Kansai considers Mihama site for new reactor
Tuesday, 22 July 2025 Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company plans to conduct surveys of the Mihama nuclear power plant site in Fukui Prefecture to determine if a new reactor…
OPG, OSGE enhance cooperation on SMR deployment in Poland
Monday, 21 July 2025 Poland’s Orlen Synthos Green Energy has signed a letter of intent with Canada’s Ontario Power Generation to collaborate on a framework for the commercial development and…
UK to ease planning rules for fusion projects
Monday, 21 July 2025 The UK government announced plans to develop a National Policy Statement to unblock fusion energy projects, making the UK the first country in the world to…
Bohunice units decommissioning completed
Monday, 21 July 2025 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says two VVER-440 pressurised water reactors have been successfully removed and dismantled at Slovakia’s Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant, marking…
‘New generation’ gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL
Monday, 21 July 2025 The new gas centrifuge for separating uranium isotopes, which Russia’s TVEL describes as a tenth-generation machine, is to undergo pilot industrial operation. (Image: TVEL) According to…
Darlington SMR to feature Arabelle Solutions turbine gear
Monday, 21 July 2025 EDF subsidiary Arabelle Solutions is to supply turbine island equipment for the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor project at the Darlington site in Ontario, Canada. GE…
Westinghouse plans ten AP1000 reactors in the USA
Friday, 18 July 2025 Westinghouse plans to start construction of the first of ten new AP1000 reactors in the USA by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump…
US seeks pilot production lines for advanced reactor fuel
Friday, 18 July 2025 The US Department of Energy has announced the start of a new pilot programme to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear reactors and strengthen domestic supply…
Bulgaria partners with Citi for financing of new Kozloduy units
Friday, 18 July 2025 Bulgaria’s Ministry of Energy and the US’s Citi bank have agreed on a partnership to secure funding for the construction of two new units at the…
McClean Lake mine resumes production after 17-year hiatus
Friday, 18 July 2025 Uranium mining operations have started at the McClean Lake project in Saskatchewan, Canada, using the Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction mining method, joint venture partners Orano…
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again and Says its Negotiating Team With U.S. is Heading to Switzerland
