Reactor

Nuclear Fuel

TVEL Subsidiary Contracts Supplies of Nuclear Fuel Components for Research Reactor in Egypt

Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency signed the contractual documents for supplies of another batch of the low-enriched…

Nuclear Fuel

Fuel Loading Under Way at Barakah 2

The process of loading 241 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE has begun, operator Nawah Energy Company has an…

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom Targets 24 New Reactor Units in Russia by 2045

Rosatom has announced that implementation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to increase the share of nuclear power in the country's energy mix to 2…

Nuclear Power Plant

First Concrete Poured for Akkuyu Unit 3

Rosatom announced today that first concrete has been poured for the third unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in the Mersin province of Tu…

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi and Estonia Energy Firm Expand Small Modular Reactor Project

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Estonia-based Fermi Energia OÜ are teaming up to complete due diligence before installing a BWRX-300 small modular reactor in tha…

Canada

SNC-Lavalin Joins Canada’s Nuclear Innovation Institute

Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group has become a Founding Member of the Nuclear Innovation Institute, joining other industry leaders to accelerate the pace of clean ene…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Completes Tests of Accident Tolerant Fuel

Rosatom’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors and the AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), part of TVEL fuel company, have complete…

Nuclear Reactor

Czech Regulator Awards Site Licence for Dukovany Units

The Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety yesterday issued a site licence for two new reactor units at the existing Dukovany nuclear power plant site…

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Licenses Second Unit of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant

Barakah's Unit 1 was connected to the national power grid in August and in December reached 100% of reactor power capacity during testing

Germany

Germany Agrees Compensation for Nuclear Phaseout

The German government has reached an agreement with EOn, EnBW, RWE and Vattenfall on compensation for the forced premature closure of their nuclear power reacto…

Nuclear Reactor

Hungary and Poland Plan Nuclear to Replace Coal

Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phaseout plan, announcing that it will shut its last remaining coal plant in 2025.

Nuclear Power Plant

Pakistan’s Karachi 2 Achieves Criticality

The 1,100MWe K-2, one of two Chinese supplied Hualong One reactors at the site, is expected to begin commercial operation by the end of May.

Carbon Neutral

Nuclear Crucial to Japan Meeting Climate Goals, Says IEA

However, it warned the country must act quickly if it is to achieve its ambition of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. The restart of its idled nuclear power r…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Enters Next Stage of ATF Development

This marks the latest milestone in the development of Russian accident tolerant fuel, state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced today.

Nuclear Power Plant

TVEL Unit Launches CFR-600 Fuel Production Site

Elemash Machine-building plant has launched a production site for the fabrication of fuel for China's flagship fast neutron reactor, the CFR-600.