Nuclear

Nuclear Reactor

Slovenia Favours Large Reactors for JEK2

Visualisation of the JEK2 nuclear power plant (courtesy of GEN energija)In June, Slovenia’s state-owned power company, GEN energija detailed plans for a r…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Palisades Restart on Track

Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township, Michigan (Source: Holtec)Holtec International says it has achieved significant new milestones in its efforts t…

Nuclear waste

More Delays for Japanese Reprocessing Plant

The Rokkasho reprocessing plant (Image: JNFL)Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL), the operator of Japan’s first commercial nuclear fuel plant, currently und…

Nuclear Reactor

Joint Preparatory Review for Thorizon One Reactor

Thorizon of the Netherlands has announced that the Dutch and French nuclear regulators are to collaborate on a preparatory review of its Thorizon One molten sal…

Nuclear Reactor

US Regulator Issues Environmental Assessment for Two-Unit Test Reactor

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published its final environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power's con…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Rosatom Installs Reactor Vessel at Tianwan NPP Unit 8, China

The reactor vessel arrived at the construction site at the end of August 2024. Credit: The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM.Russian state nuclear company…

Oil & Gas Trade

Erdogan Says Turkey Wants Deeper Ties With Egypt on Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan listens after a signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey September 4, 2024. REUTERS…

Uranium Project

France’s Orano Selects Tennessee Site to Build Uranium Enrichment Plant

The logo of Orano is pictured at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), the trade fair event for the global nuclear community in Villepinte near Paris, France, Dec…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia and Egypt Review El Dabaa Progress

Image courtesy of RosatomRosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, during a visit to Egypt, held talks with Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbuli on the cons…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Boosts Sizewell C Funding

The UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) has published details of a new subsidy scheme – the Sizewell C Development Expenditure (Devex) Sc…

SMR

Ghana Secures Nuscale SMR Agreement

The agreement was finalized at the US-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya (Image source: US Department of Energy)During the US-Africa Nuclear En…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Iran advances construction of Bushehr 2&3

The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant began operating in 2013Iran has made significant strides in the construction of the second and third units of the Bushehr NPP, w…

Nuclear Equipment

Filters Shipped for Chinese NPPs

Image courtesy of RosatomThe Central Design Bureau (TsKBM – Tsentralnovo konstruktorskovo ByuroMashinostroeniya) in St Petersburg, part of Rosatom’s…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia’s Draft Energy Plan Sets Out New Nuclear Expansion

A draft plan including as many as 34 new nuclear power units in Russia by 2042 has been published for public consultation - they are a mix of large and small re…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Date Set for Kazakhstan Nuclear Referendum

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed the presidential decree setting the date for a national referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant. The referendum…