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Preparations for COP29 underway
09 April, 2024
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP29) will convene in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event will be led by Azerbaijan Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev.

Tractebel report looks at powering data centres with advanced reactors
13 March, 2024
Belgium-based Tractebel (part of France’s Engie) and its subsidiary company RED, have published a White Paper on how advanced reactors, including small modular reactors (SMRs), can supply energy to data centre communities. “Powering the 4th Industrial Revolution – Pioneering Data Centre Partnerships with Advanced Nuclear Technology” says data usage and processing are poised to undergo a radical expansion. The 32-page report notes “our ever-growing need for heightened connectivity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist our daily requirements for efficiency, creativity, and automation of repetitive tasks”.

ENEC announces start up of Barakah 4
05 March, 2024
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company, has successfully launched the reactor of unit 4 of the Barakah NPP in the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi. This marks its initial production of heat through nuclear fission, used for generating electricity by turning a turbine with steam. In the coming weeks, Unit 4 will be linked to the national electricity grid and will gradually increase its power output to full capacity.

Transmutex raises finance for thorium fuelled subcritical nuclear system
31 January, 2024
Geneva-based Transmutex SA has announced new round of financing to develop its nuclear energy technology”. The Swiss startup, founded in 2019 by scientists from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) including Federico Carminati and Jean-Pierre Revol along with entrepreneur Franklin Servan-Schreiber.

Newcleo and NAAREA partner to support fast reactor development
18 January, 2024
UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has announced a strategic and industrial partnership with France's NAAREA designed "to support all players in their industrial, technological, scientific and regulatory development" of Generation IV fast neutron reactors.

COP28: IAEA launches fusion energy discussion
12 December, 2023
Fusion is developing fast and gaining momentum as a climate solution, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said at a special event at COP28 in Dubai. The event highlighted the critical turning point reached by fusion energy and the growing consensus that international partnerships in fusion are the way forward.

First US-African nuclear summit concludes in Ghana
10 November, 2023
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy has concluded the first-ever US Africa Nuclear Energy Summit (USANES) in Accra, Ghana. The summit was organised in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and the Nuclear Power Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. DOE said it “provided a platform for crucial dialogues and international cooperation on nuclear energy” where “participants from across the continent discussed the future of nuclear power and laid a foundation for sustainable nuclear energy growth in the region”.

New consortium to develop and globally deploy lead-cooled fast reactors
10 November, 2023
Belgium, Italy and Romania have formed a consortium with US-based Westinghouse Electric to develop a small modular lead-cooled fast neutron reactor (SMR-LFR). Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the presence of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, who was on an official visit to Brussels, and representatives from the Italian and US embassies in Belgium. The organisations taking part in the project, along with Westinghouse, are: Italy’s Ansaldo Nucleare and National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & Sustainable Economic Development ENEA (Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile); Romanian Atomic Energy Technology Company RATEN (Regia Autonoma Tehnologii pentru Energia Nucleara); and Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN.

Grossi opens IAEA General Conference
28 September, 2023
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who has been reappointed for a second four-year term as Director General beginning December 2023, in his opening address to the 67th General Conference, referred to US President Dwight D Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ speech in 1953. He noted that his vision has become an important, active part of the IAEA’s contribution towards international peace and security and furthering sustainable development. “The IAEA is the operational instrument of this noble cause,” Grossi said.

China launches test platform for uranium extraction from seawater
23 May, 2023
China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC's) test platform for uranium extraction from seawater has been put into operation and opened to the public in Hainan Province. The test platform, in the South China Sea, is able to carry out material verification and amplification experiments under real ocean conditions. It has a total area of about 670 square metres.

Uganda plans to begin nuclear power generation by 2031
17 March, 2023
Ugandan Energy & Minerals Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu said in a statement that Uganda expects to start generating at least 1000 MWe from nuclear power by 2031. This is part of Uganda’s moves to diversify its sources of electricity and accelerate its energy transition in response to climate change.

IAEA ups support for SMRs
18 January, 2023
The safety and economic competitiveness of SMRs must be fully demonstrated if their potential is to be realised. The IAEA has established a platform to help

Rosatom’s Likhachev on Russia’s nuclear future
03 January, 2023
Despite the difficult economic situation and sanctions, Rosatom's exports will grow by about 15% by the end of the year compared with 2021, Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said in an extensive interview with Izvestia. Countries where new projects are already underway or are beginning include China, Turkey, Egypt, Hungary, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Time for a new focus on fast reactors
23 November, 2022
Fast neutron reactor designs have been under development since the earliest days of civil nuclear engineering. Despite their many potential advantages, the sector has been dogged by persistent technical challenges that have stunted the anticipated growth trajectory. That may all be about to change as breeder technology gets a rethink.

NuScale Power, Habboush Group and ENTRA1 form strategic alliance
13 September, 2022
US-based NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale) and Habboush Group (HG) have entered into an agreement forming a strategic alliance that establishes a “one-stop-shop” for the financing, investment, development, execution, and management of NuScale-powered projects and opportunities.

Adopting advanced manufacturing for nuclear power
10 August, 2022
Techniques like additive manufacturing have much to offer the nuclear business, but standards and guidelines need to catch up if nuclear power is to maximise the benefits of advanced manufacturing.

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 case study for a European early joint regulatory review led by the French Safety Authority (ASN) with the participation of the Czech (SUJB) and Finnish (STUK) safety authorities. EDF said that, by this action, it was fostering European cooperation and supporting the acceleration of international SMR licensing, creating momentum towards harmonisation of SMR regulations.

Finland’s Green Party supports nuclear power
26 May, 2022
Finland’s Green Party (Vihreät De Gröna) has voted by a large majority at its party conference to adopt a pro-nuclear approach. The party manifesto now states that nuclear is “sustainable energy” and demands the reform of current energy legislation to streamline the approval process for small modular reactors (SMRs). Finland’s is the first Green Party to adopt such a position.

MHI reports progress of business plan including nuclear
18 May, 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced the progress of its 2021 Medium-Term Business Plan, which covers the three years from FY2021 to FY2023. It includes a section on decarbonising existing infrastructure and nuclear power’s contributions to decarbonisation.

Argentina optimistic about nuclear ties with China
28 April, 2022
Argentina hopes to begin construction of a new NPP later this year, José Luis Antúnez, president of nuclear utility Nucleoeléctrica SA (NA-SA) told Diálogo Chino on 21 April. Diálogo Chino describes itself as “the only independent journalism platform dedicated to better understanding the China-Latin America relationship and its sustainable development challenges”. The new NPP, Atucha III, will be constructed at the same complex as Atucha I and II, in Zárate, about 100 km north of Buenos Aires. It will generate 1,200 MWe and cost $8 billion, with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) expected to finance the majority of the project. China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) will provide the Hualong One reactor.