract to fabricate and deliver a...

UK launches nuclear degree apprenticeships
19 March 2015 The UK government has announced the roll out of nine new...

Five Japanese reactors to close permanently
18 March 2015 Japanese utilities have announced plans retire and decommission...

IAEA chief: nuclear is key to Africa's development
18 March 2015 Nuclear technology has much to contribute to the social and...

Oskarshamn 2 upgrades to be completed before 2016
13 March 2015 Modernisation of Oskarshamn 2 boiling water reactor in Sweden is expected...

Diablo Canyon completes seismic study
11 March 2015 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) says that new and extensive...

BIRNS floodlight qualified for use in AP1000
11 March 2015 A new high-bay LED floodlight has received a range of new...

China approves first new nuclear project since 2011
11 March 2015 China's National Development and Reform Commission has approved...

Europe nuclear power study awarded Horizon funding
10 March 2015 A four-year study that will investigate the role of nuclear energy in...

Bernard Bigot becomes new ITER director general
09 March 2015 The ITER Council has appointed Dr. Bernard Bigot of France as the...

Callaway wins ten year operating licence
09 March 2015 The Callaway nuclear plant in Missouri has become the 76th nuclear plant...

Westinghouse fuel performs well at South Ukraine
05 March 2015 Westinghouse has announced that its VVER-1000 fuel has "performed...

Sellafield decommissioning costs continue to rise
05 March 2015 The funding needed for decommissioning the Sellafield site in Cumbria...

US begins review of Korean APR1400 reactor design
05 March 2015 The US nuclear regulator has accepted for review an application to...

Cameco takes corrective action after uranium dust leak at Key Lake
05 March 2015 Cameco has taken satisfactory corrective actions following an incident at...

Rusatom offers nuclear desalination
03 March 2015 The Russian nuclear industry is now offering a new product:...

Magnox and RSRL on track to merge this spring
03 March 2015 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority says that the merger of Magnox...

Wolsong 1 gets green light to continue operation
02 March 2015 South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has approved...

Bill raises Canadian nuclear liability to $1bn
02 March 2015 Canada's new Energy Safety and Security Act, which raises the...

February 2015

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Paks joins EPRI nuclear research programme
26 February 2015 The Paks nuclear plant in Hungary has joined the US Electric Power...

Trio of nuclear contracts for Westlakes Engineering
25 February 2015 Cumbria-based Westlakes Engineering Limited has secured three...

SCE seeks to expand nuclear fuel store
25 February 2015 Southern California Edison (SCE) has filed an application with the...

Enusa, Tecnatom to supply fuel inspection system to China
24 February 2015 Enusa and Tecnatom have reached agreement to supply a new fuel...

Sellafield swarf waste milestone
23 February 2015 Sellafield Ltd has says a 'significant milestone' has been reached after...

NRC envisions staff cuts by 2020
23 February 2015 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released a new report...

Korsnick named COO of Nuclear Energy Institute
20 February 2015 Maria Korsnick, whose 28-year nuclear energy career includes...

Rosatom signs training agreement with Hungary
20 February 2015 Russia's state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, has signed a Memorandum...

IAEA team highlights significant progress at Fukushima since 2013
18 February 2015 The International Atomic Energy Agency has completed a third review...

AREVA to design, test NuScale fuel
18 February 2015 NuScale Power has signed a contract with AREVA Inc. for nuclear fuel...

More flaws found in Belgian RPVs
18 February 2015 The Belgian nuclear regulator has announced that additional flaws have...

Doel 1 shuts down
16 February 2015 Belgium's Doel 1 nuclear power plant was disconnected from the...

M+W Group led consortium wins contact for Sellafield waste store
16 February 2015 A consortium of M+W Group (75%) and James Fisher Nuclear (25%) has...

US nuclear fuel store planned for Texas
10 February 2015 Texas-based Waste Control Specialists has announced its intent to design...

South Australia launches nuclear fuel cycle study
09 February 2015 South Australia has launched a study into the fuel cycle for the peaceful...

Saulsbury Industries wins Summer maintenance deal
04 February 2015 US-based Saulsbury Industries has been awarded a three-year maintenance...

New nuclear regulator for the Netherlands
04 February 2015 The Netherlands has brought together three governmental organisations to...

Ten more years for Sizewell B
03 February 2015 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has approved the periodic...

CGN and Kazatomprom extend nuclear fuel collaboration
02 February 2015 Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom and China General...

January 2015

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EDF and China's CGN to share nuclear experience
30 January 2015 French utility EDF and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) have signed...

Swiss regulator approves Muehleberg upgrades
29 January 2015 The Swiss nuclear regulator has approved BKW's plans to upgrade...

Horizon completes regulatory justification for UK ABWR
29 January 2015 Horizon Nuclear Power has completed the 'regulatory justification' portion...

EDF orders boron meters for 34 French reactors
28 January 2015 Rolls-Royce, in partnership with Comex Nucleaire, has won a contract...

Pentair wins valves order for Tianwan 3&4
27 January 2015 Pentair Valves & Controls has been awarded a contract to supply more than...

ANO flooding protection issues of substantial safety significance
27 January 2015 The Arkansas Nuclear One power plant, in Russellville, Arkansas, is...

Record year for US nuclear plants
27 January 2015 The US Nuclear Energy Institute says that US nuclear plants generated at...

GNF wins lifetime fuel supply contract for Cooper
26 January 2015 Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has been awarded a $100 million contract to...

DOE extends American centrifuge agreement
26 January 2015 Centrus Energy Corp. (formerly USEC Inc.) has announced that...

Rusatom announces key suppliers for Hanhikivi
23 January 2015 Rusatom Overseas has signed sub-supplier contracts with three...

Rolls-Royce wins boiler work at Dungeness B
22 January 2015 Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by EDF Energy to carry out...

Costain, Createc aim to map concrete contamination
22 January 2015 Innovate UK has granted a total of £350,000 in funding for D:EEP,...

Ten more years for Dungeness B
21 January 2015 EDF Energy has announced plans to extend the expected life of Dungeness...

Two fatalities at Fukushima
21 January 2015 Two contractors have died in separate incidents while working at...

EDF signs contracts to support UK nuclear fleet
21 January 2015 EDF Energy has signed a number of contracts to support the...

Lloyd's Register, SSM to improve emergency response tool
20 January 2015 Lloyd's Register Consulting is partnering with the Swedish Radiation...

Fit For Nuclear grants on offer for English firms
20 January 2015 A £1.5 million support package has been unveiled to help...

Japan joins nuclear damage convention
19 January 2015 Japan has signed the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for...

Jacobs opens new office in Cumbria
18 January 2015 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has opened a new office in Cumbria. The...

Davis Besse outage contract for AREVA
13 January 2015 AREVA Inc. has signed a contract with US utility FirstEnergy...

Nuclear Management Partners loses Sellafield contract
13 January 2015 At the end of March 2016, the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)...

SPX receives pump order for Fuqing 5&6
13 January 2015 SPX has won an order to supply safety injection pumps for units 5&6 at...

Fukushima remote test centre set for completion by April
13 January 2015 A facility that is being built by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)...

TVO announces restructuring plans
12 January 2015 Teollisuuden Voima Oy, which operates the Olkiluoto nuclear plant in...

Heysham A1 returns to service
12 January 2015 Reactor 1 at the Heysham A nuclear power station in the UK has...

Palo Verde orders Westinghouse nuclear fuel
12 January 2015 Westinghouse has signed a $250 million contract with Arizona Public...

Dounreay ships last of radwaste to Belgium
07 January 2015 The final shipment of radioactive waste from the Dounreay nuclear site...

AREVA wins additional contract for Angra 3
07 January 2015 AREVA has won a contract from Brazilian utility Eletrobrás...

Changes at the top of Exelon Nuclear
07 January 2015 The head of Exelon Nuclear, Michael J. Pacilio, has been promoted...

Entergy retires Vermont Yankee
06 January 2015 US utility Entergy has permanently retired its Vermont Yankee nuclear...

Bechtel and Westinghouse launch US decommissioning partnership
06 January 2015 Bechtel has formed a partnership with Westinghouse Electric Company...

Long-lived incore instrumentation to be tested in Korea
06 January 2015 Nuclear instrumentation specialist, Thermocoax, has been awarded a...

Commercial operation for Kudankulam
05 January 2015 India's largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam 1, a 1000 MW...

December 2014

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Point Lepreau completes fire safety upgrades
18 December 2014 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has announced that...

Further work needed for restart of Doel 3 and Tihange 2
17 December 2014 The Belgian nuclear regulator, FANC, has outlined additional action...

Funding continues for Savannah River MOX plant
16 December 2014 The US Congress has approved funding for the Mixed Oxide Fuel...

AREVA consortium wins incore instrumentation order in China
16 December 2014 A joint venture between AREVA of France and the China Nuclear...

Holtec to build spent fuel store at SONGS
15 December 2014 Southern California Edison has awarded Holtec a contract to build...

Fluor, CNNC to cooperate on nuclear projects in Europe
12 December 2014 Fluor Corporation and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) are to...

FERC clears Duke purchase of generating assets
11 December 2014 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved Duke...

Morgan Sindall targets UK nuclear with new US partners
11 December 2014 UK-based construction and infrastructure firm Morgan Sindall is...

AREVA celebrates MOX milestone
10 December 2014 AREVA has delivered its 4000th mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX)...

Supacat strengthens nuclear supply chain
10 December 2014 UK-based engineering firm Supacat Group has acquired Blackhill...

Concerns over possible EU restrictions on boric acid
10 December 2014 Eurelectric, an association of European electricity generators, has...

Toshiba to merge US power businesses
08 December 2014 Toshiba Corporation has announced it plans to merge three of its...

US regulator certifies Rolls-Royce digital I&C system
08 December 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified Rolls-Royce's...

Paks to transition to a 15-month fuel cycle
08 December 2014 The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary will begin the transition from...

Amec Foster Wheeler wins Moorside environmental contract
04 December 2014 A multi-million pound contract announced today will see Amec Foster...

Canada narrows down potential repository sites
04 December 2014 Two sites in Bruce County, Ontario have 'strong potential' to meet the...

AREVA wins US dry storage contracts
04 December 2014 AREVA TN has been awarded contracts to supply dry used fuel storage...

Concern for the future of Japan's nuclear industry
04 December 2014 The business environment in Japan has worsened significantly since...

Russia to supply LEU fuel for Petten research reactor
03 December 2014 Russian nuclear fuel company, TVEL, announced that its Novosibirsk...

UK government to promote financing for Moorside
03 December 2014 NuGeneration Limited has signed has signed a cooperation agreement with...

Fortum to invest in Hanhikivi nuclear plant
02 December 2014 Finnish utility Fortum has announced a restructuring plant that could see...

Environmental approval for Akkuyu NPP
02 December 2014 Turkish authorities have approved the environmental impact assessment...

B&W signs support services agreement with Bruce Power
01 December 2014 B&W Canada is to provide support services to Canadian nuclear power...

IRRS completes review of French nuclear regulator
01 December 2014 A team of senior international nuclear and radiation safety experts...

November 2014

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Horizon cleared to purchase equipment for Wylfa nuclear plant
26 November 2014 UK-based Horizon Nuclear Power has signed an agreement with the Office...

Taishan simulator ready for training
26 November 2014 French simulator company CORYS, which is co-owned by AREVA and EDF,...

Westinghouse, SNPTC team up for Turkish nuclear plant
25 November 2014 Westinghouse Electric Company, China's State Nuclear Power...

Mochovce 3&4 costs rise to €4.6bn
24 November 2014 Slovenske Elektrarne has approved an €800 million increase in the budget...

UK regulator approves restart of three AGRs
23 November 2014 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has granted permission for...

EDG order for Belarusian nuclear plant
23 November 2014 Rolls-Royce subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen has won an order to supply...

Koeberg fire safety work for Amec FW
20 November 2014 Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract to upgrade the...

Nuclear AMRC to work on NuScale SMR
20 November 2014 The UK's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has signed...

Flamanville 3 delayed to 2017
19 November 2014 French utility EDF has announced a further one-year delay in the...

Heysham 1 simulator upgrade complete
18 November 2014 Canada-based simulator company, L-3 MAPPS, has recently celebrated...

Fuel loading begins at Rostov 3
18 November 2014 The first nuclear fuel assemblies have been loaded at unit 3 of...

GE supplies control rod blades for Leibstadt
17 November 2014 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is working to fulfill an order for more than 40...

Ten more years to complete US MOX plant
17 November 2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has signed an order extending...

European fuel contracts for AREVA and Westinghouse
17 November 2014 AREVA and Westinghouse have both won contracts to supply nuclear fuel to...

KEPCO to carry out nuclear site study in Jordan
13 November 2014 Korean company KEPCO E&C has signed a contract with the Jordan Atomic...

EPRI and Japanese institute extend R&D collaboration
13 November 2014 The US Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced it is extending...

Iran plans eight more reactors
12 November 2014 Russia and Iran have signed a cooperation agreement that could lead to...

Sellafield must improve asbestos management at Calder Hall
11 November 2014 The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served Sellafield Ltd with...

Nuclear cooperation for China and South Africa
11 November 2014 China and South Africa have signed an intergovernmental framework...

UK industry takes on new recruits
11 November 2014 Sellafield Ltd has taken on 170 new apprentices, a record intake for the...

JET reliability survey underway
10 November 2014 UK-based engineering consultancy Idom Merebrook announced it has been...

Chinese experts endorse AFCR design
10 November 2014 A panel of Chinese nuclear experts has endorsed the Advanced Fuel...

Governor approves Sendai restart
07 November 2014 The governor of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Yuichiro Ito, has given...

Spent fuel moved from Fukushima unit 4 pool
06 November 2014 TEPCO has removed all of the used fuel assemblies from the unit 4 spent...

Burns sworn in as NRC Commissioner
06 November 2014 Stephen Burns, a 33-year veteran of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Vessel head replacement underway at Callaway
05 November 2014 A $150 million project is underway to replace the reactor vessel head...

ITER walls ready to rise
05 November 2014 ITER, the international fusion project, has entered a new phase...

Tecnatom to inspect control rods at Krško
04 November 2014 Spain-based Tecnatom has been awarded a contract to inspect the control...

Training facility opens at Darlington
03 November 2014 A new state-of-the-art training facility has been officially opened at...

Questions over representation of nuclear in EC report on energy subsidies
03 November 2014 Foratom, the Brussels-based trade organisation that represents the...

October 2014

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Westinghouse supplies PARs for Zaporozhye
31 October 2014 Westinghouse Electric Company is to provide a passive hydrogen control...

£13 million to fund smart nuclear tech in UK
30 October 2014 UK companies and consortia have been awarded a total of £13 million to...

Roxtec provides cable seals for Dungeness B
30 October 2014 The UK subsidiary of global safety seal manufacturer Roxtec has...

GEH wins outage and fuel contracts for Exelon BWR fleet
29 October 2014 GE Hitachi has won a contract to provide outage services for Exelon's...

Sellafield leads development of nuclear apprenticeship standards
29 October 2014 Following government approval, Sellafield Sites Ltd, supported by...

European stamp of approval for MHI's EU-APWR
29 October 2014 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been awarded a certificate...

Europe completes wire for ITER toroidal field coils
28 October 2014 Europe has completed the production of its share of niobium-tin...

AREVA-Siemens and TVO both increase claims for OL3 delays
28 October 2014 Both TVO and the AREVA-Siemens consortium have updated their estimates...

Quest continues for Chernobyl NSC funding
27 October 2014 Germany is leading efforts to raise the EUR 615 million funding necessary...

FLEX store completed at North Anna
24 October 2014 A disaster-resistant, steel-reinforced concrete storage dome that is able...

IAEA OSART mission to Flamanville site completed
23 October 2014 An international team of nuclear safety experts led by the...

Fangjiashan 1 goes critical
23 October 2014 Fangjiashan 1 has reached criticality, according to operator China...

Watlow wins NPT
23 October 2014 Electric heater, sensor and controller manufacturer Watlow has received...

Changes continue at top of US nuclear regulator
22 October 2014 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane has...

Studsvik Waste Treatment division announces layoffs
22 October 2014 Fuel research and waste treatment firm Studsvik has announced plans...

AREVA CEO steps down due to illness
22 October 2014 Luc Oursel has announced he is taking a leave of absence from AREVA...

Paducah returned to US DOE
22 October 2014 United States Enrichment Corporation, a subsidiary of Centrus Energy...

Limerick gets another 20 years
21 October 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses...

Frazer-Nash to design new Bradwell duct supports
21 October 2014 Engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash has been appointed by Magnox to...

Sweden proposes nuclear waste fee hike
21 October 2014 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has proposed almost doubling the...

Vermont Yankee decom plan published
20 October 2014 Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee has submitted its site assessment study...

Balfour Beatty wins Hunterston waste encapsulation project
20 October 2014 UK nuclear power plant decommissioning company Magnox has...

Yucca Mountain post-closure phase meets safety requirements: NRC report
17 October 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has published Volume 3 of...

Assystem signs accord on Romanian radwaste repository
16 October 2014 France-based nuclear engineering company Assystem has signed a memorandum...

Rosatom sets up stall in Paris
16 October 2014 Rosatom State Corporation of Russia has launched a regional centre in...

Hanhiviki 1 design contract signed
15 October 2014 Rusatom Overseas has signed a contract for design documentation with...

Kola 4 gets 25-year life extension
14 October 2014 Rosenergoatom has reported that Kola 4 nuclear power plant has received...

Westinghouse offers to part-finance Temelin expansion
13 October 2014 Six months after the Czech Rep government cancelled the nuclear...

Dounreay sodium fire
10 October 2014 A fire broke out at the Dounreay prototype fast reactor sodium tank farm on...

Cigar Lake uranium mill starts up
09 October 2014 The McClean Lake mill has started producing uranium concentrate from...

Hinkley C wins European Commission state-aid approval
08 October 2014 One of the biggest hurdles on the course to a final investment decision...

Bechtel reorganization creates standalone nuclear unit
08 October 2014 Part of a reorganization of engineering, project management and...

EDF Energy comments on Hunterston B cracks
07 October 2014 EDF Energy has said that the cracks found in two graphite blocks of...

Draft US loan guarantee offers to support advanced nuclear reactors
07 October 2014 The US Department of Energy has issued a draft solicitation that...

Paks moving to 15-month fuel cycle
06 October 2014 In October, Paks 3 is starting the first steps that will see the whole...

US and Vietnam begin 123 cooperation
06 October 2014 A U.S.-Vietnam agreement on civilian nuclear energy cooperation has...

New modular protection wall
06 October 2014 Engineering consultancy Structural Integrity Associates has developed...

WIPP recovery plan released
03 October 2014 The Department of Energy has published a plan to recover the Waste...

Summer 2&3 delays could cost AP1000 new-build project more than $1.2 billion
03 October 2014 Preliminary revised cost estimates provided by the consortium building...

US and European fuel contracts news
02 October 2014 AREVA has announced it has won a contract to supply studies and...

