Nuclear

Spent Fuel

Slovenian Used Fuel Storage Facility Commissioned

The first HI-STORM FW cask has been placed into the used fuel dry storage facility at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia, officially marking the f…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning Permit Issued for German Reactor

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment has granted utility EnBW approval to decommission and dismantle unit 2 of its Neckarwestheim nuclear powe…

Nuclear Fuel

Kazakh U Delivered to Romania as Processing Plant Readies to Start

Kazakh national atomic company Kazatomprom announced the completion of the shipment of uranium via the Caspian Sea to Romania. The uranium will be used by Nucle…

Solar Power Plant

DOE Labs Built a Vpp With Solar, a Nuke, Electrolyzers and Storage. It Worked

The ARIES platform is based on NREL's Colorado campus. Credit: NREL/Josh Bauer / Bryan BechtoldFor an hour in January, a solar array, lithium-ion battery, h…

Solar Power Plant

US Tests Functional VPP With Solar, Nuclear, Hydrogen and Storage

The ARIES platform is based on NREL's Colorado campus. Credit: NREL/Josh Bauer / Bryan BechtoldFor an hour in January, a solar array, lithium-ion battery, h…

Nuclear Policy

Lawmakers Back Measure to Bolster U.S. Nuclear Energy Sector

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.), Tom Carper (D., Del.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) have introduced S. 1111—the Accelerating Deployment of Versati…

Nuclear Decommissioning

DOE Hosts Japanese Officials From Nuclear Decommissioning Group

Pictured at the DOE's EM headquarters, from left, are Ana Han, foreign affairs specialist, EM International Program; Joceline Nahigian, director, EM Office …

Nuclear Technology

Innovative Filtration System Shortens Schedule and Delivers Radwaste Savings

BWR spent fuel pool dual SCF system with shields.The return of low natural gas prices combined with the advent of high efficiency renewables has placed more pre…

Nuclear Power Plant

Contaminated Oklahoma Site to Be Made an EPA Priority

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the Fansteel Metals Superfund site in Muskogee, Okla., to the National Priorities List (NPL), the roster…

Nuclear Fuel

Bruce Power Issues C$600 Million in Green Bonds

The Bruce nuclear power plant. (Photo: Bruce Power)Canada’s Bruce Power, operator of Ontario’s eight-unit Bruce nuclear power plant, has announced t…

Nuclear Technology

EDF Establishes Nuward Subsidiary to Boost SMR Development

EDF says the creation of is new Nuward subsidiary emphasises EDF’s willingness to strengthen the development of its Nuward Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Th…

Nuclear Technology

IAEA Says Vietnam Is Committed to Nuclear Security

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Security Advisory Mission (INSServ) following a 10-day visit to Vietnam said the country has made pro…

Uranium Project

Red Book Provides ‘Snapshot’ of Uranium Situation

The 29th edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency's jointly produced reference work on uranium provides analys…

Nuclear Technology

Bruce and Cameco Partner for Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply

The extension of the long-term exclusive nuclear fuel supply arrangements between Bruce Power and Cameco for an additional 10 years through to 2040 secures deca…

Nuclear Technology

Extract Energy From Used Nuclear Fuel, Says Environmental Group

If existing inventories of used nuclear fuel were recycled and repurposed as fuel for advanced fast reactors, it could generate zero-carbon electricity for Euro…