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SMR

Agreement to Consider SMR for Norilsk Region

Russia's Rosatom and the Norilsk Nickel are to study possible options and sites for a small nuclear power reactor.(Image: Rosatom)The agreement, signed by R…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Foundation in Place for First Mega Cooling Tower at Lianjiang

The foundation for the world's first nuclear power ultra-large high-level seawater cooling tower has been laid at unit 1 of the Lianjiang plant in China'…

Nuclear waste

Work Starts to Permanently Secure UK Nuclear Waste Vaults

More than 60 years after disposal of low-level radioactive waste began at the repository site in Cumbria, work has started on the capping and securing of trench…

SMR

Illinois to Lift Moratorium on Nuclear Construction

Governor JB Pritzker has said he will sign a new bill lifting Illinois' ban on the construction of new nuclear reactors, after the state's lawmakers pas…

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom approved design of reactor for small ground-based NPP

The world's first small ground-based nuclear power plant with RITM-200N reactor is planned to be commissioned in Yakutia in 2028.At a joint meeting of Rosat…

Nuclear Fusion

Hungary Says Romania to Continue to Allow Nuclear Fuel Transport

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said after talks in Romania that the country will continue to allow the transport of Russian nuclear fuel to Hung…

Nuclear Fuel

UK and USA Team Up on Fusion Development

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the de…

Nuclear Technology

Former US Reactor Site Released for Unrestricted Use

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released most of the site of the former Zion nuclear power plant in Illinois for unrestricted use, marking the co…

Nuclear Technology

UK Regulators Consider Application of AI in Nuclear Sector

(Image: Gerd Altmann / Pixabay)"AI is starting to enter the nuclear sector with substantial investment," the regulators said in their concluding report. "The in…

SMR

Study to Consider SMR Deployment at Halden

A new company, Halden Kjernekraft AS, has been founded by Norsk Kjernekraft, Østfold Energi and the municipality of Halden to investigate the constructio…

SMR

Consortium to Speed up Development of Lead-Cooled SMRs

Five partners from Belgium, Italy, Romania and the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development, demonstration and commercial…

Nuclear Technology

Akkuyu 3 Reactor Pressure Vessel Delivered

The 350-tonne reactor pressure vessel for Akkuyu unit 3 in Turkey has been delivered after a 1700-mile journey.(Image: Akkuyu NPP)The cylindrical reactor pressu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA's Grossi Praises Slovakia's Nuclear Progress

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has visited the "success story" of Mochovce's new nuclear power unit, and h…

Uranium Project

Centrus Makes First Haleu Delivery

The first delivery of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, to the US Department of Energy (DOE) …

SMR

Idaho SMR Project Terminated

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporation have mutually agreed to terminate the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP). The projec…