DAHER-TLI expands in USA
02 October 2014 The US subsidiary of European nuclear materials transport firm DAHER-TLI...

Goodbye USEC, hello Centrus
01 October 2014 The successor to USEC has emerged from bankruptcy protection with a new...

Wylfa given approval to carry on generating until December 2015
01 October 2014 An assessment of the periodic safety review of the Wylfa A1...

September 2014

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Cernavoda 3&4 construction restart could begin in 2015
30 September 2014 Romania’s deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea said that the...

Shin-Kori 3 receives replacement cables
30 September 2014 RSCC Nuclear Cable (RSCC) has completed delivery of...

As Barakah 1 takes shape, unit 3 concrete pour begins
29 September 2014 On 24 September the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) began...

Magnox waste project awarded to Jacobs, AMEC & Balfour Beatty consortium
29 September 2014 A joint venture comprising of Jacobs, AMEC and Balfour Beatty has...

Horizon Wylfa new-build consultation begins
29 September 2014 Ten weeks of consultation have begun, the first major step in the...

GE-Hitachi delivers spent fuel pool gauges to Japanese customers
29 September 2014 GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy has announced that it is working with...

OL4 construction approval extension denied
26 September 2014 Finland’s government has denied an extension request by electricity...

Unitech and Berendsen UK wins seven-year, £38 million contract from Magnox
26 September 2014 The contract with Magnox, which is managing decommissioning operations at...

ORTEC integrates cryostat into detector
26 September 2014 AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology has introduced ICS™, an...

Australia may reconsider nuclear power in the long term
24 September 2014 The Australian government’s long-term plan for energy generation...

Hinkley C state-aid approval looks likely - updated
23 September 2014 Media organisations Platts and Reuters have both reported that the...

Russia signs new-build agreements for Jordan and South Africa
23 September 2014 Russia has signed two independent agreements for the early stages of...

New water treatment add-ons at Fukushima
22 September 2014 TEPCO has announced that the first  of the three units of...

Design issues resolved for China AP1000s
19 September 2014 First-of-a-kind engineering issues related to the reactor coolant pumps...

Record runs for Bruce 5 and RAPS 5
18 September 2014 Pressurised heavy water reactors in Canada and India have...

Sizewell simulator work for L-3
18 September 2014 Canada-based L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract to upgrade the...

US design certification for ESBWR
16 September 2014 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor...

Westinghouse wants out of Moorside during first year of operations
16 September 2014 Toshiba/Westinghouse intend to sell some of their stake in the...

UAE grants construction licence for Barakah 3&4
16 September 2014 The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) of the United...

KEPCO to support US licensing of APR1400
16 September 2014 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has awarded KEPCO E&C a contract...

AMEC to cooperate with CNNC in civil nuclear
15 September 2014 The international engineering and project management company, AMEC,...

Browns Ferry fuel contract for AREVA
12 September 2014 US utility Tennessee Valley Authority has awarded AREVA a $250...

Recognition for HFIR
12 September 2014 The American Nuclear Society has designated the High Flux Isotope Reactor...

AREVA wins two more reloads at Monticello
12 September 2014 Xcel Energy and AREVA have extended a nuclear fuel and services contract...

Westinghouse, SNPAS sign I&C agreements
12 September 2014 Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Automation System...

EDF Energy contractor news
11 September 2014 Two contractors have announced business for UK nuclear utility EDF Energy.

Uranium demand will return: Red Book
10 September 2014 The latest edition of the Red Book, Uranium 2014: Resources, Production...

Training awards
10 September 2014 Less than a week remains to enter the second annual Nuclear...

Australia signs uranium deal with India
09 September 2014 Part of a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement signed...

Japanese utilities consider reactor lifetime extensions
09 September 2014 The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reports that decisions to decommission...

First components arrive at ITER
09 September 2014 The ITER Organization announced last week that the first plant...

Atkins completes acquisition of Nuclear Safety Associates
08 September 2014 The privately-held US nuclear consultancy Nuclear Safety Associates based...

AREVA to continue BR2 fuel treatment
08 September 2014 French firm AREVA will continue to manage the used fuel from Belgium's...

Doosan Heavy wins Shin-Kori 5&6 nuclear island contracts
05 September 2014 On August 28, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction was awarded a...

Nordion fined for Co-60 export admin errors
05 September 2014 Nordion (Canada), a vendor of medical radioisotopes, has been fined...

Pod boiler AGRs back online before end of year, EDF Energy says
04 September 2014 EDF Energy has estimated that Heysham A and Hartlepool nuclear power...

Construction starts on Novovoronezh II 2 dome
04 September 2014 General contractor Atomenergoproekt reports that work has begun on...

ABWR passes UK GDA step 2, but full PSA needed
03 September 2014 A pre-construction design review of the Hitachi-GE ABWR in the UK...

Nuclear Engineering contributor named ANS fellow
03 September 2014 H. M. (Hash) Hashemian, founder of Analysis and Measurement...

Firms selected for tritium clean-up demos at Fukushima
03 September 2014 Firms from Russia, Canada and the USA have been chosen to demonstrate...

Cavendish Fluor Partnership takes ownership of Magnox and RSRL
02 September 2014 The Cavendish Fluor Partnership (CFP) has begun decommissioning 10 of...

Liverpool manufacturer sets up stall for UK nuclear new-build work
02 September 2014 Shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird has ramped up...

Olkiluoto 3 operation expected in 2018
01 September 2014 Construction of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR project in Finland is expected to...

Westinghouse bags Oskarshamn nuclear fuel contract
01 September 2014 Westinghouse Electric Company has been awarded a five-year contract to...

August 2014

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NRC approves final rule on spent fuel storage
28 August 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a final rule addressing...

AREVA signs $100m deal with US utility
27 August 2014 AREVA Inc says it has signed a series of agreements worth well in excess...

Sellafield waste store completed
26 August 2014 Sellafield Ltd has marked the completion of a new Encapsulated Product...

NRC approves Peach Bottom uprate
26 August 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved Exelon's request...

Design approval for Korean APR+ reactor
26 August 2014 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has obtained standard design approval from...

Damaged Paks nuclear fuel returned to Russia
25 August 2014 Irradiated nuclear fuel that was damaged at the Paks nuclear power plant...

Russian uranium mines aim for 2016 start-up
22 August 2014 Mining at Russia's Istochnoye and Vershinnoye uranium deposits is expected...

L-3 supplies training solution for St Lucie
22 August 2014 Florida Power & Light Company has selected L-3 MAPPS to supply a...

OL4 safety assessment remains valid
22 August 2014 Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has said that...

AP1000s under consideration for Utah
21 August 2014 Westinghouse Electric Company and Blue Castle Holdings have signed...

CNSC requests action by licensees with tailings facilities
19 August 2014 The Canadian nuclear regulator has requested action from licensees of...

AREVA to replace steam generators at Koeberg
19 August 2014 South Africa's state-owned utility Eskom has awarded a contract...

Doel 4 to remain out of action for 2014
18 August 2014 Unit 4 of the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium will "definitely...

Simulator updates for Ling Ao
18 August 2014 L-3 MAPPS has signed a contract with three Chinese companies to...

Berkeley waste retrieval modules completed
15 August 2014 Qualter Hall has completed two major projects for Cavendish Nuclear’s...

Westinghouse to replace pumps at Olkiluoto 1&2
14 August 2014 Westinghouse Electric Sweden is to supply 12 main circulation pumps for...

Shika 2 applies for restart
13 August 2014 Hokuriku Electric Power Company of Japan has applied for restart of Shika...

Summer 2 & 3 completion delayed a year
12 August 2014 Preliminary information received from the construction consortium...

Supply chain apprentices tour Sellafield project
12 August 2014 Apprentices from Nuclear Engineering Services (NES) and TIS Cumbria...

Zetec launches pipe weld crawler
12 August 2014 Non-destructive examination equipment supplier Zetec has launched...

EDF Energy shuts Heysham A1&2 and Hartlepool for pod boiler inspections
11 August 2014 A ‘defect’ found in a structural support of a Heysham A1 pod boiler in...

Start-up of India’s PFBR delayed
11 August 2014 The government of India’s Department of Atomic Energy has announced that...

Lloyd's Register, Lightbridge to support UAE nuclear regulator
11 August 2014 Lloyd's Register Energy has announced that together with...

Exelon petitions to keep Ginna open
08 August 2014 US nuclear utility Exelon has taken the next step to keep an embattled...

AREVA posts net loss in first part of 2014, but US and French projects are a silver lining
08 August 2014 France-based nuclear fuel cycle company AREVA posted a first half loss...

Fukushima ice wall unaffected by trench water freezing problems, TEPCO says
07 August 2014 TEPCO has admitted that it has having problems with freezing...

US nuclear bodies submit comments on radiation protection
06 August 2014 Following a US Environmental Protection Agency proposal to...

Generator transformer replaced during Hunterston outage
05 August 2014 One of the two units at Hunterston B power station was switched off on...

Westinghouse to offer EPC tender Kozloduy 7 by mid-2015
04 August 2014 Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers has approved a plan in which...

$4.4bn SONGS decommissioning plan revealed
04 August 2014 Southern California Edison (SCE) has asked the 18-member San Onofre...

GLE slows down, but continues discussions with DOE over Paducah
01 August 2014 Global Laser Enrichment has announced plans to slow down...

July 2014

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Lungmen 1 passes pre-start up safety review, but will be shut for three years
31 July 2014 Lungmen 1 has met government safety checks, according to media reports from...

12-month licence extension for Darlington
30 July 2014 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted a...

UK supply chain roundup
29 July 2014 UK suppliers continue to develop and improve.

Duke Energy to increase stake in three nuclear plants
29 July 2014 Duke Energy Progress has agreed to acquire generating assets -...

Beyond-design basis risks key to nuclear accidents, says US post-Fukushima report
28 July 2014 A report from the US National Academy of Sciences argues that the...

First criticality for Fuqing 1
28 July 2014 The first unit of a new four-reactor station in China’s southeastern...

Cernavoda 3&4 construction back on after Candu Energy signs cooperation deal with Chinese state company
28 July 2014 SNC Lavalin subsidiary Candu Energy has signed a ‘binding and...

UK restarts geological disposal process (again)
24 July 2014 The UK Department of Energy & Climate Change has published a new white...

No raised risk of cancer for residents near Sellafield and Dounreay - report
24 July 2014 Analysis of recent data suggests that children, teenagers and young...

Paducah clean-up contract for Fluor
24 July 2014 Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by the US Department of...

Sellafield announces plans for chimney decom
23 July 2014 Sellafield has announced how it plans to take down the 61m-high chimney...

Vallourec to supply SG tubing for Fuqing 5&6
23 July 2014 French firm Valinox Nucléaire has won a contract to supply 750km of...

Iberdrola joins GE Hitachi in UK PRISM plans
22 July 2014 Spanish utility Iberdrola is joining GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) in...

Production freeze at Cigar Lake uranium mine
22 July 2014 Innovative ground freezing that is being used at Canada's Cigar Lake...

Daiichi accident caused by tsunami not earthquake, Japanese regulator concludes
21 July 2014 An interim report by the Japanese regulator about the Fukushima...

Sendai 1&2 win preliminary restart approval
18 July 2014 Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency has given a preliminary approval for...

Nukem Technologies divides to conquer
18 July 2014 German decommissioning and spent fuel company NUKEM Technologies has set up...

Call for Sellafield innovation funding
18 July 2014 A £397,500 fund is now available for small business to help...

Argentina prequalifies Rosatom for first LWR project
16 July 2014 Following a state visit by Russian president Vladimir Putin and civil...

AREVA to decommission Sweden’s R2 research reactors
16 July 2014 AREVA to decommission Sweden’s R2 research reactors

Holtec to build factory near Philadelphia; also announces restart of Ukraine spent fuel repository
15 July 2014 Spent fuel storage and reactor vendor Holtec has started to prepare to...

AMEC wins Polish new-build support contract
14 July 2014 Polish utility PGE EJ1 has selected UK engineering company AMEC to...

Enel puts 66% stake in SE up for sale
14 July 2014 Italian utility Enel has announced its intention to sell off its...

EDF Energy publishes AGR graphite loss levels
11 July 2014 The operator of the UK’s 14 advanced gas-cooled reactors has...

UAE releases draft operational safety regulations for comment
11 July 2014 The United Arab Emirates regulator FANR has published draft...

Long-running HEPA filter testing course returns in August
11 July 2014 High-efficiency particulate air filtration (HEPA) systems are the last...

JET operation secured through 2018
10 July 2014 A €283 million contract signed with the European Commission will enable...

AMEC wins Dounreay nuclear services contract
10 July 2014 Engineering firm AMEC has won a four-year professional services...

Steam generators arrive at Leningrad II
10 July 2014 The first two steam generators for unit 1 of Russia's Leningrad II...

Caverion to install cooling towers at Loviisa
09 July 2014 Fortum has awarded Caverion a contract to install four air-cooled...

European safety directive approved
09 July 2014 A revision of the European nuclear safety directive that calls for...

Fukushima Daiichi unit 5 spent fuel pool cooling stopped by leak
08 July 2014 A leak in a seawater cooling system at Fukushima Daiichi 5 has shut...

Berkeley Labs site to become college
08 July 2014 South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) has secured funding for a...

EDF Energy to lead hazard assessment
08 July 2014 EDF Energy has been chosen to lead a knowledge-building project that aims...

Ultra Electronics buys sensor manufacturer
07 July 2014 Ultra Electronics has acquired Lab Impex Systems Ltd (“LIS”) for a...

SPbAEP completes VNIPIET acquisition, gets new name
07 July 2014 Following completion of its acquisition of Russian research and...

LANL muon tracker to help at Fukushima
07 July 2014 Los Alamos National Laboratory will assist Toshiba in developing a...

BN-800 reaches first criticality
04 July 2014 On 27 June the Russian fast reactor BN-800 reached first criticality,...

Westinghouse to buy Italy’s Mangiarotti
03 July 2014 Toshiba-owned Westinghouse Electric Company has announced plans to...

Crane accident had ‘substantial’ safety significance, reports US regulator
02 July 2014 A March 2013 crane accident at Entergy’s Arkansas One nuclear power...

Sellafield launches £1.5bn decommissioning framework
02 July 2014 Sellafield Ltd is seeking specialist suppliers to help with clean-up...

International nuclear training awards now accepting entries
01 July 2014 The second annual Nuclear Engineering International magazine nuclear...

Lockheed Martin and SNPAS open joint office for FPGA project
01 July 2014 A year after signing an agreement to prototype, manufacture and...

June 2014

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AREVA finds finance for new enrichment plant
30 June 2014 The majority-owner of the operator of the Georges Besse 2 uranium...

Toshiba completes 60% acquisition of UK new-build consortium Nu-Gen
30 June 2014 Westinghouse executive Sandy Rupprecht has been named chief executive...

Quake-proof AP1000 under development
27 June 2014 Westinghouse is developing a version of the AP1000 with enhanced...

USNRC’s Apostolakis to retire at end of June
26 June 2014 A second commissioner of the US nuclear regulator has announced plans...

Lack of a plan for HTR threatens NGNP prototype - US GAO report
26 June 2014 A US Government Accounting Office report has recommended that the...

Cavendish/Balfour Beatty JV wins third phase of Sellafield silo maintenance facility contract
26 June 2014 A £160 million contract for a silo maintenance facility at Sellafield...

Cernavoda 3&4 new-build project closer to sourcing Chinese loans
24 June 2014 Media reports suggest that Romania’s EUR 6 billion project to build two...

Joint regulator visits to Tianwan
24 June 2014 Russian and Chinese nuclear regulators have agreed to perform...

Oskarshamn 2 upgrade and modernization delayed
24 June 2014 Swedish utility OKG has decided to extend the safety modernisation...

Exelon expands nuclear services contract with CB&I
23 June 2014 CB&I has received a contract from Exelon Generation to provide...

Alstom board chooses GE over Siemens-MHI
23 June 2014 The board of directors of French turbine and power equipment...

Legal challenge to Australian radwaste repository wins; site search back to square one
19 June 2014 Australian government body the Northern Land Council has settled a...

France proposes to limit nuclear to 50% of electricity generation by 2025
19 June 2014 A draft proposal by French energy minister Ségolène Royal calls...

UK-China pact ‘paves way’ for Chinese Hinkley Point C investment
18 June 2014 The UK and Chinese governments have signed two nuclear agreements that...

ANSTO tests smartphone dosimeter app
17 June 2014 Scientists at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology...

Researchers tell reactor type from flavour of spent fuel
17 June 2014 Researchers have demonstrated a way to determine the type of reactor that...

Amec to act as consultant for UAE nuclear programme
17 June 2014 Amec has been awarded a strategic framework contract by Emirates...

Servelec Controls wins work at Heysham and Torness
16 June 2014 UK-based technology company Servelec Controls has been chosen to...

Two new commissioners for Japan's nuclear regulator
16 June 2014 The Japanese Diet has approved the nomination of two new commissioners...

Sellafield designs filling station for sludge drums
13 June 2014 Construction has begun at Sellafield on a new plant to use petrol...

L-3 MAPPS wins Susquehanna simulator upgrade
13 June 2014 L-3 MAPPS has won a contract to replace the computing environment and...

European peer review law nearly done
12 June 2014 A revision to a European nuclear safety directive that would mean power...

Molten Salt Reactors enjoy 15 minutes of fame
11 June 2014 A next-generation fast breeder reactor design is gaining popularity...

AREVA to modernise Kozloduy 5&6
11 June 2014 AREVA has been selected for modernisation work at Bulgaria's two...

Uranium mining today far cry from bad old days - report
10 June 2014 A new OECD/NEA report about uranium mining argues that the industry...

Kakrapar 3 gets first end shield
09 June 2014 India's first indigenous 700 MWe reactor, Kakrapar 3, received its...

Kurion sends Sr skid to Fukushima
09 June 2014 Kurion, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Tokyo Electric Power...

Dresden digs up tank
09 June 2014 Exelon's Dresden Generating Station in Morris, Illinois technical...

Pickering B units win approval for mini-life extension to 2020
06 June 2014 Ontario Power Generation has won regulatory approval to extend the...

Atkins partners with URENCO for UK project
06 June 2014 Atkins has announced that it will deliver a capital investment programme...

TEPCO robots find leaks in unit 1 and unit 3
05 June 2014 Two separate inspections have finally located leaks in the Fukushima...

Criticality for Atucha 2 - updated
05 June 2014 Argentinian nuclear reactor Atucha II has been renamed after the...

Assystem wins ITER remote handing contract
04 June 2014 The European domestic agency Fusion for Energy (F4E) has signed a €40...

AREVA wins work at Gösgen nuclear plant
04 June 2014 AREVA announced it has been selected by the Kernkraft Gösgen-Däniken AG...

US EPA launches carbon-reduction plan
03 June 2014 The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a Clean Power...

UK institute launches tender for input into SMR study
03 June 2014 The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners for a new...

