Nuclear reactor

United States

Nuclear reactor developer X‑Energy targets $7.5 billion valuation in US IPO

Amazon-backed X-Energy is targeting a valuation of up to $7.51 billion in its initial public offering ​in the United States, the nuclear reactor developer said…

South Korea

Four Regions Vie to Host South Korea's New Nuclear Reactors

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on the 30th that Ulju-gun, Ulsan; Yeongdeok-gun, North Gyeongsang Province; Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province; an…

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Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

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Aalo completes assembly of experimental reactor

Aalo Atomics has held a ceremony to unveil its completed Critical Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The company said it expects the reactor to achi…

Japan

US, Japan announce $40B nuclear power project

The United States and Japan announced Thursday a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, after a meeting of the two countries’ …

South Africa and Russia Sign Nuclear Power MOU, Plan to Build Africa's First VVER Nuclear Reactor

Recently, South Africa's Nuclear Energy Corporation and Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on nuclear…

Griffin Nuclear Reactor Simulator Facilitates R&D in Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies

Scientists in the United States have recently developed a new digital test platform named Griffin for nuclear reactor physics modeling and simulation. This tool…

Russia Develops High-Temperature Austenitic Steel for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors

Russian scientists have developed a new type of heat-resistant austenitic steel specifically designed for lead-cooled fast-neutron reactor equipment. This mater…

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility to Build Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing Plant

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility plans to construct a dedicated manufacturing plant for small modular reactors (SMRs). According to Korea's Business Kore…

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Sweden’s Vattenfall Applies for State Aid for New Nuclear Reactors

Swedish utility Vattenfall has submitted an application for state financing to construct new nuclear reactors at its Ringhals facility, marking the first such r…

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France’s EDF Raises Cost Estimate for Six Reactors to 72.8 Billion Euros

France's state-owned utility EDF has announced that it will limit the construction costs for six new nuclear reactors to 72.8 billion euros ($85.29 billion)…

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US to Provide up to $800 Million to Support Small Reactors

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday that it will provide up to $800 million in funding to advance the development of small modular reactors (SMRs…

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Chinese Reactor Connected to the Grid

Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 in Fujian Province successfully connected to the grid at 9:32 a.m. on 22 November 2025, China National Nuclear Corporation …

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Niigata Governor Consents to Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactors

Niigata Prefecture Governor Hideyo Hanazumi has approved the restart of units 6 and 7 at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear…

Hualong One

China Adds New Hualong One Nuclear Reactor to the Grid in Clean Energy Push

China has successfully connected Unit 2 of the Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian Province to the national grid on 22 November 2025, the China National Nuc…