Nuclear power

Nuclear Power Plant

Norwegian Research Reactor Fuel to be Recycled in UK

The uranium fuel would otherwise have been treated as waste, stored and disposed of in Norway.

Nuclear Fuel

Bulgaria's NPP Kozloduy Reconnects Unit 5 to Grid After Planned Maintenance

Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant Kozloduy said on Thursday that it has completed the planned annual maintenance of its 1,000 MW Unit 5 and reconnected the un…

Nuclear Equipment

KHNP Lands Orders to Supply Equipment to Romanian Nuclear Power Plants

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power announced on May 27 that it has been selected as the final supplier in the UPS Voltage Stabilizer Supply Project for Chernaboda Nu…

Nuclear Power Plant

NuScale Signs Agreements at Home and Abroad

Japanese heavy-industry engineering and manufacturing company IHI Corporation is to invest in small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and become a strateg…

ITER

MHI Completes Four TF Coils for ITER

The completed TF coils will be shipped to southern France from Kobe, and installed on site by the Iter Organisation.

Nuclear Power Plant

Atommash Assembles Lower half of Reactor for Tianwan 7

The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies has assembled the lower half-shell of the reactor for unit 7 of China’s Tianwan NPP, Atomenergomash said on …

Net Zero Emission

Nuclear could Help Spain Reach Net Zero Goal, Says IEA

The country aims to generate all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2050.

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus 1 Completes Pilot Operation

Pilot operation of unit 1 at the Belarusian NPP has been completed, Russia’s ASE EC announced on 24 May.

Nuclear waste

Japan's TEPCO to Divert 30,000 tons of Fukushima Wastewater Ahead of Release

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company will divert 30,000 tons of nuclear polluted water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to measure radioactive substance…

China

China Honors Deceased Nuclear Power Expert

Renowned Chinese nuclear power expert Peng Shilu, who passed away in March this year, was granted the title "Role Model of the Times" recently for his contribut…

Nuclear Reactor

Moltex SMR Clears First Phase of Regulatory Review

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completed the first phase of the pre-licensing vendor design review for Moltex Energy’s 300 MWe Stable Salt Reactor …

Nuclear Power Plant

Permit Issued for Chernobyl Used Fuel Transfer

Ukraine's nuclear regulator has issued a permit to SSE Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant for the retrieval of undamaged used nuclear fuel from the ISF-1 interim use…

Iran

Iran Agrees to Extend IAEA Nuclear Monitoring Deal for One Month

Iran has agreed to extend by one month an agreement allowing the International Atomic Energy Agency to keep surveillance cameras at nuclear sites.

Nuclear Power Plant

Oyster Creek Defuelled in Record Time

The final canister containing used fuel has been removed from the storage pool of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey, USA, and placed in an on-s…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Develops New Fuel Modification with Lower Uranium Enrichment for Finland’s Loviisa NPP

TVEL, the fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has completed development of a new modification of VVER-440 fuel for the Loviisa nuclear power plant…