US regulator will not require expedited transfer of spent fuel into dry casks
03 June 2014 The US NRC has ruled that it will not push utilities to speed up transfer...

WIPP begins filter change-out process as it lays out short-term plans
02 June 2014 Since a 14 February radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot...

Dounreay receives first LLW vaults for site decom
02 June 2014 The first two of as many as six underground low-level radwaste stores...

May 2014

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China’s NNSA signs MOU with OECD/NEA
30 May 2014 A Memorandum of Understanding in the Field of Regulation of Nuclear...

Westinghouse and AREVA split Vattenfall’s Swedish fuel order
30 May 2014 Swedish electrical utility Vattenfall has chosen both Westinghouse and...

First of two emergency centres opens in USA
30 May 2014 An emergency equipment centre has opened in Phoenix, Arizona to...

No near-term start of mining at Imouraren
28 May 2014 AREVA has announced that current uranium prices are not sufficient to...

Italy’s Ansaldo Energia acquires Nuclear Engineering Services of UK
27 May 2014 The UK's Nuclear Engineering Services has been bought by Ansaldo...

ARCADIS to provide consultancy for Angra 3
27 May 2014 Brazil-based ARCADIS Logos has won a EUR21 million contract from...

KEPCO to expand Korean LLW repository
26 May 2014 KEPCO Engineering & Construction has been selected to build the second...

Big data monitoring system for Shimane 2
23 May 2014 After around three years of research, development and testing,...

TVO asks for licence extension for Olkiluoto 4
23 May 2014 Finnish electricity utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has asked...

AREVA divests German zirconium tube factory
22 May 2014 AREVA has sold off its Duisburg, Germany zirconium tube factory used...

Fortum drops AREVA-Siemens for Rolls-Royce at Loviisa
22 May 2014 Finnish utility Fortum has agreed with the contractor...

Equipment not to blame for Kudankulam incident
22 May 2014 India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has concluded that there was...

TEPCO starts up Fukushima groundwater bypass
21 May 2014 Bypass of clean groundwater around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...

BR2 modernisation set for March 2015
20 May 2014 Belgium's BR2 research reactor, which accounts for around a quarter of...

Toshiba wins ITER coil contract
20 May 2014 Toshiba Corporation has been commissioned by the Japan Atomic Energy...

Cameco suspends Millenium Mine licensing
19 May 2014 Canadian uranium fuel cycle firm Cameco has cancelled a public hearing on...

Ukraine’s Parliament ratifies EBRD/Euratom loan
19 May 2014 Credits and guarantee to provide Energoatom with loans totaling EUR...

US stops nuclear waste surcharge
16 May 2014 Starting 16 May 2014, the fee charged to US electricity customers to build...

Another hurdle down for Turkey Point 6&7
16 May 2014 Florida’s state governor Rick Scott approved Florida Power & Light plans...

Perma-Fix wins several radwaste contracts
15 May 2014 Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc has won several radwaste...

Australia Synroc plant construction approved by regulator
15 May 2014 Australia's nuclear regulator has approved siting and construction of...

Sellafield looks into 3D printing
14 May 2014 Sellafield Ltd of the UK is working to combine metal and plastic 3D...

Poll: Swedes want to learn more about repository
14 May 2014 Some 68% of Swedes are aware that a deep geological repository for...

China plans emergency exercise next year
14 May 2014 China will hold a national-level nuclear security exercise next...

US utilities purchase 57Mlbs uranium in 2013
13 May 2014 Owners and operators of US civilian nuclear power reactors purchased a...

DOE commits $5m for nuclear education
13 May 2014 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded over $5 million for...

Davis-Besse restarts with two RSGs
12 May 2014 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio has returned to...

NRC lists 21 NPPs required to perform detailed seismic reevaluation
12 May 2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, following up on work underway when...

Vertical shafts drilled for ONKALO nuclear waste lab
09 May 2014 The laboratory for Finland's deep geological waste repository has...

Saudi Arabia contracts Finland's STUK to build nuclear regulator
08 May 2014 King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) has formed...

Mobile diesel generator for KHNP
08 May 2014 South Korea's KHNP has bought a 3.2 MW trailer-mounted diesel generator...

PSEG extends nuclear services contract with AREVA
08 May 2014 US-based PSEG Nuclear has extended its nuclear outage and...

Bruce nuclear plant licensed to May 2015
07 May 2014 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has extended the...

Dounreay revises site closure plans
06 May 2014 The closure plans for the Dounreay nuclear site in Scotland are being...

Kudankulam to reach 100% power
06 May 2014 Unit 1 of India's Kundankulam nuclear power plant has been cleared to run...

AREVA and ATOX team up for Japanese nuclear decommissioning
06 May 2014 AREVA and ATOX, the pioneer in maintenance services for nuclear facilities...

Commercial operation for Ningde 2
06 May 2014 Ningde 2 in Fujian province, China began commercial operations on 4...

Study finds expectation that nuclear will hang on in France
05 May 2014 A study of French energy experts predicts that France’s plan to reduce...

UK NDA agrees terms for Moorside new-build land sale
02 May 2014 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has agreed key commercial terms...

Westinghouse sets up in Brazil
02 May 2014 The new company Westinghouse Electric do Brasil Ltda in Rio de Janeiro...

Comanche Peak parent enters US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
01 May 2014 Energy Future Holdings (EFH) announced that its subsidiary Texas...

April 2014

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Sellafield signs cooperation agreement with Fukushima-updated
30 April 2014 UK nuclear fuel cycle and R&D site Sellafied has signed a...

Rio Tinto to sell uranium from Ranger and Rossing
30 April 2014 Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has announced the signing of a new...

Closing US nuclear plants bad for the environment - report
29 April 2014 A US report has argued that the closure of nuclear reactors in the...

Shin-Hanul 1 RPV shipped
29 April 2014 Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction announced that it has completed...

No fixed Lungmen start-up timetable, says Taiwanese government-updated
28 April 2014 Taiwan's government said it will suspend construction of Lungmen 1&2 until...

Jacobs secures Westlakes offices for 15 years
28 April 2014 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. plans to open a new office (Pillar House)...

Ukraine sites spent fuel repository near Chernobyl
25 April 2014 The Ukranian government has chosen a spot for a central nuclear fuel...

Fukushima Daiini man now in charge of Daiichi decom
24 April 2014 Naohiro Masuda has been named leader of a new organization within TEPCO,...

Singapore launches $63m nuclear training programme
24 April 2014 The government of Singapore has announced $63 million of funding over...

AREVA to supply stators for Kori 3&4
24 April 2014 AREVA has been awarded a contract by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power...

ESBWR design approval clears steam dryer issues
23 April 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's review of GE-Hitachi's...

Japanese government approves nuclear exports to Turkey and UAE
22 April 2014 Amid some controversy, Japan's parliament has approved a plan to allow...

ENEC inaugurates Barakah training centre
22 April 2014 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has inaugurated its...

Finnish companies agree to take forward new plant at Pyhäjoki
18 April 2014 Fennovoima’s owners Voimaosakeyhtiö SF and RAOS Voima Oy have made a...

Westinghouse to join forces with Canadian nuclear company
17 April 2014 Westinghouse Electric Company and Ontario Power Generation, Inc. (OPG),...

Researchers to pilot algal approach to nuclear effluent clenup
17 April 2014 A radiation tolerant alga capable of living in extreme conditions may be...

Franco-British consortium in line for Magnox clean-up project
16 April 2014 Sellafield Ltd, the company managing the UK’s fuel cycle complex in...

Commercial operation at Kudankulam slips to May
16 April 2014 Commercial operation at India’s Russian-supplied nuclear power plant...

B&W scales back small reactor development
15 April 2014 US-based Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has scaled back and restructured its...

Czech utility cancels new plant procurement at Temelin
15 April 2014 Czech utility ČEZ has cancelled procurement procedures for construction...

Nuclear investment to increase, says IPCC
14 April 2014 Investment in nuclear energy is likely to increase significantly in...

Japan agrees nuclear revival – but many reactors will stay closed
14 April 2014 Japanese ministers have agreed to an energy plan that includes the...

CEZ cancels Temelin 3&4 project
11 April 2014 Czech Republic utility CEZ has cancelled the project to build two...

Regulator approves I&C for Olkiluoto 3
11 April 2014 Finland’s nuclear safety and radiation authority has approved the...

License for Dewey-Burdock ISL uranium mine
10 April 2014 Powertech Uranium Corp. has received licences for its Dewey-Burdock...

Exelon CEO calls for US electricity market reform
10 April 2014 In a keynote address to the 29th Annual Platts Global Power...

Groundwater pumping starts at Fukushima Daiichi
10 April 2014 Pumping has begun for a groundwater diversion system at Fukushima...

Indian nuclear generation tops 35.3 TWh in FY2013-14
08 April 2014 Generation from India's 21 nuclear power reactors reached 35,333 GWh...

RSRL launches £40m+ tender to remove Winfrith core
08 April 2014 Research Sites Restoration Ltd (RSRL) has issued a tender for the removal...

US seismic reports come in; impact of new rules could be significant
07 April 2014 The end of March marked the deadline for seismic risk hazard reports for...

JAIF investigates why three other Japanese NPPs fared better than Fukushima Daiichi
07 April 2014 A Japan Atomic Industrial Forum paper has compared the earthquake and...

Carbon Connect increases estimate of Hinkley Point C overnight cost to £4375/kW
04 April 2014 Publishers of a report commissioned by the UK Parliament about the...

UNSCEAR study suggests Fukushima radiation health risks negligible
03 April 2014 A major study of irradiation caused by the Fukushima accident in March...

Swedish regulator sets out conditions for nuclear plant cooling provisions due by 2020
03 April 2014 The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority has written a proposal...

Slight fall in public support for nuclear in the US
03 April 2014 The number of Americans that favour the use of nuclear energy as one of...

Testing starts on OL3 instrumentation and control
02 April 2014 AREVA has started testing of the digital Instrumentation & Control...

Exelon takes title of Constellation plants
02 April 2014 Following their $7.9 billion merger in 2012, Exelon has finally...

Work on Chernobyl cover continues despite funding concerns - updated
02 April 2014 As the process to move the first half of the Chernobyl arch gets...

UK gets new and improved nuclear regulator-updated
01 April 2014 The UK civil nuclear regulator, Office for Nuclear Regulation, is...

First AP1000 control room operational
01 April 2014 The Sanmen 1 main control room (MCR) was declared operational by...

March 2014

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Cavendish Fluor Partnership 'preferred bidder' for UK Magnox decommissioning
31 March 2014 Cavendish Fluor Partnership has been named the Preferred Bidder in...

E.ON to shut Grafenrheinfeld early
31 March 2014 German utility E.ON has announced plans to close its southern...

Vermont Yankee granted licence to operate through 2014
31 March 2014 In a final order whose text could only be described as grudging at best,...

Yangjiang 1 commercial operation makes site China’s sixth working NPP
28 March 2014 After achieving first power in December 2013, Yangjiang 1, operated by...

Nuclear share approaches 20% of UK generation in 2013
28 March 2014 UK nuclear generation increased by 0.4% cent on 2012, to 19.8% of the...

Third US reactor upgrades to full digital I&C
27 March 2014 AREVA Inc announced it has successfully installed its safety-related...

AREVA and CNNC continue negotiations over fuel reprocessing technology transfer
27 March 2014 AREVA said that work continues with China National Nuclear Corporation...

Belgian nuclear plants enter outage early due to RPV concerns
26 March 2014 Belgian utility Electrabel has announced that it has shut down Doel 3...

Vattenfall reports a good year for nuclear
25 March 2014 Swedish state utility Vattenfall has reported that 2013 was the...

Steam generator services wins for B&W and Hydratight
25 March 2014 Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. has won a contract from...

TEPCO restarts Fukushima water treatment system - temporarily
24 March 2014 TEPCO restarted two of three lines of the radionuclide removal system...

No cracks found at Susequehanna 2 turbine inspection outage
24 March 2014 After more than a year since a modification to correct long-running...

OKG calls for UK to take title of Swedish plutonium stocks
21 March 2014 Swedish utility OKG and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority have...

NRC commissioner to become next NEA director-general
21 March 2014 William Magwood is to succeed Luis Echávarri as next Director-General of...

Enercon joins NuScale SMR team
21 March 2014 NuScale Power has announced a strategic partnership with...

Flood defences upgraded at Dungeness B
20 March 2014 EDF Energy has revealed it shut down both Dungeness B 1&2 for two months...

UAE regulator grows up
20 March 2014 The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, has announced that...

EC tenders for whole-body radiation monitors
20 March 2014 The Nuclear Safety and Fuel Cycle group of the European...

Political consensus key for UK nuclear future, report says
18 March 2014 A cross-party report commissioned by the UK Parliament, Power From...

Kurion sets up in Tokyo
18 March 2014 Kurion, Inc, supplier of ion-exchange resins and decontamination systems,...

Nuclear security qualifications launched
18 March 2014 Nnuclear security professionals can formally demonstrate their...

Akkuyu EIA to be submitted by end of the month
17 March 2014 A revised environmental impact assessment for the Akkuyu nuclear...

Four hex canisters dropped at port of Halifax
17 March 2014 Four canisters of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) en route to a Westinghouse...

Sendai 1&2 in pole position for summer restart
14 March 2014 Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Administration has announced that most of...

Uranium production begins at Cigar Lake
14 March 2014 The first uranium ore from the Cigar Lake mine, operated by Cameco in...

USNRC commissioner predicts moves to site-specific safety requirements
13 March 2014 In a speech at the annual Regulatory Information Conference, US...

EDF sets up final offsite emergency centre in France
12 March 2014 EDF has opened the fourth and final regional emergency base at Bugey...

Westinghouse to supply core safety systems for Olkiluoto 1&2
11 March 2014 Westinghouse Electric Company has received a contract from Finnish...

Praise and criticism for TEPCO three years after Fukushima
11 March 2014 In a speech to the Foreign Press Centre on 11 March, Dale Klein, chairman...

WIPP prepares to send people back in
10 March 2014 Three weeks after a radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot...

Nordics publish joint emergency protection measures
10 March 2014 Nordic countries have agreed upon joint protection guidelines for nuclear...

Doosan Vina wins Vietnam's first N-stamps
06 March 2014 Doosan Vina, short for Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam, in central Quang...

DOE proposes killing HEU-MOX downblending programme in 2015 budget request
06 March 2014 The proposed 2015 budget for the US Department of Energy, of $27.9...

Ukraine transport ban will not impact Russian nuclear fuel deliveries
05 March 2014 Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom says that a ban on the shipment...

USEC files for bankruptcy
05 March 2014 Uranium enrichment supplier USEC Inc. has filed for voluntary Chapter...

Tecnatom wins NDT contract for Angra 1&2
04 March 2014 Spain-based engineering firm Tecnatom has won a five-year contract...

Japan's NRA absorbs JNES staff
04 March 2014 The Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Japan has welcomed nearly 400 members...

Krsko gets passive containment filtered venting system
03 March 2014 Two key post-Fukushima improvements to Slovenia's Krsko nuclear power...

NES completes machine for Sellafield Silo Emptying Plant
03 March 2014 UK supplier Nuclear Engineering Services has finished building two...

February 2014

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New entrants in nuclear
28 February 2014 Two engineering companies have both recently announced plans to...

UK national lab joins WNA
28 February 2014 The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory has joined international...

B&W loses Pantex and Y-12, but gains military nuclear work
28 February 2014 US nuclear contractor and vendor Babcock & Wilcox subsidiaries have...

OL3 continues to punish AREVA: full year results
27 February 2014 Nuclear vendor AREVA's full-year 2013 free cash flow broke even for the...

EU to tender for SAMG consultancy for China
26 February 2014 The European Commission has announced that it is planning to offer a...

TEPCO stops another tank farm leak
25 February 2014 One hundred tonnes of contaminated concentrated salt water has leaked out...

US president endorses 123 agreement with Vietnam
25 February 2014 Three months after US secretary of state John Kerry first signed an...

Corroded radwaste containers found at Brunsbuettel
24 February 2014 Eighteen of 70 barrels of low- and intermediate-level radwaste at cavern 4...

Sheffield Forgemasters gets ASME NPT stamp
24 February 2014 Sheffield Forgemasters has passed an audit towards ASME NPT...

Vogtle 3&4 celebrates loan guarantee award
21 February 2014 A high-profile ceremony on 20 February at the construction site of Vogtle...

UK consults on ABWR regulatory justification
20 February 2014 The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has started a...

Doosan Babcock to support life extension of UK AGRs
19 February 2014 EDF Energy has signed up Doosan Babcock to provide operational support...

MHI wins nozzle replacement work at Ringhals 3
19 February 2014 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for...

Barakah 1 condenser finished
18 February 2014 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation announced that one of the...

TerraPower signs up Babcock & Wilcox for traveling wave reactor development
18 February 2014 TerraPower has signed a memorandum of understanding with The Babcock &...

TVA signs contract for Watts Bar 2 RSGs
17 February 2014 US government-owned utility The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has...

NAC International bags dry storage contract for Kewaunee
17 February 2014 Dominion Energy's Kewaunee nuclear power plant has awarded NAC...

Fitch Ratings predicts tough year for nuclear generators, but hope in the longer term
17 February 2014 International ratings agency Fitch said that nuclear generators are likely...

Fennovoima delivers revised EIA for Hanhikivi 1
14 February 2014 Finnish nuclear developer Fennovoima delivered an environmental...

Torness 1 enters maintenance outage
14 February 2014 On 7 February Scotland’s Torness 1 advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR)...

EDF reports increased output from UK reactors in 2013
13 February 2014 EDF Energy has reported that UK reactors (14 AGRs plus Sizewell B PWR)...

IAEA mission report: TEPCO needs to find 'sustainable solution' to contaminated water
13 February 2014 The International Atomic Energy Association has issued a final report...

Dungeness B life extended to 2028
13 February 2014 EDF Energy is planning to extend the operating life of Dungeness B by...

Studsvik sells US waste operations to EnergySolutions
12 February 2014 Swedish radwaste processing company has announced it is selling most of...

Five US reactors to uprate by end of February
11 February 2014 Exelon's Braidwood and Byron PWR-based nuclear power plants in Illinois,...

Paks 5&6 construction plans signed into law
11 February 2014 Hungarian president Janos Ader has signed a bill into law for building...

IAEA and Iran agree second set of actions
10 February 2014 The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that Iran 'has taken...

Two US utilities choose NUHOMS
10 February 2014 AREVA TN has won two new contracts to supply its Transnuclear NUHOMS...

Paladin shuts Kayelekera (for now)
07 February 2014 Australian mining company Paladin Energy has announced that it is putting...

Andreeva Bay project contracts for spent fuel handling and transport equipment
07 February 2014 A project to clean up the Andreeva Bay nuclear submarine site on the...

UK nuclear sector to benefit from new remote handling facility
06 February 2014 Both fusion research and UK nuclear industry are set to benefit from a...

