Nuclear

India

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Indian nuclear plant

The 320-tonne vessel which will house the core of unit 5 at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India was lifted by crane into place in a precision operation …

United States

Georgia nuclear power plant cleared for 80-year operating life

The two boiling water reactor units at Georgia Power's Edwin I Hatch plant have been cleared by the regulator to operate until the mid-2050s.(Image: Southern Nu…

United States

Niowave,and Ratio Therapeutics Sign Supply Agreement for Actinium-225 to Advance Targeted Alpha Therapies

June 16, 2026 — Niowave Inc., a manufacturer of medical radioisotopes, and Ratio Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing radiopha…

China

270-tonne Containment Dome Lifted into Place at China's Ningde 5 Nuclear Unit

China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has completed the installation of the 270-tonne containment building outer dome at its Ningde Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5…

China

Chinese Scientists Achieve Mass Production of High-Purity Silicon-28 Isotope for Quantum Computing

Engineers at the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering of Nuclear Industry, a Tianjin-based subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), …

Turkey

Dummy Fuel Assemblies Loading Operation Completed at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1

June 09, 2026 – Dummy fuel assemblies loading operation into the reactor vessel of Unit 1 of Akkuyu NPP (under construction by Rosatom State Corporation) …

China

Xudabao Nuclear Plant: Unit 3 Passes Hot Tests, Unit 2 Vessel in Place

Hot functional tests have been completed at unit 3 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning Province ahead of the reactor's start up, whil…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan and Russia sign deal to finance 1st nuclear power plant

Kazakhstan and Russia have signed an agreement on the main principles and conditions for cooperation to build the country's first nuclear power plant, inclu…

China

China and Russia sign nuclear-related MoUs during Xi-Putin talks

Three bilateral memorandums of understanding relating to nuclear energy were signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China.(Image: Rosatom…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan to sign cooperation roadmap to 2037 with IAEA

Kazakhstan will sign a cooperation roadmap to 2037 with the International Atomic Energy Agency during a visit by Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director General, to th…

Italy

Italy prepares for return of nuclear power

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is preparing to launch a new framework in the coming months aimed at reintroducing nuclear energy …

Japan

Steam leak prompts shutdown of nuclear reactor in central Japan

A nuclear power plant in Japan’s central Fukui Prefecture temporarily shut down one of its reactors on Friday morning after a steam leak was detected near…

China

Fuel loading completed at two new Chinese units

The initial loading of fuel assemblies into the cores of Taipingling unit 2 and Changjiang unit 3 - both Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors - has been completed ahe…

United States

Blue Energy and GE Vernova Accelerate Gas-Plus-Nuclear Approach for Powering American Communities and Fueling Global AI Leadership

Blue Energy, a developer of financeable, prefabricated nuclear power plants, and GE Vernova announced a strategically paired 2.5 GW nuclear and natural gas coll…

Russian

Rosatom state nuclear energy corp. plans to launch No. 1 unit at Bangladesh NPP in coming days

Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects to launch the physical startup of the No. 1 unit at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh in the coming…