Nuclear power

Nuclear waste

Germany Lists Potential Radwaste Storage Sites

Germany has published a list of potential storage sites for radioactive waste.

China

China Launches CAP1400 Reactor Design

China's State Power Investment Corp has officially launched the CAP1400 reactor design following 12 years of research and development work.

Nuclear Power Plant

China Completes Development of New Third-Generation Nuclear Technology

On September 28, 2020, the State Power Investment Corporation of China announced that China's third-generation nuclear power technology with completely independ…

Nuclear Policy

Iraq Sets Up Committee Tasked with Building a Research Reactor

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has ordered the formation of a committee tasked to build a nuclear research reactor.

Nuclear Power Plant

Pakistan's Chashma 4 Officially Accepted

A ceremony has been held to mark the final official acceptance of unit 4 at the Chashma nuclear power plant in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Nuclear Power Plant

Dutch Minister Presents Report on New Nuclear

The Netherlands is considering the expansion of nuclear power in its energy mix, according to a letter Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Eric Wie…

Nuclear Equipment

Giant Pipeline Installed at Russia's Kursk II Nuclear Power Plant

A giant pipeline is being installed at the construction site of Russia’s Kursk II nuclear power plant.

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Ships Equipment for Kudankulam N-Power Plants

Russia's integrated nuclear power player Rosatom on Friday said that ship BBC Elbe has left the country with equipment for two 1,000 MW atomic power plants comi…

SMR

Panellists Address SMR Supply Chain Challenges

The commercial deployment of small modular reactors will bring new supply chain opportunities as well as challenges.

Nuclear Power Plant

Canadian Firms Make Progress with Radioisotope Production

Darlington will be the first large-scale nuclear power station to produce the medical radioisotope, they said.

Nuclear Power Plant

World's Operating Nuclear Fleet at 30 Year Low as New Plants Stall

The number of nuclear reactor units operating globally is at a 30 year low, while new plants struggle for investment.

Market Analysis

Report Highlights Need for Nuclear Flexibility in Clean Energy Systems

As the growth of variable generators, like wind and solar, continue to gain traction around the world, it’s important to question the level of flexibility of a…

SMR

X-Energy Signs Agreement with Hatch to Promote SMR Development

US-based X-energy continues to advance its Xe-100 small modular reactor (SMR) design for deployment in Canada.

Nuclear Fuel

US and Kazakhstan Continue with HEU Elimination Programme

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said on 22 September that the last remaining batch of unirradiated highly enriched urani…

Russian Federation

Nuclear Icebreaker Arktika is Heading to Murmansk

On September 22, Arktika, the lead universal nuclear-powered icebreaker, departed from the completion embankment of the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg toward…