Nuclear

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Japanese investment supports UK floating NPP design

UK-based start-up Core Power has attracted Japanese investment for its floating NPP (FNPP) project. Some 13 companies, including Onomichi Dockyard and Imabari S…

Nuclear Technology

NuScale Power joins Romanian Atomic Forum

US-based NuScale Power has joined the Romanian Atomic Forum (Romatom) as a supporting member to champion the association’s nuclear energy goals. Romania a…

Nuclear Technology

Belgian Regulator Issues Permit for Waste Facility Construction

Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has granted a permit to radioactive waste management agency Ondraf/Niras to construct and operate a su…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Jacobs and Manchester University collaborate on robotics research centre

The Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting Environments will research new technologies for sectors including nuclear decommissioning, energy …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

ČEZ Seeking Replacement Steam Generators at Temelín

Czech nuclear power plant operator ČEZ has launched what it calls one of its largest nuclear tenders in the past 20 years - for two new steam generators for th…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Hungary Says Paks Ii Contract Amendment Has EU Approval

The European Commission has approved the amendment of contracts "to speed up the investment" for the new Russian-built Paks II nuclear power project, Hungary…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Refurbished Candus Make Headway Towards Restart

Fuel loading has been completed at Bruce 6, keeping the project on track to resume operation later this year. Meanwhile, Canada's nuclear regulator has give…

Nuclear Reactor

DOE: MARVEL Microreactor Prototype Installed, Gearing Up for Testing

A full-scale electrically heated prototype of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 100-kWth MARVEL nuclear microreactor has been successfully installe…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Bechtel Form Consortium to Design and Build Poland’s First Nuclear Plant

Westinghouse Electric Co., Bechtel, and state-owned Polish entity Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) will work together to kick off design activity for Poland&r…

Renewable Energy

Clean Energy Spending Grows, but Big Investments Continue in Coal and Other Fossil Fuels

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects investment in clean energy technologies, including renewable power, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emission fuels, e…

Solar Power Plant

U.S. Wind and Solar Combined Produced More Electricity Than Coal in First Quarter 2023 and Virtually Tied Nuclear Power in March

MIX OF ALL RENEWABLES PROVIDED A QUARTER OF THE NATION'S ELECTRICAL GENERATIONWashington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data ju…

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Sibir of Rosatomflot Completed Anti-jamming Operations on the Yenisei

On May 23, the universal nuclear icebreaker Sibir of Atomflot FSUE completed flood control work on the Yenisei River. The crew of the nuclear-powered ship had a…

Nuclear Technology

MARVEL’s Nonnuclear Twin—PCAT—Readied for Testing This Summer

INL prepares to ship PCAT by truck to Pennsylvania for testing. (Photo: INL)An electric-powered prototype of MARVEL, the tiny microreactor designed and planned …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Further Progress at Tianwan 7

The lower tier of liner of the inner containment dome for the reactor building for unit 7 of China’s Tianwan NPP has been installed, China National Nuclea…

Nuclear waste

Radioactive Liquid Waste Processing Fully Operational at Idaho National Lab

The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is now fully operational, according to the Department of Energy’s (DO…