Nuclear

Uranium Project

US Regulator Authorises Urenco Plant to Increase Enrichment

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Urenco USA's licence amendment request to increase uranium enrichment levels up to 10% at its facility in …

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse and BWXT Canada Sign MoU for Projects

Under a memorandum of understanding with Westinghouse, BWXT Canada has the potential to manufacture key AP1000 and AP300 reactor components, including steam gen…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Nuclear Cheaper, Cleaner Option for Australia, Says Report

The Australian opposition says newly released economic analysis shows its plan for a balanced energy mix that includes nuclear will be cheaper, cleaner, and mor…

Nuclear Reactor

Last Energy’s South Wales Nuclear Project Gets US Export Bank Boost

Microreactor developer Last Energy says it has received a letter of intent from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for USD103.7 million debt financing …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Fusion Reactor

(Image credit: Rosatom)The DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA Nauchno Issledovatelskii Institut Elektrofizicheskoi Apparaturi), part of R…

Nuclear Fusion

Assystem Partners on TARANIS Fusion Project

Assystem has announced a partnership with GenF, a subsidiary of the Thales group established in 2023, for the development of the TARANIS project, in collaborati…

Nuclear Reactor

NANO Signs Deal to Site Microreactors at INL

US-based NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Operations Office to evaluate the feasi…

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Tests Advanced VVER Reactor Fuel

The tests are being carried out at the NIIAR at the MIR.M1 research reactorTests are underway using the MIR.M1 research reactor at Russia’s Research Insti…

SMR

Amentum Evaluates SMR Potential in Norway

US-based Amentum and Norwegian engineering and architecture company Multiconsult Norge have been selected by Halden Kjernekraft to evaluate deployment of a smal…

Nuclear Reactor

Historic ADE-2 Reactor Transformation Underway

Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (GKhK – Gorno Khimiheskovo Kombinata) in Zheleznogorsk has begun to decommission the ADE-2 industrial uranium-gr…

Uranium Project

UK to develop transport capability for HALEU

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority subsidiary Nuclear Transport Solutions has been awarded funding by the UK government to spearhead the development of transport…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grossi Restates Key Role for IAEA , After Agency Vehicle Hit by Drone

An International Atomic Energy Agency vehicle was hit and damaged by a drone on the day of the latest rotation of the agency's team of experts at the Zapori…

Uranium Project

USA Selects Suppliers for Low-Enriched Uranium Contracts

The US Department of Energy has selected six companies which will be able to compete for contracts to supply low-enriched uranium. It follows June's request…

Nuclear Reactor

Firms Selected to Evaluate SMR Deployment in Halden

US-based engineering company Amentum and Norwegian consulting firm Multiconsult Norge AS have been appointed by Halden Kjernekraft AS to evaluate the potential …