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Fortum Permitted to Operate Loviisa Repository Longer

Finland's State Council has granted a new operating licence to Fortum for its low and intermediate-level waste (LLW/ILW) disposal facility at the Loviisa nu…

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…

Nuclear Technology

Investigating the Effects of Cosmic Radiation on Seeds

The IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have sent seeds into space, to investigate the effects of cosmic radiation and ha…

Nuclear waste

Environmental Permits Issued for Sizewell C NPP

The UK Environment Agency (EA) has issued three new environmental permits to NNB Generation Company (Sizewell C) Limited for the new NPP planned at Sizewell in …

Nuclear Technology

Doosan Enerbility to Supply Key Equipment for Korea’s Shin-Hanul 3&4

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility signed a KRW2,900bn ($2.3bn) component supply agreement construction of units 3&4 at the Shin-Hanul NPP…

Nuclear Technology

Virginia Nuclear Bills Signed Into Law

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin participates in a bill-signing ceremony at Energy DELTA Lab in southwest Virginia. (Photo: Christian Martinez/Office of Gov. Glenn …

Nuclear Technology

Get To Know McRe, the Fast-Spectrum Msr From Southern and Terrapower

MCRE could be built inside the ZPPR cell (shown here) at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex. (Photo: INL)A tiny 200-kWt reactor the Department of Energy sa…

Nuclear Power Plant

Grossi Focusing On ‘Realistic and Viable’ Plan For Zaporizhzhia

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general says that the plan for a safety and security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "is…

Nuclear Technology

Tractebel, NRG Pallas to Collaborate on New Nuclear at Borssele

Present at the MOU signing ceremony were, from left, Joost van den Broek and Bertholt Leeftink of NRG Pallas, Belgian ambassador Anick van Calste, and Philippe …

Nuclear Technology

Westinghouse to Supply Fuel to Czech Republic’s Dukovany

Westinghouse Electric Company and ČEZ have signed an agreement for the supply of VVER-440 fuel assemblies from next year for the Dukovany nuclear power plant a…

Canada

Canadian Budget Underlines Government Support for Nuclear

Inclusion of nuclear in the clean energy investment tax credit and making it eligible for a range of other tax incentives show the Government of Canada's "c…

Nuclear Technology

EDF Creates New Nuward SMR Subsidiary

France's EDF says that creating a wholly-owned subsidiary will enable the Nuward small modular reactor (SMR) to meet its "next key milestones" en route to a…

SMR

UK Looks to Nuclear to Bolster Energy Independence

The UK government is committed to a programme of new nuclear projects beyond Sizewell C, giving industry and investors the confidence they need to deliver proje…

Nuclear Power Plant

UN calls for demilitarised zone around Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

SMR

U.S., Indonesia Partner on SMRs

Dignitaries assemble after the signing of a memorandum of agreement to help Indonesia develop a nuclear energy program. Among those at the signing were Indonesi…