Reactor

Uranium Project

Seaborg Switches Fuel Plans Because of Haleu Timeline Risks

The Danish developer of floating Compact Molten Salt Reactors, Seaborg, has decided to change the fuel type for the initial power barges to low-enriched uranium…

SMR

South Korea Forms SMR Alliance

A public-private partnership comprised of 42 state-run and private entities has been created to advance Korea's small modular reactor (SMR) sector. The alli…

Nuclear Reactor

Argentina's Ra-10 Research Reactor Aiming to Be Operational in 2025

The RA-10 multipurpose research reactor is about 80% completed, with civil works to be finished within three months and expectations it will be operating in 202…

Nuclear Reactor

India's Kakrapar 3 Begins Commercial Operation

The first Indian-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) has begun commercial operation in Gujurat - almost three years after reaching first cri…

Hydrogen Production

Researchers Move Toward Energy Transition With Hydrogen Generated on Rooftops

Efficient production of hydrogen, fuels, and even drinking water on roofs or in solar parks—this is what researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)…

SMR

Permitting Submissions Made for New Brunswick SMR

NB Power, in partnership with ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc, has submitted an environmental impact assessment registration document and an application for a s…

Nuclear Reactor

Minireactor Cost Surge Threatens Nuclear's Next Big Thing

Small modular reactors are designed to generate less than 300 megawatts, compared with over 1,000 megawatts or more at large plants. | GETTY IMAGES / VIA BLOOMB…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu Nuclear Plant 'to Be Fully Operative by 2028'

Türkiye aims to start generating electricity at its first nuclear power plant very soon and make the project fully operational by 2028 by commissioning one…

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome's Protect Fuel to Be Tested in French Reactor

Framatome has signed a collaboration agreement with EDF to test its PROtect enhanced accident tolerant fuel (EATF) technology. Under the agreement, four lead fu…

SMR

Canadian, US Regulators Publish Joint Triso Report

The joint report by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) establishes a common regulatory position on tri…

SMR

EDF Begins Permitting Process for Two New Reactors at Penly

EDF announced it is seeking the necessary authorisations to construct two EPR2 reactors at the Penly nuclear power plant site in Normandy, northern France.The P…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Agreement Reached for Extended Operation of Belgian Reactors

French utility Engie and the Belgian federal government have signed an interim agreement defining the terms for the extended operation of the Doel 4 and Tihange…

SMR

IAEA sees progress made by SMR deployment initiative

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last year launched a new initiative aimed at accelerating the safe and secure deployment of advanced nuclear react…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Korea Reacts to Nuclear Demand With Plans for 10 Overseas Plants

The fourth and last unit of the Barakah nuclear reactor in the United Arab Emirates built by Korean companies [KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION]Korea is looking…

Nuclear Reactor

MOX Fuel Tests for Vver Reactors Under Way

Testing has begun on VVER-type fuel elements with uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in the MIR research reactor. Based on the results of irradiation and …