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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
