Nuclear

• IEA Features Fusion in State of Energy Innovation 2026 Report On February 17, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its report on The State of Energy Innovation 2026, fe

• IEA Publishes State of Energy Innovation 2026 Report On February 17, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its report on The State of Energy Innovation 2026 preceding th

• OpenStar demonstrates dipole fusion reactor concept OpenStar is the only company developing a levitated dipole reactor for commercial purposes. • In other fusion concepts, the en

• Czech-Korean ministerial committee established for Dukovany project The Czech Republic’s Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček said: ‘We pushed through the Dukovany proje

• Construction of Steady Energy pilot plant begins The first concrete for the pilot was poured on 12 February in the Salmisaari B turbine hall in a ceremony attended by Finland’s M

• AP1000 training centre opened in Madrid ahead of European fleet The control room simulator allows training of future control room operators in an environment exactly matching the

• USA touts SMR designs to the Philippines The US Trade and Development Agency’s (USTDA’s) assistance will provide Meralco PowerGen (MGEN) - a subsidiary of the Philippines’ larges

• Cameco, Kazatomprom release 2025 production figures The world’s two largest uranium producers have released their production figures for 2025 and guidance for 2026 • Cameco had r

• Tripartite agreement to advance nuclear energy in Africa The partnership was formalised on 13 February on the margins of the39th African Union Summitin Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. • T

• Taipingling 1 connected to the grid Taipingling 1 received an operating licence from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on 24 December last year. • The loading of the first

• US regulator issues licence for TRISO-X fuel facility The Special Nuclear Material Licence issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) enables TRISO-X LLC to commercially m

• First unit at San’ao plant starts up ‘At 12.21pm [local time] on 13 February, the first criticality control point of unit 1 of the San’ao nuclear power plant was officially relea

• Defuelling of German plant completed The 1410 MWe pressurised water reactor was shut down on 31 December 2021. • PreussenElektra - a subsidiary of EOn Group - applied for approva

• Tarapur 1 returns to service after refurbishment India’s oldest commercial nuclear power plant has returned to service after a long-term outage for refurbishment and life-extensi

• Bannerman partners with CNNC for Namibian uranium project Under the agreement, CNNC Overseas Limited (CNOL) - a subsidiary of China National Uranium Corporation (CNUC) and part o

France’s energy strategy emphasizes nuclear centrality to reduce fossil fuels. Targets significant reduction in fossil fuel use while ensuring sustainable energy transition. Multia

Helion’s Polaris reactor reaches 150 million °C plasma temperature. Three-quarters of target needed for commercial fusion plant. Uses deuterium-tritium fuel, first to do so. Heat o

• Romania approves 462 MWe SMR using NuScale tech. • Six 77 MWe modules at former coal plant site. • Project creates ~200 permanent, 1,500 construction jobs. • Expected to operate

• OPG and Port Hope sign MoU to explore large-scale nuclear generation. • Plan targets 10 GW capacity, creating 10,000 jobs and powering 10 million homes. • OPG submitted Initial P

• Study examines benefits of Pallas to future power plant construction The study -Building on Experience- examined the potential societal value of the Pallas programme for the cons

• Assessment of proposed Norwegian SMR plant to begin Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to Norway’s Ministry of Energy in November 2023 for an assess

• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Belgian Minister of Energy Mathieu Bihet has announced cooperation between the European EAGLES consortium and French-base

• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook US-based Project Omega has emerged from stealth to announce its mission to rebuild the US nuclear fuel cycle by developin

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• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) annual report on global electricity systems and markets,Electricity 2026,foreca

• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have cleared all 497 converters (large proces

• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook One of the two external power transmission lines supplying the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) has been cut following a military at

• Safety review completed at South African research reactor The five-day six-person Safety Review Mission on Ageing Management and Continued Safe Operation was at the invitation of

• US campaign puts case for disposal, not reprocessing, of used fuel The initiative - which is a collaboration of the Clean Air Task Force, the EFI Foundation and the Nuclear Threa

• As the global nuclear sector looks toward the early 2030s as a decisive decade for small modular reactors (SMRs) and interest in long-cycle, high-burnup fuels grows, the pressure

• Fusion developer Inertia has raised $450 million to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers for their fusion approach. • The post Fusion Startup Raises $450 Million in Bid

• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Italy-based nuclear start-up Terra Innovatum (TI) reported that it has secured all key components of its SOLO reactor uni

• When Germany shut down its last fission reactors in 2023, few imagined that one of those sites might soon be touted as one of Europe’s most advanced candidates for a commercial f

• Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook Following a meeting in Yerevan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and US Vice President JD Vance signed a joint stat

• Solstice plans expansion of US conversion facility Solstice - which was spun-off from Honeywell in October last year - said it has invested in de-bottlenecking projects at Metrop

• Cold testing of third Sanmen unit completed Such tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety are properly installed and ready to operate i

• Eagles and Newcleo team up for LFR technology demonstrator Four European nuclear technology organisations launched the Eagles Consortium in June last year to develop and commerci

• EDF to seek approval for new acoustic fish deterrent system The original plan The company building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in southwest England had originally bee

• India’s Rajasthan unit 7 reaches full power Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) announced on LinkedIn: ‘Rajasthan Atomic Power Project - Unit-7 (RAPP-7) successful

• The Path to Fusion Energy Regulations in the United States In the United States, the U.S. • Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the agency that oversees all atomic energy, ‘so as to

• Podcast: What should be the target time to build a nuclear plant? • In an interview for theWorld Nuclear Newspodcast, Aubarbier also covered the progress of the French EPR2 progr

• Copenhagen Atomics reaches pump testing milestone Molten salt reactors (MSRs) rely on pumps to circulate liquid fuel or coolant at temperatures exceeding 600°C for years at a tim

• Domes hoisted at Chinese CAP1000 units State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) said the outer steel dome of the nuclear island of unit 4 of the Haiyang plant in Shandong provin

• US funding for research into recycling used nuclear fuel The Department of Energy (DOE) noted that less than 5% of the potential energy in the USA’s nuclear fuel is extracted aft

• Tepco restarts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 6 Tokyo Electric Power Company has restarted unit 6 of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture. • The comp

• Collaboration on Polish nuclear energy training centre The collaboration between the Łukasiewicz Research Network and Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) is expected to be broad an

• Brazil’s microreactor project tests fuel rods, aiming for 5 MWt prototype. • 13 partners, including INB, Diamante, Terminus, collaborate on design and testing. • Tests began Janu

• Japan fusion startup completes ‘one-of-a-kind’ coil manufacturing machine A Japanese fusion company’s latest milestone brings us a step closer to practically limitless energy. •

• Sweden proposes steps to facilitate new nuclear projects The proposals were announced in a press conference by Minister of Climate and Environment Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister o

• Tepco prepares for restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit ‘We are currently adjusting personnel and confirming prior arrangements, and plan to start up the reactor on 9 February,’ Ta

• TRISO fuel progress for US reactor pilot programme TRISO fuel comprises spherical kernels of enriched uranium oxycarbide (or uranium dioxide) surrounded by layers of carbon and s

• US Nuclear Regulatory Commission launches reorganisation The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created in 1974 to ensure the safe use of radioactive materials for benefi

• ČEZ outlines USD392 million plant modernisation plans Investment projects at Temelin - which has two VVER-1000 units which came into operation in 2000 and 2002 - will reach CZK3.

• Pacific Fusion claims cheaper fusion reactor by cutting costly components. • Experiments at Sandia National Labs show elimination of expensive laser systems. • Uses pulser‑driven

• First Light Fusion Wins UKAEA Contract to Prove Natural Lithium Shielding Concept DownloadPDF Copy ViewSupplierProfile First Light Fusion, the UK-based pioneer in advanced energy

• First concrete poured for Hungary’s Paks II nuclear project The Paks II project is for two Russian VVER-1200 units - the pouring of first concrete marks the official point when t

• India extends existing tax waivers for nuclear to 2035 The Union Budget was tabled in India’s parliament on Monday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with the key goal ’to ac

• New lease of life for US legacy nuclear sites The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a 310-square-mile (803-square-kilometre) site in Aiken, South Carolina, which was focused on the pr

• Inner dome installed at Zhangzhou 3 The Hualong One reactor design features a double-layered containment building, the main function of which is to ensure the integrity and leak

• US to rapidly design fusion stellarators using AI, could test configurations in seconds The StellFoundry project allows scientists to test thousands of fusion designs in record t