NIST launches tender for research reactor engineering support
06 February 2014 The US-based National Institute of Standards and Technology is...

SONGS owners list decommissioning principles
05 February 2014 The owners of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, who announced...

US uranium production hits 17-year high in 2013
05 February 2014 US production of uranium concentrate topped 4.8 million pounds in 2013,...

Nuclear power and the civil-military link
05 February 2014 The civil and nuclear defence industries remain as strongly linked as...

France publishes nuclear accident plan
04 February 2014 The government of France has published a national plan on coping with...

Canadian government introduces nuclear liability legislation
04 February 2014 The Canadian government has introduced nuclear liability legislation...

US EPA asks industry how to update radiation protection laws
04 February 2014 The US Environmental Protection Agency has published a notice...

Multiple nuclear deals announced at Franco-British summit
03 February 2014 EDF Energy will sponsor a new Franco-British partnership to bring new...

January 2014

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Cameco to leave Bruce Power - story updated
31 January 2014 A major shareholder in Bruce Power's Bruce B station, uranium mining...

Korea approves construction of Shin Kori 5&6
29 January 2014 South Korea has approved a $7 billion project to build two new 1400...

Flamanville 3 reactor vessel positioned in reactor building
29 January 2014 French reactor vendor, AREVA, has announced that the reactor vessel has...

SKB uses new ship to transport Swedish spent nuclear fuel
28 January 2014 Sweden's nuclear fuel and waste management company, SKB has used a new ship...

SCE&G to increase stake in Summer AP1000s
28 January 2014 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) is to increase its stake the...

Internal water leak found at Fukushima Daiichi unit 3
27 January 2014 A remote-controlled decommissioning robot has discovered contaminated...

Hanford removes plutonium test reactor
23 January 2014 The Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor, which was used to develop...

CANDU and PRISM reactors remain credible options for reuse of UK plutonium
21 January 2014 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has concluded that there are...

OMZ produces giant ingot for VVER-TOI reactor shell
21 January 2014 Russian company, OMZ Special Steels has produced a 420-tonne bar of...

CNNC to buy 25% stake in Paladin's Langer Heinrich uranium mine
20 January 2014 Paladin Energy has agreed to sell a 25% stake in its Langer Heinrich...

Magnox signs £200 million deal for nuclear waste containers
20 January 2014 Magnox Ltd has signed framework contracts with Croft Associates...

Canada's nuclear sector needs a long-term strategy to prosper, says report
16 January 2014 Canada's nuclear energy sector could have a strong future both...

UK celebrates first graduates of the Certificate of Nuclear Professionalism
16 January 2014 Four employees of Magnox Ltd, which is responsible for managing ten...

Russia agrees loan for Hungary's Paks nuclear plant expansion
15 January 2014 Russia has agreed to provide a loan for the construction of two new...

First AP1000 at Moorside online by 2024, Westinghouse says
14 January 2014 Westinghouse plans to build three AP1000s (3.4 GWe) at Moorside, the...

India lays foundation stone for Gorakhpur nuclear project
14 January 2014 Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh has laid the foundation stone for a...

Higher uranium estimates for Paladin's Manyingee project
13 January 2014 A revised resource estimate for Paladin Energy's Manyingee uranium deposit...

L-3 MAPPS to replace system at China's Daya Bay nuclear simulator
10 January 2014 Canada-based L-3 MAPPS has signed a contract with China's Guangdong...

JAEA creates new decontamination tool, plans small-scale meltdown to learn about Fukushima accident
10 January 2014 The Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced on 10 January that it has...

UK launches £8 million nuclear research programme
09 January 2014 Ten UK universities, the nuclear industry and the Engineering &...

US nuclear plants 'unfazed' by extreme cold
09 January 2014 Nuclear power plants in the United States have so far been "unfazed" by...

Nuclear reactor starts and stops of 2013-updated
08 January 2014 Four new nuclear reactors were connected to the grid in 2013 and four...

Ignalina NPP and Nukem Technologies reach settlement on disputed B234 decom contract
07 January 2014 The long-running dispute over the Solid Waste Management and Storage...

EDF, AREVA, Assystem, sign agreements in support of Saudi nuclear programme
06 January 2014 EDF and AREVA have signed agreements with Saudi industrial and...

Photo news: Westinghouse installs roofs at Chinese AP1000s
06 January 2014 Westinghouse has released a series of photos showing the lifting and...

TEPCO announces a new company for leaks and Fukushima Daiichi decom
02 January 2014 TEPCO is setting up a new internal company for Fukushima...

Toshiba offers EUR 102 million for Iberdrola’s share in Moorfields project
02 January 2014 Spanish utility Iberdrola has announced plans to divest itself of the...

AREVA teams with Solvay to investigate thorium
02 January 2014 AREVA and international chemical company Solvay have signed an agreement...

NRC decides not to start review of Korean APR-1400 design
02 January 2014 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided not to accept Korea Hydro...

Rusatom signs contracts for Hanhikivi nuclear plant
02 January 2014 Russia has signed power plant and nuclear fuel supply contracts...

Jacobs wins final framework contract from Horizon
02 January 2014 Construction firm Jacobs Engineering Group has won a three-year...

December 2013

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Dominion awards AREVA two-decade nuclear fuel contract
20 December 2013 AREVA has won a $73 million contract to supply nuclear fuel for Millstone...

TEPCO will decommission Fukushima Daiichi 5&6
19 December 2013 TEPCO has decided to decommission the two undamaged reactors - units 5&6 -...

EDF Energy inaugurates Sizewell B emergency response centre, hints about Dungeness B life extension
19 December 2013 EDF Energy has inaugurated a new Emergency Response Centre near the...

UK National Nuclear Lab moves to the fore
19 December 2013 Two recent announcements of government funding demonstrate that the...

Sellafield appoints PM apprentices
19 December 2013 Sellafield Ltd, the company responsible for safely decommissioning the...

Brussels opens in-depth investigation into Hinkley nuclear deal
18 December 2013 The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to...

Fort Calhoun restarts after almost three years offline
18 December 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the restart of Omaha...

Holtec remains defiant after losing SMR joint-funding bid to NuScale
17 December 2013 The US Department of Energy selected NuScale Power LLC for a...

Jet boring operations begin at Cigar Lake
16 December 2013 Cameco has started jet boring operations at the Cigar Lake uranium project...

Japan's draft energy plan emphasizes the role of nuclear
16 December 2013 Nuclear power will continue to be utilized in Japan, according to the...

Bulgaria enters talks for AP1000 at Kozloduy
16 December 2013 Westinghouse has entered into exclusive talks with state-owned...

Leibstadt extends nuclear fuel supply contract with Westinghouse
16 December 2013 Westinghouse Electric Company has received a two-year extension to...

Megatons to Megawatts comes to an end
11 December 2013 Uranium extracted from over 20,000 Russian nuclear warheads as part of...

L-3 MAPPS to supply full scope simulator for Tihange 1
11 December 2013 L-3 MAPPS has won a new order to supply a full scope operator...

UK pledges support for nuclear supply chain
10 December 2013 The UK government is making up to £13 million ($21 million) available to...

France and China increase nuclear cooperation
10 December 2013 French reactor vendor AREVA has signed agreements with two Chinese...

AREVA-Siemens wins nuclear I&C contract for China's Fuqing 5&6
10 December 2013 AREVA, in consortium with Siemens has won a contract to supply...

Critical module installed for Vogtle 3
05 December 2013 The CA-04 module will house the reactor vessel for the Vogtle 3 AP1000

Horizon signs agreements for Wylfa Newydd project
04 December 2013 The Hitachi-owned company has signed an agreement with the UK government,...

Nuclear generation in OECD fell 5% in 2012
04 December 2013 The amount of nuclear-generated electricity in the OECD area declined by...

French nuclear regulator reports on Flamanville 3 oversight
03 December 2013 The French nuclear safety authority (ASN) has reported on its monitoring...

Independent Scotland would phase out nuclear power
02 December 2013 An independent Scotland is opposed to building any new nuclear power...

November 2013

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DOE selects Global Laser Enrichment for Paducah
28 November 2013 GLE has proposed licensing, building, and operating a new laser...

Thales to supply UK nuclear plants with DCIS
28 November 2013 The Deployable Communication & Information System will enhance EDF...

CGN signals intent to participate in Romania's Cernavoda 3&4
28 November 2013 CGN has signed a letter of intent with SNN for investment in and...

B&W, Cavendish, Battelle team up in bid to manage AECL labs
27 November 2013 The three organizations are in pursuit of a...

Atomex 2013 to feature business to business meetings
27 November 2013

Rosatom, Nukem sign MOU with Nesca
26 November 2013 The firms aim to cooperate inside and outside of South Africa.

Four sites ruled out for Canadian nuclear waste repository
25 November 2013 Seventeen sites remain in the running to host a Canadian high-level...

Vogtle 4 AP1000 starts construction
25 November 2013 First concrete was completed on 21 November 2013.

Reactor core mapping completed at Braidwood
25 November 2013 Routine mapping of the reactor core has confirmed that all 193 nuclear...

NuGen accelerates technology decision for Moorside nuclear project
25 November 2013 NuGen is to decide between EPR or AP1000 technology for its Moorside project

ITER needs an "immediate" plan to address delays
21 November 2013 ITER is entering "a phase of unprecedented technical complexity...

AECL is unable to meet Mo-99 deliveries this week
21 November 2013 Repair work at the NRU reactor means that AECL will be unable to meet...

Court orders DOE to suspend nuclear waste fees
21 November 2013 A US court of appeals has ruled that the US Department of Energy...

TEPCO begins emptying Fukushima Daiichi 4 spent fuel pool
19 November 2013 TEPCO has removed the first fuel assemblies from the Fukushima Daiichi unit...

Horizon names UK nuclear project Wylfa Newydd
19 November 2013 Horizon Nuclear Power has announced that the new nuclear power station...

TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima unit 4 spent fuel pool
18 November 2013 Four un-used fuel assemblies were loaded into a cask during the first day...

AREVA wins service contract for eight French reactors
18 November 2013 AREVA has won a major contract to support French utility EDF in...

Fennovoima remains committed to Finnish nuclear plant
18 November 2013 Finnish company Fennovoima intends to proceed with plans to build a...

Babcock seeks to sell majority stake in mPower
15 November 2013 The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is looking for equity partners to take...

Almaraz nuclear plant orders emergency lighting
14 November 2013 US-based BIRNS Inc. has won a contract to supply over 300 emergency...

Canada and Kazakhstan agree to nuclear cooperation
14 November 2013 The world's top two uranium producing countries, Canada and Kazakhstan...

Sellafield saves £1 million by reusing old skips
13 November 2013 Sellafield Limited has saved over £1 million pounds of taxpayers' money...

Rosatom aims for $72bn in foreign orders for 2013
13 November 2013 Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom received foreign orders...

UK appoints new chief nuclear inspector
12 November 2013 The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has appointed Dr Andy Hall as its...

EU completes peer review of Tianwanese nuclear plant safety
12 November 2013 An European Union peer review has concluded that the safety standards...

Chinese engineers receive training in nuclear project managment
11 November 2013 The engineering division of China's National Nuclear Corp has appointed...

Luminant suspends licensing for Comanche Peak 3&4 nuclear plant
11 November 2013 US utility Luminant has suspended its efforts gain a Nuclear...

Rostov nuclear plant completes laser scanning
11 November 2013 The Russian nuclear state company NIAEP-ASE and Intergraph have created...

Belarus starts building its first nuclear plant
11 November 2013 Work has officially started on Belarus' first nuclear power plant...

AREVA wins Angra 3 completion contract
08 November 2013 AREVA has signed a contract worth EUR 1.25 billion with the...

AREVA picked to supply spent fuel pool instrumentation to US utilities
07 November 2013 AREVA has been awarded "a series of contracts" from US utilities for...

Lloyd's Register to support Korean nuclear safety
06 November 2013 UK-based Lloyd's Register has won a $10.6 million contract to support...

SCE&G, Westinghouse complete basemat at Summer 3
06 November 2013 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company has annouced that the concrete...

Hungary becomes HEU-free
05 November 2013 An international effort has resulted in the successful removal of the all...

AREVA starts making MOX fuel for Borssele nuclear plant
04 November 2013 In October, AREVA began fabrication of the first mixed-oxide nuclear fuel...

AMEC acquires US-based nuclear services company
04 November 2013 The international engineering and project management company, AMEC,...

US consortium seeks to buy PBMR Company
01 November 2013 National Project Management Corporation (NPMC) entering talks with...

October 2013

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Watts Bar 2 reaches 80% completion
31 October 2013 One year after cost and schedule estimates were revised, construction of...

Turkey and Japan agree framework for Sinop nuclear plant
31 October 2013 The government of Turkey has reached agreement with an...

Muehleberg nuclear plant to close by 2019
31 October 2013 Swiss utility BKW is to close its 390-MW Muehleberg nuclear power plant...

Krsko deals with damaged nuclear fuel
29 October 2013 Slovenia’s Krsko nuclear power plant is implementing a raft of measures...

Risk following exposure to radiation differs for adults and children, says UNSCEAR report
29 October 2013 Doses received by children and adults from the same source of...

AREVA forms joint venture for uranium mining in Mongolia
28 October 2013 AREVA has signed an agreement with Mongolian state-owned nuclear...

Olkiluoto 3 EPR completes installation of heavy components
24 October 2013 The construction teams at Olkiluoto 3 have successfully installed...

Westinghouse signs MOU with South African construction firm
24 October 2013 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Grid connection for Kudankulam 1
22 October 2013 Unit 1 of India's Kudankulam VVER-1000 nuclear power station has...

TVEL wins $1bn nuclear fuel contract for China's Tianwan 3&4
22 October 2013 Russian nuclear fuel company, TVEL, has won a $1 billion contract to...

New steam generators arrive at Davis Besse
22 October 2013 Two replacement steam generators, manufactured by the Babcock and...

Hinkley Point C deal: strike price agreed, Chinese investment confirmed
21 October 2013 The UK Government and EDF Group have reached commercial agreement on the...

China could take majority stake in future UK nuclear plants
17 October 2013 The UK government has announced that Chinese companies will be able to take...

Lightbridge signs up B&W for pilot metallic fuel factory
16 October 2013 Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. and Lightbridge Corporation have...

GE takes on neutron-scattering detector
16 October 2013 GE’s Measurement & Control business, manufacturer of Reuter Stokes...

NEI magazine Training Awards shortlist released
15 October 2013 Twenty-five nuclear training programmes have been shortlisted for the...

Kepco applies to license APR1400 in the US
14 October 2013 Korea Electric Power Company and its subsidiary Korea Hydro & Nuclear...

Ontario rules out new nuclear, but commits to refurbishments
14 October 2013 The government of Ontario has ruled out the prospects for new nuclear...

IRRS completes peer review of UK nuclear regulator
10 October 2013 The IAEA’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) has completed a...

SCK-CEN awards EUR24 million contract for MYRRHA design
09 October 2013 An international consortium comprising AREVA TA (France), Ansaldo...

Lightbridge, Paul Rizzo to act as technical advisors to KHNP
09 October 2013 Lightbridge Corporation has been selected as technical advisor to...

Flamanville 3 get reactor vessel; Novovoronezh's on its way
08 October 2013 The reactor pressure vessel for France's Flamanville 3 EPR has been...

NRC may scale down operations this week
07 October 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said that it expects its funds...

Sellafield SLC gets five more years
04 October 2013 The UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced its...

Bangladesh signs agreement for work on Rooppur nuclear plant
03 October 2013 The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has signed an agreement with...

Costain delivers last EVAP D module to Sellafield
03 October 2013 Costain has delivered the last major module to be installed at...

Rosatom manufactures 3000th nuclear fuel assembly for AREVA
03 October 2013 Russia's Mashinostroitelny Zavod, which is part of Rosatom's nuclear...

Survey shows increasing support for new entity to manage US spent nuclear fuel
03 October 2013 Over half (57%) of Americans believe that a new independent federal...

NDA invites tenders from four consortia in Magnox/RSRL competition
02 October 2013 Four bidding consortia in the Magnox/RSRL competition have been...

CB&I teams up with CPI for Chinese new-build
02 October 2013 Engineering and construction company Chicago Bridge & Iron has signed...

ENRESA awards contract for Spanish high-level waste store
01 October 2013 Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it received a...

September 2013

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First concrete pour for Tianwan 4
30 September 2013 On 27 September, construction officially began on the Tianwan 4,...

AMEC wins environmental contract for Slovak nuclear new-build project
30 September 2013 International engineering and project management company AMEC has won...

Nexans to supply cables for China’s Tianwan 3&4 nuclear plant
29 September 2013 Cabling solutions company Nexans has been awarded a EUR9 million...

Bruce nuclear plant helps stop the smog
28 September 2013 Increased output from the Bruce nuclear station in Ontario, Canada, may...

IAEA: Nuclear power to grow by at least 17% by 2030
27 September 2013 The world's nuclear power generating capacity is expected to grow from...

Chinese I&C contract for Yangjiang 5&6
26 September 2013 China Techenergy has won a contract to commission the control and...

Dounreay shaft contract for Oxford Technologies
26 September 2013 Remote handling company, Oxford Technologies Ltd has been awarded a...

DOE proposes new approach for Hanford cleanup
25 September 2013 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed a new 'phased-approach'...

Plastic pipe wins over carbon steel in UK nuclear applications
25 September 2013 In a recent project, buried cast-iron pipe carrying cooling water at the...

Three more cracks found at Davis-Besse
25 September 2013 Routine inspection of the concrete shield building at FirstEnergy...

Despite reservations, US cancer risk pilot study goes ahead
24 September 2013 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has started the initial planning...

Study outlines benefits of American Centrifuge Plant
20 September 2013 Without the Usec American Centrifuge plant, which is planned for...

NRC approves Westinghouse advanced logic safety system
20 September 2013 Westinghouse has received the final Safety Evaluation Report from the...

Grid connection for first AP1000s planned for late 2014
18 September 2013 Sanmen 1 and Haiyang 1 are due to be connected to the Chinese electrical...

Russia and USA sign agreement to further cooperate in nuclear R&D
17 September 2013 Russian state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, and the US Department...

Westinghouse to dismantle RPV at Spain's José Cabrera nuclear plant
16 September 2013 Westinghouse Electric Company has won a contract to segment the...

UK launches new consultation on finding a repository site
16 September 2013 The UK government has launched a consultation on its proposed process...

AREVA wins EUR200 million German order for spent fuel casks
16 September 2013 AREVA has signed a series of contracts with German utilities for the...

L-3 MAPPS completes simulator upgrades at Koeberg nuclear plant
16 September 2013 Simulator company L-3 MAPPS announced that it has successfully...

Preview: 2013 New Nuclear International Conference - Abu Dhabi
13 September 2013

OECD report: Nuclear community has 'collective responsibility' to learn from Fukushima
11 September 2013 A new report from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency on the response and...

South Korea to further cooperation with Vietnam on nuclear project
10 September 2013 Vietnamese president, Truong Tan Sang and South Korean president,...

