Nuclear

• 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

• Navigation for News Categories Inside OpenStar Technologies’ fusion reactor near Wellington.Photo:OpenStar Technologies A Wellington-based fusion energy company says funding is i

• Natura, NGL collaboration on water treatment Under the terms of the agreement, Natura and NGL subsidiary NGL Water Solutions Permian LLC will collaborate in seeking opportunities

• UK launches pipeline to fast‑track advanced nuclear projects, boosting private sector investment. • X‑Energy & Centrica to build 12 modular reactors in Hartlepool, creating 2,500

• US DOE grants categorical exclusion for advanced nuclear reactors under NEPA, easing regulatory burden. • Executive orders highlight passive safety, modular design, and reduced f

• First unit at China’s Taipingling plant starts up On 1 February, workers at the unit were given permission by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to start up the 1116 MWe (ne

• Materials successfully tested for HTGR, says Rosatom Russia’s state nuclear corporation said its experts ‘created full-size models of individual structural elements, including a

• Avalanche Energy announces $29 million in new funding led by RA Capital Management. • The post Fusion Startup Raises Funds to Build Desktop-Sized Power Plants appeared first on F

• DENVER-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Xcimer Energy announced today that its researchers and collaborators have removed a major scientific bottleneck to commercializing laser fusion energy by e

• Location of second Kazakh nuclear power plant announced According toa resolution publishedon the Minister of Justice’s website, a government decision was made on 26 January on th

• Deep Isolation launches full-scale demonstration programme A groundbreaking event was held on 28 January to mark the beginning of the demonstration project, which is aimed at bui

• Berkeley Engineering hires five new tenure‑track professors across multiple departments. • Henry Corrigan‑Gibbs, ex‑MIT, focuses on privacy‑enhancing cryptographic computer syste

• Fostering the next generation of nuclear security and nonproliferation leaders, NNSA has renewed a $25 million grant for another 5 years to an R&D consortium led by the Universit

• Established in the 1950s to produce tritium and plutonium‑239 for nuclear weapons. • Five reactors built, alongside chemical separations, heavy water extraction, and fuel fabrica

• Constructed in early 1950s to produce tritium and plutonium-239 for nuclear weapons. • Five reactors built to generate these critical materials for national defense. • Multiple s