Nuclear power

Nuclear waste

IAEA Reviews Italy's Management of Radioactive Waste

Italy is committed to addressing the challenges of safely managing its radioactive waste, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concl…

Nuclear Reactor

Contract to Decommission Historic US Reactor Re-Awarded

Aptim-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning (A3D) has been awarded a six-year, USD95.5 million contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers to decommission and dismantle…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

European Council Agrees Stance on Electricity Market Reform

Following months of negotiations, the European Council has reached an agreement on a proposal to amend the EU's electricity market design, agreeing to inclu…

Nuclear waste

Russia and Belarus Radioactive Waste Disposal Agreement

Russia's TVEL and the Belarusian Organisation for Radioactive Waste Management have entered into a long-term cooperation agreement covering the creation and…

Nuclear Reactor

Reactor Vessel in Place at Tianwan 7

The reactor vessel has been installed at unit 7 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province. Russia is constructing two VVER-1200 reactor…

Nuclear Technology

Newcleo, Nuclear AMRC Collaborate on LFR Fabrication

Newcleo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to collaborate on manufacturabili…

Nuclear Technology

Bruce Power Explores Technology Options for Nuclear Expansion

Bruce Power announced it is launching an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to "further understand nuclear technologies that could help meet growing demand fo…

Nuclear Fuel

Study to Evaluate Lightbridge Fuel Use in Candu Reactors

Advanced nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation is collaborating with Romania's Institutul de Cercetări Nucleare Pitești to perform an en…

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear to Be Part of Us Clean Hydrogen Hubs

US President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm have announced seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that will share USD7 billion in federal funding …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sweden and UK agree to enhance cooperation in nuclear

A strategic partnership has been signed between the UK and Sweden aimed at "reinvigorated and deepened cooperation across the bilateral relationship, including …

ITER

Mochovce 3 Successfully Completes Commissioning Process

Slovenské elektrárne has announced that the new Mochovce 3 unit has successfully completed a 144-hour demonstration run at full reactor power - an…

Thermal Coal

Canadian Provinces Announce Collaborative Coal Phase-Out Plans

The Government of Canada has announced nearly CAD20 million (USD15 million) in federal funding to support the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to help…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Rosatom Expands Cooperation in West Africa

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Burkina Faso and another with Mali on cooperation in the field of the us…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Another Zaporizhzhia unit to be put into hot shutdown

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has been informed that a second reactor at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukrain…

Uranium Project

'Full Government Support' for Niger Uranium Project

The Government of Niger has confirmed its "full support" for Global Atomic Corporation's Dasa uranium project, the company has said. The project is still pe…