Approval milestone for US microreactor project
The Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis establishes the preliminary safety basis for a criticality test of the reactor, documenting how the design meets the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) requirements for…
Third application lodged for Swedish SMR plant
The application was handed to Johan Britz, Minister for Employment and acting Minister for Climate and the Environment, by Studsvik’s President and CEO Karl Thedéen and Christian Sjölander, Head of…
Podcast: Sustainability and the UK’s Low Level Waste Repository
Nuclear Waste Services’ Director of Sites and Operations, Mike Pigott, and Head of Waste Services Howard Falconer, explain the history of the site, how its operations have changed and its…
Kazakhstan outlines localisation plans
The Comprehensive Plan for Developing Localisation in the Nuclear Industry for 2026–2030 was developed by Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, jointly with Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants LLP, interested central government agencies,…
Kursk II’s first VVER-TOI ‘has generated 2 billion kWh’
The VVER-TOI is Russia’s most powerful nuclear power unit. It was commissioned and officially transferred to operational status and entered the energy and capacity market and began supplying Russia’s Unified Energy…
Antares signs long-term HALEU supply deal with Urenco
Magnus Mori, Head of Advanced Fuels for Urenco, said it was “the world’s first multi-year contract for the supply of HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium), which marks an important milestone in…
US enrichment plant begins accelerated review
Orano submitted the technical licensing documentation and Environmental Report for the gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility planned for Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) earlier this year.…
Atucha II granted 10-year licence renewal
The renewal process included the submission of technical documentation, and regulatory evaluations and inspections aimed at verifying the meeting of conditions to guarantee safe and reliable operation of the plant…
EDF joins alliance to support AI Gigafactory bid
The French utility has joined an alliance with tech companies Artefact, Bull and Capgemini, telecommunications companies the iliad Group, its data centre arm Scaleway, and Orange, and private equity firm…
China and Russia sign nuclear-related MoUs during Xi-Putin talks
Rosatom’s Alexei Likhachev, pictured above left, and China Atomic Energy Agency’s Shan Zhongde signed one on cooperation in developing human resources for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The agreement provides for…
