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South Korea to develop next-gen nuclear reactors
South Korea's Ministry of Science & ICT (MSIT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with eight Korean companies to cooperate on the development of next-generation...
France awards grants for research and development of molten salt reactors
Two nuclear start-ups, Stellaria and Thorizon, each in consortium with Orano, have been selected by the French government to receive funding through the France 2030 national...
SMR model displayed in Houston by Last Energy
US microreactor start-up Last Energy has displayed a prototype of its nuclear reactor module in downtown Houston, Texas. The module was hung vertically from a crane outside of...
Barakah 4 connects to UAE power grid
Nawah Energy Company, the operations and maintenance subsidiary of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), has connected unit 4 of the Barakah NPP to the UAE’s transmission system.
Melt trap completed for Paks II
Specialists from Russia’s Atomstroyexport (ASE - part of Rosatom’s Engineering Division and general contractor) and representatives of the Hungary’s Paks II have begun acceptance...
IAEA discusses nuclear energy and technology in Iraq
During a visit to Baghdad, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and senior...
Romania to build six SMRs with US financing
Romania, supported by US, is to build six small modular reactors (SMRs) in the locality of Doicesti, Dambovita, some 90 kilometres from Bucharest. The reactors can power 46,000 homes...
Canadian partnership to develop transportable NPPs
Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Indigenous Economic Reconciliation Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop opportunities to power remote mines...
PBMR project revived in South Africa
The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) and US venture capital firm C5 Capital have announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership. The alliance aims to spearhead the development...
China’s Haiyang NPP installs steel shell at unit 3
China’s Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute (SNERDI) has installed the third cylinder ring at unit 3 of the Haiyang NPP in Shandong province creating a cap for...
Kenya unveils strategic plan for first nuclear power plant
Kenya has launched a strategic plan and roadmap for nuclear power development. Alex Wachira, Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Energy & Petroleum, told journalists that the...
Lower tier of inner containment dome installed at Tianwan 8
At unit 8 of China’s Tianwan NPP Rosatom has the lower part of the dome of the internal containment (VZO - Vnutrennei Zatsitnoi Obolochki). The large metal structures were assembled...
Oklo and ANL complete second THETA testing campaign
US-based Oklo has completed the second phase of the Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article (THETA) testing campaign in collaboration with the US Argonne National Laboratory...
Russia starts construction of Leningrad 7
First concrete has been poured for the foundation of unit 7 of the Leningrad NPP (also known as Leningrad-II unit 3) three months ahead of schedule. Addressing the ceremony by video...
Rosatom completes welding of unit 2 main circulation pipeline at Kursk-II
Rosatom has completed welding of the main circulation pipeline (GTsT - Glavnii Tsirculyatsionnii Truboprovod) at unit 2 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. The GTsT connects the main equipment...
Russia and Hungary confirm progress at Paks II
Following talks in Budapest, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Peter Szijjártó confirmed that work on the construction of...
Enel and Ansaldo assess deployment of advanced reactors in Italy
Italy’s Enel and Ansaldo Nucleare have signed a collaboration agreement to examine and evaluate new technologies and business models for the generation of nuclear energy, including...
OPG’s Darlington New Nuclear Project completes early site preparation
Ontario Power Generations’s (OPG’s) Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) has completed the early works phase of the project’s site preparation work another major milestone, on time...
Installation of inner containment begins at El Dabaa 1
Work has begun to install the first tier of the inner containment (VZO - Vnutrennei Zatsitnoi Obolochki) for unit 1 of the El Dabaa NPP under construction in Egypt by specialists...
