Nuclear

Uranium Project

Extrusion Demo Is Milestone for Lightbridge Fuel Fabrication

The extrusion of samples of an alloy of depleted uranium and zirconium at Idaho National Laboratory is a critical step in the process to qualify Lightbridge Cor…

Nuclear waste

Work Under Way on Akkuyu Decommissioning Costs

TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which ar…

Nuclear waste

GNS and Energysolutions Team up for Asian Market

EnergySolutions of the USA and Germany's GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH have signed a memorandum of understanding on the transport and disposal …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA to Help Iraq Develop Peaceful Nuclear Programme, Agency Head Says

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the prime minister's off…

SMR

Romania’s Nuclearelectrica Sees Preliminary Decision on Smr Plant in 2025

Romania expects to make a preliminary final investment decision next year on whether to build a small modular reactor plant (SMR), which could become Europe&rsq…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Bulgarian Nuclear Experts Question Economic Viability of New Nuclear Project

Bulgaria will build the two nuclear reactors with loans, and only 30% of the construction costs will be financed with money from the state budget, according to …

Nuclear waste

Fourth Discharge of Treated Wastewater From Fukushima Nuclear Plant Completed Sun.

Photo : YONHAP NewsThe government announced Monday that the discharge of treated wastewater from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant will be carri…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Japan Could Be Nearing Restart of World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

The world’s largest nuclear power plant, among the facilities taken offline after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, could be nearing a restart.Japanes…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

The Likelihood of Nuclear Energy in Australia via 13 Timelines

(IMAGE: PRIVATE MEDIA/ZENNIE)Years since the Ziggy Switkowski report on nuclear energy for the Howard government: 17.Years Switkowski predicted it would likely …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Atucha 2 Gets Renewed Operating Licence

Argentina's nuclear regulator has issued a renewed licence to Nucleoeléctrica Argentina for the operation of the second unit of the Atucha nuclear po…

SMR

X-Energy Opens First Training Centre for SMR Operators

The centre includes a full-scale plant control room simulator, Reactor Protection System prototype, and virtual reality experience as well as offices and classr…

Uranium Project

Kazatomprom ‘Action Plan’ Addresses Supply Chain Risks

(Image: Kazatomprom)Despite geopolitical tensions in 2023, the demand for nuclear power as a stable, low-carbon energy source has "notably increased", the Kazak…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Lower Tier of Tianwan 8’s Inner Containment Dome Lifted Into Place

The lower part of the inner containment building's dome has a diameter of 44 metres at its base and is just over 12 metres high. The upper dome part will be…

Nuclear Technology

US Proposed Budget Supports Nuclear Projects

US Department of Energy. Image: Office of Nuclear EnergyThe US Administration’s 2025 budget request includes nearly USD1.6 billion for the Department of E…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

First Concrete Poured at Leningrad 7

The concreting of the 2100-square-metre foundation slab for the new VVER-1200 unit has begun, with those attending the occasion told the additional Leningrad nu…