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Rolls-Royce Small Nuclear Reactor Design Clears Second UK Assessment

Rolls Royce’s small modular reactor design moved a step closer to fruition on Tuesday as the UK nuclear regulator said it had completed the second stage o…

Nuclear Reactor

Construction Begins on Kairos’s Fluoride Salt–Cooled Test Reactor

Workers begin construction at the Hermes site in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Photo: Kairos Power)Earlier today, on a site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., that was formerly home to t…

China

Second-To-Last Nuclear Reactor Shut Down

Taiwan yesterday shut down the No. 1 reactor of its only active nuclear plant, poised to become the first non-nuclear country in East Asia after the last reacto…

Nuclear Reactor

Japan Nuclear Watchdog Panel Decides Against Restarting Tsuruga Reactor

A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way f…

Nuclear Reactor

Eskom Forges Ahead With Plans to Build a 100MW Modular Nuclear Reactor

Eskom’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Station this week marked 40 years of safe nuclear operation of its Unit 1 reactor. Picture: Phando Jikelo/Independent Newspa…

Nuclear Reactor

Burns & McDonnell to Advance BWXT Microreactor Development

US construction firm Burns & McDonnell has entered into an agreement with BWX Technologies Inc to further the design and development of the BWXT Advanced Nuclea…

Nuclear Reactor

Korea Eyes Further Nuclear Reactor Deals in Netherlands, Poland

Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun, center, and KHNP President Whang Joo-ho, far left, provide a briefing on the Czech Republic's nuclear power contract on Thur…

Nuclear Reactor

Atkinsréalis to Design Fusion Plant for Type One Energy

US fusion energy developer Type One Energy has selected Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis to develop the pre-concept design for its Fusion Pilot Pla…

Nuclear Reactor

KAERI Completes Upgrade of Bangladeshi Research Reactor

Work to commission the modernised instrumentation and control system of the Bangladesh Training Research Reactor has been completed, the Korea Atomic Energy Res…

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome Awarded Further Contract at Swiss Plant

Framatome has been awarded a contract by Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG (KKG) to modernise the reactor protection system in the emergency control bui…

SMR

Novel Transistor Material Shows Nuclear Potential

Gallium nitride semiconductors can successfully withstand the harsh environment near a nuclear reactor core, researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORN…

Nuclear Reactor

Norsk Kjernekraft Announces More Plans for Reactor Deployment

Nuclear power developer Norsk Kjernekraft has signed a cooperation agreement with Lund on establishing a nuclear power plant in the municipality in the southwes…

Nuclear Reactor

Copenhagen Atomics Enlists PSI to Validate Reactor Technology

Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics has signed a large-scale experimental collaboration agreement with Switzerland's Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) to conduct t…

Nuclear Fuel

US to Start Buying up to $2.7 Billion in Domestic Nuclear Reactor Fuel

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Douglas/File Photo Purc…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning of Finland's Oldest Research Reactor Complete

Decommissioning of the FiR1 research reactor (courtesy of VTT)The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Fortum have completed decommissioning of the FiR1…