NRC says no environmental impact from Palisades restart
Monday, 2 June 2025 Work underway in the interior of the Palisades plant (Image: Holtec) The single-unit pressurised water reactor on the shores of Lake Michigan permanently ceased operations on…
IAEA completes siting review for El Salvador
Monday, 2 June 2025 The mission team visiting one of the candidate sites (Image: CEL) Designed to assist IAEA Member States at different stages in the development of a nuclear…
Ansaldo to cooperate with Uzbek atomic agency
Monday, 2 June 2025 (Image: Ansaldo Energia) The MoU was signed in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on 29 May by Ansaldo Energia Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and…
Collaboration aims to develop Swedish uranium deposits
Monday, 2 June 2025 The Häggån deposit, pictured in October 2013 (Image: Aura Energy) Aura Energy owns the Häggån vanadium, potash and uranium project in Sweden, which is claimed to…
IAEA assesses safety at Dutch and Slovenian plants
Friday, 30 May 2025 The Borssele plant (Image: EPZ) The 485 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor at Borssele – operated by EPZ – has been in operation since 1973 and…
Korea to evaluate proposed Ugandan nuclear power plant site
Friday, 30 May 2025 (Image: KHNP) Under the contract – signed in the Ugandan capital Entebbe on 27 May – as the main contractor KHNP will manage the entire project,…
US companies welcome Executive Orders
Friday, 30 May 2025 (Image: The White House) Four executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on 23 May aim to support the entire US nuclear supply chain and the…
EDF ‘just seeking to ensure Czech project meets EU rules’
Friday, 30 May 2025 There are currently four units the Dukovany nuclear power plant (Image: CEZ) The background The Czech Republic is planning new nuclear capacity and in July last…
Uprated NuScale SMR design gets US approval
Friday, 30 May 2025 (Image: NRC) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted NuScale’s design certification application for a plant comprising up to twelve 50 MWe power modules in March 2017.…
Podcast: President Trump’s nuclear announcements
Thursday, 29 May 2025 The three nuclear-focused executive orders were entitled Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy and Ordering the Reform of the…
