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Tianwan 6 Enters Commercial Operation

Unit 6 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province has entered commercial operation, having successfully completed a 100-hour continuous oper…

Nuclear Power Plant

Ostrovets Unit 1 Receives Operating Licence

Unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be built in Belarus was yesterday issued with an operating licence, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations ha…

Nuclear Reactor

Bill Gates’ Terrapower to Build Reactor Demo Project in Wyoming

TerraPower, PacifiCorp and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon have teamed up to install a Natrium reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant in Wyoming.

Nuclear Power Plant

Something in the Water: Controversy Courts the Fukushima Clean-up

The Japanese government has announced plans to release more than a million tonnes of water from the Fukushima site into the sea.

Nuclear Power Plant

Atommash Assembles Lower Half of Tianwan 7 Reactor

The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies has assembled the lower half-shell of the reactor for unit 7 of China’s Tianwan NPP, Atomenergomash said on …

Nuclear Power Plant

The First Reactor Pressure Vessel Installed at AKKUYU NPP

Unit 1 reactor pressure vessel installation is completed at the Akkuyu NPP construction site.

Nuclear Power Plant

Indonesia Announces Plan for Nuclear Power Plant After 2025

Negative perceptions of nuclear energy still cast a looming shadow over the construction of a nuclear power plant

Nuclear Equipment

Framatome Acquires Nuclear Tube Maker Valinox

France's Framatome today announced its acquisition of Valinox Nucléaire SAS - which specialises in the production of seamless steam generator tubes for nuclear…

Nuclear Technology

France, USA Pledge to Work Together Towards Net-Zero

France and the USA are united in the ambition to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and will work together on new technologies, including innovative and …

Oil Price

New Iran Nuclear Deal May Completely Derail Oil Price Rally

The U.S. has agreed to a tentative removal of key sanctions in the oil, gas, petrochemicals and automotive sectors, plus some of those on Iran’s banking sector…

Video: Are African Countries Ready for Nuclear Energy

​As the population grows and urbanization increases, African countries need to close the existing energy gap as well as prepare for future demand.

Hualong One

Video: How China's First Hualong One Nuclear Reactor can Withstand a Plane Crash

China's homegrown Hualong One is one of the world's most advanced nuclear power reactor designs.

Nuclear Power Plant

Vattenfall Invests $1.2 Mln in Estonian Nuclear Energy Start-Up Fermi Energia

Swedish state-owned utility group Vattenfall Group AB said Monday that it has agreed with Estonian nuclear-energy start-up Fermi Energia to become a minority sh…

Energy Investment

Rosatom Preparing With France Mechanism For Financial Support For Foreign NPP Projects

Rosatom Preparing With France Mechanism For Financial Support For Foreign NPP Projects

Nuclear Reactor

Research from Vulcan could Play a Part in UK Small Nuclear Reactor Project Involving Rolls-Royce

A consortium led by Rolls-Royce is seeking to secure £300 million in funding as it prepares to make an application to build small modular nuclear reactors.