Nuclear

Nuclear Reactor

First Plasma Generated in SMART Tokamak

First plasma in the SMART Tokamak, recorded with a super-fast camera in the visible spectrumThe SMART tokamak - an experimental fusion device designed, built an…

Nuclear waste

Regulator in Final Stages of Finnish Repository Licence Review

The Onkalo facility with the Olkiluoto plant in the backgroundFinland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has said it is on track to complete its asses…

Nuclear Reactor

Expansion of Test Programme for MOX Fuel for VVER Reactors

The third cycle of tests of MOX fuel in the MIR research reactor is to begin following the successful completion of the second phase of the programme which aims…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Chornobyl to Begin Solid Radioactive Waste Processing

The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine DIYaRU – Derzhavna Inspektsiya Yadernovo Ukraini) has amended the licence issued to Chornobyl NPP…

SMR

Italy-France to Collaborate on SMR Deployment

Italy’s Edison has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with France’s EDF and Italy’s ENEA under which the companies will collaborate on…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Santee Cooper Seeks Buyers for V.C. Summer Nuclear Station Assets

U.S. 100 dollar notes are seen at a bank in this picture illustration in Seoul September 20, 2011.Public utility company Santee Cooper is seeking buyers for two…

SMR

EDF Revamps Nuward SMR Design

Artist’s impression of a Nuward SMR plantEDF’s Nuward subsidiary has relaunched development of its small modular reactor (SMR) after announcing plan…

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Completes Initial Testing of HTGR Fuel

Rosatom scientists have successfully concluded the first phase of reactor testing on laboratory fuel samples for a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) un…

Nuclear Technology

ASPI Faces Lawsuit Over False Nuclear Fuel Technology Claims

US-based ASP Isotopes (ASPI) and some of its senior executives are facing a securities class action, led by law firm Hagens Berman, alleging the company deceive…

Nuclear Technology

ASPI Faces Lawsuit Over False Nuclear Fuel Technology Claims

US-based ASP Isotopes (ASPI) and some of its senior executives are facing a securities class action, led by law firm Hagens Berman, alleging the company deceive…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Monticello NPP Operating Licence Renewed

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licence of the boiling water reactor (BWR) at unit 1 of the Monticello Nuclear …

Nuclear Reactor

New Material Proposed in Trt Tokamak Project

Specialists at JSC NIIEFA and MISIS have developed a composite of tungsten and copper, using additive technologies, for the plasma-facing elements of the tokama…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Korean Robot Aims for Nuclear Decommissioning Market

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has transferred the technology behind Armstrong, its dual-arm robot which can move up to 200 kilograms, to robot comp…

Nuclear Technology

Sabey Considers Natrium Deployment at Its Data Centres

A rendering of a Natrium plantTerraPower and US data centre developer Sabey Data Centers have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the deployment of …

Nuclear Reactor

France’s Nuclear Ambitions Face Hurdles

France’s Court of Auditors has urged the government and EDF to address many uncertainties before continuing their ambitious programme for the construction…