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Nuclear Reactor

X-Energy, Alberta Explore Opportunities to Support SMR Projects

X-energy Canada, a subsidiary of U.S. mall modular reactor and fuel technology company X-energy, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Invest Alberta Co…

Nuclear Power Plant

Shine Receives Final EIS to Operate Its Mo-99 Production Facility

SHINE’s Chrysalis production building, under construction in October 2022. (Photo: SHINE)The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the final supplement…

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus NPP Unit 2 Preparing for Trial Grid Connection

The first trial connection to the grid of unit 2 at the Belarusian NPP is planned for March-April, according to Deputy Minister of Energy Mikhail Mikhadyuk. The…

United States

CNL and Jubilant Radiopharma Collaborate on Actinium-225

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is to collaborate with US-based Jubilant Radiopharma to develop alpha radiopharmaceuticals. The joint project comes under CN…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Reports Enhanced Safety at Czech Research Reactor

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactor (INSARR) team says the Czech Republic has enhanced safety at its m…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia and Myanmar sign Intergovernmental Agreement on nuclear energy cooperation

On February 6, in Yangon (Myanmar), Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and the Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Myo Thein Kyaw signed the In…

Nuclear Reactor

Facing the Monster

Thirty years ago last November, the IAEA’s INSAG-7 report took the prevailing narrative of the Chornobyl disaster and turned it on its head. Here, a key a…

Nuclear Reactor

IAEA Chief’s Fresh Zaporizhzhia Talks, Ukraine Brings in Nuclear Sanctions

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is expected in Russia this week for more talks on establishing a safety and security z…

Nuclear Power Plant

France, India and UAE Announce Cooperation Roadmap

The foreign ministers of the three nations have formally announced a trilateral initiative which will focus on solar and nuclear energy, as well as the fight ag…

Nuclear Reactor

Rench Ministerial Council Prepares for Nuclear Revival

The Nuclear Policy Council (Conseil de Politique Nucléaire, CPN) - headed by President Emmanuel Macron - met on 3 February to "take stock of the entire F…

Nuclear Power Plant

‘No Damage’ Reported at Akkuyu Site After Turkey Earthquakes

There have been no reports of damage to the Akkuyu nuclear power plant after two large earthquakes struck Turkey. But safety checks are continuing at the plant,…

Nuclear Power Plant

Construction Progress at China’s Changjiang Npp Unit 3

The main girder of the ring crane for unit 3 of China’s Changjiang NPP under construction in Hainan province has been hoisted into place. China National N…

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Inner Containment Installed at China’s Xudabao Npp Unit 4

The steel lining module of the inner containment has been installed at unit 4 of China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning province. China National Nuclear Corporat…

Nuclear Fuel

‘No Crisis’ for Koeberg Fuel Supply as South Africa Continues Loadshedding

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has said there is "no immediate crisis" from the expiry of the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement betwe…

Nuclear Power Plant

Lucas Heights Redevelopment Project Gets Under Way

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has begun a project at its Lucas Heights facility near Sydney to remove general solid waste, …