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Closing nuclear’s gender gap
Despite growing demand for talent, women remain underrepresented in nuclear engineering. Assystem’s chief people officer Vicky Proctor tells NEi about how the company is pioneering programmes to strengthen the pipeline, support career progression and drive wider industry change.
From the Archives: From swords to ploughshares
The nuclear age quietly but fundamentally changed in June 1954. It marks the moment when fission first became, however tentatively, a civil energy technology. By John C.H. Lindberg
US nuclear renaissance in question
Despite major federal support and ambitious plans for a new AP1000 reactor fleet, industry leaders warn that the US nuclear revival still lacks binding projects, customers, and investment commitments needed for large-scale deployment.
Beyond uranium enrichment
Widely associated with uranium enrichment, isotope separation technologies potentially have many other applications. NEi talks to Urenco Isotopes about how it is building a new supply chain for quantum computing.
Bangladesh – a nuclear bright spot
It is time to get set for another celebration. As of May 2026, fuel loading has been completed at the Rooppur nuclear power plant. Keep the champagne bottles handy as Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant is approaching start-up. By David Hess, Senior VP, DeepGeo
A new nuclear security doctrine
Increased geopolitical instability requires a new doctrine of global nuclear security architecture that considers novel beyond-design threats. Operator experience from Ukraine can inform such an evolution, as a new paper reveals.
ITER reports strong project progress
The ITER Council has welcomed continued progress on construction, assembly and licensing, as the international fusion project advances under its revised Baseline 2024 schedule.
Framatome opens 3D-printing hub
The new facility will make complex components faster and at lower cost, while supporting Framatome’s industrial strategy and supply chain resilience.
25 years of INPRO
The International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel
Cycles (INPRO) was created to address the long-term sustainability of nuclear
energy. Experts tell NEi about its 25-year journey. By Judith Perera
Securing nuclear fuel
With increased focus on geopolitical instability, the nuclear fuel cycle is seeing a surge of interest and a wave of new initiatives in the US aimed at achieving nuclear energy independence. Will it be enough?