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Contaminated Oklahoma Site to Be Made an EPA Priority

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the Fansteel Metals Superfund site in Muskogee, Okla., to the National Priorities List (NPL), the roster…

Nuclear Fuel

Bruce Power Issues C$600 Million in Green Bonds

The Bruce nuclear power plant. (Photo: Bruce Power)Canada’s Bruce Power, operator of Ontario’s eight-unit Bruce nuclear power plant, has announced t…

Nuclear Technology

EDF Establishes Nuward Subsidiary to Boost SMR Development

EDF says the creation of is new Nuward subsidiary emphasises EDF’s willingness to strengthen the development of its Nuward Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Th…

Nuclear Technology

IAEA Says Vietnam Is Committed to Nuclear Security

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Security Advisory Mission (INSServ) following a 10-day visit to Vietnam said the country has made pro…

Uranium Project

Red Book Provides ‘Snapshot’ of Uranium Situation

The 29th edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy Agency's jointly produced reference work on uranium provides analys…

Nuclear Technology

Bruce and Cameco Partner for Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply

The extension of the long-term exclusive nuclear fuel supply arrangements between Bruce Power and Cameco for an additional 10 years through to 2040 secures deca…

Nuclear Technology

Extract Energy From Used Nuclear Fuel, Says Environmental Group

If existing inventories of used nuclear fuel were recycled and repurposed as fuel for advanced fast reactors, it could generate zero-carbon electricity for Euro…

Nuclear Power Plant

Dive Team Enters Sellafield Pond

For the first time in over 60 years divers have entered Sellafield's Pile Fuel Storage Pond. As they clear some of the most challenging spots to clean up, d…

Nuclear Technology

Act Aims to Accelerate US Deployment of New Nuclear

The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023, introduced to the US Senate by a bipartisan group, aims to su…

Nuclear Technology

Thorcon Begins Pre-licensing Consultation in Indonesia

PT ThorCon Power Indonesia - a subsidiary of USA-based ThorCon - has signed an agreement with Indonesia's Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) to offi…

Nuclear Technology

Two More Natrium Units for Coal-To-Nuclear Switching

US utility PacifiCorp has increased its ambition for using Natrium advanced reactors in the 2030s, adding two further units to its plans in addition to the demo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Senate Backs Lifting Nuclear Construction Ban

In a 39–13 bipartisan vote on March 30, the Illinois Senate passed legislation that would end the state’s prohibition on nuclear power plant constru…

Nuclear Reactor

Third Egyptian Reactor Receives Construction Permit

Egypt's nuclear regulator has issued a construction licence for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant, which will eventually house four Russian-supplie…

Energy Technology

Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Development for NASA Missions

The multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is tested at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2020. The…

Energy Technology

Partnership Unveils Plan For Helium Test Facility

X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC and Kinectrics have announced a partnership to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale facility to test and verify the pe…