Nuclear

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Turkey Says Russia Gave It $9 Billion in New Financing for Akkuyu Nuclear Plant

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Russia has provided new financing of $9 billion for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. The facility…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia Plans a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon Within a Decade

Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced plans to construct a lunar power plant by 2036. The agency has signed a contract with the Lavochkin Ass…

Nuclear Reactor

Sweden’s Vattenfall Applies for State Aid for New Nuclear Reactors

Swedish utility Vattenfall has submitted an application for state financing to construct new nuclear reactors at its Ringhals facility, marking the first such r…

Net Zero

China’s Carbon-free District Heating Plan

The homes of 400,000 residents around Haiyang, China are being warmed with heat produced by the local nuclear power plant. This clean, affordable, consistent di…

SMR

Samsung Wins Approval for Floating SMR

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed a conceptual design for a floating offshore nuclear power platform that can accommodate various small modular react…

Nuclear Reactor

France’s EDF Raises Cost Estimate for Six Reactors to 72.8 Billion Euros

France's state-owned utility EDF has announced that it will limit the construction costs for six new nuclear reactors to 72.8 billion euros ($85.29 billion)…

SMR

Holtec Signs MoU for SMRs in Hungary

Holtec International, a U.S.-based company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hungary's MVM to assess the potential implementation of Holtec'…

SMR

GE Vernova Hitachi SMR Design Cleared for Use in UK

Regulators in Great Britain have concluded that GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) design is suitable for potential construction in t…

Nuclear Fusion

Japan Signs First Fusion Power PPA

Japanese fusion start-up Helical Fusion has signed the country's first-ever fusion-energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with Aoki Super, a leading supermar…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EU Clears State Aid for Poland’s First Nuclear Plant, PM Tusk Says

The European Commission has approved state aid from Poland for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Donald Tusk annou…

Nuclear Fuel

First Nuclear Fuel Delivered for Kudankulam Unit 3

The first delivery of nuclear fuel for the initial loading of Kudankulam nuclear power plant's unit 3 in India has been completed. The fuel assemblies, prod…

Uranium Project

Upgrading of Third Russian Uranium Enrichment Plant Starts

Rosatom's fuel division TVEL has commissioned the first 9+ generation gas centrifuges at the Isotope Separation Plant of the Siberian Chemical Combine in Se…

Nuclear Reactor

US to Provide up to $800 Million to Support Small Reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday that it will provide up to $800 million in funding to advance the development of small modular reactors (SMRs…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Modular Construction Completed at Xudabao VVER-1200s

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has completed installation of the final module of the passive water tank inside the reactor building of Xudabao unit 4…

Nuclear Fusion

FAST Fusion Project Completes Conceptual Design

Starlight Engine (SLE) and Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have completed the conceptual design phase for FAST, Japan's first privately led fusion power demonstrati…