GRS studies radionuclide transport in repositories
10 September 2013 German technical support organization, GRS, has won funding from the...

Cigar Lake mining delayed until 2014
09 September 2013 The start of jet boring at Canada's Cigar Lake uranium mine has been...

Windscale chimney decommissioning work progresses
09 September 2013 Work is progressing in earnest on the decommissioning of the last...

NRC: No issues would preclude Davis-Besse licence renewal
09 September 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found 'no issues' that...

Rosatom announces UK nuclear new-build collaboration
05 September 2013 Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has teamed up with...

US nuclear plants rely on foreign uranium in 2012
05 September 2013 Some 48 million pounds or 83% of the total uranium purchased by US...

Holtec transport cask passes missile test
04 September 2013 Holtec International's HI-STAR 180 transport cask has weathered the impact...

Fennovoima/Rosatom target 2024 start-up for Hanhikivi
03 September 2013 Fennovoima and Russia's Rusatom Overseas have agreed on a proposal that...

TEPCO reports higher dose rates at Fukushima site
02 September 2013 Radiation dose measurements taken near a tank storing contaminated water...

Primary loops decontamination completed at France's Chooz A
02 September 2013 French nuclear company AREVA has announced the successful decontamination...

WENRA calls for European reactors to inspect RPVs
02 September 2013 The Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) has...

Rolls-Royce to replace computers at Comanche Peak
02 September 2013 Rolls-Royce has won a $13.7 million contract to replace the plant...

August 2013

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L-3 to upgrade St. Lucie nuclear simulator
28 August 2013 L-3 MAPPS has secured 'multiple contracts' from Florida Power & Light...

Entergy: Vermont Yankee to close in 2014
27 August 2013 Entergy Corporation has announced that it plans to permanently shut down...

NRC issues white finding for Browns Ferry 2 event
27 August 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that an event at unit...

First example of 'bulk' waste disposal at Dounreay
27 August 2013 Dounreay's highly active fuel examination cave is set to become the...

Design fusion plants for maintenance, says VTT
27 August 2013 Joint development of the reactor and remote maintenance systems for a...

Slovak regulator to reopen licensing process for Mochovce nuclear plant
23 August 2013 The Slovak Nuclear Regulator (ÚJD) must reopen the licensing process for...

OIG audits NRC environmental review process
22 August 2013 The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the...

Fukushima Daiichi workers battle tank leak
21 August 2013 Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi site are working to prevent further...

Decommissioning reaches halfway point at Trawsfynydd nuclear plant
20 August 2013 Decommissioning of the two-unit magnox nuclear power station at...

NRC awards $14 million in education grants
20 August 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded more than $14 million...

Switzerland faces potential shortfall in decommissioning funds
15 August 2013 The Swiss government has proposed changing the way that it calculates...

Doosan achieves boiler milestone at Bradwell
15 August 2013 Doosan Babcock and its partner Keltbray have completed the deplanting of...

NDA increases spending with small firms
15 August 2013 The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority says that 13% of the £1.6 billion...

Court orders work to continue on Yucca Mountain
14 August 2013 The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ordered the...

NPPD scraps Cooper nuclear plant uprate
12 August 2013 The Nebraska Public Power District has decided not to proceed with an...

Pickering wins five-year licence renewal
09 August 2013 Canada's Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (NGS) has received a...

INL reveals new nuclear control room simulator
08 August 2013 A new virtual control room simulator at the Idaho National Laboratory...

Alstom to retrofit generators at Paks nuclear plant
07 August 2013 French firm Alstom has secured a EUR5.1 million ($6.8 million) contract...

General Atomics applies for DOE small reactor funding
05 August 2013

Mining starts at Lost Creek
05 August 2013 Uranium production has started at Ur-Energy's Lost Creek in-situ leach...

EDF pulls out of US nuclear business
02 August 2013 The world's largest nuclear generator EDF began its withdrawal from the...

Duke Energy cancels EPC contract for Levy County
02 August 2013 Duke Energy has terminated the engineering, procurement and...

Rolls-Royce joins NuScale team
02 August 2013 Rolls-Royce has announced that it is supporting US-based NuScale Power LLC...

July 2013

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DOE provides next $30 million for USEC American Centrifuge RD&D
30 July 2013 The US Department of Energy has agreed to provide an addition $29.9...

Temelin remains on track for 2025 start-up
30 July 2013 Electricity production from a new nuclear power plant at Temelin in the...

AREVA wins contract to supply nuclear fuel to Gösgen
26 July 2013 AREVA has announced that it will fabricate nuclear fuel assemblies for...

Nuclear accounts for 19% of UK electricity generation in 2012
25 July 2013 Statistics released by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change...

Rosatom: Novovoronezh NPP 2 work remains on schedule
24 July 2013 The construction of Novovoronezh NPP 2 continues 'in accordance with...

NRC Begins Special Inspection at Columbia Generating Station
23 July 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has begun a week-long...

Watts Bar 2 on track for commercial operation in 2015
23 July 2013 Unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear plant is most likely to start...

AREVA/KIT to run nuclear school for five more years
23 July 2013 AREVA and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) are to...

Pro-nuclear party wins in Japan
22 July 2013 The Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's ruling pro-nuclear coalition has...

Restart date for Wolsong 1 remains uncertain
22 July 2013 Korea's Wolsong 1 pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) remains...

Westinghouse wins Spanish low-level waste repository contract
19 July 2013 Westinghouse has been awarded a contract to provide architect...

Performance of Olkiluoto 1&2 improves in first half of 2013
18 July 2013 The electricity production from Finland's Olkiluoto 1&2 nuclear power...

Hinkley C community to receive up to £128 million in funding
17 July 2013 Communities living around the site of the UK's proposed Hinkley Point...

Ageing nuclear plants represent an ongoing challenge: IAEA report
17 July 2013

Dome installed at Flamanville 3 EPR
16 July 2013 The 260-tonne, 43-meter diameter dome has been installed on the...

Kudankulam goes critical
16 July 2013 Unit 1 of India's Kudankulam nuclear power plant achieved first...

Activists enter Tricastin nuclear site
15 July 2013 Up to thirty people have broken in to the site of the Tricastin nuclear...

Alstom and Dongfang team up to supply turbines for Chinese AP1000 projects
12 July 2013 French engineering company Alstom has signed a cooperation agreement...

AREVA and EDF team up to develop nuclear skills in Saudi Arabia
12 July 2013 French companies AREVA and EDF have signed a cooperation agreement with...

Calandria vessel arrives at RAPP 7 nuclear site
11 July 2013 The calandria vessel, a key component for unit 7 of India's Rajastan...

Project company submits environmental impact assessment Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear plant
10 July 2013

Germany passes new law on repository selection
10 July 2013 Germany has passed a new law that mandates starting a new search for...

Ten Japanese reactors apply for restart
09 July 2013 Reactor operators have filed requests to restart 10 of Japan's 50...

US survey: reactor neighbours support interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
09 July 2013 Eighty-two percent of Americans living within 10 miles of a nuclear...

Tender: Reactor venting protection study and work, France (Deadline: 12 August 2013)
09 July 2013 Study and work to limit direct radiation discharges into the...

Tender: NRC risk-informed regulation research, USA (Deadline: 16 August 2013)
09 July 2013 The objective of this scoping study is to better assess the feasibility...

Ur-Energy signs uranium supply deal with US operator
08 July 2013 North American uranium mining company Ur-Energy Inc. has signed a...

Metropolis to restart after 16-month outage
05 July 2013 Following an outage lasting 16 months, the Metropolis, Illinois...

Westinghouse manufactures first SMR fuel assemblies
05 July 2013 Westinghouse has completed the manufacturing and assembly of two nuclear...

Fennovoima continues with Rosatom for Hanhikivi 1
04 July 2013 Finland's Fennovoima and Rusatom Overseas have signed a Project...

India's PFBR in 'advanced stages' of completion
02 July 2013 India's 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor or PFBR is at 'an...

IAEA: Optimism for future of nuclear power in 21st century
02 July 2013 The nuclear industry can look ahead with "confidence and optimism" to...

Hinkley Point B and Hunterston B return to 80% load
01 July 2013 EDF Energy of the UK has announced that AGR power stations Hinkley Point...

UK government offers EDF loan guarantee for Hinkley Point C
01 July 2013 In a wide-ranging infrastructure development package, the UK government...

Macfarlane wins her own five-year term at NRC
01 July 2013 The part-term replacement of former chairman Gregory Jazcko has...

Bangladesh and Russia sign agreement for nuclear plant site studies
01 July 2013 Engineering and environmental studies for the Rooppur nuclear power plant...

Nuclear safety remains a key objective for Germany
01 July 2013 There will be no return to nuclear power in Germany over the next few...

June 2013

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Canadian regulator issues favourable opinions of EC6, AP1000 and ATMEA1
28 June 2013 The Canadian nuclear regulator CNSC has published three pre-project...

Tender: Research reactor d&d, Italy (Deadline: 9 September 2013)
28 June 2013 Dismantling services and conditioning of activated purification plant and...

Tender: Upgrading radwaste security, Slovenia (Deadline: 2 August 2013)
28 June 2013 Upgrading security of handling equipment and radioactive cargo...

Sellafield: a ‘mixed’ year, UK operator reports
26 June 2013 The UK government body in charge of fuel cycle operations and cleanup of...

Japan’s new nuclear safety regime to start in July
25 June 2013 New Japanese nuclear safety regulations are due to take effect on 8...

ITER Tokamak complex construction begins
24 June 2013 On 19 and 20 June 2013, the governing body of the ITER Organization to...

Highly-radioactive tritium found in groundwater near Fukushima Daiichi seawall
20 June 2013 TEPCO has discovered high levels of radioactive tritium in...

Wolf Creek and Callaway schedule water jet peening
20 June 2013 Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, Inc. (MNES) has been awarded contracts...

Leak found in Fukushima Daiichi water treatment facility
19 June 2013 Evidence of a small leak has been found in the ALPS contaminated...

Sellafield fined after incorrect disposal of radioactive waste
19 June 2013 Sellafield Limited was fined £700,000 and ordered to pay £72, 635 in costs...

PPL Susquehanna modifies turbines to fix blade cracking issue
18 June 2013 Operators reconnected the Unit 1 reactor at the Susquehanna nuclear...

IAEA Marks 30 Years of OSART Nuclear Safety Reviews
18 June 2013 This month is the 30th anniversary of the IAEA’s best-known peer...

Cigar Lake to start mining ‘this summer’
17 June 2013 Following regulatory approval of Cigar Lake, mine operator Cameco said...

EU calls for nuclear stress tests every six years
14 June 2013 The European Union has proposed amending the 2009 nuclear safety directive...

Lockheed Martin to develop reactor protection systems for Chinese reactors
13 June 2013 Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with China's State Nuclear...

TVA cuts back on Bellefonte work
13 June 2013 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is planning to cut spending on its...

Second lift for Chernobyl eastern arch
12 June 2013 The second lifting of the eastern part of the arch that will form...

Rosatom keen to build nuclear power plant in Brazil
12 June 2013 Russia is "ready to build, operate and finance investments in nuclear...

SCE to retire San Onofre
10 June 2013 Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced that it will...

Bechtel to replace steam generators at Beaver Valley 2
10 June 2013 Bechtel has won a contract to provide engineering, procurement,...

US Mark I and II BWRs directed to harden venting
07 June 2013 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed 31 U.S. reactors to...

First load arrives at ITER site
05 June 2013 The first load has arrived at the site of the ITER international...

MidAmerican scraps nuclear project for Iowa
05 June 2013 MidAmerican Energy is delaying its decision to build a new power station...

Containment vessel bottom head installed at Vogtle 3
04 June 2013 The 900-ton containment vessel bottom head has been installed at unit 3...

Valve upgrades for Watts Bar 1 and 2
04 June 2013 US firm ValvTechnologies (VTI) has been selected to zero leakage valves...

Hitachi-GE and AREVA team up to supply venting systems to Japanese BWRs
04 June 2013 Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd. and AREVA have announced that they intend...

Spain's Ascó begins dry storage
04 June 2013 Holtec International has announced that the first two HI-STORM casks...

Halfway towards defueling Sizewell A
03 June 2013 More than half of almost 53,000 nuclear fuel elements have been removed...

Cameco and AREVA sign collaboration agreement with English River First Nation
03 June 2013 Uranium mining companies Cameco Corporation and AREVA Resources Canada...

May 2013

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Fukushima Daiichi unit 4 fuel tower finished
31 May 2013 The steel box frame structure above the damaged Fukushima Daiichi unit...

UAE pours first concrete for Barakah 2
29 May 2013 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation gathered senior ENEC, UAE...

IAEA reviews TEPCO’s Fukushima roadmap
29 May 2013 The IAEA has reviewed the TEPCO short- and medium-term plan to...

UK public backs government subsidy for new nuclear
29 May 2013 A new poll by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found that 43%...

USEC to cease enrichment at Paducah
28 May 2013 USEC Inc. has announced that it had not been able to conclude a deal for...

CNSC study finds no leukaemia link
28 May 2013 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has completed a study...

India’s Chutka site development hampered by protests
28 May 2013 Demonstrations have forced the cancellation of a public hearing on...

Vattenfall intends to operate reactors for up to 60 years
27 May 2013 Swedish utility Vattenfall, said 22 May, that "extensive upgrades" at...

NRC sends team to investigate vessel-head flaw at Shearon Harris
24 May 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 22 May, that it is launching...

New names for Korean reactors
24 May 2013 South Korea's Ulchin and Yonggwang nuclear power plants have been renamed,...

NRC approves uprate for McGuire nuclear station
23 May 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a 1.7% uprate for units...

Tender: Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services, France (Deadline 14 June 2013)
23 May 2013

Tender: System for SNF Handling and Transport at Andreeva Bay, Russia (Deadline: 27 June 2013)
23 May 2013 Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Centre for Nuclear and...

Tender: Construction work UK LLWR
23 May 2013 LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR), a UK nuclear waste management company...

'Very low' threat from UK nuclear plants says Irish radiation protection body
22 May 2013

JAEA head resigns over monju ruling
21 May 2013 The president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Atsuyuki Suzuki...

ABB to upgrade turbine control systems at Dungeness B
20 May 2013 ABB has won an important order to upgrade the steam turbine control...

Horizon and Hitachi-GE sign contract for design work on Wylfa nuclear plant
16 May 2013 Horizon Nuclear Power has signed a multi-million pound contract...

Limerick orders dry storage casks
15 May 2013 Transnuclear, Inc., an AREVA company has won a contract to supply...

Laser scanner deployed during Nine Mile Point outage
15 May 2013 In-vessel underwater laser scanning has been used during a recent outage...

Uranium production begins at Cameco's North Butte uranium mine
15 May 2013 Production has started at Cameco's North Butte in situ uranium mine...

SONGS 2 restart requires public hearing
14 May 2013 The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will be required to hold a...

Westinghouse teams up with SNPTC to develop Chinese nuclear supply chain
14 May 2013 Westinghouse Electric Company and State Nuclear Power Technology...

Court rules in favour of Kudankulam
14 May 2013 India’s Supreme Court has found in favour of commissioning Kudankulam 1&2,...

Brief pause in Fukushima Daiichi underground tank pumping, and other site news
13 May 2013 TEPCO workers have stopped pumping out contaminated water from...

INVAP to supply two more research reactors
13 May 2013 Argentinian high-tech company INVAP has won a contract to supply two...

Sinop plant a step closer
10 May 2013 Turkey and Japan have signed an intergovernmental agreement that could...

L-3 wins contract to upgrade Ling Ao simulator
07 May 2013 L-3 MAPPS has won an upgrade contract to equip the full scope simulator...

Duke suspends Harris project
07 May 2013 Duke Energy has asked the US nuclear regulator to suspend its application...

Veolia given go-ahead to incinerate LLW at Ellesmere Port
07 May 2013 Veolia Environmental Services has been granted a permit by the UK...

AREVA to supply uranium concentrate to US utility
07 May 2013 AREVA announced that it has won a $70 million contract to supply of...

Studies continue at Finland's Pyhäjoki site
07 May 2013 Fennovoima has announced that “several studies” will be conducted...

April 2013

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New images from inside Dounreay fast reactor
30 April 2013 The first footage for over 50 years has been captured on camera from...

Steam generators arrive at Prairie Island
29 April 2013 AREVA has delivered two replacement steam generators to the Prairie...

Ningde begins commercial operation
29 April 2013 Unit 1 of the Ningde nuclear power plant in China entered...

EDF to scale back work for Hinkley Point C
24 April 2013 EDF Energy has announced plans to scale back preparatory work for the...

UK government agrees plutonium 'swaps'
24 April 2013 The UK government has agreed that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority...

UK government set to sell stake in Urenco
23 April 2013 The UK government announced 22 April, that it is proceeding with plans...

DOE announces nuclear fuel dry storage R&D project
22 April 2013 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the launch of a new...

AREVA wins nuclear fuel contract for three Exelon plants
22 April 2013 AREVA has signed a contract with the US utility Exelon to provide...

Atomenergomash to supply reactors for Belarusian nuclear plant
18 April 2013 Russia's Atomenergomash has won the tender for the supply of two reactors...

AREVA signs contract to supply research reactor fuel to Jordan
18 April 2013 AREVA has signed a contract with the Korean KAERI/DAEWOO consortium to...

Loviisa orders new air-cooling towers
17 April 2013 Fortum has announced that air-cooling towers will be built at its...

Decision on ITER blanket design
16 April 2013 The final design of the ITER blanket system has been developed and...

DOE awards nuclear waste management contracts
16 April 2013 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the award of two...

NuScale tests fuel for its SMR
15 April 2013 NuScale Power has announced that it has completed a "major test programme"...

Workers scramble to cope with Fukushima Daiichi tank leaks
11 April 2013 On 5 April, TEPCO workers discovered a leak in one of seven Fukushima...

UK regulators gear up for ABWR review
11 April 2013 Regulators in the UK have officially started preparing for the generic...

Step towards nuclear cooperation between Canada and India
10 April 2013 An agreement signed between nuclear regulators in Canada and India...

Fukushima update: water processing system hot testing and site isolation work
10 April 2013 To mitigate the water leaks found in underground reservoirs, TEPCO...

Westinghouse announces intent to apply for DOE SMR funding
09 April 2013 Westinghouse announced 8 April, that it intends to respond to the recent...

Fennovioma considers mid-sized VVER reactor for Hanhikivi
08 April 2013 Fennovoima has invited Russia's Rosatom to "direct negotiations"...

Vogtle 2 returns to grid after outage
04 April 2013 Unit 2 of the Alvin W. Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, USA has...

Alstom to upgrade Darlington steam turbines
04 April 2013 Alstom has been chosen by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to refurbish...

USEC completes demo cascade for American Centrifuge
04 April 2013 USEC announced, 3 April that it has completed construction of its...

NRC approves new AREVA core simulator
04 April 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved AREVA's new...

Consortium to manage UK repository for another five years
03 April 2013 The UK Nuclear Waste Management (UKNWM) consortium, comprising URS,...

