Nuclear

Nuclear Fuel

Westinghouse Signs Agreement to Diversify Fuel Supply for Bulgarian Plant

The company has signed a contract with Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant to conduct safety analysis for licensing a new nuclear fuel assembly design for Kozloduy uni…

Nuclear Reactor

US Agency Supports Bulgarian Nuclear Projects

(Photo credit: USTDA)The US Trade & Development Agency USTDA has signed two grant agreements to support Bulgarian nuclear projects as part of a raft of agreemen…

Uranium Project

Kazatomprom Announces Joint Venture Changes

The Kazakh national atomic company's Russian partner Uranium One Group JSC has sold its share in the Zarechnoye joint venture to a subsidiary of China's…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Regulator Warns Against Delays in Work on Chernobyl’s Shelter

The head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, Oleg Korikov, has urged against any further delays in the project to dismantle the unstable sh…

Uranium Project

Orano Seeks Arbitration Over Niger Mining Licence

The French company has opened international arbitration proceedings against the State of Niger following the withdrawal of its mining licence for the Imouraren …

Uranium Project

Wyoming Uranium Project Returns to Production

Production operations at the Lance project have officially commenced after a five-year hiatus, with the first dry yellowcake product expected in March.The Lance…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Further Bruce I&C Work for Framatome

Framatome has been contracted by Bruce Power to upgrade the instrumentation and control systems at units 5, 7 and 8 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario.…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Final German Nuclear Power Plant Enters Dismantling Phase

Dismantling work at the shut down Brokdorf nuclear power plant has officially begun, PreussenElektra announced. The plant was the last nuclear power plant in Ge…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

France’s Flamanville EPR Starts Supplying Power

The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France has begun delivering electricity to the grid, EDF announced.The Flamanville EPR (Image…

Nuclear Reactor

Oklo Signs Power Deal With Data Centre Provider

US-based Oklo has signed a non-binding Master Power Agreement with Switch, a provider of AI, cloud and enterprise data centres. Under the agreement, Oklo has un…

Nuclear Fusion

Virginia to Host World’s First Commercial Fusion Plant

Visualisation of the ARC fusion power plant (Image credit: Commonwealth Fusion Systems)US fusion start-up Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) plans to build the w…

Nuclear Reactor

Xudabao 4 Installs RPV

(Image credit: Rosatom)The reactor pressure vessel has been installed at unit 4 of China’s Xudabao NPP in Liaoning province under the supervision of Rosat…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Pre-commissioning Tests Begin at Rooppur 1

Construction and installation work has been completed at unit 1 of the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh and station staff have embarked on a large-s…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ignalina DGR Environmental Impact Study Deal Signed

Ignalina Lithuania – July 17 2021: The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, a decommissioned two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas Municipality.I…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EU Examines Polish State Aid for Nuclear Power Plant

The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether the planned public support for Poland's first nuclear power plant complies with EU rules …