Nuclear power plan

Nuclear Reactor

EDF and Javys Sign Cooperation Agreement

EDF and JAVYS have signed a framework cooperation agreement covering new nuclear in Slovakia, including both large nuclear power plants and small modular reacto…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Permit Issued for Construction of Fourth Egyptian Unit

Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has been granted a licence by the country's nuclear regulator for the construction of the fourth and final…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

More Funding for Sizewell C Preparations

The UK government has made available a further GBP341 million (USD434 million) of previously allocated funding for development work on the Sizewell C nuclear po…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Atucha II Returns to Service After Completing Repairs

Argentina's Atucha II nuclear unit is delivering power again after the successful completion of repairs prompted by the October 2022 inspection discovery th…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Egypt Gives Approval for Fourth Unit of Dabaa Nuclear Plant

Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) granted the permission to establish the fourth and final unit of the Dabaa nuclear power plant wi…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Bulgaria Offers Slovenia New Nuclear Power Plant Project

Bulgaria offered Slovenia to join the project for the new reactors at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant as an energy buyer or as an investor, an offer that was a…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Government Releases Further £341M to Support Sizewell C Nuclear Plans

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says latest funding award will help get site 'shovel-ready', as government continues to seek private investm…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Construction of Lufeng Unit 6 Begins

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of the unit 6 HPR1000 (Hualong One) at the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Gu…

Nuclear Fuel

Slovakia Stops Relying on Russia for Nuclear Fuel

Almost 60% of energy produced by Slovakia comes from nuclear power plants, which, in turn, come exclusively from Russian nuclear fuel. [Shutterstock/Daniel Prud…

Nuclear waste

South Korea, China Protest Japan's Fukushima Radioactive Water Release

The operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has initiated the release of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, more than a dec…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Concreting of Outer Dome Completed at Kursk II

Nuclear waste

Xcel Gets Approval to Expand Used Fuel Storage at Monticello

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel Energy's application to allow increased storage of used nuclear fuel at the Monticello nuc…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Environmental Group Tried to Shut Down Diablo Canyon. Judge Just Dismissed Case

PG&E can continue to operate California's last nuclear power plant past 2025 despite a contract it signed with environmentalists to shutter it, a San Franci…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Saudi Arabia Eyes Chinese Bid for Nuclear Plant - WSJ

Saudi Arabia is weighing a Chinese bid to build a nuclear power plant in the kingdom, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.China National Nuclear Corp, a …

SMR

Grafenrheinfeld Reaches New Decommissioning Milestone

The process of treating, cleaning and emptying the 14-metre-deep fuel element storage pool at the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in Germany has been comple…