Industrial accident at US nuclear plant kills one
02 April 2013 A "significant industrial accident" occurred at Entergy's Arkansas...

North section of GBII enrichment plant begins operation
02 April 2013 The north plant at AREVA's Georges Besse II North uranium enrichment...

Containment vessel top head installed at Haiyang 1
02 April 2013 The containment vessel top head (CVTH) for the nuclear island has...

March 2013

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Hertel wins Calder Hall decommissioning contract
27 March 2013 Construction and maintenance services company, Hertel, has won a new...

Containment liner plate is installed at Barakah 1
26 March 2013 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and contractor Korea...

Alstom gets picked to upgrade steam turbines at Cook 2
26 March 2013 Alstom has won a contract to retrofit the steam turbine at unit 2 of...

TEPCO blames rat for Fukushima spent fuel pool power cut
26 March 2013 TEPCO has restored cooling of the spent fuel pools affected by last...

Sodium removed from UK's Winfrith site
25 March 2013 Around 25 tonnes of sodium metal has been removed the Winfrith nuclear...

SCE considers licence amendment to speed up SONGS restart
25 March 2013 Southern California Edison says that it is considering...

NRC requires 'further improvements' to venting systems at 31 BWRs
21 March 2013 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioners have voted to...

Japanese public become increasingly opposed to nuclear
21 March 2013 Nearly three quarters of Japanese citizens surveyed by a newspaper in...

American Centrifuge RD&D remains on track, says USEC
21 March 2013 USEC has announced that its American Centrifuge research development...

Hinkley Point C wins planning approval
19 March 2013 The UK government has given planning approval to EDF Energy for the proposed...

Unit 4 structure rises, but electrical fault interrupts SFP cooling
19 March 2013 Workers have completed the third storey of the five-storey box-girder...

Construction starts on Vogtle 3
18 March 2013 Construction officially started on unit 3 of the Vogtle nuclear power...

Oldbury 1 starts fuel removal
18 March 2013 Defueling has begun at reactor 1 of the Oldbury nuclear power station in...

Hinkley C wins environmental permits
18 March 2013 The Environment Agency has issued three new environmental permits to...

Westinghouse wins Swedish fuel contracts
18 March 2013 Westinghouse has been awarded furthercontracts to supply nuclear fuel for...

Exelon orders spent fuel storage casks for Clinton
14 March 2013 Exelon has selected Holtec International's HI-STORM spent fuel dry...

EBRD agrees loan for nuclear safety upgrades in Ukraine
14 March 2013 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed...

UK and France pledge funding for Jules Horowitz
13 March 2013 The United Kingdom and France have pledged GBP12.5 million ($18.6 million)...

EU countries sign statement supporting nuclear
13 March 2013 Twelve European Union member states have signed a statement setting out...

Angra 1 replaces reactor vessel head
12 March 2013 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed work to replace...

First steps towards African nuclear fuel fabrication
12 March 2013 Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

First concrete for Summer AP1000
11 March 2013 First concrete has been poured for the V.C Summer unit 2 AP1000, marking...

Unit 1 & 2 wet well investigations find no leaks
11 March 2013 Workers at Fukushima Daiichi have sampled and surveyed the unit 1 and unit...

Shareholders approve ARMZ takeover of Uranium One
11 March 2013 Shareholders of Uranium One Inc. have approved a plan for Russia's...

Muheleberg closure proposed for 2022
11 March 2013 The government of the Swiss canton of Bern has proposed that BKW closes...

AREVA completes first EPR fuel for Taishan
08 March 2013 French company AREVA has completed production of the first fuel...

Amano appointed for second term as IAEA director
07 March 2013 The International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors has...

ENEC applies to build Barakah 3&4
05 March 2013 The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has filed a...

UK government needs a 'plan B' should nuclear fail
04 March 2013 UK government ministers must urgently develop a back-up energy strategy...

Canada seeks private firm to run Nuclear Labs
01 March 2013 The Government of Canada is planning to bring in the private sector to...

US firms develop new sensor for detecting radioactive material
01 March 2013 National Security Technologies (NSTec), the company that runs the...

WHO report: cancer risk from Fukushima is low
01 March 2013 No “observable” increases in cancer rates are anticipated for the...

February 2013

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NRC updates restart requirements for Fort Calhoun
28 February 2013 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has updated the list of actions...

WANO appoints Ellis as new managing director
28 February 2013 The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has appointed Ken...

Last of nuclear fuel leaves Chapelcross
26 February 2013 The last consignment of spent nuclear fuel has left Scotland's...

Fennovoima considers smaller reactor for Hanhiviki
26 February 2013 Finnish company Fennovioma has invited Toshiba to "direct negotiations"...

TechPrecision wins Korean nuclear order
26 February 2013 US-based TechPrecision Corporation has received an $860,000 order to...

Six tanks leak radioactive waste at Hanford
25 February 2013 Six, single-shell tanks are leaking radioactive waste at the Hanford site...

ASE awards first contract for Akkuyu nuclear plant site works
25 February 2013 Atomstroyeksport (ASE) has signed the first agreement covering...

MHI develops radiation-proof 'giraffe' robot
25 February 2013 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has announced the development of...

TVA and B&W agree licensing plan for Clinch River SMR
21 February 2013 The Tennessee Valley Authority and Babcock & Wilcox have signed a...

Kewaunee closure will not affect reliability
20 February 2013 The Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) has concluded the shutdown...

TEPCO workers drill into units 1&2 torus rooms
20 February 2013 To prepare for torus investigations, TEPCO has drilled 200mm holes into...

AREVA reports record uranium production in 2012
19 February 2013 AREVA has revealed that it produced 9760 tons of uranium in 2012, making...

China's Hongyanhe nuclear plant starts operation
18 February 2013 Unit 1 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power station in northeast China...

GEI to carry out pipe inspections at Wolf Creek
18 February 2013 US engineering firm, GEI Consultants, Inc., has been hired to...

Fennovoima applies for permits for Hanhiviki nuclear plant
14 February 2013 Fennovoima said that it has submitted three separate water...

TVO prepares for further delay to OL3 nuclear plant
13 February 2013 Finnish utility TVO says that it is "preparing for the possibility" that...

Roof of Chernobyl turbine hall collapses
13 February 2013

Graphite stabilization to start at Leningrad 1
13 February 2013 Work to restore the graphite stack at the unit 1 of the Leningrad...

Sellafield to be prosecuted over nuclear waste error
12 February 2013 Sellafield Limited has pleaded guilty at Workington Magistrates' Court...

Amano expresses "deep regret" over North Korea weapons tests
12 February 2013 IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano expressed deep regret about...

Nuvia to project manage Kozloduy decommissioning
12 February 2013 International nuclear specialist, Nuvia, has won a contract to provide...

Electrabel prepares for more tests at Doel 3 and Tihange 2
12 February 2013 Electrabel has submitted an action plan for further testing at Doel 3...

US regulators give Fermi 3 environmental ok
12 February 2013 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded there are no...

Sequoyah nuclear plant applies for operating licence extension
12 February 2013 The Tennessee Valley Authority has applied to extend the operating...

Sellafield decommissioning costs to keep rising, says report
05 February 2013 The total lifetime cost of decommissioning the Sellafield nuclear site...

Sanmen start-up set for 2014
05 February 2013 The world's first AP1000, Sanmen 1, under construction in China, is...

January 2013

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Cumbria council votes no to UK repository
31 January 2013 Cumbria County Council has voted to withdraw from the process to find a...

Westinghouse signs I&C agreement with Chinese firm
31 January 2013 Westinghouse has signed an agreement with China's State Nuclear...

US DOE award $1 million for high-temperature reactor studies
30 January 2013 The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $1 million to the NGNP...

Westinghouse pledges to use Czech steel for Temelin AP1000s
30 January 2013 Westinghouse has pledged to source a "significant portion" of all...

Bulgaria votes for new nuclear plant
30 January 2013 Bulgarians have voted in favour of the construction of a new nuclear...

USEC to sell spent fuel specialist NAC International
29 January 2013 USEC has entered into an agreement to sell NAC International Inc. to...

ENEC appoints chief nuclear officer
29 January 2013 Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced the appointment...

Valinox Nucléaire receives six orders for SG tubes
28 January 2013 Vallourec has announced that its subsidiary Valinox Nucléaire received...

Sizewell builds dry spent nuclear fuel store
23 January 2013 Work to build the Dry Fuel Store at Sizewell B nuclear power station in...

Heavy components installed at Taishan EPR
22 January 2013 Heavy components including the reactor pressure vessel, pressurizer and...

GBII enrichment plant reaches one third capacity
21 January 2013 Georges Besse II, AREVA’s new enrichment plant inaugurated in December...

ABWR set for UK design assessment
21 January 2013 Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy has asked the UK’s Office for Nuclear...

Record year for UK nuclear power stations
17 January 2013 EDF Energy has reported that its eight UK nuclear power stations...

AREVA supplies emergency diesels to Tianwan
16 January 2013 The AREVA-led consortium with Motor and Turbine Union (MTU) and Shanxi...

US unveils new spent fuel strategy
15 January 2013 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a 14-page report outlining...

Curtiss-Wright to acquire German valve firm
15 January 2013 Curtiss-Wright Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire...

CNSC authorizes production increase for McClean Lake mill
14 January 2013 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has allowed AREVA to process...

WorleyParsons selected for Polish nuclear site characterization
14 January 2013 WorleyParsons has been selected to provide site characterization...

EDF sells shares in US utility Exelon
14 January 2013 EDF Energy has disposed of its 1.6% stake in US utility Exelon. The...

A fifth of Harwell nuclear site now released for new use
09 January 2013 A large part of the Harwell site has now been formally released from the...

Rolls-Royce acquires US nuclear engineering business
08 January 2013 Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced the...

Europe teams up for repository seal R&D
08 January 2013 Fourteen nuclear waste management organizations and research institutes,...

Buyer found for EnergySolutions
08 January 2013

Construction begins on Chinese high temperature reactor
07 January 2013 China has broken ground on a 3 billion-yuan ($476 million) nuclear...

Santa María de Garoña ends operating life
03 January 2013 Spain's Santa María de Garoña nuclear power plant was permanently shut...

First concrete at Tianwan 3 nuclear plant
02 January 2013 Construction has begun on unit 3 of the Russian-designed Tianwan...

Posiva submits construction licence application for Finnish repository
02 January 2013 Posiva Oy has submitted a construction licence application for...

December 2012

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Watts Bar 2 remains on track
24 December 2012

Studsvik to sell French subsidary
24 December 2012

Kozloduy liquid waste facility is completed
24 December 2012

Russia and UAE signed a nuclear cooperation agreement
19 December 2012

NPPD seeks uprate for Cooper nuclear plant
18 December 2012

Box transfer facility project, UK, (Deadline: 31st January 2013)
18 December 2012

BKW set to make a decision on Muehleberg upgrades by late 2013
18 December 2012

Nuclear is Europe’s answer to meeting aggressive climate targets, says new report
18 December 2012

EPR wins full generic approval in UK
17 December 2012

Concreting proceeds at Baltic NPP
13 December 2012

Bruce B breaks operational record
13 December 2012

HEU removed from Austria
12 December 2012

Japanese government reclassifies Fukushima evacuation zone
11 December 2012

Tsuruga nuclear plant cannot restart due to seismic fault
11 December 2012

Taipower to draw up decommissioning plan for Chinshan
11 December 2012

New spent fuel pool monitoring system hits market
11 December 2012

Curtiss-Wright takes over manufacture of Rosemount instrumentation products
10 December 2012

AREVA support contamination mapping in Japan
10 December 2012

EBRD to provide funds for Chernobyl projects
06 December 2012

More cost woes for Flamanville 3
06 December 2012

More testing for Finnish repository
05 December 2012

EDF announces life extension for Hinkley B and Hunterston B nuclear plants
04 December 2012

Welding contract for ITER
04 December 2012

Future low-carbon systems must take costs into account: OECD report
04 December 2012

November 2012

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System for SNF Handling and Transport at Andreeva Bay, Russia, (Deadline: 12 February 2013)
29 November 2012

Radioactive waste treatment services, Spain, (Deadline: 7 January 2013)
29 November 2012

UK government funds augmented reality device for NPP maintenance
29 November 2012

Two organizations join next generation nuclear plant alliance
29 November 2012

DOE and NASA demonstrate space reactor
27 November 2012

ONR grants nuclear licence for Hinkley C
27 November 2012

Arch lifted for Chernobyl new safe confinement
26 November 2012

IEA report: Nuclear power is ‘logical’ for Korea
26 November 2012

Hitachi completes acquisition of Horizon
26 November 2012

Sellafield awards asset management framework
26 November 2012

TEPCO gears up for Fukushima decom, and lays ground for deregulation
23 November 2012

Novovoronezh II remains on track
21 November 2012

B&W wins DOE funding for small modular reactor development
21 November 2012

France gives the go-ahead for ITER fusion reactor
19 November 2012

New chairman for the French nuclear regulator
19 November 2012

Alstom launches longer turbine blade
19 November 2012

Regulators take legal action against Sellafield Limited
19 November 2012

Costain forms Natural Resources division
19 November 2012

NuScale signs contracts for equipment design
19 November 2012

Fleet approach could double UK contribution to nuclear new build
13 November 2012

Nuclear prospects dimmed but still growing, says IEA
13 November 2012

India and Canada agree on civil nuclear cooperation deal
08 November 2012

Krško nuclear plant to install passive safety systems
08 November 2012

EDF to use additional AVEVA software tools
08 November 2012

AREVA signs up for STAR-CCM+ simulation software
08 November 2012

Report warns of ‘considerable’ waste challenge facing Sellafield
07 November 2012

Rusatom signs VVER service agreement with Energoatom
06 November 2012

Studsvik wins £15m contract for treatment of Berkeley boilers
06 November 2012

AMEC wins five-year contract from NNL
05 November 2012

Jacques Regaldo is elected as WANO chairman
05 November 2012

A third of post-Fukushima work still to be done in UK
02 November 2012

October 2012

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TEPCO floats balloon to spy on Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 refuelling floor
31 October 2012

UK nuclear supply chain R&D institute wins £37 million grant
31 October 2012

Hitachi buys Horizon of the UK
31 October 2012

Three US reactors shut down by Hurricane Sandy-updated
30 October 2012

Memphis and Phoenix will house new US emergency response centres
29 October 2012

Brennilis decom hits another roadblock
29 October 2012

E.On pulls out of Fennovoima and Finnish nuclear project
25 October 2012

Point Lepreau: back online after four years
24 October 2012

Nuclear power remains ‘of great significance’ to China
24 October 2012

US regulator sponsors new cancer study
24 October 2012

Nuclear ‘not yet suitable’ for Singapore
22 October 2012

Dominion decides to close Kewaunee nuclear power station in 2013
22 October 2012

Queensland to lift ban on uranium mining
22 October 2012

Australian uranium goes to China
22 October 2012

AREVA to supply hydrogen recombiners to Japanese reactors
22 October 2012

Rolls-Royce to modernize I&C at China’s Ling Ao nuclear plant
22 October 2012

Polish research reactor orders LEU fuel
18 October 2012

UAE reveals nuclear liability law
17 October 2012

AREVA selects control software for nuclear robots
17 October 2012

Nukenomics author joins NNL
15 October 2012

New poll shows less than half support nuclear energy
15 October 2012

NRC: Diablo Canyon could withstand earthquakes
15 October 2012

Sellafield Ltd selects preferred partner for potential £1.1 billion contract
15 October 2012

Agreement supports development of Kintyre uranium mine
15 October 2012

TEPCO peers inside Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 PCV
12 October 2012

Russia-Ukraine nuclear fuel plant begins construction
11 October 2012

Studsvik CEO to move on
11 October 2012

JET experiment ticks the boxes for ITER
09 October 2012

SCE reveals San Onofre restart plan
08 October 2012

NRC licenses first US deconversion facility
08 October 2012

Magnox/RSRL PBO competition remains on track
08 October 2012

Vendors find more partners for potential Polish nuclear project
08 October 2012

European stress tests reveal areas for improvement
08 October 2012

SMRs under consideration for Idaho nuclear project
08 October 2012

CH2M HILL wins three-year Idaho cleanup contract extension
08 October 2012

Construction of Japan’s Ohma nuclear power station set to resume
05 October 2012

New cost update for Crystal River 3 repairs
02 October 2012

New Brazilian energy plan confirms Angra 3 start-up in 2016
02 October 2012

Obama okays funding for American centrifuge RD&D
01 October 2012

Commercial operation for Kalinin 4
01 October 2012

September 2012

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IAEA projects slower growth of nuclear energy to 2030
28 September 2012

GLE wins licence for laser enrichment facility
26 September 2012

US regulator approves 17% uprate for St Lucie 2
25 September 2012

AREVA signs huge uranium supply deals with EDF
25 September 2012

Bruce 1 generates power for the first time in 15 years
24 September 2012

AVEVA signs MOU with Chinese design firm
24 September 2012

Two thirds support nuclear in the USA
24 September 2012

C16.2 Conditioning of buffer storage areas, Slovak Republic (Deadline: 13 November 2012)
20 September 2012

Magnox looks for launderers
20 September 2012

Beaver Valley to build dry nuclear fuel store
18 September 2012

AREVA and Atkins launch UK decommissioning partnership
18 September 2012

France reaffirms plans to reduce nuclear share to 50% by 2025
18 September 2012

IAEA and WANO agree to work more closely
17 September 2012

While TEPCO gets into the unit 4 reactor, it sets up reform bodies
17 September 2012

Japan aims for ‘zero’ nuclear by 2030s
17 September 2012

NRC to examine concrete degradation at Seabrook
17 September 2012

Uncertainty over accelerating dry storage of used nuclear fuel
17 September 2012

Dome installed at Taishan 2 EPR
17 September 2012

Westinghouse announces cooperation with Czech construction firm
11 September 2012

Four firms sign up for potential share in Polish nuclear plant
11 September 2012

Russian firm to supply pumps for Tianwan 3&4
10 September 2012

Alstom to retrofit control systems at 20 French reactors
06 September 2012

L&T to make ITER cryostat
06 September 2012

Costain and Balfour Beatty win magnox framework
06 September 2012

Callaway orders casks
05 September 2012

Close-up look at unit 4 fuel and walls
04 September 2012

Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment, United Kingdom, (Deadline: 3 October 2012)
04 September 2012

Foreign ownership blocks licence for Calvert Cliffs 3
03 September 2012

NRC finalizes guidance for post-Fukushima requirements
03 September 2012

August 2012

Top

Exelon scraps Texas reactor project
29 August 2012

Silicon carbide samples survive testing in MIT reactor
29 August 2012

Muehleberg inspects reactor vessel
28 August 2012

BHP Billiton sells Yeelirrie uranium project to Cameco
28 August 2012

Westinghouse wins feasibility study for seventh Kozloduy reactor
28 August 2012

Swedish regulator orders more vessel checks at Ringhals 2
28 August 2012

Partnership wins magnox ILW contracts
28 August 2012

Exelon to operate Fort Calhoun
28 August 2012

Uncertainty over Olympic Dam expansion
28 August 2012

US nuclear industry establishes formal programme to take on nuclear navy veterans
23 August 2012

