Nuclear power

Nuclear waste

First Waste Received by New Sellafield Transfer Facility

The newly-opened Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store - Direct Import Facility at the Sellafield site in the UK has received its first box of historical radioa…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Installation of Lianjiang 1 Containment Starts

The containment vessel bottom head has been hoisted into place for unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province, State Power In…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Regulator Accepts Diablo Canyon Licence Renewal Application

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) can operate the two-unit Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California beyond the expiry of their current licences (2024 and 202…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK's Approval of Sizewell C Nuclear Project Lawful, Court Rules

A demonstrator protests against EDF's proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station, ahead of a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Sizewell B Nucl…

Natural Gas

Belarus Saves 5.8bn Cubic Meters of Natural Gas Thanks to Nuclear Plant So Far

The Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) made it possible to replace 5.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich s…

Australia

Licensing Milestone for Tumas Uranium Project

Namibia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued a mining licence to Deep Yellow Ltd for the Tumas uranium project. The company says it is aiming to make a…

Green Hydrogen

Fortescue Secures €200 Million EU Funding for Green Ammonia Project in Norway

Australia-based green energy, technology, and metals company Fortescue has been awarded a grant of €203,7 million by the European Union for its flagship gr…

Nuclear Technology

Zodiac Maritime, HD KSOE & Partners Team Up on Nuclear Propulsion

UK-based shipping company Zodiac Maritime has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register (LR), South Korean shipbuilder HD KSOE and power plant design and engineerin…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UAE's ENEC Completes Final Unit of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant - State News Agency

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced the completion of unit 4 of the Barakah nuclear energy plant, the UAE state news agency said on Tuesday…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Watch World's Biggest Crane Lift Done on to Hinkley Point C

THE dome for Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building has been successfully lifted into place.The world's biggest crane, Big Carl, gently placed the s…

Nuclear Fusion

DOE to Fund $42M Inertial Fusion Hub Programme

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for a programme that will establish multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary hubs to advance foundatio…

Nuclear Decommissioning

SMuRFs to help in nuclear decommissioning

Teams of autonomous robots known as SMuRFs (for Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet) could assist in the future decommissioning of nuclear power plants, according to re…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ukraine and Westinghouse Sign Agreement for Khmelnitsky AP1000

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Westinghouse CEO Patrick Fragman have signed an agreement on the purchas…

Nuclear Reactor

Indian Reactor Reaches First Criticality

The controlled self-sustaining fission chain reaction began at Kakrapar unit 4 in the early hours of 17 December, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)…

Nuclear Reactor

US Approves New Kind of Nuclear Reactor for First Time in 50 Years

California start-up Kairos Power received a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build its Hermes demonstration reactor in Tennessee, U…