Nuclear

Uranium Project

Seaborg Switches Fuel Plans Because of Haleu Timeline Risks

The Danish developer of floating Compact Molten Salt Reactors, Seaborg, has decided to change the fuel type for the initial power barges to low-enriched uranium…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Seeks Wider Access for Zaporizhzhia Inspections

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that the agency's experts at the site have not observed any indication…

Nuclear Equipment

Installation of Haiyang 4 Containment Starts

The containment vessel bottom head (CVBH) for unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been installed 40 days ahead of sch…

SMR

South Korea Forms SMR Alliance

A public-private partnership comprised of 42 state-run and private entities has been created to advance Korea's small modular reactor (SMR) sector. The alli…

Nuclear Equipment

CDBMB JSC Manufactured and Shipped the Set of Key Equipment for the Gas Treatment System of Tianwan NPP in China

CDBMB JSC (part of Atomenergomash, the machine building division of Rosatom) has manufactured and shipped the set of traps to be installed as part of the gas tr…

Nuclear Reactor

Argentina's Ra-10 Research Reactor Aiming to Be Operational in 2025

The RA-10 multipurpose research reactor is about 80% completed, with civil works to be finished within three months and expectations it will be operating in 202…

Nuclear Equipment

Belgium Committed to Nuclear Safety, Says IAEA

Belgium has demonstrated its commitment to continuous improvement in nuclear and radiation safety, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazatomprom uranium plant upgraded

The Kazakh national atomic company has announced that its Kazatomprom-SaUran LLP subsidiary has completed a "major investment project" to modernise a 1600 tonne…

Nuclear Reactor

India's Kakrapar 3 Begins Commercial Operation

The first Indian-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) has begun commercial operation in Gujurat - almost three years after reaching first cri…

Nuclear waste

Fukushima Water Release Is Safe, Iaea Concludes

Japan's plan to release treated water stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean is consistent with relevant international s…

Nuclear waste

IAEA Chief to Visit S. Korea This Week to Discuss Agency Report on Fukushima Water Discharge

Rafael Grossi (second from left, front row), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, receives South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (righ…

Nuclear waste

Decommissioning Project Launched for Radwaste Facility at UEIP Site

A project is under way to decommission a long-established storage facility for radioactive waste at the Ural Electrochemical Plant (UEIP).(Image: TVEL)TVEL, par…

Nuclear Equipment

Zaporizhzhia Reconnected to Back-up Power Line After Four Months

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to a back-up power line which has been…

Hualong One

Chinese Containment Model Completes Structural Testing

A structural performance test of a scaled-down Hualong One containment building in serious accident conditions has been successfully completed by China's Ha…

SMR

Permitting Submissions Made for New Brunswick SMR

NB Power, in partnership with ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc, has submitted an environmental impact assessment registration document and an application for a s…