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Romania

International Experts Assess Romania’s Nuclear Security

The IPPAS team visited Cernavoda nuclear power plant to assess the nuclear security measures in the facility (Photo credit: IAEA)An International Atomic Energy …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Poland Secures Funding for Nuclear Plant

Visualisation of Poland’s first nuclear power plant (Photo credit: PEJ)France’s Bpifrance Assurance Export and Sfil are the latest financial institu…

Nuclear waste

IAEA Confirms Fukushima Water Discharge Safety

IAEA Task Force performed a walkdown of the water tanks used in the ALPS treated water discharge process (Photo credit: TEPCO)The discharge of the ALPS (Advance…

Nuclear waste

SKB to Weld Finnish Nuclear Waste Capsules

Friction stir welding of a copper lid in SKB’s canister laboratory in Oskarshamn, Sweden (Photo credit: SKB)Swedish radioactive waste management company S…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu NPP Progresses Despite Equipment Delays

The problems caused by the failure of Germany’s Siemens to deliver key equipment for the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye have been overcome,…

Nuclear Reactor

SCK CEN Opens Facility for Reactor Decommissioning

SCK CEN nuclear research centre (Photo credit: SCK CEN)Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN in Mol, Antwerp province, having almost completely dismantling it…

Hydrogen Technology

Electric Smelting to Crack Low-Emissions Iron and Steel Making Code

NeoSmelt is tipped to take significant steps toward decarbonising iron and steelmaking at scale.Australia’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace i…

Nuclear Reactor

Candu Energy Invests CAD1bn in Nuclear Supply Chain

Candu Energy, part of AtkinsRéalis has reported that as of 12 December it has issued over CAD1bn ($700m) in purchase orders into the Candu nuclear supply…

Energy Storage Project

Developers Close $538 Million for 1.2 GWh Battery Storage Facility in Canada

The Hagersville Park financing qualifies as a green loan. Once commissioned, the project will be one of Canada’s largest battery energy storage (BESS) sit…

Nuclear Fusion

UK Partnership to Design Fusion Power Plants

Rob Akers (UKAEA), Vassil Alexandrov (STFC Hartree Centre) and Juan Bernabe-Moreno (IBM) at the signing of the partnership agreement for fusion collaborationThe…

Nuclear Fuel

Final Nuclear Fuel Removed From Gremikha Naval Base

Spent nuclear fuel is loaded onboard Rosatomflot’s special purpose vessel Rossita at Gremikha naval base (Photo credit: Rosatom)Rosatom reports that the l…

Nuclear Technology

South Korea Develops Novel Nuclide Separation Technology

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute says it has developed a new concept for the world's first nuclide separation device that employs robots and senso…

Nuclear Reactor

US Development Agency Announces Grants for Bulgarian Nuclear Projects

The US Trade and Development Agency has signed two grant agreements to support Bulgaria's nuclear ambitions: one will support a cost-shared feasibility stud…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Romania Allocates 432 MW of PV at Average Price of €0.051/kWh in First Renewables Auction

The Romanian authorities have allocated 1.52 GW of renewable energy capacity in a procurement exercise, with the lowest bid for PV technology at €0.045 ($0…

Nuclear Fusion

Virginia Site Selected to Host Fusion Power Plant

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced plans to independently finance, construct, own and operate a commercial-scale fusion power p…