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…

ČEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR sign Temelín early works agreement

Friday, 18 July 2025 The Czech Republic’s ČEZ and UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR have signed an Early Works Agreement to start site specific work for potential small modular reactors at the…

Containment dome of Hinkley Point C unit 2 installed

Thursday, 17 July 2025 The dome of the containment building has been hoisted into place at the second unit of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in…

Framatome to supply nuclear fuel to UAE’s Barakah plant

Thursday, 17 July 2025 Framatome and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have signed an agreement for the supply of nuclear fuel assemblies and engineering services for the Barakah nuclear power…

Rooppur 1 hot testing under way

Thursday, 17 July 2025 The first nuclear power unit at the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh is undergoing hot tests as the next stage of the commissioning process. (Image:…

Oklo selects constructor for first Aurora powerhouse

Thursday, 17 July 2025 US construction and engineering firm Kiewit Corporation has been selected by Oklo Inc as the lead constructor for its first commercial Aurora advanced fission power plant…