Kudankulam receives clearance to load fuel
21 August 2012

Darlington wins site preparation licence
21 August 2012

TEPCO launches balloon in unit 1, and revises official FD report
21 August 2012

Paladin signs long-term uranium supply deal
16 August 2012

Studsvik and Westinghouse team up for decommissioning
16 August 2012

UAE awards $3bn worth of nuclear fuel contracts
15 August 2012

Work on Slovakian nuclear simulator suspended to May 2013
14 August 2012

Muehleberg upgrades to cost EUR 140 million
14 August 2012

Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment, UK, (Deadline: 10 September 2012)
13 August 2012

Decommissioning of the Floating Maintenance Base (FMB), Russia, (Deadline: 1 August 2013).
13 August 2012

Onagawa ‘remarkably undamaged’ by Japan quake
13 August 2012

OL3 cooling water station filled
13 August 2012

Doel 3 investigates potential cracks
13 August 2012

US suspends reactor licensing decisions
13 August 2012

Wylfa to continue generation through 2014
09 August 2012

European Commission gives Hinkley Point C the all-clear
09 August 2012

Candu Energy expands cooperation with Chinese companies
07 August 2012

France publishes radioactive waste inventory
06 August 2012

Bechtel to provide nuclear consulting services to CNPEC
02 August 2012

July 2012

Top

One year more for tsunami upgrades at Hamaoka nuclear plant
31 July 2012

CB&I to buy Shaw Group in $3bn deal
30 July 2012

NRC issues bulletin on potential design vulnerability in electric power systems at nuclear plants
30 July 2012

FirstEnergy studies mPower reactor
30 July 2012

Westinghouse prepares Darlington AP1000 proposal
30 July 2012

AREVA joins WANO
30 July 2012

Canadian regulator approves Bruce and Point Lepreau restarts
30 July 2012

Rotork supplies valve actuators for Taishan nuclear station
30 July 2012

Onet and China’s CNPEC sign nuclear MOU
30 July 2012

AMEC wins Bohunice waste treatment contract
30 July 2012

First fuel assemblies removed from unit 4 spent fuel pool
24 July 2012

Competition to appoint a Parent Body Organisation (PBO) for the Magnox Limited (Magnox) and Research Site Restoration Limited (RSRL) Site Licence Companies (SLC), United Kingdom, (Deadline: 31 August
19 July 2012

3H/14C monitoring systems and ancillary laboratory equipment for Zaporozhye NPP, Ukraine (Deadline: 3 October 2012)
19 July 2012

Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant delayed beyond 2014
19 July 2012

AREVA and Rosatom aim to strengthen cooperation
19 July 2012

Curtiss-Wright and Candu Energy team up to provide hydrogen recombiners to nuclear industry
19 July 2012

UAE nuclear regulator approves Barakah power plant construction
18 July 2012

Kudankulam nuclear plant to go critical in summer 2012
18 July 2012

EnergySolutions EU on the block
17 July 2012

TEPCO invests in summertime cooling
17 July 2012

AREVA wins German nuclear fuel contracts
17 July 2012

UAE environment agency approves Baraka plant
17 July 2012

NDA takes ownership of German plutonium
17 July 2012

Argentina pre-qualifies ATMEA1 nuclear plant
12 July 2012

Honeywell evaluates upgrades to Metropolis conversion plant
12 July 2012

Russian nuclear plants install emergency equipment
12 July 2012

ENSI confirms Swiss plants can withstand earthquake
12 July 2012

UK report calls for regulators to take a more prominent role in communication
10 July 2012

US regulator approves St. Lucie uprate
10 July 2012

Macfarlane sworn in as NRC chairman
10 July 2012

Court makes partial judgment on OL3 dispute
09 July 2012

Uranium One investigates yellowcake release incident
09 July 2012

Habia Cable secures new nuclear contract in South Korea
09 July 2012

Contract forecast notice: support to the operators in the preparation of safety assessment reports for Georgian radwaste disposal and interim storage sites (G4.01.09)
09 July 2012

Public relations consultancy services, United Kingdom, (Deadline: 8 August 2012)
09 July 2012

Duke and Progress complete merger
05 July 2012

Lloyd's Register acquires Indian nuclear risk specialist
05 July 2012

Inside unit 1 (nearly)
05 July 2012

ENSREG prepared action plan after 'stress tests'
05 July 2012

Trio of vendors submit bids for Temelin nuclear plant
02 July 2012

Belarus makes ‘important progress’ towards nuclear power
02 July 2012

Westinghouse and Curtiss-Wright team up
02 July 2012

AMEC acquires Serco nuclear business
02 July 2012

US plutonium inventory decreases thanks to disposal at WIPP
02 July 2012

Candu proposes EC6 reactor as UK plutonium solution (updated)
02 July 2012

Mark Fecteau named president and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Japan
02 July 2012

June 2012

Top

Report: capacity of Olkiluoto repository remains uncertain
27 June 2012

Conversion of four Russian research reactors to LEU is ‘technically possible’
27 June 2012

Russia is interested in building South African research reactor
26 June 2012

Rosatom signs cooperation memorandum with Ghana
25 June 2012

ITER project reaches licensing milestone; but concerns over schedule remain
25 June 2012

Parliament endorses Lithuanian nuclear project
25 June 2012

Russia signs MOU with French radwaste agency, Andra
25 June 2012

Siemens can return to nuclear in 2012, EC rules
22 June 2012

NPCIL's Jain goes to WANO
22 June 2012

Fukushima slowed nuclear growth by 10%: OECD NEA
22 June 2012

Surveys find radiation and more leaked water
21 June 2012

EDF Energy selects Bouygues TP/Laing O’Rourke JV as preferred bidder for Hinkley Point civil works
19 June 2012

Ohi 3&4 will be first to restart
19 June 2012

NRC approves Turkey Point uprate
19 June 2012

US vendors move towards India deals
19 June 2012

Savannah River safety milestone
14 June 2012

Review of Swedish respository
13 June 2012

DOE injects more cash into American Centrifuge project
13 June 2012

US EPR design certification scheduled for 2014
12 June 2012

SONGS to remain offline through the summer
12 June 2012

China starts up zirconium sponge plant
12 June 2012

Cameco increases stake in Millennium project
12 June 2012

Noda urges Ohi restart
12 June 2012

Georges Besse I ceases operation
08 June 2012

THORP will finish contracted reprocessing
08 June 2012

Taishan 1 receives RV
06 June 2012

Shearon Harris uprate receives regulatory approval
06 June 2012

Robots investigate inside units 1 and 3
01 June 2012

May 2012

Top

UAE trains future reactor operators
30 May 2012

Susquehanna 2 shuts down for turbine inspections
30 May 2012

GE signs up University of Manchester for PRISM collaboration
30 May 2012

Survey of Turkish nuclear site to be completed in 2012
28 May 2012

Obama intends to nominate Allison Macfarlane to head-up NRC
28 May 2012

Pilgrim gets its licence renewed
28 May 2012

ÅF wins contract for Angra 3 design
28 May 2012

Russia to join the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
24 May 2012

Columbia receives 20-year operating licence extension
23 May 2012

AMEC in talks over potential acquisition of Serco's nuclear division
23 May 2012

Weld overlay work completed at North Anna
22 May 2012

NextEra commits to addressing concrete degradation at Seabrook
22 May 2012

Jaczko resigns as head of NRC
22 May 2012

Bruce unit 2 start-up delayed for generator repairs
22 May 2012

Intake channel seafloor paving complete
21 May 2012

Japan evaluates reprocessing options
21 May 2012

Westinghouse forms SMR alliance with utilities
21 May 2012

CH2M Hill awards $11 million subcontract for Hanford clean-up
21 May 2012

Graham Construction wins Dounreay contract
17 May 2012

Agreement extends Paducah enrichment operations
17 May 2012

Cameco to acquire fuel trader NUKEM
17 May 2012

Westinghouse in Chinese crane JV
17 May 2012

Shaw wins Wolf Creek maintenance contract
17 May 2012

Plant modifications affect simulator upgrades in Switzerland and Slovakia
17 May 2012

UK publishes stress test report for non power-generating nuclear facilities
15 May 2012

Brazil delays nuclear plans
15 May 2012

Reactor containment dome installed at Novovoronezh
14 May 2012

Regulators enhance crisis communication
14 May 2012

Government agree $12.5 billion TEPCO bail-out
10 May 2012

SONGS restart date remains uncertain
10 May 2012

Finland celebrates two decades Olkiluoto repository
09 May 2012

Robot cleans up Sellafield pond
09 May 2012

The new French president and nuclear power
09 May 2012

Japan has no reactors online
08 May 2012

Nuvia and Parsons Brinckerhoff target new build market
08 May 2012

Sellafield silo retrieval project enters second phase
01 May 2012

Decontamination work to Fukushima Daiichi D&D headquarters
01 May 2012

April 2012

Top

European stations pass 'stress tests'
30 April 2012

DOE annouces plans to extend Hanford clean-up contract
30 April 2012

TVA continues with construction of Watts Bar 2
30 April 2012

SCE and University of California collaborate on seismic study
30 April 2012

Areva regains contract for operation of French repository
30 April 2012

ITER signs conductor testing contract
30 April 2012

Surveys above and below
25 April 2012

Armenia prepares for Metsamor life extension
25 April 2012

TVO investigates pipe quality at OL3
24 April 2012

SCE finishes tube inspection at SONGS 2
24 April 2012

India commissions new uranium mine
24 April 2012

KEPCO awards contract for training materials
24 April 2012

DOE awards $1.3bn contract for WIPP operation
23 April 2012

Taishan 1 receives components
20 April 2012

Westinghouse signs up Ameren for SMR bid
20 April 2012

Construction of unit 4 fuel removal structure begins
18 April 2012

Babcock installs Sellafield fuel pond treatment plant
17 April 2012

Urenco UK will run new Capenhurst tails facility
17 April 2012

Conference on Nuclear Power’s Future in Africa, South Africa (29-30 May 2012)
17 April 2012

Report on Canadian regulator’s response to Fukushima
17 April 2012

Sanmen RCPs to be shipped by June
17 April 2012

2011 a near-record year for US reactor performance
12 April 2012

EPRI report examines Fukushima accident
12 April 2012

UK firms could assist in Fukushima clean-up
12 April 2012

Supply and installation of a detection system based on video image analysis for physical protection, Germany, (Deadline: 8 May 2012).
10 April 2012

Russia and Japan cement nuclear cooperation
10 April 2012

Paladin in discussions with investors
10 April 2012

Dounreay completes sodium destruction
10 April 2012

GEH signs up National Nuclear Lab to work on Prism
07 April 2012

GSE wins Chinese nuclear simulator contractors
05 April 2012

Wylfa 2 to close by end of April
05 April 2012

Westinghouse: more changes at the top
05 April 2012

J-Power delays construction of Ohma nuclear plant
03 April 2012

UK nuclear third party liabilities to be increased sevenfold
03 April 2012

Babcock Dounreay Partnership takes over at Dounreay
02 April 2012

NRC approves VC Summer COLs
02 April 2012

Progress for Lithuanian nuclear project
02 April 2012

March 2012

Top

RWE and E.ON scrap UK nuclear plans
29 March 2012

Unit 2 PCV investigations discover evidence of meltdown
29 March 2012

Bulgaria abandons Belene
29 March 2012

Works resume at Kudankulam nuclear plant
28 March 2012

IAEA and Foratom sign cooperation agreement
28 March 2012

US, Belgium, France and the Netherlands announce pact to reduce use of HEU for isotope production
27 March 2012

One reactor remains in operation in Japan
26 March 2012

Finnish report highlights nuclear skills shortage
26 March 2012

Bidding work begins for OL4
26 March 2012

EnergySolutions wins Los Alamos waste contract
26 March 2012

Canadian regulator publishes utilities' post-Fukushima to do list
23 March 2012

Fusion supercomputer inaugurated in Japan
21 March 2012

UK engineering body publishes best practice
20 March 2012

Rosatom export promoter sets up in Ukraine and joins industry associations
20 March 2012

Fukushima-Daiichi decontamination, Japan (Deadline: 6 April 2012)
20 March 2012

Workers enter torus room, find accumulated water
20 March 2012

Westinghouse completes fuel for first AP1000
20 March 2012

Decontamination of primary circuits at Bohunice V1, Slovakia, (Deadline: 5 June 2012)
19 March 2012

Hiccups with Bruce A restart
19 March 2012

TVA resets work priorities at Bellefonte
19 March 2012

Usec reports huge loss for 2012
16 March 2012

SONGS 2&3 remain offline for SG inspection
16 March 2012

EnergySolutions to treat contaminated water at Fukushima
15 March 2012

Underwater work for TEPCO
13 March 2012

NNL wins Environment Agency contract
13 March 2012

NRC issues post-Fukushima orders
13 March 2012

Exelon and Constellation complete merger
13 March 2012

Russian stress tests confirm reliability and safety
12 March 2012

Skoda ahead of schedule with Taishan contract
09 March 2012

Mühleberg nuclear plant may have to close in 2013
08 March 2012

DOE deal for small reactors at Savannah River
08 March 2012

Amec wins Sellafield environmental framework
08 March 2012

Finnish government gives go-ahead uranium extraction
08 March 2012

US industry acquires more emergency equipment
08 March 2012

UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announces new CEO
08 March 2012

TEPCO robot surveys unit 2 reactor well floor
02 March 2012

What happened after
01 March 2012 Forced exile continues for residents of some towns around Fukushima...

Damage limitation
01 March 2012 One year after the Fukushima Daiichi accident of 11 March 2011, NEI...

Step forward for laser enrichment
01 March 2012

Cracks at Davis-Besse were caused by 1978 blizzard
01 March 2012

February 2012

Top

UK says 'cheerio' to Oldbury
29 February 2012

Construction starts at Baltic NPP
28 February 2012

MOX use proposals, UK (Deadline: 31 March 2012)
27 February 2012

Canadian nuclear plants improve cyber security
27 February 2012

$30 million set aside for Canadian nuclear research centre
27 February 2012

EnergySolutions wins UAE nuclear contract
24 February 2012

‘Significant’ radioactive particle found on beach near Dounreay
23 February 2012

TEPCO plans to coat Fukushima port seabed
23 February 2012

TVEL wins its first fuel supply contract for a Western PWR
23 February 2012

China launches nuclear safety research programme
21 February 2012

NRC requests fuel performance info from 11 nuclear plants
21 February 2012

FERC approval needed for Exelon-Constellation merger
20 February 2012

Britain and France expand civil nuclear cooperation
20 February 2012

DAHER selected as ITER logistics service provider
20 February 2012

EDF plans longer life extensions for UK AGRs
20 February 2012

Regulator renews operating licence for Point Lepreau
20 February 2012

Areva prismatic HTGR is ‘optimum’ technology for next generation plant, says US alliance
15 February 2012

Unit 2 temperature rise may be down to a faulty thermometer
14 February 2012

DOE and NRC request budgets for FY 2013
14 February 2012

Canada and China finalize uranium agreement
14 February 2012

Polish utility PGE confirms nuclear plans
13 February 2012

EDF and Areva finalize uranium partnership
13 February 2012

US regulator approves Vogtle 3&4 reactors
10 February 2012

Pöyry to carry out groundwater studies for Finnish repository
08 February 2012

NDA proposes management Dounreay exotic material at Sellafield
08 February 2012

Watts Bar 2 schedule pushed back
07 February 2012

TEPCO clears radioactive dust out of major car park
07 February 2012

SONGs remains offline following SG leak
06 February 2012

Turbine island contract signed for Baltic NPP
06 February 2012

UK's Horizon completes purchase of land for nuclear development
06 February 2012

New UK minister for energy and climate change
06 February 2012

Areva and Toshiba bid for Fennovoima reactor project
02 February 2012

IAEA completes review of Japanese stress tests
01 February 2012

January 2012

Top

Spent fuel pool emergency cooling test 'satisfactory'
31 January 2012

GEH signs up Finnish supplier to work on ESBWR I&C
30 January 2012

Westinghouse sets up Canadian arm
30 January 2012

Green groups challenge UK nuclear subsidies
30 January 2012

Noda calls for reduction of nuclear in Japan, where only three reactors remain in operation
30 January 2012

SNC-Lavalin to install containment venting systems at Cernavoda
25 January 2012

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 1&7 stress test results published
24 January 2012

TEPCO sees inside
24 January 2012

DOE announces funding plan for small modular reactors
23 January 2012

CAST Specialty Transportation and Visionary Solutions win WIPP contracts
20 January 2012

TWI wins Andra closure tender
20 January 2012

November accident at INL was ‘preventable,’ report concludes
19 January 2012

NuGen applies for electricity generation licence
19 January 2012

EDF approves Exelon-Constellation merger
17 January 2012

Crane barge clears Fukushima Daiichi intake canal
17 January 2012

Japan plans to limit reactor lifetime to 40 years
17 January 2012

Accelerator driven system starts operation
16 January 2012

DOE proposes $300 million for American Centrifuge research
16 January 2012

Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Hathor
12 January 2012

Nuclear acquisition for Curtiss-Wright
12 January 2012

Entergy faces $140,000 fine after operators accessed internet
11 January 2012

Aris Candris steps down as Westinghouse CEO
10 January 2012

First contract for French repository
09 January 2012 Industrial design work is set to begin on a deep geological repository...

Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring integrity of pipe welds, UK (Deadline: 21 February 2012)
09 January 2012

Iran begins uranium enrichment at Fordow
09 January 2012

French reactor upgrades are a priority, says regulator
09 January 2012

2011 sees record outage at Olkiluoto 2
09 January 2012

TEPCO releases English summary of its interim investigation
09 January 2012

Areva wins Monticello fuel contract
05 January 2012

Cigar Lake: second shaft completed
04 January 2012

Review of 2011: Figures following Fukushima
03 January 2012

TEPCO braces for 40-year haul
03 January 2012

NRC cites Brunswick for inadequate flooding protection
03 January 2012

US certification for Westinghouse AP1000 design
03 January 2012

L-3 MAPPS wins Pilgrim simulator upgrade contract
03 January 2012

Belarus-Russia nuclear agreement ratified
03 January 2012

US-Russian uranium agreement takes effect
03 January 2012

December 2011

Top

Areva and Rolls Royce win EDF 1300 MW upgrade contract
27 December 2011

Harwell active drain D&D
26 December 2011

Through new Czech JV, TVEL creeps up to Europe
26 December 2011

USNRC approves post-Fukushima priority list
20 December 2011

Labrador ends Inuit land uranium mining moratorium
20 December 2011

Rosatom 2010 sales up 9% over 2009
20 December 2011

IAEA acknowledges speedy UAE regulator set-up in review
20 December 2011

As cold shutdown declared, Japan turns to long-term decommissioning
19 December 2011

EPR and AP1000 pass UK design assessment
14 December 2011

Bruce Power drops plans for nuclear project in Alberta
14 December 2011

Areva puts projects on hold as profits collapse
14 December 2011

RPV installed at Mochovce 4
14 December 2011

TEPCO reports to NISA on leak from desalination equipment
12 December 2011

Areva to supply I&C for Tianwan 3&4
12 December 2011

Japan estimates the cost of a future nuclear accident
12 December 2011

Areva wins EDF control upgrade contract
12 December 2011

Exelon picked to support Lithuanian project
12 December 2011

Expression of interest Kozloduy Repository Project Management Unit Consultant, Bulgaria (Deadline: 16 January 2012)
08 December 2011

New maintenance contract award for Progress nuclear fleet
08 December 2011

Westinghouse orders supports for US AP1000 projects
08 December 2011

UK opts for plutonium reuse
06 December 2011

Toshiba ships condenser for Vogtle
06 December 2011

Westinghouse develops Czech supply chain
06 December 2011

Unit 1 melted down; units 2&3 mostly unmelted
06 December 2011

Shaw awarded new maintenance contract for Palo Verde
05 December 2011

Indonesian government approves nuclear construction plan
05 December 2011

Saudi Arabia plans nuclear tender for 2012
05 December 2011

November 2011

Top

Studsvik wins contract to test irradiated AGR fuel
29 November 2011

EU to give more funding for decommissioning Soviet-era reactors
28 November 2011

Swiss decommissioning cost estimate rises by 10%
28 November 2011

Unit 1 isolation condensers stopped working after tsunami
28 November 2011

Babcock Dounreay partnership named as preferred bidder in Dounreay competition
28 November 2011

L3-MAPPS to supply classroom simulators for South Texas
28 November 2011

New poll: opposition to nuclear grows in most countries
28 November 2011

ITER remains on track
28 November 2011

Bangladesh progresses towards nuclear power
28 November 2011

CNPEC to increase stake in Hollysys Automation
28 November 2011

UK's nuclear plans 'lack credibility' without greater R&D spend
22 November 2011

Good news for Russia's Baltic and Kalinin 4 NPPs
22 November 2011

Atkins appointed to UAE nuclear new build role
22 November 2011

Sampling boat launched; major reports published
22 November 2011

Decontamination system starts up for unit 2 spent fuel pool
16 November 2011

Magnox awards demolition framework
15 November 2011

MHI starts work on Fukushima sludge facility
15 November 2011

NRC approves North Anna restart
14 November 2011

GEH and Fluor team up for OL4
14 November 2011

Studsvik signs Berkeley waste treatment contract
14 November 2011

EDF convicted on spying charges
14 November 2011

IAEA report states ‘serious concerns’ over Iran
10 November 2011

Exelon renews maintenance contract with Shaw
10 November 2011

Costain wins Bradwell decommissioning contract
10 November 2011

Japan's Ohi 3 station submits stress test results
08 November 2011

Calder Hall defuelling begins
08 November 2011

GEH wins maintenance contracts in Spain
08 November 2011

Portage, Inc leads $121 million tails removal project
08 November 2011

NUKEM wins Ukraine radwaste consultancy
08 November 2011

Air gaps sealed to reduce dust migration
08 November 2011

TEPCO injects poison after fission products detected in new unit 2 gas treatment line
02 November 2011

CEZ invites bids for Temelin
02 November 2011

EDF submits planning application for Hinkley C
01 November 2011

USEC: ACP discussions continue
01 November 2011

October 2011

Top

Chalk River wins licence to operate for five more years
31 October 2011

Rosatom sets up trade alliance
31 October 2011

Westinghouse wins contract for Bulgarian LLW repository
26 October 2011

System for spent nuclear fuel handling and transport (Russia, Deadline: 17 November 2011)
25 October 2011

Remaining Oldbury reactor set to close in February 2012
25 October 2011

Dome installed at China's Taishan EPR
25 October 2011

Robot breaks down during radiation survey
24 October 2011

USEC and DOE discuss cost-sharing for American centrifuge demonstration
24 October 2011

NRC calls for new station blackout rule by April 2014
24 October 2011

Protests at Kudankulam may delay commissioning
21 October 2011

Russia signs up to build NPP in Belarus
20 October 2011

Outages at US nuclear plants hit four-year-high in Spring 2011
19 October 2011

NRC publishes proposed post-Fukushima action schedule
18 October 2011

Progress at unit 1
18 October 2011

ENEC asks regulator to approve preparatory work at Braka
17 October 2011

Fluor to invest in NuScale small reactor
17 October 2011

Kazakhstan 'may build a nuclear plant in the next 10 years'
17 October 2011

European TSOs warn of inadequate winter margins
17 October 2011

Drill confirms three-hour time delay for seawater injection
13 October 2011

NRC issues license for Areva’s US enrichment plant
13 October 2011

Ansaldo joins modular-construction alliance for UK nuclear
13 October 2011

Jacobs to continue environmental work for Horizon
11 October 2011

Electrabel picks Ventyx asset management software
11 October 2011

Australian approval for Olympic Dam expansion
10 October 2011

Contract award for waste treatment facility at Kozloduy
10 October 2011

NRC inspection of fuel cycle facilties
10 October 2011

Russia and Ukraine continue fuel fabrication plant talks
06 October 2011

Russia to start feasibility studies for Kola II
06 October 2011

New milling agreement to cut cost of Cigar Lake
06 October 2011

Fennovoima picks site for nuclear plant
06 October 2011

TEPCO picks up the vacuum cleaner
06 October 2011

Fukushima Daiichi water isolation improved
03 October 2011

Work starts on vessel head replacement at Davis-Besse
03 October 2011

USEC cuts spending in centrifuge plant as it waits for loan guarantee decision
03 October 2011

September 2011

Top

EDF awards huge steam generator contracts
29 September 2011

Construction complete at Atucha II
29 September 2011

Various radwaste R&D consultancy services, UK (Deadline: 28 October 2011)
27 September 2011

High-temperature calorimeter, Germany (Deadline: 9 November 2011)
27 September 2011

Radiological protection equipment, France (Deadline: 7 November 2011)
27 September 2011

Boiler piping supplier qualification, France (Deadline: indeterminate)
27 September 2011

Radiation monitoring, Bulgaria (Deadline: 21 October 2011)
27 September 2011

Armenian NPP nuclear materials accountability tender unsuccessful
27 September 2011

TEPCO predicts cold shutdown at units 1, 2 and 3 by year-end
27 September 2011

GSE selected for mPower simulator
27 September 2011

US to supply technology to Ukraine in return for HEU removal
26 September 2011

German nuclear tax falls at the first challenge
26 September 2011

SSE pulls out of UK nuclear venture
25 September 2011

Siemens to quit the nuclear power business
22 September 2011

ACTUS wins ILW contract at Trawsfynydd
22 September 2011

Westinghouse to install new vessel heads at Beznau
22 September 2011

Fountain steps down as NDA chief
21 September 2011

First European stress test results published
20 September 2011

Fukushima radiation map published
19 September 2011

Atomenergomash invests in Czech cooling tower manufacturer
19 September 2011

GE Hitachi signs up Fluor for Poland
19 September 2011

Sempell expands nuclear valve factory
19 September 2011

TEPCO outlines plan for defuelling damaged Fukushima Daiichi units
13 September 2011

Rolls-Royce buys R. Brooks and signs deal with Rosatom
13 September 2011

India completes post-Fukushima safety reviews
13 September 2011

No leak after Marcoule explosion
13 September 2011

Unit 1 cover frame completed
12 September 2011

GEH signs MOU with Polish engineering school
08 September 2011

Hot salty water causes leak
07 September 2011

Shaw to sell Westinghouse stake back to Toshiba
06 September 2011

Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant comes online
05 September 2011

New boiler for Areva testing facility
05 September 2011

New probe sees materials interactions in fusion reactors
05 September 2011

Transformer order for US AP1000 projects
05 September 2011

Cameco agrees to increase uranium production at Inkai
05 September 2011

Maria van der Hoeven begins term as IEA director
02 September 2011

August 2011

Top

TEPCO rebuts media reports about 2008 tsunami predictions
31 August 2011

Unit 1&2 airborne radiation below legal limits
31 August 2011

NRC approves changes to emergency regulations
31 August 2011

Greenpeace challenges UK nuclear expansion
30 August 2011

GEH wins Exelon service contract
30 August 2011

Japan’s PM Naoto Kan to resign
26 August 2011

Flooded turbine halls to drop half a metre by mid-September
26 August 2011

Heat exchangers ordered for UAE plant
25 August 2011

Retubing agreement signed for Argentina’s Embalse
25 August 2011

Offsite power restored at North Anna
24 August 2011

Kozloduy project goods, works and services, Bulgaria (Notice of upcoming tenders. Final deadline: 9 August 2012)
19 August 2011

Portable radiation monitor, USA (Deadline: 9 September 2011)
19 August 2011

Laundry management, Germany (Deadline: 19 September 2011)
19 August 2011

Southwest Research Institute wins $1 million NRC safety consultancy contract
19 August 2011

Chernobyl 4 shelter implementation plan lightning protection, Ukraine (Deadline: 6 October 2011)
19 August 2011

TVA board authorises completion of Bellefonte 1
19 August 2011

NUKEM Technologies returns to UK
19 August 2011

Paducah censured after employee evades monitor
19 August 2011

Russia sets up nuclear export development company
19 August 2011

NEI tells EPA not to mandate maximum cooling water flow
19 August 2011

TEPCO to test spent fuel pool water desalination system
19 August 2011

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions fined for TRU hand prick
16 August 2011

Entergy to refuel Vermont Yankee; lawsuit to continue operation begins in September
16 August 2011

Nuvia Limited wins Magnox Berkeley ILW processing contract
16 August 2011

Areva will begin making forgings for UK EPRs
16 August 2011

Areva to upgrade Leibstadt
16 August 2011

Unit 1 spent fuel pool cooling under control
15 August 2011

Vogtle 3&4 new-build clears regulatory hurdle
10 August 2011

US Blue Ribbon Commission goes on tour
10 August 2011

MHI establishes plant safety department
10 August 2011

Japan will continue nuclear power export marketing
10 August 2011

WM2012 conference calls for abstracts
10 August 2011

Three Japanese ministers fired after Fukushima
10 August 2011

ISPRA nuclear safeguards call for experts, labs and equipment (3 separate items), European Union (No deadline given)
08 August 2011

Mechanical fuel detector maintenance, European Union (Deadline: 16 September 2011)
08 August 2011

Mechanical maintenance, European Union (Deadline: 23 September 2011)
08 August 2011

Nuclear safety equipment, Poland (Deadline: 1 September 2011)
08 August 2011

TEPCO evaporates contaminated salt water
08 August 2011

Areas of high radiation detected at Fukushima site
03 August 2011

WM2012 call for abstracts (Deadline:19 August 2011)
03 August 2011

UK MOX plant to close
03 August 2011

Yorkon partnership wins contract to build Dounreay lab
03 August 2011

Frazer-Nash supports EDF in AGR life extension study
02 August 2011

TEPCO completes work on unit 4 spent fuel pool
02 August 2011

Hinkley C project moves forward
01 August 2011

Reactor vessel arrives at Sanmen nuclear plant
01 August 2011

Five Star Products opens US facility
01 August 2011

July 2011

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Wolsong 1 returns to operation following retube
28 July 2011

GE signs nuclear MOU with Polish engineering firm
28 July 2011

Hong Kong utility to invest in China’s Yangjiang project
26 July 2011

Chubu reveals Hamaoka's flooding protection plan
25 July 2011

Alstom to supply coils for Japanese fusion project
25 July 2011

Philippines may rechannel its nuclear budget
22 July 2011

TEPCO: three years to solve mid-term Fukushima issues
22 July 2011

Duke looks to take a share in V.C. Summer 2&3
21 July 2011

India starts construction of two nuclear plants
21 July 2011

Bohunice V1 decommissioning contractor, Slovak Rep (Deadline: 5 September 2011)
21 July 2011

EDF delays Flamanville 3 EPR project
20 July 2011

£20 million tool aids Dounreay decommissioning
19 July 2011

TEPCO adds second caesium adsorption line
19 July 2011

US task force reports on safety
19 July 2011

Kan calls for Japan to phase out nuclear power
19 July 2011

Australia unveils vision of low carbon future
19 July 2011

Energid designs heat exchanger robot
19 July 2011

Lithuania chooses Hitachi-GE as strategic investor for Visaginas
15 July 2011

Westinghouse pauses at end of UK reactor generic design approval process
15 July 2011

Unit 3 reactor building stable, TEPCO concludes
15 July 2011

Japan announces stress test plans
13 July 2011

TEPCO prepares alternative cooling installation at unit 4 spent fuel pool
12 July 2011

Project Management Unit Consultant for Decommissioning and Waste Repository, Bulgaria, (Deadline: 6 July 2012)
12 July 2011

Radwaste treatment (submarines), Norway, (Deadline: 15 August 2011)
12 July 2011

US joins German fusion project
12 July 2011

Breeder waste looks destined for Sellafield
12 July 2011

Another 3-month extension for Belene decision
12 July 2011

EU agrees to extend FP7 programme of nuclear research
12 July 2011

Ostendorff sworn in to full term as NRC commissioner
11 July 2011

Russian parliament passes 'polluter pays' law
08 July 2011

ENSREG to cooperate with IAEA peer reviews
06 July 2011

Fennovoima invites bids from Areva and Toshiba
05 July 2011

AMEC wins Urenco contract
05 July 2011

Five nuclear engineers die in Russian aeroplane crash
04 July 2011

SNC-Lavalin to buy AECL's reactor division
04 July 2011

TEPCO ventures to the unit 4 refuelling deck
04 July 2011

Two new elements added to the periodic table
04 July 2011

American Centrifuge Plant put under ‘standstill agreement’
04 July 2011

AMEC to carry out uranium studies in Namibia
04 July 2011

June 2011

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TEPCO publishes water treatment schedule
30 June 2011

Nuclear stations carry on despite Nebraska floods
28 June 2011

Progress will continue Crystal River repairs
28 June 2011

France awards EUR 1 billion of nuclear projects
28 June 2011

Closed-loop circulation starts at Fukushima Daiichi
28 June 2011

Oldbury 1 to operate for an additional 18 months
23 June 2011

As workers enter unit 2, TEPCO recounts events inside unit 4 spent fuel pool
22 June 2011

Management of WIPP, USA (Deadline: 17 August 2011)
22 June 2011

Less than half of US residents support new nuclear build
22 June 2011

Labour for nuclear submarine repair, USA (Deadline: 16 July 2011)
22 June 2011

Root cause training, USA (6 July 2011)
22 June 2011

Machine tool refurbishment, UK (Deadline: 8 August 2011)
22 June 2011

Canberra wins EUR 1.3 million contract
22 June 2011

Nuclear sub component towing, USA (Deadline: 2 August 2011)
22 June 2011

Amano calls for stronger, universal safety standards
21 June 2011

Studsvik to sell NNL fuel software
21 June 2011

Water treatment system shut down after only hours of operation
20 June 2011

EIA for heat generation plant for steam, Bulgaria, (Deadline: 5 August 2011)
20 June 2011

UK decommissions its first reactor
20 June 2011

Rosatom submits EIA of Baltic NPP to neighbour states
17 June 2011

TEPCO starts to cover unit 1
17 June 2011

TVA plans six mPower units at Clinch River
16 June 2011

Shaw wins Cook life extension contract
16 June 2011

USNRC reviews and discusses its Fukushima response
16 June 2011

UK remains strongest market for European nuclear build
16 June 2011

US nuclear groups band together for Fukushima response
14 June 2011

Russia will release stress test data by end of year
14 June 2011

France-NEA meeting examines Fukushima
14 June 2011

Syria did build nuclear reactor, IAEA concludes
14 June 2011

Eight staff receive dose above emergency maximum
14 June 2011

TEPCO pumps out more water from unit 2&3 turbine halls
10 June 2011

Termination of Yucca Mountain had no scientific basis, report says
09 June 2011

Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy and Westinghouse bid to build Visaginas
08 June 2011

NRC expresses concern about emergency procedures
07 June 2011

GNF wins Nine Mile Point fuel contract
07 June 2011

Nuclear waste repository 'inescapable', according to draft Blue Ribbon Commission report
06 June 2011

Germany agrees nuclear phase-out (again)
06 June 2011

TEPCO releases contaminated water tank construction schedule
06 June 2011

Site surveying begins at Akkuyu
06 June 2011

Haiyang and Sanmen order Hydratight RPV tensioner
06 June 2011

Taiwan chooses Phoenix system for PWR inspections
06 June 2011

New water circulation systems for Fukushima Daiichi
02 June 2011

Despite explosions, unit 1 & 4 buildings stable, TEPCO concludes
02 June 2011

May 2011

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No radiological contamination north of Japan
31 May 2011

MHI provides radiation-shielded forklift
31 May 2011

Machine installs NUHOMS-type spent fuel casks
31 May 2011

Scanner helps phased array pipe inspection
31 May 2011

IAEA mission visits Fukushima Daiichi
31 May 2011

CORYS to renovate Bohunice simulator
26 May 2011

TEPCO reports limited damage at unit 2&3; majority of fuel damaged, but still in core
26 May 2011

Westinghouse develops fuel pool cooling system
26 May 2011

Russia calls for international standards
25 May 2011

Shaw to support HI-SMUR development
24 May 2011

NRC further questions AP1000 design
24 May 2011

Business development consultancy, UK (Deadline: 29 June 2011)
23 May 2011

Spanish ITER tests tender extended (Deadline: 8 June 2011)
23 May 2011

TEPCO completes Fukushima Daiini emergency plan
23 May 2011

Unit 1 plan switches away from flooding
18 May 2011

TEPCO confirms unit 1 core melted, but remains in RV
17 May 2011

Reactor vessel is shipped to Novovoronezh-2
16 May 2011

Consensus not reached on ‘stress-tests’
16 May 2011

TEPCO stops another leak
12 May 2011

Slovenia joins OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
12 May 2011

Japan reconsiders energy policy
12 May 2011

CGNPC pulls of uranium deal
11 May 2011

Unit 1 airlock opened
10 May 2011

Hamaoka NPP to shut down for upgrades
09 May 2011

ENSI orders upgrades at Swiss NPPs
09 May 2011

TEPCO begins flooding unit 1
06 May 2011

Japan predicts radiation spread
04 May 2011

TEPCO launches Fukushima Daiichi site works
04 May 2011

Merrick & Nuclear Safety Associates form partnership
04 May 2011

Systematic approach to training (SAT) implementation for Angra 1 and 2 NPPs, Brazil, (Deadline: 6 June 2011)
03 May 2011

Iberdrola wins tender for safety I&C upgrade at Angra 2 NPP
03 May 2011

Radiation monitoring and control services, United Kingdom, (Deadline: 6 June 2011)
03 May 2011



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